Those with a website have definitely wondered how to make money blogging. If the current lock down hasn’t taught us anything else, it sure has taught us that versatile income streams are the way to go. One of the easiest and the best ways to versatile your income is to make money blogging.
Blogging is often thought of as just writing random articles and taking photos, but there’s a lot more that goes into it. Or at least, there should be if you want to make money blogging.
Make sure you have a beautiful theme for your blog, your site is easy to navigate, and you create content that’s interesting and attention-grabbing. Add a bit of social media promotion on the mix and you’re ready to get earning. For further social media promotion tips, read this post.
So, let’s dive straight in: how to make money blogging?
11 Life-Changing Ideas on How To Make Money Blogging
1. Affiliate Links
It doesn’t matter if your blog has taken flight yet or not, you can still make money blogging with affiliate links. Join affiliate programs, like Rakuten Marketing or ShareASale and look for brands that fit your blog niche. Apply to represent them on your website and add the links to your posts.
Make sure you don’t spam your posts with these links, make sure the content and the link are relevant. And remember to always disclaim your affiliate links appropriately.
2. Sponsored Posts
Affiliate commissions aren’t usually sky-high, but sponsored blog posts are a brilliant way to earn a larger chunk of money at once. One service that I can personally recommend is Get Blogged!
They offer paid blogging opportunities for blogs from all DAs. They have a variety of niches you can apply for, in addition to which in their Marketplace you can find brands to collaborate with. Make sure to check them out!
3. Google Ads
Google Ads are a versatile and easy way to make money blogging. You can place as many ads as you like on your site, and can get money even from just people clicking on them.
Do keep in mind that keeping your site user-friendly is very important. Don’t add too many adverts all over your articles and above and below images. They can confuse and annoy readers.
4. Brand Collaborations
As mentioned above, on Get Blogged you can find brands that are looking for bloggers to work with. In addition to this you could also approach brands yourself.
If there’s a brand that you would love to work with, send them an e-mail. But make sure you provide them with value! Keep the first e-mail short and snappy, and make sure you cover:
- Who you are
- What you can offer the brand (why they should work with you)
- Some statistics for the brand to see
5. Online Courses
Many bloggers will tell you that creating an online course will bring you a lot of income for a long time to come. Yes, creating an online course can take a bit more effort than affiliate links and sponsored posts, but they are an amazing tool for income as well as branding.
Online courses can be made of any subject: how to build an IKEA shelf, how to declutter your wardrobe or how to create a beautiful evening make-up look. Just pick a subject you love and get creating!
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6. Offering Resources
Blogging and content creation is constantly changing and evolving. But offering helpful resources, for example in the form of eBooks, will always stay a popular source of information. And people are willing to pay for them!
Creating an eBook is super easy. Just open Canva and flick through their ready templates that you can then modify to fit your niche and branding. It’s fun and profitable.
7. Representing at Events
This is an income stream that can follow creating meaningful, and profitable, relationships with brands. Once you’ve created couple well-received campaigns for them, they might want you to attend their events.
Many brands have a lot of budget to invite bloggers and influencers to launch parties and promotion events all over the world. So, get forming those brand relationships.
8. Speaking Gigs
Once you’ve established yourself as an expert in a certain subject (for example, eco-friendly beauty, tasty began recipes, etc.), you can start selling that expertise. Speaking gigs can be arranged in person, but most of them these days happen online.
As long as your subject is interesting and you’ve got a devoted league of followers, your speaking gigs will sell.
9. Offering Coaching
Some of us work so so hard, and still seem to get nowhere. And some of us find it all very easy, their business is growing and their income is stable just one year from starting. If this is you, you should definitely monetize this!
Start offering coaching for people who want to reach what you’ve reached. Make sure you offer proper value and you can soon be charging £800 – £1000 per course.
10. Create a Newsletter
A newsletter is a brilliant tool for keeping your audience updated on everything that’s going on in your life and career, as well as for promoting. Promoting your blog posts, collaborations or affiliate links.
Your subscribers are your most engaged audience so they are also the most likely to purchase any product or service from your recommendation. Creating a newsletter is very easy, and there are multiple good service providers to choose from, including Mailerlite and Flodesk.
11. Freelancing
At the end of the day bloggers are multi-talents. We are Project Managers, Content Creators, Web Designers, Coders, Photographers, and so much more. There is so much expertise that we have and use every day to run our blogs.
Why not make money blogging by offering your talents on even one of these areas to other companies or bloggers.
Some of these tips are for those just starting out, whereas some are only applicable for those with established websites and a number of followers under their belt. But I hope I’ve covered something for everybody here.
Did I miss something? Are you already doing one or more of these things? I’d love to hear how you’ve found monetizing your blog, has it been easy or challenging? Let me know in the comments below ♥
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