Tentblogger on Making Money

Tentblogger has another great series and a challenge for you to make your first $1.00 from your blog. I think it is a great idea to go through his series and see if you can monetize your blog. Why? Because domain name and hosting is something your will eventually want if you are into blogging for the long term (and who knows at the outset?). Those two things require making payments, so if your blog can support itself, that is an asset. See ‘How Professional Bloggers Make Money‘ for the list of pertinent posts. I started out slowly with Amazon and Google adsense. For more than a year I was convinced that no one could make money from those, due to my ignorance of how to implement them. They do make money. However, one important ingredient is the “niche” factor. Niche, keywords, etc are things to find out about, but first things first: try to add an area or two of affiliates or ads to your blog and make your first dollar- it will give you incentive. Tentblogger’s series covers such topics as

• Affiliate Marketing
• Paid Reviews, Sponsored Posts
• Blog Networks, Guest and Paid Posting
• Selling Products, Merchandise, and Expertise

…and more than that! I have always liked Problogger and Copyblogger, but Tentblogger is up and coming and gives excellent first hand advice. I think, perhaps because of that, his information is easier to find and implement.