How do I blog for money?

Ooh, ooh - I want to know too!

(Hi Jill)

If you start a blog on www.blogspot.com, you have the option of getting advertisers. Everytime someone clicks on one of your advertisers, you get $$ -- perhaps a dime, I don't know.

I want to know that too! And we'll have to find out more! Thanks for starting the info Elizabeth! Good start!

Do you get to pick your advertisers?

how do you get advertisers?

like I've said. I don't know anything about this, except that people do it, and earn money. I am hoping someone will read this article and answer all of these questions for us.

I'm intrigued and would love to know more as well!

1) Google AdSense

AdSense is by far the best, most rewarding monetization resource for blogs, news sites and small, content-rich information sites. Google offers AdSense, a service that lets independent publishers, bloggers and news site owners to publish text-based, context-relevant ads next to the content on their sites. This is done automatically without you, the publisher, having to worry about anything else except putting small-sized code inside each of your Web pages

I want to know more too. I will be keeping my eye on this article. Thanks for asking this question Jill. I do hope you get someone who can tell us more about making money.

Amazon Associates

The Amazon Associates program lets independent online publishers with the opportunity to promote any product in Amazon's inventory as affiliate agents. All it takes is adding a small, identifying code to the links that take your site's visitors to a specific Amazon product page. If the visitors who clicked on your link buy an item you earn a small commission. (Any item)

I have a blog at gamingpicsandclips.blogspot.com I used to use Adsense on it, but I found this other site payperpost.com and to apply you cannot have adsense on your blog, so I took it off. Your blog has to be three months old to apply, so it would be good to use adsense for the first three months and then take them off when you are ready to apply to the other site. If you visit my site you will also notice that I almost always link to Amazon products when I am discussing the different video games. I use Amazon Affiliate program and I earn money or gift certificates (depending on my choice) when people purchase items using the links.

A few examples:

http://canubelievedis.blogspot.com/

http://cooldealsandfreebies.blogspot.com/

The text side links are through google adsense, the amazon pic is the amazon ad.

Last tip.

Another good way is affiliate sales. This approach involves signing up to become an affiliate reseller of specific products.

As long as the affiliate products do not affect the publisher's credibility and provide pointers to useful, high-value products that the publisher fully endorses.

The commissions received for these sales vary depending on the product. LinkShare and Commission Junction are two of the largest affiliate program brokers. Check out their catalogs to get a good idea of what products and commissions are available.

I lied...not the last tip....rofl

Here is a link to an article with the best information I have found so far.

http://www.problogger.net/

Cool Idea Jill!!

I agree go with adsense.
I have made just over 200 with them but that is in the last 3 years

Jill, you got me so addicted to Winster that I barely can do anything else....spin,spin, spin.....but I guess it isn't a money maker.

Best of luck....

I tried one of the professional blog spots that demanded a column a day, five day a week. I got the information on my "earnings" for six weeks of effort and it was $2.19. Not worth the trouble to research, write, and find appropriate graphics five days a week.

My blog is just my daughters photos and stuff...I don't have the ads but a lot of my friends with similar blogs do.

I have always wondered that and how the affiliated thing works. I am so slow at learning these things. Thanks for asking this question.

I want to know more too. I am an affiliate with Amazon, but *sigh* no one goes to my website or clicks on my links. I couldn't figure out how to put in the keyword thingys so the webcrawlers do not find my site. I need more info on all that.
My web site is through a host site so don't think it allows the keyword things. I put them in, but they don't pick up.
So need more education there. And guess I need to get a different host (probably one that costs money that I don't have)!!!
That seems to be key for affiliates, you have to have a site and it has to have traffic.

I think this article is so interesting that I'm going to feature it. Thanks.

I always forget this part: You are featured on Gatherers Gallery.

Do you know how hard it is to type blogspot when your might timenedicien has kicked in. goodnite

Very cool tips- I wanted to learn about this too! The trick is apparently having a niche blog and then adsense is tailored to your key words.

So if you have a blog about caring for Persian cats, cat ads will be populated (and people interested enough in Persian cats to read the blog are much more inclined to click on the Persian cat ads).

Here is another site where you can blog for money. I also connect with other Helium users there and share articles. It's free and easy to sign up, and a pretty user friendly site.
http://www.mylot.com/?ref=marciaj

Don't know

I'm not sure. As the others commeted there are some sites I have yet to visit. Oh and by the way thank you for helping me out earlier. Although we are not connected, you took some time out to help me with my problem and it is much appreciated. I'm sending you an email as well just in case you miss my comment. See you around Gather!!!

Excellent article for the useful conversation it generated!

Ok I write on Associated Content. Heres my link if you wanna read my work. Would be appreciated.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/86885/alena_chauntee.html

Here is what I have learned. The articles I write I post as non-exclusive. You get less pay but I can take my work elsewhere to make more money off of it.

Ok so if you want to blog, do poetry or vent heres the 411. Go to helium.com first.
Post all your work there. Or write some new stuff. It doesnt pay much but every little bit helps.

Then go to adsence and set up an account. There is a lil code thingy the blogs I belong to will want from you.

The first blog site is bloggerparty.com
The 2nd one is writeniche at wn.goldenprose.com...this is the one I get the most hits off of and is by far the biggest moneymaker for me.
The 3rd one is blogcharm.com this one I dont think they want your adsence code. They didnt ask for mine. Just said they would share money with me. Im new to this one.
The 4th one is soulcast.com

It will take you a little while to get all set up. Once you do just save all in faves after you have made your blogs. I made a special blog folder. Then when one of my new articles comes out I go post it on all the sites I just listed.

Good luck I personally have only been doing this for about 2 weeks and have had about 300 hits with all the sites together. I figure I will keep it up and see how it goes. Hey money is money and now its not taking long to post my new work.

Give it a try! Let me know what you think!

Alena

I have trouble understanding Adsense. I did not know that you cannot have Adsense on your blog if you have PayPerPost so that it is good to know.
You can also have a WidgetBucks ad on your site. They actually pay per click, which seems not to be the case with Adsense, or so it seems. Just google WidgetBucks and use my referral code 6704002 when you sign up. I have an ad called Passion for Shoes because I love shoes.

Check out this article: So you have a blog and a dream, how do you get there? Hope it helps!

I'm glad I read this. I REALLY could use some extra cash. Thanks for all the great tips!

Don't buy into any of the get rich quick ideas but yes if you enjoy writing then you can make a little money from a blog. I have several blogs monetized with Adsense and I average $10 per 1000 visitors. Some do better, some worse but you get the idea.

$10 doesn't sound much but you can run quite a few at once and if you are on your own domain using wordpress you can optimize it to comfortably pull in 1000+ per day very quickly. This is not the case though, if you go for a free platform such as blogger.

I've written a 2 part article explaining exactly how to quickly start making a $10 blog at

http://blog.plr-articles.net

yea that is vry little money,you have to wait months for it to add up especially how everything is expensive these days

Short answer is Blogger.com and AdSense ads - both by Google.

Join the Blogging Tips & Techniques group on Gather and let's talk more details. I'm not selling anything, just willing to help.

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977704480 .. This link is to my blog  on how to get more traffic to your blog, which would greatly increase the revenue that your blog creates.