Whether you’re a curious hobbiest or savvy blogging vet, emerging outlet or trusted source, if you’re looking to make your content your ticket to earning additional revenue this upcoming year, our Top 10 Ways to Help Monetize your Blog for 2010 is sure to contain something you can take home. Found here are some practical tips to help your blog become a credible source which will ultimately aid in revenue earned from your monetization methods.
- Expand your audience. Once on your blog, make sure to show methods for your readers to “share” your content and expand your reach. Think of your readers as your spokespeople and the further they can reach out the more opportunities for you to bring fresh eyes back into your blog.
- Keep up with the Jones’. Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc…all these social media platforms contain excellent ways for you, your friends and followers to disseminate your content, bring readers back to your blog and build you up as a credible source. Try out Ping.fm for content distribution consolidation.
- Add a splash of movement. Use video posts, flash animation, or even images to make your content as engaging as possible. Your readers enjoy visual stimulation; it makes the experience on your blog memorable and gives you more options to keep your content fresh.
- Make your content interactive. Besides amazing content, give your readers the ability to participate in the experience they’re having on your site. This doesn’t mean simply re-posting your blog to Facebook and Twitter, or just leaving them with a lonely comment box. Allow them to vote on your entries, post video responses…and have some fun with it.
- Express yourself. Make yourself a credible source by exposing your audience to a side of you that makes you unique, that makes you human… that makes you YOU. Sports fan? Music buff? Avid gamer? All good stuff. And when in doubt, guilty pleasures work well here, too.
- Be an affiliate. Align yourself with brands and companies you believe in, market their products and collect affiliate earnings from a portion of the sales generated through your blog.
- Make it pretty. Customize your space and make it you. Ensure that any additional feeds on your site are visually appealing. Refresh your content and images regularly but make sure to keep it recognizable. Advertisers will be happy to see that your blog isn’t cookie-cutter and that you take pride and ownership of what you put on the web.
- Provide product reviews. An easy way to earn additional revenue is to outsource yourself. Plus, product reviews as blog content help when you’re fresh out of ideas for your regular blog entries.
- Sharing is caring. Have retailer friends? A loyal readership? Offer some valuable billboard space on your blog for a fee. Provide accurate and relevant website traffic statistics and legitimize your asking price – after all, credibility is key here. But either way, this is a win-win.
- And finally, advertise…differently. Modern internet users won’t click on ads unless they actually mean something to them. So in order to maximize revenue earned off affiliate clicks then the advertisements on your site need to include products that are relevant, interactive and slick. You may want to look at AffinityClick’s services for that /
The general theme here is get your blog set up like you’re staging a home. Make it pretty, interesting and adaptable. Push your content out as far as possible with the ultimate goal of bringing your readers back to your blog. Set up meaningful and beautiful advertisement sections and invite your readers to engage and share their opinions on products mentioned. This will help legitimize your content, foster participation and build credibility – the key to maximizing revenue from your Blog.