Starting A Blogging Business

If you find blogging about a hobby or pastime, then one question might have crossed your mind would be: Can I make money from Blogging? The answer for you is: YES! There is amazing diversity of opportunities that are opening up for bloggers to make money from their blogs they create. Simply by doing what they love or what they ordinarily do they earn money.To earn money blogging you only need basic knowledge of the internet and the love to publish your work. The good news for you is that this is becoming easier and easier to do, blogging and its availability and user friendliness is now offering more options to easily put up and earn from your blog. Thanks to pay-per-click advertising programs such as adwords and affiliate programs such as Amazon.com and Commission Junction, anyone can earn money through blogging.
What You Need To Be A Paid Blogger
First of all you need to create your blog. A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs often provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. Choose your topic of discussion and publish it. Now that you have one, you have the power to let the virtual community see and read your blog. Another feature of a blog is its ability to give the readers the opportunity to leave comments, making it very interactive in nature.
Making money through blogging is all about having more people visit your site and read your blog. First and foremost, you can encourage people to visit your blog, but the numbers won't mean anything if you don't keep them coming back for more. You'll need to provide useful and relevant content. It's not enough to provide the same substance as every other blogger, or it won’t attract much attention. You'll have to come up with something new and unique and provide thought provoking analysis. Your blog has to say something and say it well. It doesn’t mean that you have to be expert at the field you just have to make sure that your talk about your topic and the readers would be interested in it and would comeback for updates.
Once have established traffic on your blog its time to monetize it. Here are a few ways you can make money by blogging:Pay Per Click Advertising - You can earn a decent income through Google Adsense or other pay-per-click advertisers. While some bloggers report earning a meager income with the pay-per-clicks, it's indeed possible to earn up to six figures. Installing Adsense on your blog is easy; it's just a matter of pasting code on your website. Every time a visitor clicks on one of the links in the ad, you'll earn a percentage of the ad revenue. If you have a popular blog, you can do well.
Flipping Blogs - This has happenes both on an individual blog level but also on a network level (the most famous of these being the 8 figure sale of Weblogs Inc to AOL).
Donations - Some bloggers report earning hundreds of dollars through tip jars alone. Some bloggers place "tip jars" on their blog's sidebars. Tip jars are donation buttons leading to the recipient's paypal account. While this isn't recommended for every blogger, those who put in hours to provide a useful service are certainly rewarded.
Growing Your Blogging Business Over Time
Invitation only sites such as Blogads sell ads for placement on high traffic blogs. Bloggers receive a flat fee for every ad sold. The bad news is that Blogads doesn't accept just anyone. If you don't know anyone who can offer a recommendation on your behalf, you could try emailing a request to be placed on the waiting list.
Affiliate links are another way to make money on your blog. It's not as easy to earn with these advertisers as with the pay per click programs. Still, some do well. Many online retailers will pay a percentage of a sale if it results from an advertisement placed on your site. Amazon.com offers a program, or you can visit an affiliate super-site such as Commission Junction to find retailers catering to your particular blog. The flashing, colorful ads are a turn off for many because they're so distracting. Fortunately you can choose codes for the ads that work best for your site.