2. A free blog is an excellent way of beginning your online
empire. Costs are low and potential returns are high.
3. Getting started is easy. Just head over to
www.blogger.com and setup your blog. Alternatively if
you want a more feature rich platform, consider getting
your own domain and web hosting so you can take
advantage of freeware like Wordpress. Many people start
with Blogger then move to Wordpress once they grow in
confidence,
4. Pick a topic you are really interested in and which has
good keyword traffic (these are the words people use to
search for things in search engines). DigitalPoint has a free
keyword tool that is very easy to use. You can also check
your keyword (or tag) out at Technorati to see how
popular it is. In general, the most popular keywords are
the most profitable.
5.
6. As the number of your posts increase, search engines will
regularly stop by to pick up new content. Your visitors will
begin to grow. Your objective is to get as many visitors as
possible to visit your blog. The more people who visit your
blog the more money you will make.
7. Make no mistake, the opportunity is there. The top blogs
make in excess of $10,000 per month. But be warned,
there are no shortcuts. Lots of hard work, unique fresh
content and a dash of inspiration and you too can achieve
these returns.
8. By now you will have put in the hard work to develop your
weblog. It's become a labor of love. Now its time for all
that hard work to pay off. Here are some suggestions for
making money with your blog:
9. (1) One of the most popular methods of making money
with blogs is to host ads. Google Adsense is a good
example. You let Google put their ads on your site and get
paid when people click on the ads. Other advertising
works in a similar way. Blogads, Adbrite, Chikita and
Double click are other examples of paid advertising.
10. (2) For a fee you can allow people to place links to their
blog or website on your blog. These advertising positions
can be sold on Ebay, via somewhere like TextLink Brokers
or directly from your site.
11. (3) Affiliate programs work on blogs as well as they work
on websites. Affiliate with companies that sell products
related to your site. When people click on the link in your
blog and purchase a product, you profit. This is another
way of making money online with blogs that doesn't cost
you anything. If you are passionate about a product and
write about it, this can work very well.
12. (4) If you have a website, blog about some aspect of it and
provide a link. Your weblog can effectively sell the
product, and all the customer has to do is click to your site
and order it.
13. There are many ways to make money with your blog. I
hope this simple guide helps you on the way to earning a
good return.