Steve Pavlina has written another of his comprehensive articles (7000+ words) on the topic of making money from a blog. It’s filled with loads of advice from his own experience of his last 19 months of blogging in which he’s built his own blog’s income to a level of $200 per day from a variety of streams.
Thanks to the numerous people who sent me this link including Andy.
My name is Darren Rowse and I’m a full time Blogger making a living from this new and dynamic medium from blogs like Digital Photography School and TwiTip - Twitter Tips.
Back in 2002 I stumbled upon an article about ‘Blogging’. I didn’t know it at the time but that moment changed my life. Since then I've become a full time blogger and have blogged on over 20 blogs and co-founded the b5media blog network.
You can connect with me via social media sites at Facebook (friend limit reached) - Facebook Fan Page - LinkedIn - ProBlogger on Twitter (also ProBlogger.com on Twitter) - SU - FriendFeed - Digg
14 Responses to “How to Make Money From Your Blog” - Add Yours
Marek
May 4th, 2006 11:20 am
Wow, it is a big and long thing with numerous references to previous articles. I’ve just finished reading it.
What’s interesting for me is that Steve Pavlina’s aproaches to monetize a blog are often quite different or opposite to approaches presented by Problogger. Well, I read both blogs!
Michael Hampton
May 4th, 2006 4:00 pm
One of the thing that Steve said, and Darren has also said, is to write about something you love. I think this should be expanded to: write about something you’re passionate about.
My flagship blog, as it were, is devoted to a topic I passionately hate. :)
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Louis
May 4th, 2006 6:06 pm
“What’s interesting for me is that Steve Pavlina’s aproaches to monetize a blog are often quite different or opposite to approaches presented by Problogger.”
What are those difference ? I’m interested to know about that.
Thanks
Asian Playboy
May 4th, 2006 6:07 pm
You know what I just realized after reading Stevie P’s blog…
I’m just hit the $100+/day mark (not quite there, but getting there).
But it’s not from Adsense (though I get a little extra from there) and it’s not affiliates (thought I get a little extra from there as well), but from the clients who hire me based on my personality, expertise, camraderie, and honesty on my blog.
Dude, does that make me a FOUR FIGURE BLOGGER or does it only count if it’s totally passive income that I make from Adsense/advertising and affiliate programs as opposed to the active income that I make teaching in real life?
Darren Rowse
May 4th, 2006 6:16 pm
AP – if you’re making $100 a day you’re a five figure blogger :-) $36500 a year!
Congratulations – that’s great.
As I’ve said here before – there are many ways to make money from a blog and to make it in indirect ways as a result of your blogging rather than from ads or affiliat programs is just as valid in my books as any other more direct method.
Asian Playboy
May 4th, 2006 6:21 pm
Cool, that just made my day. Anyways, thanks D for a great blog. Ever since I got serious about blogging and doing it daily, I’ve always checked out your site for great ideas and stories.
A.H
May 4th, 2006 9:57 pm
God bless Pavlina! hehe, this is just the kind of an article i needed to read nowadays, with the launch of my heavy-advertised blog, these quotes did help me get more determinded about putting ads in dominant places:
“If you do decide to generate income from your blog, then don’t be shy about it. If you’re going to put up ads, then really put up ads. Don’t just stick a puny little ad square in a remote corner somewhere.”
” “You know, Steve. Your web site seems to contain an awful lot of ads.” Of course I’m aware of it. I’m the one who put the ads there. There’s a reason I have this configuration of ads. They’re effective! People keep clicking on them. If they weren’t effective, I would remove them right away and try something else. ”
Of course these don’t mean i should bomb my new site with adsense all over, but considering a lot of blog from the same genre do the same thing, i don’t see where it can hurt me =)
A.H
Leon
May 5th, 2006 7:28 am
Heck of an article! Thought it would be more of the same info but it actually helped.
Jutawan
June 16th, 2006 2:19 pm
Good income from blog
Rick
January 11th, 2008 8:41 am
just wanted to commend Steve on useful info that my partner and I are using to initiate our blog, and to utalize some of the procedures stated to help us..thanks
KAJARIA
February 27th, 2008 1:34 am
Very informative article on how to make money blogging.
Helpful for new bloggers.
Greenleaf
June 6th, 2008 3:34 pm
Wow, the article is really very long. It takes me more than 1 hours to read a follow the links suggested. I’m tired now.
Lisa S.
May 22nd, 2009 5:20 am
Hi! Thanks for the great information you havr provided! You have touched on crucuial points! I would just like to say to all my fellow Entrepreneurs…just remember that persistence is the key to success. As Winston Churchill once said: “Never, never, never give up!”
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