Monetizing your blog is easier than you think!!!
You’ve decided that now’s the time. You’ve got the keyboard calluses, the archive and the readers. You’re ready to make some money from your passion for blogging. Sure, you gave up some real estate on the side of your blog for a search engine to place ads, but that’s not generating enough money to fill your gas tank, let alone change your lifestyle. The real opportunity in monetizing your blog is through affiliate marketing. It’s as simple as placing specific ads or links on your blog (or Web site) for digitally downloadable products that relate to your topic. By placing those links you become an “affiliate” of the person(s) selling a product(s). If someone clicks on that ad or link on your blog and then buys the product, you get a commission on that sale. Since commissions can be as high as 75% of the sale, it’s a much better deal than getting paid a few cents for someone to click on an ad.
That’s where ClickBank comes in. It is the largest and one of the most respected companies in affiliate marketing, with over 35,000 unique digitally downloadable products, more than 12,000 product publishers and 25,000 daily sales transactions. With ClickBank, you choose the products you like, you get high commissions and you get paid automatically – creating a hassle-free way to monetize your blog. Here’s how it works. Let’s say you blog about fitness and wellness. You sign up with ClickBank (it doesn’t cost anything for affiliates), then go to the ClickBank Marketplace and pick the products (e-books, newsletters, subscriptions) you like best and that you think will appeal to your readers. When you find products you like and that pay what you think is a reasonable commission (up to 75%), you can get a “Hoplink” code (the link that lets you list the product on your site) to embed in your blog. It works just like any other link you place in your blog. You are then ready to make money. It’s that simple.