5 Ways to Monetize Blogs in 2019
If you are intently reading this blogging guide “How to make money blogging“ then you are serious in wanting to become a blogger. Whether you want to augment your income or go blogging full-time, learning the ways to monetize your blog should be one of your priorities. The following shows the ways to monetize blogs.
1. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is so far, the easiest and, in most cases, the most financially rewarding way to make money from blogging. It works with you promoting products or services on your blog and, when someone makes a purchase via your recommendation, you earn a commission. Commissions usually start at around 5 percent of the price of the commodity or service. Some even pay more. Affiliate marketing is made possible with an affiliate link that goes to the merchant’s online store. All you need to do is paste the affiliate link on your blog, and you are credited with a commission for any sale that was completed via the link.
2. AdSense
You can monetize your blog through advertisements and AdSense by Google is easily the most widely used ad network. You earn money via AdSense by displaying advertisements from online merchants on your blog. There are two ways to earn via AdSense, and one is according to the number of page views and the other according to the number of clicks on the ad display. Your earnings via AdSense is dependent on the number of blog visitors and the number of visitors who are willing to click on the advertisements.
3. Direct Advertisements
Once you have increased your fanbase and number of subscribers, then your blog is primed for direct advertisements. The trouble with AdSense is that the money your blog earns is limited by the number of its visitors and clicks on the ads. Your earning via direct advertisements is significantly higher and is more stable than Google’s AdSense. The catch with this way of monetizing your blog, however, is that you need to have a large following for merchants to consider placing an ad on your blog.
4. Online Courses
Your blog, in all likelihood, is about a subject that you are very familiar or are even an expert with. If you are using your blog to teach, such as do-it-yourself home improvement projects or video game walkthroughs, it is a good idea to offer exclusive courses on the subject. Your earnings with this way of monetizing your blog are dictated by how much you’ll charge for the courses.
5. Sell Your Product or Services
In the same vein as online courses, you can also use your blog to offer your own products or services. For instance, if your blog is about homemade organic beauty products, you can pack and sell some of your products to sell to your followers. If you’re a graphic design artist sharing tips on your blog, you can offer your services for anyone looking for an exclusive design such as a corporate logo or a product packaging.
There are more ways to monetize your blog. However, the ways mentioned should give you an idea of how you can generate income via your blog.
