Blogging For Cash – 5 Easy Ideas on How to Earn Money From Your Blog

is a nice dream to have. After all, it probably means that you’re getting paid to write about something that interests you. So, what are the best methods of blogging for cash?

These can be simple adverts like the ones that Google provides or you can track down products to sell and create your own adverts for them. Or, once your blog gets popular, you can begin to attract individual advertisers. Depending on the aim of your blog, you can make the adverts intrusive or unobtrusive. You’ll get a higher click through rate if the ads are “in your face” but check that you’re not breaking the terms of the advertising network and also check that you’re not bugging your visitors too much so they’ll never return.

It’s good enough for the movies and television, so why not you? Ideally, you would be looking to be approached but in reality it’s much more likely that you’ll add a discrete advert for the product you want to feature. A simple clickable link may be all that you need to do this – something like all those links in Wikipedia, except these would be getting you a commission if someone bought.

You’re on thinner ice on this one. Google don’t like the idea, which means that your blog may come lower down the search results if you follow this route. But there are plenty of sites out there who act as the glue between bloggers who want money and people who want their products written about.

Even thinner ice. Think carefully before you even think about doing this. In a nutshell, you sell links from your website to other people. A big “no no” in Google’s eyes but that doesn’t mean it’s not happening. If you do choose to go down this route, keep the quantity of links fairly low and keep them on individual pages rather than splattering them across every page of your blog.

These are great. Make them as honest and unbiased as you possibly can – think of the reviews you see on Amazon and other similar sites. Write directly and say what you found to be good and bad about the product you’re reviewing. Then, every now and then, put in a clickable affiliate link to the product you’re reviewing on your blog.