Blogging To Earn A Living

Playing around on the internet can be quite fun. But even better, it can also be profitable. This is especially true of creating and maintaining a blog. You can make money blogging if you know what you’re doing. Here are three simple strategies that you can try to bring in some extra cash.

One good method: The Flagship Method. Under this approach to blogging, you create and maintain only a few blogs. That’s because you’ll need to spend a huge number of hours each week, as well as a lot of energy, on turning these blogs into true destinations for your visitors. You need to do all you can to create sites within popular niches and then to turn them into the best sites available online pertaining to those topics. The goal is to achieve large numbers of visitors per day.

Flagship blogging is popular among some because of the potential for large amounts of revenue. However, many more avoid this method because of how much effort and time are required to earn that money. They have to spend months getting little to no real income as a reward for their time.


However, after the blog has really taken off, you’ll find that the money which comes in is worth; so is the sense of fulfillment you’ll get. You will have created a site that people consider a “must visit” site. And it will be one with numerous methods for bringing in cash, chief among them being direct advertising.

Not everyone will want to try the flagship method of blogging. Only try this method if you know you have knowledge in a niche area, as well as the marketing skill and networking know-how to make it work.

Another popular method that many people use to make money online via blogging is known as the pay-per-post blogging method. Under this technique, you set up many more blogs than with the flagship method. These can either be on your own domain or with free blog host sites such as WordPress or Blogger. You then maintain all of these blogs for a span of time, focusing on creating content and building up each one’s Google PageRanks, link profiles and Alexa Ranks.

You also spend time submitting each blog to several pay-to-blog sites such as Blogitive, review Me, Blogsvertise, PayperPost, Sponsored Reviews, and Loudlaunch, and then begin writing sponsored posts. These posts are another way to sell products for the sponsors without looking like an obvious advertisement.

Of course, the main disadvantage to this method is that there is no passive income. You have to take lots of time to create a lot of sponsored posts to make money–otherwise there is no money to be made in this method.

A third good method: Automated Blogging. This means just what it sounds like. You set up the site and then leave it alone to draw in the money for you. You do this by setting up the site to pull in content from RSS feeds, search engines and news sources. There’s next to no maintenance required once you set up these sites, which means you have money coming in for almost no more work from you. The downside is that the money that is generated is only be low if you don’t spend the time marketing them properly.

Blogging is fun. But it no longer needs to be only fun. You can also make some significant extra money, provided you use the right strategies. Try any or all of the above to see how your income can be enhanced.