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How To Make More Money Blogging

The Social Media Hat

When I was running Google AdSense ads, allowing Google to place ads for related products on my home page, sidebar and in banners below blog posts, I was making a whopping $50 a month. Instead, I've found ways to create far more lucrative opportunities for myself and my blog, and they have nothing to do with Google AdSense.

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Partnering With Brands Theme Week: Advertising 101

ProBlogger

Conversely, if your priority is the reader experience and not necessarily the revenue, it is recommended that you place these units on the right hand side of your page. The most popular, and realistically, most simple way for you to start monetizing your Blog is to utilize Google AdSense. It really is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

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236: 5 Areas to Focus on to Grow Your Blogging Income

ProBlogger

Today’s show is inspired by a conversation I had this week with a blogger who had been blogging for a couple of years now. I hadn’t made any money and then the second year, I started to dabble with some Google AdSense ads on my blog, some Amazon affiliate income. AdSense, for those of you who don’t know, is Google’s ad network.

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Unearthing Your Blog’s Money Pages

ProBlogger

Setting the right price for your products is extremely important, but I wanted to take that discussion one step further for those who are already offering products on their blogs and want to take their conversions to the next level. Ads (CPM) = page views. People are looking for a reason not to buy— don’t give them one.

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What Advertisers Want: 6 steps to Attract Advertisers to Your Blog

ProBlogger

Advertisers looks at many metrics when considering advertising on a blog — page views, daily visitors, average time on site, CPM, among others. Advertisers not only look at how many followers a blog has but, more importantly, also look at the conversations being held on the blog’s page and social media channels.

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Is Advertising Revenue Dead as a Blogging Income Stream?

ProBlogger

Earlier in the week I observed a conversation between two Internet marketing bloggers on Twitter which grabbed my attention. The topic of conversation? It was a fascinating conversation to observe. Companies are realizing the potential of online media to reach target audiences and get conversions.

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Why Social Media Is a Better Investment than SEO

ProBlogger

Google can’t easily tell the difference a legitimate blog from a made for Adsense spam site. It can’t have a conversation, talk or listen. They are simply not able to engage in a conversation as a brand. We can have discussions and conversations, and brands can’t do that. If they could, there would be no spam.

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