I run 20+ blogs and after all of these years I’m finally fine tuning them to the point where the result is a good balance between content and advertising. Creating a good blog isn’t all about making money, but rather attracting readers and keeping them. The money will come later. Here’s a short list of some important things to look for when creating or redesigning your blog.
There are more ways of monetizing your blog than just banners and text links. The visitors of your site are used to seeing the same old advertising methods. We are all now programmed to skip over ads. So if you want to increase your click through rate on your ads you can now embed ads on images.
Due to the increasing number of layoffs that have occurred in the United States the last few years, people are sometimes desperate to find a new job. Those who are still employed are becoming more worried about losing their jobs as well. In these tough economic times it’s good to have a secondary source of income to supplement your current income. This is essential if you’re in an industry that’s suffering right now like the banking or automobile industries. But with hectic schedules one might be hesitant to take on another job, since people have responsibilities to attend to at home. That’s why work at home jobs are so popular. One of these such jobs is medical billing.
A quick way to make a few bucks is by using Amazon’s mechanical turk service. At this site, you can complete “human intelligence tasks” for some quick cash. As a worker, you can select from thousands of available tasks. It’s a good way to make a little bit of extra money if you’ve got a lot of free time available.
1. Plan your yard sale ahead of time. Good preparation will go a long way. Make sure you have tables, get your rest the day before and wake up early.
2. Choose an early time and a date. Saturday at 7AM is perfect. The good yard sale buyers like to go early so they can pick the best merchandise and not be stuck with the leftovers.
There’s ways to make money in any economy that you may not have thought of. The key word here is hustling, looking for opportunities and making the best of them. Here’s just a few unique money making ideas. Networking is also key here. Those who network with their community can always find ways to make extra cash by fulfilling the needs of the people in your area.
1. Produce – Have a yard with a garden? You can sell your organic fruits and vegetables to your neighbors, friends and relatives and then save money and be healthy by eating them yourself.
2. Garage Sales – It’s the original ebay, where you can sell your unwanted junk to the neighborhood. Better yet, you can buy things real cheap at garage sales and then sell them at yours for a higher price.
Make it easy for your readers to get your content. Put your rss feed in a visible spot on your site. Don’t fill your site up with ads. Your first goal is to build up readers to your blog, worry about making money later. Some people swear by creating mailing lists but I’ve never tried that myself. Ultimately without your readers you’ve got nothing so keep them coming back by updating and happy with minimal ads.
- Ebay: If applicable, add a link to your site from your ebay listings. Ebay allows this only if you link to something relevant tot he product/item you’re selling. I have a product review site so when I sell an item I’ve reviewed, I add a link to the review.
- Reciprocal links: Sure the search engines have greatly devalued them, but this is one of the oldest methods of attracting new visitors that still works.
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