Blogging is a very beneficial niche that can provide you with a lot of opportunities and benefits – monetarily as well. In this article, I will be discussing ways how you can start monetizing your blog and other related things.
Read till the end of the article for finding out more information.
About Blogging
A blog is essentially an informational personal account entry published on the internet. They can be written on various topics/subjects/fields. As of now, there are over six hundred million blogs on the internet. Blogs are something that has evolved dramatically and have now become informational sources for a vast majority of people.
Types Of Blogs
Here are some of the most popular types of blogs that are available out there:
Travel Blogs
Before planning any trip, there’s a lot of research that needs to be done by using both social media and Google. Hence, there’s a great demand for reading other people’s travel reviews. If you are a frequent traveler this could be your very own outlet – which can also benefit you monetarily! You could write particularly on the travel niche – from the accommodation you stayed at, your experience at the destination to the sights you saw and the food you ate.
Food Blogs
Food blogs tend to come in different flavors! There are a lot of food critics who try out different restaurants and narrate their experiences. Or these blogs could also be written from the angle of cooking and baking. There are cooking enthusiasts who document themselves making new recipes every time, for sharing their joy with the world.
Fitness And Health Blogs
Exercises are something that needs a visual demonstration to be followed. You are going to need to also provide videos along with writing a blog stating fitness and health tips. There’s also the fact that you would be able to sell supplements, workout guides and promote those in your blog as well.
Music Blogs
Music is known to connect people both online and offline. In music blogs, artists and fans would be able to gather and discuss different aspects of it. If you are someone who is a music enthusiast/creator, you are going to be able to discuss lyric writing and music creation (behind the scenes as well).
Lifestyle Blogs
Lifestyle bloggers mainly create multimedia content centered around their lives. These types of blogs more often integrate vlogs for positively engaging the audience. These bloggers, later on, are also known to partner with various brands in the form of micro-influencers.
These are only a few common types of blogs that are predominantly published on the Internet. There are a whole lot of other types of blogs that are there as well.
When To Monetize Your Blog?
For growing your venture into a greater success you are going to have to solely focus and produce only valuable content. The content should promote engagement with your intended and target audience. After you establish yourself as an authority that attracts a very increasing amount of traffic, it would be the perfect time for you to start monetizing your blog.
Ways Of Monetizing Your Blog
Here is a list of ways how you will be able to monetize your blogging site:
Provide Subscriptions
Services and content which are subscription-based are becoming more and more popular these days. It is a great way of charging customers based on the content that you provide them with.
Initially, when you are starting a blog, you might want to offer free content – like guides, articles, and infographics. If you see that the quality of your provided content is high and is bringing in a lot of traffic, then you can incorporate a paywall. This is going to give the people who have taken up the subscription – access to some special forums, expert advice, and other perks.
You can start up the subscription service either as a monthly charge or a single-time-fee.
Utilize Affiliate Marketing
A very common way of generating income by utilizing blogs is launching an affiliate program. For instance, if you have a design blog then you will be able to sell physical and digital products – related to any business. These can also include prints from the illustrators and photographers that you work with. You are going to get a small commission for every artist’s print/photo that you sell.
This is a kind of passive income that has to date generated more than $12 bn.
Create And Sell Courses Online
If your blog is established as an authority, then you would be able to leverage its popularity into selling a course, workshop, or webinar. Or you could also become an online marketer who offers up teaching the basics of SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
Offer Up Sponsored Posts
As a small business owner, you can positively consider paying up to a micro-influencer or well-followed influencer to write a review or blog post about your services and products. For this, consider choosing influencers who have much credibility in the field.
Sell Ad Spaces
A great way of getting advertising revenue is by utilizing Google AdSense. This is used by more than two million people in the world. This service is going to enable you to block ads that you do not like. You are even going to get to choose the place where you would like them to appear.
To Wrap It Up!
If you are thinking about starting up your blogging page, then, by all means, go ahead with it. It is going to serve as a great outlet for you. That was all for information about getting started with monetizing your blog.
Thank you for reading till the end! I hope you found the information useful.
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