Earn Money with Blogs.

                                  



 Do you agree with me that blogs don't make money???

Some of you would say yes. Millions of you would say no (otherwise, why do I see so many advertisements on every other blog?).

Myth about Making Money

The truth is blogs can make money. But, there is no easy way out. Don't get trapped by the word "make money by blogging". Its not as simple as that. When I started off, I wrote a few posts and inserted Bidvertiser ads at all possible locations and waited for people to click. It didn't happen.


On the right path

             It took me nearly a year to realize that it is not easy to make money by blogging. For a while, I started to purely concentrate on my blogging and forget about making money with blogs. This is the period I started to get many backlinks and started to build up my reader base. I got good ranks on Google, Technorati and Alexa. 


             Never write sponsored reviews, unless you are John chow.
This is when I was swayed by sponsored reviews. I started to make some good money by writing sponsored reviews. There were lot of offers as my blog had a good ranking. I realized that Google Page Rank is the king here. Even though everyone tries to play down Google's ranking system, they certainly have the say in your blog's success. 

            How to make money?

             So, here's my advice to newcomers (who has an intention to make money by blogging):
Start off with a good and interesting topic to write about. It can be on car buying, advice on bikes, gardening, diabetes care or even on a celebrity. But, ensure that you write about the topic consistently. No point in writing about everything under the world.


Get your blog indexed by Google. Find out how you can get indexed and rank #1 in Google



Get backlinks from blogs with similar content/ from your own niche. 

Once you have few posts, include Google Bidvertiser advertisements.








If you are going to use Bidvertiser, do not join in any traffic building networks. It doesn't help. These networks will increase your traffic, but will reduce your Click Through Rate (CTR) and eventually your earnings per click.

      Concentrate on specific keywords and improve on your Search Engine Page Ranking. 

              If you are making money already, then it's fine. If not, try to change the location of your ads or change the colour of your links. Experiment and see whether you have any improvement in the clicks


              If you still don't get clicks and your CTR lies below 2% mark, it's time to consider other modes of advertising.


             Sponsored reviews are good for short term benefits. Do not use them if you have an intention to stay in the blogging world for a longer period


I have touched on few controversial issues above and certainly there will be views that are for and against them. Feel free to share your views.