How to Make Money Online - Start your Own Blog

There are many ways to make money online, but it is not easy. Setting up a blog is a good way to statr. If you are wondering what a blog is, it is essentially an online diary or journal and the name is a shortened version of "web log". If you have your own domain name and website it is very easy to begin. In this article I will cover such topics as what a blog is, the set up process, promotion, why a blog is a good thing to have and we will talk a little about making money from your blog.

The modern blog evolved from the online diary, where people would keep a running account of their personal lives. Probably about 1994 when it started, as we know it, and has become more and more popular over the last couple of years. As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs(Wikipedia). One of the good things about blogs is that they can be as structured or unstructured as you wish. They are cheaper than a website and pretty easy to maintain.

As I said earlier it is easy to begin and there are free services that you can start your blog on via Wordpress or Blogger. If you have your own online business you will be aware that the search engines love fresh content so once you start your blog try to post to it at least twice a week, keep them focussed around your website and your business, this will help your search engine rankings.

There are many ways to make money from your blog, and I provide a few examples below:

Google Adsense - this is free to join and easy to set up. The ads will match the content of your blog, Google does it all automatically for you and you will get paid every time a visitor clicks on an ad.

Affiliate Programs � sign up for affiliate programs related to the topic of your blog and display links to those products on your blog. Do a Google search for �affiliate program� + the topic of your blog to find appropriate affiliate programs. Whenever someone clicks through your affiliate link and buys a product, you will receive a commission. If you are knowledgeable about your topic you could also write product reviews to help increase your affiliate sales.

Sell Advertising Space � if you have a popular blog you can charge for this space on your blog. This could be in the form of a text link, a banner or a graphic. Another way to make money online.

Submit your blog to blog directories � just search for �blog directories� in Google

Ask other bloggers to exchange links with you � you put their link on your blog in exchange for a link on their blog.

Write an article related to the topic of your blog and post it to article directories.

Ping your blog every time you make a new post � pingomatic.com is an example.

Participate in forums related to the topic of your blog. Put a link to your blog in your forum signature.

Finally, the most important thing once you have your blog up ad running is to post regularly to it. This is a free and effective way to make money online. All it really takes is a little time to write you post. Once you get the hang of it it will become easy and will not seem a chore.

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