I recently came across an old article with 101 Ways to Monetize your Blog. The truth is that there aren’t 100+ unique methods of monetization in this article because many of the items fall under the same category. (For example, CafePress and PrintInfection options are listed as two separate items when really the method that you’re using is selling merchandise on your blog.) Despite the somewhat misleading name, there are indeed over one hundred specific options here contained within different categories that should give you a good idea of how to start making money off of your blog in ways that you might not already be doing.
One of the suggestions that I’m really interested in here is ShareAPic. This is a site where you can host your own photo galleries and make some money off of them every time that they get viewed. Most bloggers use photos on their blog posts so that’s a simple way to use your blog to promote your photo gallery and make a little bit of extra cash. That’s one of the more interetsing options for monetization that I’ve looked at in awhile and it’s an idea that I’d like to explore more myself.
I’d also like to add a new method of blog monetization that isn’t on this list although the category it falls into is which is making money via Twitter. This would fall under the “begging” category on the original post which includes options like adding a PayPal button or a “buy me a coffee” option on your blog. The idea is the same; add a blog button through a site like TipJoy so that your blog readers can Tweet donations your way.
I try to keep my own blog monetization limited but I do like some of these ideas. What are your favorite ways to make some money off of your blog?
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