How to make money blogging
According to a recent article posted online at MSNBC, every day an estimated 175,000 new blogs and more than 1.6 million blog updates go online. While many people blog for fun, a great deal of bloggers do so for money.
But how does one go about making money with a blog?
Affiliate Programs
Many online businesses offer affiliate programs to webmasters, paying them a percentage of sales generated from their affiliate links. The key is to choose programs that compliment your blog. For example, if you blog about babies – affiliate with companies that sell baby products, products for new moms, etc.
Most affiliate programs provide you with flashy banners, but don’t over do it. People tend to shy away from clicking on banners because they view them as ads (which they are). I have personally had better results with both text links and posts reviewing and/or recommending products and services. For ideas on where to find programs to promote, click here for networks I use myself.
PPC (Pay-Per-Click) Advertising
An example of PPC ads would be Google Adsense. You place advertisements on your blog and when someone clicks on one of these links from your website, you are paid (anywhere from a few cents on up). The pros to using Google Adsense is that you can modify the ads somewhat to match your blog layout. In my opinion, this helps them to blend in better and appear less like ads. The cons are that you never know how much you are going to make until you make it. Whereas with affiliate programs, you know ahead of time what percentage you will be earning. I myself haven’t gotten rich from Adsense, but it’s nice to receive my check.
Paid posts
This is a relatively new way to earn money with your blog and while I have not tried it myself, I know some bloggers who are doing it and are happy with the money they make from it. PayPerPost pays bloggers for writing reviews of products and services on their blogs. In order to sign-up, your blog must be at least 90 days old and you must have a PayPal account to receive payment.
So what are you waiting for? Start making money with YOUR blog! 
[tags]Blog, Blogging, Affiliate Marketing, Get Paid To Blog, Make Money Blogging, PayPerPost[/tags]
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- Getting paid to blog
Blogging Tips – What to blog about
Increasing traffic to your blog
Using tags to increase traffic
What is pay-per-click advertising?
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