Making money on the internet

Believe it or not, but it’s actually possible to make money from
blogging. One teenager has, in fact, earned $5,000 a month just
from making posts on his blog! Of course, not every blogger is
this lucky. It does take some skill, and some luck to make money
from blogging. What it also takes is some knowledge of how
exactly to generate income just by posting blogs. In this
newsletter, we will go over three specific methods of making
money on your blog: Adsense, Pay Per Lead, and Affiliate Links.

So how exactly do I make money on my blog?

You do it by working with another company that wants to use your
blog as a form of advertising. It sounds like selling out,
right? Not exactly. The advertising can be as in your face or
subtle as you want. And it can still make you money, provided
you have enough visitors to your blog.

What is Adsense?

Adsense is a program offered by Google. The program, if
installed, will display ads provided by Google.

How do I get Adsense?

You’ll need to go to Google.com, first. At the bottom of the
screen is a link for “Advertising Programs”. Click on that. Then
click on the link for “Adsense”. Scroll down on the page that
comes up and click “Click Here To Apply!” You then fill out the
form with information about yourself. After 12-48 hours, Google
will notify you via email whether or not your site has been
accepted. When you’ve been accepted, set up your ads by doing
either of the following:

1.If your blog is hosted on Blogger.com, you can set up your
AdSense ads by going to your profile, selecting
settings>template>add an element. Then select AdSense and login
with your account info. Next, you’ll configure your ads and save
the template. That’s it.
2.If you are self-hosting your blog, you’ll have to set up
AdSense in more of a manual way. You’ll create your ads(which
can be as small or as tall as you want) and then copy the
HTML/Javascript code Google gives you. Then you’ll paste it into
your blog(on the left, right, or top of the screen).

For the first few days, the ads displayed by Google will be
Public Service Announcements. After the ads have been up a few
days, though, the ads will switch to ads that are relevant to
your blog.

How does Adsense work?

Every time a visitor clicks an Adsense ad, you get a little bit
of money(usually around 30-60 cents). The amount you get for
each ad clicked depends on the number of unique visitors you
receive on your blog. The more visitors, the more money that can
be earned.

Google will then send a check or pay you through Paypal once
you’ve made at least $100 from the ads.

It is important to remember that Google will penalize you if you
click your own ads, or if you ask visitors specifically to click
ads. So don’t do that!

Pay Per Click

Pay Per Click is basically just like AdSense, except you don’t
just work with Google—you work with multiple companies.
BidVertiser is one such company you can sign up with to do Pay
Per Click advertising.

How do I get Pay Per Click

You sign up with a site like Bidvertiser and then follow their
instructions to set up the Pay Per Click ads on your site.

How does Pay Per Click work?

It works by paying you money each time someone clicks an ad that
you display. You won’t get paid for multiple clicks from the
same user in the same visitor, nor will you get paid for someone
simply visiting your site. You only get paid for legitimate
clicks.

Affiliate Links

Affiliate links are basically links which people pay you for.
Companies will actually pay owners of popular blogs to post
links on their blog. You can do as much Affiliate linking as you
want.

How do I get Affiliate Links?

You can get Affiliate links by searching for “Affiliate Link
Programs” on the internet. Once you find an Affiliate link
program that looks good to you, sign up for it. Then you can
follow their instructions for putting the link(s) on your blog.

How do Affiliate Links work?

Like the other two methods mentioned above, Affiliate links work
by paying you money each time they are clicked. You get paid for
each click per unique visitor.

So that’s it. There’s three legitimate ways to make money from
blogging. It is important to keep in mind that the amount of
money you are able to make depends on how many visitors your
blog draws. If you draw a lot, you’ll make a lot. If not, the
money you earn will be modest. But it’s still extra money, so
why not do it?

Making money using Adsense, Pay Per Click or Affiliate Link
programs is easy and effective. Start monetizing your blog
today!

Get more information on blogging here

So you’ve decided to blog, but aren’t sure whether you should
host the blog yourself or sign up for a free service like
blogger.com. It’s a dilemma that many bloggers face. There are
pros and cons to both, which makes the decision difficult for
many. Neither is perfect, and neither is for everyone.
Fortunately, you should be able to make the best decision for
you if you are armed with adequate knowledge of both. In this
newsletter, we’ll go over services like blogger.com and others,
plus software that allows you to host your own blog. We’ll also
go over the pros and cons of each. After reading this, you will
know which is best for you.

Who offers free blog hosting?

Many sites offer free blog hosting. Among them are Forumer,
Blogger, BlogEasy, Aeonity, BlogThing and Blogates. A quick
search for “free blog” on Google reveals many possibilities.

What software can I use to host my own blog?

Like free blog hosting, there are many possibilities for
software that makes hosting your own blog easy. Most of them are
free to use. These include:

WordPress(the most popular software)
Apache Roller
Blosxom
Geeklog
Textpattern
LifeType

There is also blog software which you can purchase for use on
your site. These include:

Community Server
Movable Type
Radio UserLand

One negative about using software and hosting your own blog is
that the process can often times be complicated. You have to
download the software and install it to your server, which
doesn’t always go easily. It’s particularly hard for those who
don’t have a lot of experience installing things on servers.

Why should I remotely host my blog at a place like Blogger?

Places like Blogger allow you to host your blog there. It’s a
good option for many people.

The Pros

• It’s easy to set up and maintain a blog. You don’t have to go
through the trouble of installing software and configuring it to
work on your server. All you have to do is sign up for an
account and start posting.
• It’s friendly for beginning bloggers. Sites that host blogs
offer good tutorials on how to make your blog postings, so that
even someone who is completely new to the concept of blogging
can do it easily.
• Most blog hosting sites are completely free to use. There is
no need to pay for things like a domain name and hosting.
• Monetizing your blog is easy. Rather than having to manually
put HTML/Javascript codes on your blog to manually set up things
like AdSense and Pay Per Click advertising, you can select an
option on most blog hosting sites that does much of the work for
you.

The Cons

• You don’t have as many options to customize your blog.
Remotely hosted blogs are admittedly somewhat limited in terms
of what you can actually do on them. You have to stick with what
is provided to you in terms of look and features.
• The URL you get is always yourname.BLOGSITE.com. You don’t get
to have a custom domain name like YOURNAME.com. This can
possibly hurt traffic to your blog.
• Blogs hosted on free blog sites don’t look as professional as
self hosted blogs.

Why should I self-host my blog?

The Pros

• You have more options and more flexibility. You are able to
tweak the blog to your liking.
• Your URL is your address for your blog. Rather than having go
to where your blog is hosted to read it, they can read it right
from your site.
• The ability to make your blog look professional. Blogs that
are hosted on sites of their own tend to look a lot better than
those hosted on free sites.
• More space for your blog. Free blog sites usually place a
restriction on how much space you have for things like photos
and music. By hosting your own blog, you are able to use as much
space as you need.
The Cons

• There are sometimes problems with setting up blog software to
run on your site and server. If you aren’t experienced when it
comes to working with mySQL, the process will be hard.
• Updates aren’t as easy to post.
• You have to manually set up programs to monetize your blog.
However, if you are good with HTML/Javascript, this shouldn’t be
too hard.
• You have to pay for your own hosting and domain

As you can see, there are pros and cons to both. Which should
you choose? Well, it depends on who you are and what you intend
to use your blog for. If you intend to use it for business, then
a self-hosted blog is the best idea. If it’s a personal blog,
then a free hosted blog will probably be fine for you.

Closely examine all of the pros and cons mentioned above.
That way, you’ll be able to make the best decision for you!

Get more information on blogging here