How to Monetize Your Blog
How to Monetize Your Blog
One of the exciting moments is when your blog starts generating revenue.
Isn’t funny you are making money through content creation?
But how do we do that?
Worry not as in this article we will discuss some common ways to earn money through blogging!
1. Advertisement
Advertisement refers to displaying ads space on your blog to promote products or services.
These advertisements can be in various formats such as banner ads, text ads, or video ads.
Millions of bloggers use the advertisement method to monetize their website.
And guess what?
They are earning thousands of dollars per month for just creating content.
Some popular advertising networks best for beginners are Google AdSense, Ezoic, Adsterra, and Propeller Ads as they don’t require minimum amount of traffic.
However, as your blog grows and attracts lots of visitors, you may apply to AdThrive, Mediavine, and Media.net as these advertising networks require minimum traffic.
2. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a commission-based program where you earn money via displaying other people’s products and services on your blog.
Some affiliate program offers up to 20% commission for every product or service that visitors avail.
Moreover, you can display affiliate products and services together with advertisement.
Therefore, you can generate income both through affiliate marketing and advertising.
Some popular affiliate programs are Amazon, Involve Asia, Shopify, etc.
3. Sponsored Content and Brand Partnerships
Sponsored content is a type of advertising where a brand pays publishers such as blogger and influencers to create content for their products and services.
For instance, you are going to create a product review either in video or written form.
However, brand companies most likely collaborate with bloggers or influencers with high volume of visitors or followers.
4. Selling Courses
Creating and selling courses is another way to earn money through blogging.
If you have expertise in a specific area of knowledge, you can create and sell courses like the Udemy and Coursary.
For instance, popular blogger Neil Patel is a successful blogger known for selling courses related to digital marketing.
And guess what?
According to some references, his earning per year is around millions dollars!
Amazing, right?
5. Selling Digital Products
Selling digital products such as e-books, software or application, templates, images, videos, and music can be a great source of income.
However, this method needs expertise.
So, if you have expertise like photography or videography, you can use your blog to sell your images and videos.
Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, and Vimeo are some of the popular platforms that sell digital products such as images and videos.
Note:
While there are numerous ways to monetize your blog, taking into consideration the above information can be your starting point to generate revenue.
