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One thing to keep in mind about Google AdSense - if you are makinggood money through affiliate marketing or selling your own productsand services, the last thing you will want is to encourage someoneto leave your website by clicking on an ad. Once you begin makinggood money through other monetization strategies, you may want toconsider removing Google AdSense. It’s better to get a $20 sale thana $0.05 click.Monetization strategies for blogs with small sizeaudiencesOnce you start building up a loyal readership and a good flow oftraffic, you can start looking into additional monetization strategiessuch as the following.Selling adsDepending on your niche, you can generally start selling ad spacedirectly to advertisers once you get a certain traffic volume. You canmanually manage ads on your blog, or use platforms like BuySellAdsthat can help you sell and manage ads quickly through their platformwith a snippet of code that goes on your website where you wantparticular ad sizes and types to be displayed. It’s also a great platformto use in researching your traffic volume versus how much you cancharge for ads.For example:An automotive site with 20k monthly impressions charges $50 per month for their 728x90 leaderboardad space.A site about mythology with 35k monthly impressions charged $3 per 1k impressions per month for their300x250 top sidebar ad space.A site on investing with 50k monthly impressions charged $8.75 per 1k impressions per monthfor their 728x90 leaderboard ad space.This is a monetization strategy that has the potential to generatecontinually increasing amounts of revenue based on your ability todrive more traffic to your blog. Be sure to create an advertising pageon your blog and update your metrics (traffic, social audience, emaillist subscribers, etc.) regularly so you can continue to increase yourad pricing monthly.53
Sponsored reviewsIn addition to selling ad space, you can also offer sponsored reviews.This is where someone pays you to write about their product or serviceon your blog. If you choose only the products your audience willmost likely be interested in, you can earn money while creating greatcontent - a win win situation. If you choose any product just becausesomeone is paying you however, you could lose your hard-earnedaudience as they will not be interested in the content.When you do sponsored reviews, you should always rememberGoogle guidelines about using the rel=nofollow attribute for paidlinks, or links within a paid review. People will likely offer you moreto have a dofollow link - you’ll need to use your own discretion onwhether the price advertisers offer for a sponsored review is worthrisking the wrath of Google.In order to write a great sponsored review, insist that you want touse the product or service for a trial period to really get some insightinto it. That way, you can write a very compelling review.Selling your own products or servicesIf you have a loyal following, then you don’t need a large audienceto start selling products or services. All you need is to be able to answerthe following questions.The first question will help you determine if there is a paying marketfor something you can provide for people as a salable product orDo people ask me for advice or help?What do people ask me for advice or help for?service, and the second question will help you determine what thatproduct or service is.Here are a few quick examples:People are regularly asking you how youcustomized your WordPress theme’s functionalityor design, and they are asking if you can helpthem do the same for their blog. You can take thisas a sign that you need to create an informationproduct (such as a video tutorial series) on waysto customize WordPress themes or offer a servicewhere you will customize WordPress themes.People are regularly asking you if you sell printsof your photography. You can take this as a signthat you need to open an online store to sell yourphotography.People are regularly asking you to write contentfor their business. You can take this as a sign thatyou need to offer freelance writing / copywritingservices.People are regularly asking you how you marketyour blog and if they can “pick your brain” aboutit on a quick phone call. You can take this as a signthat you need to offer consulting.54
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How to Start a BlogThe Beginner’s
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