5 Tips to Make Money Blogging & Monetize Your Blog

Many bloggers want to find ways to generate an income from their blogs. Following are 5 tips to monetize your blog & start bringing in some money from your blogging efforts.

1. Advertising
Including advertisements on your blog is the most obvious way to derive an income from your blogging efforts. Ads can come in the form of text links/banner ads & advertising options are available that you can easily tap into through pay-per-click, pay-per-post & affiliate programs online. Google AdSense, Amazon Associates, eBay Affiliates & Pay-Per-Post are just a few of the most common advertising programs available to bloggers.

2. Merchandise
Another simple way to monetize your blog is by selling merchandise through a service such as CafePress who will work with you to create custom items for you to sell through your blog.

3. Reviews
Bloggers can make money by reviewing products, events, businesses & more through blog posts.

4. Ebooks
A great way to bring in some revenue on your blog is by writing an ebook & offering it for sale through your blog. Ebooks are particularly successful for bloggers who have positioned themselves as experts in their fields & advertise their ebooks as additional/exclusive information just for readers of their blogs.

5. Donations
Many bloggers add a donation button to their blogs asking readers to make a monetary donation to keep the blog alive. Donations are also solicited with clever taglines such as, "If you like this blog, why not buy me a cup of coffee?" The donation link leads the reader to another website such as PayPal where the individual can easily make their donation.