It took me a while to decide to blog for money, but when I did finally get on the wagon, was I hooked! There are several sites online where you can make money, and believe me, there is money out there to be made. Skeptics say that this is just a phase and that all these money making sites will eventually dry out leaving bloggers high and dry. Well, whether it is a phase or not, right now I’m swimming in its cool waters, and so can you.
You can make money online several ways, and I am probably not the best person to tell you how as I am new to this too, but I can tell you how I’ve made my money. If you are a blogger, you can make money three ways (that I know of and use on my sites).
One, you can either sell links from your site. There are what are called contextual links where they find appropriate key words within your posts and make them link to their products or websites. Then there are just plain link ads where you sell them a space on your side bar and they place a link there separate from your content.
Two, you can allow ads on your sidebar or anywhere on your blogs like adsense. You just add the code, the the company will generate the ads. You earn money by how many of your readers click on their ads.
Three, you can do paid or sponsored reviews. There are several places online where you can sign up to review products or website. You write a short commentary or review, include a link, and you get paid for your trouble. Reviews are a more reliable source of income if you are looking to make money. You can control which reviews you’d like to do and how many. You can make as much money as you allow yourself time for. I just joined Smorty not too long ago, and they are one of the better, more reliable places to get jobs reviewing. They pay on time and there isn’t a lot of hassle about getting your posts approved. Provided that you’ve complied with their posted guidelines, of course.
