I've had a few people contact me recently about how to earn from their blogs and the simple answer is "you don't". Blogs are traffic magnets because of the constant writing involved, so the best use of one is to bring in lots of visitors through it and then point them to your sites or products that DO make money!
Oh, sure, there ARE some exceptional cases of pro bloggers making gobs of dough, such as John Chow and Shoemoney and I'm sure you've heard of those people as well. Why? Precisely because they ARE EXCEPTIONAL! It's like a late night infomercial where the small disclaimer on the bottom says "these results are not typical". There are only a select few people who actually make money online by showing people how to make money online, because most people will never acheive the followers that are needed to make that strategy work.
When you have 10's of thousands of loyal followers, like they do, then you could sell bags of dirt on your blog for a dollar and at least SOME people would buy it, if you told them it would somehow benefit them. Well, I'm not like that. I have a small following who seem to appreciate my down-to-earth, realistic approach to earning online, without all the hype and promises of riches, and I prefer that too.
But, of course, that also means that this blog does not make money. My reward is simply in helping others succeed through what I write. If I've helped even just a few people make enough to survive in these tough economic times, then that makes me the richest person on the internet! To your success!!
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