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Make Money Blogging: 20 Blog Revenue Streams

By on March 27th, 2013

The post below was originally published on my small business blog after a friend asked me some basic questions about how he could begin to make money blogging. I’ve since shared it here as a way to help freelance writers build an additional revenue stream (originally on October 16, 2008). And I’ve now updated it for All Freelance Writing readers with even more blog revenue streams you can choose from. – Blogging has been a hot business concept for quite a few years now, but many people blogging for income are still baffled about how to make serious money. “Is it …

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The Case for Blogging for Clients (and not Only Yourself)

By on March 18th, 2010

Many freelance writers have their own blogs. I’m always surprised by how many blogging writers I know don’t blog for clients! Why not? More importantly, why should they consider it? Today let’s talk about blogging for others and why it might be one of the best things to happen to a Web writer (or someone wanting to become one). Why Might Writers Prefer to Blog for Themselves? I understand the lure of running your own blog. Hell, I run a lot of them. I get it. I really do. You figure it’s a better way to build exposure and branding …

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3 Month Make Money Blogging Challenge – Day 52

By on November 4th, 2009

It’s update time again on the 3 month make money blogging challenge. The blog has started to see its first trickle of pay-per-click (PPC) ad revenue. It’s a good thing, but the overall amount is absolutely nothing to get excited about. If anything I’m starting to doubt that this site will reach the goal of a three figure income during its third month. I’ve been way too hands-off with it. As of today that will change, and I’ll salvage whatever I can out of it. That said, there is some good news here. The ad revenue so far, while miniscule, …

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3 Month Make Money Blogging Challenge – Day 32

By on October 15th, 2009

I figured it was time for a quick update on the 3-month make money blogging challenge. It’s still going on although I haven’t talked about it much. There just hasn’t been much to report. Traffic is still minimal, but growing. There hasn’t been any ad revenue yet. The good news is that an affiliate program application (the only truly relevant one in the niche) was finally approved — I applied back when blog launched about a month ago. Now that there’s something I can more directly promote and try to monetize, that should help. During the rest of October my …

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3 Month Make Money Blogging Challenge – Day 2

By on September 15th, 2009

It’s day two of my 3-month experiment to show you my usual process for turning a brand new blog into at least a 3-figure monthly money-maker quickly. The blog is up and good to go. I won’t be spending a huge amount of time on it today. Here’s the plan: I’m currently using some Commission Junction affiliate ads on the site. I don’t care for them though. Their tracking is clunky and their advertisers pay ridiculously slow compared to most other options out there (they’re so worried about advertisers that they really don’t seem to care much about publishers — …

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3 Month Make Money Blogging Challenge – Day 1

By on September 14th, 2009

If you read my last post, I didn’t just give you information on how you could earn decent residual income from your own blog. I promised to launch a 3 month challenge where I’ll do just that. I’ll start a new blog and spend no money on it other than to register the domain name (and use existing hosting, which many of you will already have if you host your professional site). Today is the first day of that challenge, and I’ve chosen a niche and just registered a domain name (I actually registered two, in order to set up …

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One Blog’s Journey to $2000 Per Month

By on June 29th, 2007

I’m not going to go into too much detail here, but today I hit a milestone: $2000 for the month of June from one of my blogs (if you know me and what I’ve been promoting lately, you may know which one I’m talking about). It’s in the business niche. I don’t blog because I expect them to be big earners… I earn the majority of my income through my PR firm. But I have been trying to take time away from freelance writing clients this year to focus more on earning from my own websites, blogs, and other content-oriented …

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Six Figure Blogging – What’s Your Plan?

By on April 10th, 2007

I came across a post on a forum recently asking not only about six figure writing, but more specifically six figure blogging, and how someone could become a six figure blogger. I’m a big believer in diversifying income streams as a writer, which is why I take on client work, run content sites and blogs, sell PLR articles, etc. I think if I tried to earn six figures from blogging alone, I’d get terribly bored. But for some people, it’s their dream. So let me ask you… if you wanted to become a six figure blogger, what would your plan …

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