The problem is many blog money making ideas don't pay much.
If you want to go blogging for dollars, you will probably have to play in the big leagues.
Let's talk about controversial blg money makers. I am going to discuss some ideas here that some people might not approve. Let's just say they are for discussion purposes only...
Many bloggers aren't willing to "sell out", as the saying goes, to large business interests. That is their right and their perogative.
Not everyone wants to make money from blogging. Perhaps, not everyone even could, if they wanted to.
One technique for blog revenue is product endorsements. Write favourable comments about products in your blog; perhaps even including them merely in passing. A link to the company website would be part of the package.
Example: I washed my car today. I used Brand X Car Wax, as usual. The car looked great. Of course, it rained ten minutes after I completed the waxing, ruining the gorgeous effect. Oh well.
A more direct product endorsement would arise from using, reviewing, and recommending Brand X to your customers.
Movies use product placement, in many of their scenes, as a means of generating revenue. The camera pans around, and then stops briefly, over the placed product brand name and logo. In return for those brief moments, the movie company gets paid, by the product manufacturer. The appearance of Brand X in the movie, and used by the stars, forms a nice implied endorsement for the product.
Bloggers could do much the same thing.
As with the car wax example, the product would be mentioned favourably by the blogger. A link back to the manufacturer or distributor would complete the cycle.
Endorsements and product placements might not be right thing for everyone. All bloggers have different opinions as to business, advertising, and product promotions. That is natural.
On the other hand, many bloggers would be very happy and willing, to endorse fee paying companies and their products, on their blogs.
It's a form of making money, from your blog, that is worth at least receiving some consideration.
As with all ideas of blog revenue creation, product endorsement and placement on blogs are still in their infancy.
Of course, that could be said of every form of blogging income, when you think about it.
Monetize your blog.
It's on the cutting edge of blogging!
