How to make money + traffic with… blogs!

This guide will hopefully explain to you how you can make money with blogs.

What is a blog?
Well I’d be quite suprised if you didn’t know what a blog was, but for those of you who don’t, a blog is where a person writes about a given subject and makes posts on this subject for people to read and comment. For example, Site SEO is a blog.

Traffic Methods
So, lets get started.

• Unique, Exciting Posts - Make valuble posts that are your own. People want unique content! Make sure you write about things that people will want to read about too!
• Pay For Links - Although companies like Google don’t always appreciate it, you can buy links from websites to increase your backlinks and your traffic. Places like Adbrite are recommended for this sort-of thing, because you could probably get links for as cheap as $3 a month.
• Forums - Post your blog on big forums such as Digital Point or Namepros. Put it in your signature. Also, if these forums have a feed reader, you can put in the Feed URL of your blog and the title of your latest blog entry will show up under your username!
• Social Networking - Submit your website to your own profile in places like Digg, StumbleUpon and Del.icio.us. Get other people to do the same for you too
• Ping - Ping your websites often. There is a tutorial here on Site SEO on how to do this. This will submit your latest posts to the Search Engines so they can be found on places like Google.

Now you know how to get traffic, you probably want to make money from it. Here is some tips:

• Pay-Per-Click Programs - Google Adsense is one of these PPC Programs. This is where you get paid for every click you get on the ads. This can be effective for blogs if optimized well, and if the blog gets traffic.
• Sell Blog Posts - If you’re getting a lot of traffic, you may find that some people want to pay you to have a blog post on your blog. This takes minimal effort, and you get paid to do it! This is probably the best way to make money from a blog!
• Sell Links - If your website has good traffic and has a PageRank, you could sell links into your Blog Roll and make some money each money
• Affiliate Programs - You can signup to affiliate programs and make a blog post with the link in it. That way, people may signup with your link and you can enjoy the rewards.

Thanks for reading the post, and good luck with your blogs!

Stumble it!