SEO : Monetizing Your Blogsite
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You might have heard or read somewhere or from someone that you can make money from your site and even from your own blog. I would say this is true to some extent. If you are just beginning and you see an article or blog that says that their site is reaping at least US$1000 it would make you think that it could actually pay your bills! But before you fall into this trap, I would have to remind you that it’s not as easy as they say or you might think. But if you would like to take a try, I might give you some tips to start with.
There are several ways to monetize your site. You have the ad programs, affiliate programs and of course, selling an ebook or something from your site. There may be some other means of cashing in on your site but we’d concentrate on ads and affiliate programs.
So what are the things we really need? Here they are:
1. A Site of Your Own
Naturally, those who own a site of their own, be it a personal website or a blog, has a better chance of making money. Those who posts their blogs through friendster.com or blogger.com or any other site that offers free blogs will have a quite limited chance. Why? Because those who own their site has the free hand on changing the outlook of the site, posting ads anywhere on their site and they are not dependent on the website that hosts their blog. Of course, you’ll have to shell out some money but that would be part of your investment.
PrivateShelter.com is offering WordPress Blog for free on a first-come,first-served basis. You better start emailing the webmaster before the slot is fully occupied.
2. Ad/Affiliate Programs
This will be your money generator and as I have said, there’s a lot of ad programs in the net. There’s google adsense, yahoo overture, kontera, search speed and a lot more. I’m currently using google adsense as it pays better than the others. For affiliate programs, there’s Link Connector and tons more. Obviously, I’m using Link Connector. I call these as Money Makers and some of them are posted on the right side of the screen.
Actually, making money is not just about having a good number of visitors but by driving your traffic to click on your ads or buy/join on your affiliate programs.
3. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
There’s a lot of online articles that tackles this matter. To make it easier for you, I’ll be posting a series of SEO tips and tricks that is targeting google, yahoo and all the search engines in general. Naturally, having your site at the first few pages of the google search results of your chosen keyword would be very handy in terms of driving traffic to your site. Naturally, the number of Click-Through-Rate (CTR) is proportional to the number of visitors of your site.
4. Some Knowledge on HTML
Basic knowledge on HTML would be very handy to effectively promote your site. For more advanced users, knowledge on PHP would be very helpful as most of the free codes available in the internet are written in PHP. You may not really need it but additional tweaking of your site needs some PHP coding. Again, that is for advanced users who have some knowledge on programming or are willing to have some programming background. THIS SHOULD NOT, IN ANY WAY, DISCOURAGE YOU FROM LAUNCHING YOUR OWN AD PROGRAM.
5. Articles to Read
To be able to drive traffic to your site, you should have some interesting articles for them to read. I would suggest that you focus on something you have a passion for. Of course, it could be anything including your personal life. The bottom line is, give your readers something to read on.
This site isn’t making money as of this time. Besides, that’s not the main purpose of my blog. I already told early on that I just want to share my experiences in my life. However, making some money out of something from your mind isn’t a bad thing.