Having been a blogger for a number of years now, a question I tend to get asked is how I make money blogging.

People seem to be really shocked to know that for a lot of people, blogging brings in a substantial full-time income. A few friends of mine have left their employed full-time jobs to follow their blogging careers. Which for me is the ultimate goal. I know it doesn’t happen overnight and takes a few years typically to build up your site, but the potential is uncapped

With blogging, you can earn a passive income which can allow you to do more with your time. Either work from home or travel the world, you can blog from wherever and earn from wherever

So if you are looking to give up the desk job and want to be your own boss in the future, blogging is a good avenue to go down. You really can be a full-time self-employed blogger.

Ways To Make Money Blogging

You really can make good money from writing for your own online space. Hopefully, these ways to make money blogging will inspire you to start your own blog.

 

Make Money Blogging

These are all tried and tested ways I use! I know these work and I earn money this way so you can too!

Make money from display ads

This was the first money I ever made with my blog through Google AdSense.

Granted it was only pennies and since then I still haven’t made loads. But they pay straight into my bank account without any fuss.

Ezoic is a new display ads company I have recently heard of that I am looking to join. A few people have had some complications installing their ads on their sites, but the pay is higher than Google Ads so is worth investigating.

Every month it adds up. Once the payout threshold is reached they make me a payment, so make sure you sign up to display ads on your site.

There is also Medianet which pays for display ads. The ultimate goal for all bloggers who use display ads should be to sign up to Mediavine.

Now the difference with Mediavine is that you need to have at least 50,000 sessions each month to apply. But they pay a considerable amount more for their display ads than anyone else I know of

Get paid for sponsored content

When a brand or company sponsors your content they will pay you a fee.

The content could consist of a whole blog post, a few lines and or links to their sites. It will vary from sponsorship to sponsorship depending on the requirements.

The majority of the sponsored content I host are whole blog posts.

A company or brand will approach me directly, usually via email and ask me if I will publish their pre-written post for a fee.

There are also sponsored posts where you write the content.

Get Blogged have campaigns you can apply for where you write the content and they pay you for writing and hosting it.

The higher your DA score the more you are paid for this type of sponsorship.

Earn money from affiliate links

These are links to products or brands which you wrote about that result in a sale.

So 1 of your readers has bought an item you recommended. For a comprehensive understanding of how affiliate links work the affiliate marketing guide will explain how to build that passive income. Utilise your free social media channels for sharing your links, pinning images on Pinterest with affiliate links is a great way to serve a wider audience.

The link is unique to you so would have been allocated to you by a company previously hence how they allocate your commission for the sale.

I have only signed up to 3 different affiliate networks Amazon Associates, Awin and Skimlinks

Awin was the first platform I started using and I got to grips with that before I applied to the others.

It is advisable to only recommend a company, brand or product which you have used and do genuinely feel is worth promoting in this way. I wouldn’t ever promote something I wouldn’t buy and use myself.

General adverts

This I feel is different to display ads because you are choosing what you are promoting.

With display ads, you have no control over what adverts your readers are shown. But with adverts, you decide what they see.

I sell space on my home page where a company can place a logo or image of a brand, and a click-through link to their site.

This I sell on a monthly or yearly basis but you set your own rates and can dictate how you want to charge for such.

I know bloggers who sell this space to other bloggers for a monthly fee. It is a great way to get exposure and a back link to your site.

Guest Posts

If you enjoy writing, you could write for another bloggers site

Some other blogs and websites want new voices to be heard within their content. The fee to pay other bloggers to guest post can be very handsome.

This is good promotion for your own brand as well as the site you would be guest posting for.

I ask to make sure my own blog is linked back to when they publish my writing.

If you are considering starting a blog, I really must stress the importance of going self-hosted. If you are in it for the long haul and want to make a career from your brand.

I have a whole section on blogging within my site which could be of help.

Hopefully these 5 ways to make money blogging has given you some motivation.

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