Blogging for Money A - Z
Steve Rubel has a new post called Making Money With Your Blog From A to Z. He's got most of the big ones covered -- Adsense, Amazon, Commission Junction, etc. and he's also included some I hadn't heard of before (thanks, Steve!). None of them are going to work for everybody, but I think it's a pretty good way to get an idea of the possibilities.
Some of the comments are also worth reading. The one that got me to thinking was one about how hard it is to make money through affiliate sales on a blog. Personally, I think making money though affiliate sales is hard anyway, but I agree it can be especially hard on a blog, if for no other reason than most people aren't reading blogs with their credit card in hand ready to buy stuff.
But I think most people have a pretty narrow idea of what a blog is, or how it can be used. I think if it's used cleverly, either on its own or as part of a larger site, a blog can be used to help increase affiliate sales. I wish I could provide some examples of what I mean, but I don't have access to my bookmarks at the moment (another good reason for using online bookmarks) but they're out there.
Some of the comments are also worth reading. The one that got me to thinking was one about how hard it is to make money through affiliate sales on a blog. Personally, I think making money though affiliate sales is hard anyway, but I agree it can be especially hard on a blog, if for no other reason than most people aren't reading blogs with their credit card in hand ready to buy stuff.
But I think most people have a pretty narrow idea of what a blog is, or how it can be used. I think if it's used cleverly, either on its own or as part of a larger site, a blog can be used to help increase affiliate sales. I wish I could provide some examples of what I mean, but I don't have access to my bookmarks at the moment (another good reason for using online bookmarks) but they're out there.
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