Blogging is immense fun – but it also shouldn’t be overlooked as a genuine means of making money. People are carving out careers for themselves in the online world, with the power of words seeing people managing to earn cash their bedrooms.
But how are they achieving this? Today, let’s take a look at some of the exciting new ways in which people are pulling in the cash. Who knows, maybe your future lies in blogging?
Selling Ads
While some writers might not love the idea, using your blog as a means of ad space for businesses is a guaranteed way to quickly make money. You definitely won’t want your page to turn into one big promotion, but there are ways to naturally integrate other products into your work.
First Site Guide provide a useful insight into how to do this effectively, without turning away your audience. As they point out, there are a number of ways you’ll be able to advertise – from writing posts about the product itself to simply finding the right pop-up ads which won’t cause you to lose subscribers.
Selling Your Own Products
On a similar note, you’ll also be able to use your blog as a means of promoting your own items (if you’re an e-commerce vendor). While you won’t want to start up a blog before you build a loyal following on your online store, it can serve as a very useful complement to your core business once you start picking up a head of steam.
Having a blog which both promotes your product, as well as giving your business a splash of personality, is a guaranteed way to both reach a wider audience and enthuse your store with an element of trust. People will be more willing to buy from someone they can relate to on a human level.
Shared Web Hosting
While perhaps more of a means of saving rather than making money, web hosting is nevertheless a very viable option for anyone looking to have a little extra cash in the coffers. This system sees your site hosted on an external source, taking the burden of having to manage it away from you.
Shared hosting in particular is arguably the best means of carrying out this kind of method. As the E-commerce Guide point out, you’ll be able to share a server amongst a group of bloggers – massively lowering the rate you’ll pay as a whole. You can get this service for as a little as $5-a-month with some providers.
Find a niche
Find something to write about which nobody else is. If you turn your blog into the definitive source of information for something which is unique (but still valuable for users), you’re more likely to be able to monetise what you’re doing further down the line.
Obstacle provide useful information in this regard, highlighting some of the best ways to find a niche – and what to do once you have. Arguably their biggest snippet of advice is to make sure you write about something which you’re actually passionate about. People are smart. They can spot a phony “expert” from a mile off.
Have these money-making trends caught your attention? Be sure to keep them in mind if you ever think about converting your blog into a financially affluent machine.
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