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Chapter 5 – Blog Income and Earning Strategies
Chapter 5 is all about making money with your blog.
“There is no single right way or wrong way to earn money from blogging.”
“Cast your net wider,and you will be hard-pressed to fine two bloggers who make money identically.”
The assumption here is that you want to make money with your blog and Chapter 5 starts out with two questions and discussion on those questions. Do you start off with ads on your blog from day one or do you build an audience and then advertise?
Six types of advertising in general are outlined and discussed followed by ad payment type which include CPC – cost per click, CPM – cost per thousand, and CPA – cost per acquisition.
- Banner advertising
- Textual advertising
- Product -based advertising
- Text-link ads
- RSS ads
- Sonpsorships
Finding Advertisers
Chapter 5 continues with how to prepare your blog for finding advertisers who might want to advertise directly on your blog. A lengthy discussion explains not only how to find advertisers but also how to approach them, taking payments, how much to charge, ad formats, how many ads to display and optimizing your advertising.
Affiliate Programs
Affiliate programs are another way to make money with your blog. You take a commission for selling or referring other products provided by others on your blog. Amazon Associates is probably one of the most familiar programs.
Chapter 5 continues with 5 tips for using affiliates on your blog, 4 other ways to make money on your blog and 8 indirect ways to make money with your blog.
So you can see by “casting your net wide”, there are many way to make money on your blog and with your blog. Chapter 5 does a thorough job of these topics by providing you with a feel for what monetizing methods you might want to take or consider.
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