Another way to make money.

Helllooooooo do I need to tell you about Google’s adsense? I guess so, or you wouldn’t be reading this. OK. I won’t hold your hand. Hit in any search engine, preferably Google, “Adsense” or “Google Adsense” and then follow the easy, fruitful way to net money making. It’s really that easy. [https://www.google.com/adsense/]

Another way to make money. Ask for money. It’s a simple concept really. If you have like, a hundred people looking at your charismatic prose every week, or say, more, then if you guilt them into giving you a dollar for each time they view, that’s, well, at least a hundred dollars. You have to be forward and guilt them. It has worked in the past. It can work for you.

Another way to make money. Sell something. Disclaimer Sell something LEGAL! Well, selling something illegal is moneymaking too, but getting caught is so messy. Why bother. However, maybe you can rot in jail and still blog and make money, but then again, do you really want to spend your six figure income on buying dresses for a guy named “Thor” or buying a banjo so you can have sing-along sessions with your block mates? No. That’s crazy talk. So sell something legal and be ethical.

On your blog, you can sell whatever you want. I know a ton of people, myself inclusive, use [ www.cafepress.com] Café’Press. Basically, you choose what you want to sell; you design it online in about four seconds, and poof! Like magic you are selling personalized stuff. Everything from coffee cups to thongs. You choose the mark-up and you make the money on whatever you marked up.

Banner advertising is also a great way to make money. You charge others for the banner to be on your site and you do nothing. It’s like web slum lording; how fun is that!

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They sell themselves!

Enough about how other people have done this, or the little nuances of blogging. Let’s get to the meat of how you can possibly make a very good living by blogging.

Think of blogging like any small business. Don’t blog if you hate computers or typing. You must have a true Internet interest. You also must blog about something you really enjoy or, yourself – but only the latter if you want to gather (or have enough) friends, family and networking opportunities to get the ball rolling. If you have one sibling and no friends, I would say that a personal blog isn’t for you. Catch my drift?

Anyway, get a free blog. Have the passion in your life explode on that blog. Start piggybacking banners, ads and some sales opportunities within the blog. Ask for money. Ask for donations. Have a membership mailing list that people pay for. Do what ever it takes to generate interest and charge for it.

Blogging isn’t old but isn’t new. A set of rules does not exist to a master plan of making money, and so far, I haven’t become a bazillionaire off of blogging myself; but I do know this. If you are interesting (or think you are) and have enough ovaries (or you know what) to ask for money or to demand ad rates and, if you have networking skills – you just may be a thousand dollar blogger.

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