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Is It
Possible To Make Money from Blogging?
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by:
Maya Jakes
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Copyright 2005 Jugglingmum
Do you have a Blog or Personal Online Journal? If the answer is yes,
did you know that it’s possible to earn money from your Blog? I earn
plenty from my own Blogspots – maybe not enough to think of retiring in
the near future, but enough to allow me some extra luxuries in life and
who knows how much I’ll be earning in a few years or even just a few
months!
I love writing Blogs because I love passing on information that I’ve
researched myself. Best of all, I only spend a couple of hours each
week writing on my blogspots – I spend several more hours researching
information because I also love to learn and believe that no matter how
much I think I know about a subject, there’s always new stuff to learn
– I’m a bit of an information junkie!!
If you already know plenty about a particular subject then it won’t
take long at all to write a few paragraphs about it and have your blog
up and running. Obviously, writing about what you love helps because,
in the beginning, the money you earn is a bonus rather than an income
that will allow you to give up your day job. Mind you, I’ve read about
many people that earn fantastic incomes from their blogs so maybe
you’ll be one of the lucky ones that can give up the day job in the
very near future.
Search engines visit blogs so your site will probably get listed
quickly – Google actually own www.blogger.com so if you want traffic
this is a good site to start your blog on. It’s a good idea to also
insert GoogleAdSense and even a Google Search box because you’ll also
earn money when any of your visitors decide to click an ad or do a
search – more bonus cash for little effort. Blogger also has a tool
that you can use to notify all the search engines when you update your
site. Make no mistake, this is a very powerful tool because the search
engines take a look at your blog and follows the links to other
websites. This makes getting listed on the top search engines like
Google a breeze.
Another way to make cash from your blog is to add a few affiliate links
– find products that fit in with the theme of your blog, sign up as an
affiliate, put a link on your blog and hopefully watch some more bonus
cash roll in – again, it’s simple but effective! If you’re not familiar
with affiliate marketing then let me tell you right now that this is an
extremely good earner. I usually get my affiliate links at www.cj.com,
www.clickbank.com and www.affiliatefuture.com so pay them a visit and
get some links to get started.
I recently set up 2 new blogspots and you are welcome to take a look by
visiting www.mindpowersuccess.blogspot.com and
www.jibechick.blogspot.com. These are 2 completely different subjects
but I’m really interested in both so enjoyed creating them.
I also post my monthly JC Newsletter at
www.jugglingmumsclub.blogspot.com and always invite people to take a
look at the current JCN before signing up.
I’m not worried about getting competition from anyone looking at my
blogs – there’s more than enough blogs, niche markets, etc. to go round
and if it helps you get ideas then that’s great. Remember I’ve already
stated that “I love writing Blogs because I love passing on information
that I’ve researched myself.”
Another way to get traffic to your blog is to ask visitors to sign up
to your own newsletter and then send them a link each time you make a
new post. – once a week is plenty otherwise they may get fed up with
you bombarding their inbox.
That’s about all there is to it – it’s quick, it’s easy and it has the
potential to earn you a fairly decent income. If you have the time to
spare then don’t stop at one blog because the more sites you have the
more visitors you’ll get and the more money you’ll earn.
There are many people earning a very good living writing their blogs.
The biggest tips are to find niche areas that not many others are
promoting, get some affiliate links and some good quality content
information. Remember to add GoogleAdSense and possibly a Google search
box to your site and then just check your visitors and earnings each
day.
About the author:
Jugglingmum earns a living online from affiliate marketing, blogspots
and Google. She runs a popular monthly Newsletter that you can sign up
for by sending a blank email to jugglingmumsclub@getresponse.com See
the latest JC Newsletter at http://www.jugglingmumsclub.blogspot.com
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