While your blog might have started as a hobby, soon you might want more. As you witness other bloggers quitting their jobs and living their best lives, you’ve probably wondered, ‘How do I get in on that?’
While you might not land the big bucks like Zoella or strike up beauty deals a la Fleur de Force, there are still easy ways you can earn money from your blog. From some extra cash for treats to giving up your day job, there’s no telling where your monetisation efforts might lead.
Start making money from your blog today by following these simple tips.
Join some affiliates
If you tend to review products and services for your blog, you can make some extra money by simply adding links to your content. Through an affiliate network, you can earn money based on click-throughs from your content, and even more if you make a sale. Affiliate marketing can bring in big bucks for bloggers, and tied in with your Instagram and Pinterest accounts, could be a profitable arm of your blog.
Hunt for collaborations and sponsored posts
Sponsored posts and collaborations are where you can start to make a lot of money from blogging. Finding the best way to approach brands can be tricky, but there’s a lot of advice out there to help you out. Choose brands you’re already familiar with and have an interest in, and give them your best pitch.
Even if you don’t get paid in cash for your posts, you can still get some valuable freebies. Sometimes these can be worth more than what you’d have been paid for a post, so don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
Publish an ebook
Are you an expert in your niche? Do you have some influencer wisdom to share? If so, you could be perfect for the ebook market. Put together an ebook that people will want to read, and then market the hell out of it. Sell it through your own site so that you don’t have to pay commission rates. If it’s a success, you could always follow up with sequels on further topics.
Market yourself for contributed and guest posts
To keep your content flowing, contributed posts and guest posts can be ideal for bloggers. Not only do they give you a break from creating content, but you can also charge for it. Add a ‘work with me’ page to your blog so that people can see that you’re open to contributions and see how much you could make.
To stand the best chance of making money from your blog, you’ll need a strong following. Growing your blog traffic will give you some useful stats to show to brands and PR companies to help you secure those profitable partnerships. Think you stand a chance of making money from your blog? Why not give it a try today?