Archive for Blogging for Dollars
Written on October 31st, 2009 at 01:10 am by Darren Rowse
How I Use Email Newsletters to Drive Traffic and Make Money
Yesterday I shared 6 reasons that I find email newsletters to be a more effective way of driving traffic to and making money from blogs than RSS.
Today I want to show you exactly how I do it.
Firstly a word about technology – I use Aweber to deliver my emails (I talk about why here). However [...]
Written on October 30th, 2009 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
6 Reasons Why You Need to Consider Email as a Communication Strategy on Your Blog
Email is back!
Earlier in the week I mentioned that one of the emerging themes in the monetization sessions at Blog World Expo was the idea of membership sites as a way to make an income from a blog.
The other theme that emerged in a number of the sessions was that many bloggers were placing increased [...]
Written on August 28th, 2009 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Attracting “Money Traffic” To Your Blog
A guest post by Andrew Hansen from http://1000NewVisitors.com
If you’re a new blogger, particularly one who’s looking to make money from your blog you’ll know that generating traffic to your blog is, at least initially, priority number one.
But something that gets talked about much less is generating the right kind of traffic to your blog. When [...]
Written on July 27th, 2009 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse
How to Make Money (Passively) With Your Blog
Today, Shaun Connell from Learn Financial Planning explains how to build a passive income from your blog without sacrificing value.
Trying to get the most “bang for your buck” has been behind the invention of the wheel, light-bulb, the Internet and pretty much every other major technological advancement in history.
True to this desire for efficient productivity, [...]
Written on July 20th, 2009 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse
3 Money-Making Magazine Strategies for Blogging Success
In this post Rodricus Kirby shares some strategies of making money blogging by looking at strategies used in the Magazine world.
Magazines have been a medium to contend with for years because of their influence over readers, large subscription bases, and their power to generate big advertising dollars. By maximizing these 3 advertising strategies you’ll begin [...]
Written on May 22nd, 2009 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
Has the Economy Impacted Blogger Job Listings?
In August 2006 I realized that I was regularly getting two types of email requests:
Companies looking to hire bloggers
Bloggers looking to be hired by companies
As a result I decided to start a Job Board for Bloggers.
The concept was simple. Those looking to hire bloggers could place an ad for 30 days for $50. Those looking [...]
Written on May 21st, 2009 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
The Other Side Of ProBlogging: Making Real Money Right From The Start Of Your Blogging Career
In this post Ali Hale from the Office Diet shares some tips on how to make money from blogging by being a ‘Staff Blogger’. Learn more about Ali in the footer of this post.
You started a blog with the dream of making a living from writing about something you love. A month, or six months, [...]
Written on May 14th, 2009 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
Should I Add a Donation Button to My Blog?
A question that hits my inbox or is sent to me on Twitter from time to time is – ‘Should I Add a Donation Button to My Blog?‘
When I first started blogging 7 years back it was not uncommon to see bloggers attempting to add an income stream to their blog with some kind of [...]
Written on April 23rd, 2009 at 07:04 am by Darren Rowse
More Full Time Bloggers than Computer Programers? – Thoughts on Making Money Blogging
I’ve had a lot of people email and tweet me today asking for my opinion on a Wall Street Journal article – America’s Newest Profession: Blogging.
In it the journalist writes about how there are almost more people in America making their living from blogging than as lawyers and that bloggers outnumber computer programmers and firefighters.
I’ll [...]


