Ways to make money blogging: start a profitable niche blog today

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Some bloggers make hundreds of thousands of dollars per year from their blogs. Want to get started blogging? Here are some ways to earn money online by blogging.

First there is Adsense. With Adsense, you make money each time someone clicks on the Google ads running on your site. It’s easy to add the Adsense code to your blog and it can add up to some real income. One of my blogs currently makes $10-15 per day in Adsense income, which is pretty good considering the fact that I only spend about 10 or 15 minutes per day on it. You need traffic to make decent money with Adsense, but it won’t take long before the blog at least breaks even, and then it’ll start paying a bill or two, then it’ll maybe pay the car payment, and so on. Just keep blogging.

The next, and possible much more lucrative, way to make money with your blog is with affiliate links. Some affiliate programs pay extremely well (hint:web hosting!) while others pay a small percentage of sales. So if you sell a book through an affiliate link you may end up with enough to buy a newspaper. If you have tons of traffic this may be worth your while, but I like to find programs that pay $20 and up for sales. They key is to make sure you have relevant affiliate products on the blog, otherwise you’re just junking up your blog with stuff your readers aren’t interested in. That’s not going to make you any money.

I’ll write more soon on making your blog profitable!


Good Online Money Making Niches

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Need some money making niche ideas for your next website?

Here are some tried and true niche classics:

  • dog training
  • weight loss (crowded niche but lots of money to be made from high paying affiliate programs for diet pills, meal delivery programs, etc)
  • insomnia cures
  • making money
  • free business ideas
  • favorite TV show (pick a show that’s getting renewed for next season)
  • American Idol (people get obsessed and will read everything about their favorite contestant)
  • natural pet food
  • recipes (pick a specialty)
  • frugal living
  • getting out of debt

There are good profitable niches everywhere you look. I’ve even heard of a profitable web site about (this is gross) popping zits. Like I said, I heard about it - I didn’t check it out, so I have no idea what made it so profitable, but it just goes to show you how you can find unlikely money-makers if you just keep your eyes open.