How to monetize your blog step by step in 2018-2019

Hi friends in this article will show you How to monetize your blog step by step in 2018-2019.  "blog" is a web page that usually presents information in a set of entries in the form of a list. These entries can be anything, including comments, event descriptions, photographs or videos. They are usually interactive so that readers can leave comments or messages in the entries. A blog can focus on a wide range of topics or a very limited topic, but it is also possible to earn money with a blog.



1. Sign up to place ads on your blog: Placing ads can be an excellent source of income for your blog. With "pay per click" ads (PPC), they pay you when visitors to your blog click on ads that lead to other customers. You usually need to have a strong readership and high visitor counts so that ad buyers are interested in your blog. Here are some examples of websites that pay you for placing ads:

▪The Google AdSense program is the most widely used PPC program because it has the power of Google search behind it. Google will read your article and find "ads that are relevant" to it and display them together or in the article. You will also use your readers' cookies to display ads that are relevant to your web pages recently visited on your blog.

You can also sign up for "total cost per thousand impressions" (CPM) ads. These work in a similar way to the PPC, but you pay based on units of "impressions" (views) that the ad gets, even if the visitors do not click on the link. Usually, units are sets of 1000 impressions.

▪If you do not have approximately 10,000 visitors to your site each month, it is not likely that you will earn a lot of money for the ads. That is why it is crucial to accumulate your readership with advertising and quality content.

2. Sign up for affiliate advertising: Affiliated advertising is a very popular way to monetize a blog as it capitalizes on readers' trust in you. If your publications always provide quality content, then your audience is more likely to rely on product or service recommendations. You can provide links or recommendations of relevant products and get a commission for any sale driven by your blog.

▪Amazon Associates allows you to place an advertising piece on your website with products focused on your audience, such as diapers for a parenting website or art supplies for a creative website. You earn a small commission when people buy something through your link. Amazon pays a commission that ranges from 4% to 15%.

▪Amazon is the giant in the industry, but it is also a good idea to contact small businesses and even people who offer products or services related to your blog. For example, if you have a popular cooking blog, you could contact small barbecue sauce companies to see if they would be interested in setting up an affiliate advertising program with you. You will earn a portion of the sale through your blog and they will get free publicity.

▪You can also check other affiliate programs on large information exchange sites such as Commission Junction, LinkShare and ShareASale. These sites offer long lists of programs, from which you can choose those relevant to your blog.

▪An affiliated aggregator service, such as VigLink, will automatically insert affiliated monetized links in publications for you. These are left with a higher percentage of the commission than the other services, but the convenience could compensate.

3. Write sponsored publications: If you already have a high visitor count, you may be able to get other companies to pay you for "sponsoring" a publication. The advertiser could contact you directly or you can review "sponsorship markets" online like Themidgame.

▪Beware of sponsors who want you to place an article to increase the rank of their own page. This violates Google's policy and could affect your AdSense revenue.

▪You can also check webpages such as Blogvertise, Social Spark and Review Me to search lists of paid or sponsored publications.

▪Do not allow sponsored publications to exceed your own content. Remember: readers will visit the blog to read your content.

▪Make sure you only make sponsored publications that will still benefit your readers in some way. It is not recommended that your blog look like a corporate lure.

4. Work directly with a brand or company: Working directly with a company to help with an advertising campaign can be a good way to increase traffic and revenue for your blog. Many companies, particularly those such as publishers, are happy to pay you for participating in things like Twitter parties, promotional tours of blogs and gifts.

▪For example, if you have a popular blog where you make reviews of romantic novels, contact several romance publishers to see if they would be interested in paying you for a review or other advertising event, such as an interview with an author.

▪Enroll with external connected agencies can be useful. Blog Friendly PR, Blog Insiders and Brandfluential are popular networks.

5. Generate leads for other businesses:This type of income comes by providing "clues" of sales to other companies that are associated with your blog. You do not have to sell a product or service to generate these clues; you only need visitors to your blog to provide their information and sign up to be contacted by your partner. 

 

For example, if you have a popular DIY blog, you could partner with a home supply store. If your visitors agree to be contacted by the household goods store, the company could pay you for generating said "track".

6. Use your blog as a portfolio: You may be able to use your blog to create autonomous revenue by using it to display your work. Do not use your blog just to sell products, but having a "portfolio" section on your blog can allow readers to see what you're good at.

▪For example, if you have a photography blog, keep a portfolio of your best photographs and promote yourself as a freelance photographer. Readers will know exactly what they will get as they can see your passion and experience.

 

Blogs can also be very useful even if you have a full-time job, for example as a lawyer. For example, writing blog posts that offer advice and useful legal information will show readers that you know your field. It will also give them a sense of who you are personally, which is very important for potential clients.

7. Create paid content: Once you have loyal followers and have proven your reliability, you can consider adding "paid content" to your blog. For example, you could submit a special podcast or write an e-book and collect a small payment to access this content.

▪Paid courses, consulting services and tips are other popular types of products and services that you can sell using the reputation you have established.

▪You can also use a service like Zazzle or CafePress to create branded items like shirts and handbags to sell. [61] The Bloggess creates new articles weekly, usually taking advantage of a comic publication from the previous week.

▪Consider membership, where you charge a small monthly fee to users to access exclusive content, videos or possibly direct access to you through questions and answers or live events. WordPress has many additional programs to help you add membership services to your blog.

 

Consider the "additional content." For example, if you have a podcast on your blog, you might consider having the standard episode available for free but a longer version or additional content for a small fee. The extremely popular "Savage Lovecast" by Dan Savage works with this model, where standard episodes are free and "magumum episodes" (longer, without ads) are available for a subscription fee.

▪Many bloggers take advantage of the success of their blogs to write books. The blog "Cake Wrecks" has many popular photo books of disastrous cakes [63] and The Bloggess now has two books about the adventures of his life. [64] The bloggers of "Tom + Lorenzo" wrote an ironic guide on how to become a celebrity. [65]

▪Remember: it might be worth paying for everything you can offer that is valuable to your readers. Just do not let your blog have so much paid content that it no longer seems valuable to your audience.