Intro
Monetising your blog is a great way to reward creating quality content on your blog, especially over a long period after establishing good traffic and receiving a reward for your work can be a boost for moral.
There are various methods to start earning from your blog.
Affiliate Links
Affiliate links are when you partner with a website that has a product or service and have a link from your website or blog to their affiliate product or service on their website through an affiliate link.
A visitor from your website to theirs is tracked through the affiliate link and you get a commission when it results in the visitor purchasing their product or service.
If you are writing about a product or servAdes and if you recommend them use their affiliate links.
Advertisements
Ads can be a stable source of income for your blog, particularly if your blog’s getting a lot of traffic.
If it’s still relatively knew, perhaps together with having little content published, it might be beneficial to wait until a steady flow of traffic has started coming through before adding ads.
A lot of viewers will not want to see ads and waiting until you have more content might make it more worth it, as the more quality content your blog has, the more people that are not interested in the ads that are being shown, will put up with them and spend more time staying on your blog.
Collaborate
Collaborations occur when someone finds your blog or you reach out for an opportunity and work together if you both have an interest to collaborate.
When communicating with someone to collaborate with it’s wise to try to develop a ‘feeling’ for the person and that it is suitable to collaborate with them.
A common method to collaborate is through sponsored posts. This typically involves showcasing a sponsor’s products, services or brand by promoting it in your blog posts.
Accept a Monetary Contribution
One way for a blog to accept monetary contributions is through having a link to “Buy Me a Coffee” on their website.
If this method suits your website or blog, it can be a good option to receive support from your audience.
Similar options include integrating a link to a payment processor like Paypal or Stripe.
Sell eBooks or Products through an E-commerce Store
eBooks and Courses
Selling an eBook or course aligned to the theme of your blog is a popular way for bloggers to monetise their blog.
eBooks could alternatively be offered for free as an offering to visitors of your blog to gain them as a subscriber to your website’s newsletter.
E-commerce Store
An E-commerce store is a website that offers physical or digital products.
An E-commerce store can be implemented on your blog by researching quality products that serve your audience and integrating an e-commerce platform.
WooCommerce is a plugin for WordPress to make an online store with products on your blog.