How You Can And Should Profit From Your Blog
Written by rifqi on June 24th, 2010 in Small Business.
The phenomenal impact of the internet needs no introduction. It is common knowledge that today we do everything from socializing with friends to shopping for clothes online. For some reason, though, a lot of people overlook the opportunity to profit online.
About as far as most bloggers go, for instance, is to get a free ad sense account or something similar. It doesn’t take long, however, before they give up on the idea of actually making money from it. They don’t even give it a thought, other than to wonder why the products that appear on their site are related to the site’s content.
Just as happens in the ‘real world, ‘ only the companies with the deepest pockets seem to succeed at online selling. If a watch manufacturer, for example, has a website, it will likely be successful because the brand name is already known. If they advertise their new line of men’s watches online, they already have a market for them.
Most people think that trying to sell online is a pipedream. They may try it just for fun, but then they go back to relying solely on their nine to five job. They don’t even think it’s worth trying or think that trying to make money online is for suckers.
Still others are social media purists who believe that trying to sell things on their blog would somehow sully it. They are focused on socializing and don’t want to ‘hustle.’ That’s just fine, but there is another way to look at what they’re doing.
Let’s take the example of a young woman who shares celebrity gossip and fashion news on her blog. She is always promoting products on her blog, even though she may not be trying to. She buys a new crystal necklace that she loves so much she takes a picture of it and uploads it to her blog. She’ll write a post about it and mention the brand and where you can buy it. It’s a good bet that some of her readers will want to buy one, too.
She has just done the most effective kind of advertising there is – word of mouth. Yet, because she doesn’t have an affiliate link with the seller, she does not get a cut of the profits. That company may not even have an affiliate link, but if they did or if she did some research and found a way to profit from her free advertising, she could make a well earned commission from her blog.
Whether she’s blogging about jewelry, shirts for girls or anything else, if she just a little extra time, she could find a way to profit from the backlinks she is giving away for free. If you have a blog, think about it. Why shouldn’t you get paid for your passion and expertise?
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