I thought of putting everything on one page, so that people could learn something from it and implement the monetization part, which they are comfortable with. My suggestion is, instead of jumping into all of them, explore every ad network and every method that I mentioned one by one. Just to let you know, it took me 4 years to reach at the stage where I’m in. Everything I learned comes from my experience; I made mistakes and learned from them. So, don’t just jump on the wagon of getting rich quickly; rather understand every system individually.
Every blog is monetized with different model and My suggestion, pick a niche and monetize it using method, which works best for that system.
How a Blog makes money:
Google AdSense:
I placed Google AdSense first because it gives recurring income. At this moment Google AdSense is making around 700$ every month, and it is such a relief to have recurring income from your blog. If you have a blog with decent traffic, you can make good money with Google AdSense.
In fact, if you are a newbie and looking forward to starting a blog with the intention of just making money, AdSense should be one of your first priority. Because, it gives you a sense of comfort and once AdSense starts making $10-20 daily, you can start exploring the other monetization opportunities.
AdSense guide for starters
Before getting into the world of Professional Blogging, start looking for recurring income opportunities from blogging. Out of all ad networks Google AdSense seems to be the best ad network for any blogger.
Beginner AdSense Guide
We all know, that AdSense is easy to use and easy to integrate, but for beginners, there are many things they are not aware of. Many people don’t even know how they can earn using Adsense and where they can integrate AdSense. I will try to add as much information & various AdSense tips and tricks which existing AdSense users can implement to double their revenue.
AdSense Guide
One thing, which I would like to say: AdSense is very strict about their policies, so make sure you also read official AdSense help center to learn best practices for AdSense.
BuySellAds-income
BuySellAds is an advertisement network that helps you to sell ads directly. They work as a middle man and they keep a percentage (25%) of the money you make by selling ads. this is a good system because you don’t need to interact with advertisers directly and you can cash-out money twice a month. BuySellAds is making almost 400-500$/month. Being a popular network for advertisers and publishers, if you have a nice specific blog, you can use BuySellAds to sell all your entire unsold ad inventory.
Direct ad sales:
If you are getting a direct advertisement, it’s actually good, because you are saving money by eliminating the middle man. These direct advertisement sales are making almost 850$ per month. The key to getting direct advertisements is by adding an advertisement page on your blog and giving all the necessary details like ad spaces available, ad placement, traffic details and a marketing pitch in the form of what your advertisers can expect.
Affiliate Marketing:
Dreamhost Affiliate Check
One of maximum potential for making money via a niche blog is by affiliate marketing. In simple words, you recommend a genuine product on your blog and when people sign up via your affiliate link, you will make a handsome money out of it. Affiliate marketing is something whose income is never decided and you can’t be sure how much you will make with this. If you promote almost 5 affiliate programs you can making around average 1800-2300$ per month.
Infolinks:
Infolinks is a In-text advertising program. if you are not into affiliate marketing, you can start with Infolinks here. Recently, also try Vigilink, which turns out to be a decent platform and in some cases better than Infolinks.
Blog Consultancy program:
This is one service that I started last year, and within it’s launch I started getting clients for personal consultancy. In this coaching, I teach about SEO, how to blog for profit, blog marketing plan, Social media plans and in short everything which I have learned from my 4 years of blogging experience. I have been getting good reactions from all the students I have mentored till now and you can learn about it on my blog consultancy page. I target 15 hour of personal coaching in a month and charge $199 per hr for now.
In between, I offered a few more services like WordPress SEO and Thesis customization, but with time I retired them to bring something better, as the service sector requires a great deal of time, and time is always an issue for a professional blogger. I realized, instead of offering those 20-30$/hr of service, I could make the most out of time via blogging consultancy.
Well, these are just a few of the ways I use for blog monetization, and there are many more ad networks that I keep trying on my blog network. I keep playing with latest monetziation methods to make most out of my online journey. I will keep updating this page with latest ways, make sure you are subscribes to the ShoutMeLoud Email newsletter for updates.
I’m sure this will help those who are missing ways to make huge money from blogging. Do share your story, How are you making money from blogging?
