How To Make Money From Your Blog

You've been blogging your fingers off for a few years now, and despite the ego rush of watching your hits soar, you're wondering what's the point—or, rather, how do I make some cold hard cash from this thing?

To achieve making money fro your blog you will need the following things:

• A blog;
• Dedication; and
• A good PageRank

Stage 1: Focus your blog

Focus your blog. Blogs that make money are blogs with a specific market and a good PageRank. Be passionate about your subject and generate as much traffic as you can. If you're obsessed, others will be as well.

Tip: Don't expect to get rich from your blog. At least not right away. Some popular blogs report more than $40,000 dollars a month in earnings—but unless you've got millions of visitors already, don't expect to quit your day job anytime soon.

Stage 2: Sell advertising

Selling advertising is the top moneymaking method with a blog. AdSense, a service from Google, will place relevant ads from advertisers on your blog. If your reader clicks on the link, you get paid. Exactly how much depends on your traffic.

I will also like to inform you that it is not Google alone that offer this opportunity other companies such as yahoo, Goclicks and so on. Keep a date with me in my next post I will give you details and links to more of this sites that you can use to monetize your blog.

Tip: The upside to this method is that it's very easy; the downside is that you don't choose who advertises or what you get paid.

Stage 3: Choose the ads yourself

Some ad-providers, like blogads.com, help you choose the advertiser's you want and give you the right to set the price.

Tip: The upside to this method is that you're in control; the downside is if you set the prices too high or are too picky about advertisers, you won't make any money.

Stage 4: Write a review

Get paid to write a product review that relates to your blog's topic. Sites like payperpost.com will match you with a product. Reviews are usually short and don't have to be positive, but you will have to disclose you're getting paid.

Tip: Stay credible—be honest, and don't post too many paid reviews. If you look like a marketing shill, you'll lose readers—and money.

Stage 5: Sell merchandise

Sell merchandise. Suppose your blog has a really cool logo or you've developed some catchphrase that has caught on—put it on a t-shirt or coffee cup. A bunch of sites will do this for you, including cafepress.com. They earn the base price, and you earn the mark up.

Stage 6: Get an affiliate program

Get an affiliate program. Probably the most popular of these is amazon.com. This works by having a specific product advertised on your blog, and if readers follow your link and buy it, you get a percentage of the sale.

Tip: Affiliate programs are the better routes for newer blogs to make money, since it won't be so crucial to have thousands upon thousands of clicks before you get a check.

Stage 7: Make money indirectly

Make money indirectly from your blog. Many bloggers find they can earn money from their blog because it steers customers to a service they provide or to a product they're selling. Think of it as an ad for you!

Stage 8: Beg

Beg. There are a few sites like paypal.com that can put a "donation" button on your blog. You're blogging your heart out—why not ask your audience to toss a coin into your hat?

To make this post complete you can watch this video for further clarification to "How to Make Money From Your Blog" here.

I am bent on making sure that all my readers will make it online with my little emphasis on blogging. I culled this article from How-To.com for the benefit of my readers.

Olufemi