Easy ways to make money for kids

Look ing for ways to make money with your blog can be frus trat ing. Either you don’t have enough traf fic or you are not sure what to do. That is why I have put together this list of 30 Real Ways to Make Money with a Blogâ€.

This post isn’t your aver age direc tory of money mak ing tips either, it has sum maries for what each ele ment is, how to use it, and where to find resources. The blog earn ing tips are also divided into Begin ner, Novice, and Problog ger based on the dif fer ing qual i fi ca tions and needs of each.

Mak ing money online is mostly about cus tomiz ing a mon e tiz ing for mula for your blog. Depend ing on your skill level, net work, and cur rent traf fic lev els your blog has a vari ety of options. So find your blog’s for mula below to max i mize your earnings.

Begin ner

You know who you are†Low lev els of traf fic, rel a tively new blog, lit tle or no inter net expe ri ence, no design or seo skills, and prob a bly a sense frus tra tion over the lack of earnings.

Some of the options in this sec tion are bet ter then oth ers and mat ter of fact all of them can be used no mat ter what level you are cur rently at. Novices can use any begin ner level mon e ti za tion meth ods and Problog gers have the luck of using every thing and any thing they see fit.

PPC — Pay Per Click is an adver tis ing pro gram in which ads are placed on your blog and you are paid when ever your vis i tors click on the ads. It is the most com mon method blog gers use to make money online. It involves almost no effort and is so incred i bly easy that many blogs have too much adver tis ing on them.  Money is max i mized as traf fic lev els increase.

Resources: Google Adsense Chi tika Yahoo! Bid ver tiser Adbrite

CPM – Cost Per Thou sand (“m†is roman numeral for thou sand) is an impres sion based adver tis ing sys tem. This means adver tis ers place ads on your blog and you are paid based on how many times the ad shows up. This can be prof itable for blogs with big traf fic, and can start to bring money to even the small est blogs. All you need is pageviews to increase this mon e ti za tion method.

Resources: Value Click Tribal Fusion

Money Wid gets –A very sim ple adver tis ing sys tem is eas ily inte grated into your blog’s side bar with wid get adver tis ing. Just embed the wid get into your side bar and watch the ads begin.

Resources: The News room Wid get Bucks Scratch Back SmartLinks

In-Text Ads — You know what these ads are. You have prob a bly seen them all over small blogs and web sites on the inter net. They are links with double-lines below them. While some times use ful for blog own ers pock ets, they even tu ally irri tate and annoy most read ers into leav ing the blog and not returning/subscribing. In-text ads should be used with caution.

Resources: Kon tera Vibrant Media

Parked Domains — Have a few domains you are plan ning on using soon but are not ready to start? Parked domains serve the pur pose as adver tise ment and traf fic redi rec tion. This is per haps the eas i est way to make money, although in small doses, online. Just get a domain name and use the very easy parked domain programs.

Resources: Parked Google Parked

Dona tions — We have prob a bly all seen the lit tle but ton that says “donate†in some ones side bar. It is an easy and per haps out-of-date way to try and earn some rev enue. Many pro gram mers use this still, but very lit tle rev enue is earned through the dona tion fea ture. For exam ple have you ever donated? But still it is sim ple and if you don’t mind the but ton then go ahead and try.

Resources: Pay pal — it really is the only major ‘donate’ resource around!

Affil i ate Mar ket ing — Per haps the most lucra tive process for earn ing money online is by using your blog to rec om mend use ful and rel e vant prod ucts to your read ers. The best exam ples are seen by the many blog gers link ing to dif fer ent themes, ebooks and other prod ucts. The best thing about affil i ate mar ket ing is that you are only mar ket ing the prod uct and not sell ing it. Just make sure the prod uct is rel e vant and not over-used. Read more.

Resources: Click Bank Com mis sion Junc tion Azoogle Ads Link Share

Text Link Ads — As your blog builds rep u ta tion and traf fic your posts/pages become great places for links. Many peo ple will even pay you to put their link on your web site or page. While it has earn ing poten tial, be leery of this form of rev enue as it may be detri men tal to your blog in Google’s algo rithm. So study it out before you make your decision.

Resources: Text-Link-Ads Text-Link-Brokers

Feed Ads — An easy way to increase the adver tise ment on your blog is by adding them to your rss feeds. The sim plest way is to get Feed burner and set it up for your blog. Once you have done that then click on the mon e tize tab and Google Adsense will be added to your feeds in almost one-click!

Resources: Feed burner Bid Ver tiser Pheedo

Paid Sur veys and Polls — It is just what it says it is. You fill out sur veys and polls or place them on your blog for oth ers to fill out and earn money. In doing this option be care ful to find sur vey or poll com pa nies that have cred i ble back grounds as this is a source for scammers.

Resources: VizuAn swers

Pop-up Ads — These pesky and annoy ing adver tise ments may be great for some of your niche blogs or sub-domains. Not worth putting on blogs you actu ally want to build a com mu nity on, pop-up ads offer decent rev enue to blogs look ing to exist but not grow sig nif i cantly. But be aware that it is annoy ing to the reader.

Resources: Adbrite Tribal Fusion Pay Popup Pop u pAd Adver sal

Audio Ads — “You are a win nerâ€, “You may have just won a free Ipodâ€, etc. These audio ads can be very tar geted to your traf fic and very suc cess ful or com pletely use less. For instance, many surfers do not even have their sound on while they surf to avoid such adver tise ments. I would rec om mend not using this sort of adver tise ment for long-term projects.

Resources: NetAu dio

Arti cle Mar ket ing — A two-edged sword. You get both qual ity back links to your blog and its posts while also cre at ing earn ing poten tial. I use Squidoo and Asso ci ated Con tent per son ally and earn enough money to sup port my blog ging efforts and some adver tis ing. It’s also very easy through the sim ple resources avail able to you. Using this blog ging income source is both poten tially lucra tive and excel lent marketing.

Resources: Squidoo Hub pages Asso ciate Content

Novice

Now that you are novice you have more expe ri ence and a lot more traf fic. Because of the increase in vis i tors the poten tial to earn more is also greater. Here is a few extra things you can include into your earn ing for mula from the begin ning level. Again, make sure to find what is right for your blog.

Direct Ban ner — With ppc and cpm adver tis ing there is poten tial to make money, but direct ban ner ads bring adver tis ing on your blog to a new level. It takes a lit tle more work but you can find your self mak ing much more money and doing it pretty quickly. I use OIOP ub lisher and it is a pre mium plug-in that com pletely rocks. It even offers affil i ate incomes to oth ers who will try to get adver tis ers for your blog. Read more.

Resources:  OIOP ub lisher , Ad Rota tor Plug-in

Pre mium Con tent — Great exam ple of pre mium con tent is Seo Moz. They have lots of great con tent on seo for free, but to get the ulti mate seo resources you have to pay a monthly fee. To make pre mium con tent on your blog just creat a post or page usign Word Press. Then in the pub lish tool box click on “edit†on the “vis i bil ity†option. Then choose “pass word pro tectedâ€. Set your pass word and pub lish. The only to do then is cre ate a lead page that explains the pre mium con tent and allows peo ple to pay, using pay pal or another source to get the pass word emailed to them.

Resources: Word Press, Pay pal

Spon sored Reviews — These are reviews of prod ucts through direct con tact by the prod uct owner or through a review site. A good exam ple of a prod uct review is WP Con tent Robot. It is easy and you usu ally get to try out some pretty cool prod ucts for free.

Resources: ReviewMe Spon sored Reviews

Spon sored Post - Like a spon sored review these are posts paid for by oth ers. What this usu ally looks like is a post cre ated about a spe cific web site or allow ing the post to link to another blog with very spe cific and tar geted key word links.

Resources: PayPer Post

Theme or Tem plate Sales — To get this money mak ing prod uct going you first need some seri ous design skills or the money to pay for some one to develop it. Once a unique design is cre ated pre mium themes can go from $19 -$200. There is great earn ing poten tial in cre at ing themes and another very advan ta geous bonus. When you cre ate your theme a link is put into the footer of the theme with your blog’s url. So the more themes that are used the more back links to your blog.

Resources: Stu dio Press DIY Themes

Pri vate Forums — Cre at ing a pri vate forum is a great way for blog gers to cap i tal ize on their con tacts and build a tight-knit and moti vated com mu nity. Some of these com mu ni ties can be used for social media manip u la tion and many other “secret†and “exclu sive†means. You can make the fee yearly or monthly if you wish and start to build a steady income through mem ber participation.

Resources: vBul letin Sim ple Machines Forum phpBB Vanilla

Site Flip ping - The process of site flip ping usu ally involves the cre ation of design, con tent, and some traf fic to then go and sell the blog. The eas i est way to do this is by form ing a part ner ship and get ting some one to design the blog while the other writes con tent and mar kets it. For more about Site-Flipping.

Resources: Dig i tal Point Site point (both are great for sell ing your site)

Plug-in Sales — Warn ing: pro gram ming required! If you can develop or know some one who can develop a plug-in for word press then you have the poten tial to make and sell pre mium plug-ins. The first step is to find some thing extremely use ful and unique. Then cre ate an afford able plug-in to assist blog gers in their task to rule the blogosphere.

Resources: How to Cre ate a Word Press Plug-in

Email Newslet ters — These are becom ing extremely pop u lar. The pur pose of the email newslet ter is to build up a mail ing list of email addresses and then use the emails you send to drive traf fic, sales, or income in a vari ety of ways. Cre ativ ity is the best way to use this rev enue source. Addi tion ally it is impor tant to start build ing your email list as soon as pos si ble. But be warned that most newslet ter ser vices of any value cost money (but not a lot).

Resources: AWe ber PHP Autore spon der MailChimp

Ebook Sales — Writ ing an ebook is a great way to estab lish cred i bil ity and exper tise in your niche while also pro vid ing a hand some income. The way it works is that you pro vide a very use ful resource — like an elec tronic book and then oth ers buy it. The best way to under stand the process is by learn ing how to write an ebook and then how to sell it.

Resources: E-Junkie WP E-Commerce (2 great ways to sell your book)

Free lance Work — Once you have estab lished your self you can start con sult ing, writ ing, design ing, and offer ing other ser vices through your blog. I have had a lot of expe ri ence with con sult ing and it is a great income and a lot of fun. So use your blog to show case your skills. Blogs are the ulti mate portfolio.

Resources: Pay pal WP E-Commerce (ways to sell your services)

Mem ber ship Site — If you have the drive to make great lessons, tuto ri als, classes, or other con tent wor thy of a mem ber ship site then you should def i nitely do it. They are all the rage right now and show a great way to earn a reg u lar income. With new prod ucts online, the set-up has never been eas ier. I would def i nitely check out the resource if you have ever thought about a mem ber ship site.

Resources: Wish list

Problog ger

So you are an expert at get ting traf fic and build ing your blog. The next thing you need to do is apply all the right things from the list above and use your traf fic to lever age the new mon ey mak ers below. You’re the expert so get started!

Job Boards — Big blogs and blog gers have real ized that there is great money in job boards. A great exam ple of this is Problogger’s job board. He gets a monthly fee just to post the job oppor tu nity and cre ates a lot of buzz for his blog with it too. When you become the place for peo ple in your niche to come to, start a job board.

Resources: JobThread Web Scribe Job Board Sim ply Hired Job-o-matic Jobbex

Event Spon sors — Hav ing events on your blog is a great way to get more traf fic and rev enue. For exam ple hold a blo gathon (blog ging marathon), con tests, fea tured story, give aways and other events to bring traf fic and get spon sors to pay you for. A good exam ple would be to have a webi nar that is extremely pub li cized and then to get a rel e vant com pany to spon sor the event. Thus you are get ting more traf fic and money in one big hit.

Sell ing or Rent ing a Sin gle Page — Doing this is dif fi cult but far to under-utilized. The process invovles build ing a great blog with good traf fic and espe cially good pager ank and then sell ing inter nal pages/posts to any one will ing to pay. They get a sales page or what ever on a great blog and you get an income. A good exam ple of this is Pagerank10

Mar ket places — Site point is the best exam ple of a mar ket place. It is just like it sounds, a place for every one to sell prod ucts, sites, domain names, ser vices, etc. on your site. You get the traf fic and links along with com mis sion in many cases while the user gets to buy or sell. Traf fic or a very unique niche is a must to suc ceed with this income earner.

Hard cover Book – After you have estab lished your self in your niche as a lead ing author ity you can now pub lish a book on your topic of choice. Some pub lish ers even go from blog to book with almost no effort. So if you are inter ested in see ing your book in the flesh (paper flesh) then look into these resources.

Resources: Blurb Lulu Self Pub lish ing iUni verse Word Clay

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