24 Apr 09 Living off the Blog

Blogs, blogs and blogs! This is one of the most talked about Internet terms (contractions) of our time, and everybody seems interested in it. A search in Google with term “blog” will give you an idea about the popularity of this contraction. Upon searching with keyword blog, Google returns 2,900,000,000 results. This astounding figure is a tell tale in itself.

Some people have blogs and some don’t, but almost everyone will want to make some cash, if not a killing, out of it. With so many people on board of the blog-train, is there any seat for me, and can I make money by boarding this train? If this is what you are thinking about then let me tell you, there are many seats vacant for you on the blog-train. This is an organic train, the more people will join it the bigger it will eventually become. The only question you should ask before jumping on or off the train is the question how? How to make money from blogs? This article is an attempt to answer that.

Making money from blog is possible, but making quick money from blog is not possible. Buddy, forget about millions, there isn’t any quick way to earn even hundreds of thousands of dollars, or even just thousands of dollars. Your blog will take some time before it starts making money for you, and if you have time on your side then making money off the blog is not going to be a farfetched dream for you. Along with time, you will also need expertise on the niche (subject) in which you are planning to operate.

An income from a blog can be classified into two broad categories: direct income and indirect income. As the name suggest, direct income refers to the money that you make directly from your blog, whereas, the indirect income mean the income you make as a result of the content you have on your blog. In the later case, your blog will work as a portfolio, or better still, as the medium that will showcase your talent; in this case, your blog will trigger something or someone, and that something or someone will give you work that will fetch money.

Under direct income categories we put income like, income from advertisements, affiliate commissions, link sales, paid posts or reviews, text link ads, and sponsorships, etc., whereas, indirect income constitutes of writing contract, freelancing works, book sales, product sales, designing contract, programming works, e-Book writing works, and researching works etc.

Both the ways are right and which one will work for you will depend upon the nature and purpose of your blog. The best way to find what will be suitable for your blog is to study the competition, and see what monetization policy they are using, and try to emulate them. This strategy has worked for many bloggers and hope this time it will work for you as well.

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