Written on December 15th, 2008 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
Create A Media Kit To Attract Advertisers To Your Blog
In this post Marko from How to Make My Blog takes a look at how to develop a Media Kit to attract advertisers to your blog.
Having direct advertisers is a very lucrative way of monetizing your blog. Ads are one of the few ways in which a blogger can capitalize on existing blog traffic without [...]
Written on December 3rd, 2008 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
Can you REALLY Make Money Blogging?
Every now and again I get an email from a ProBlogger reader excitedly telling me that they’re about quit their jobs to become full time bloggers. More often than not they are new bloggers who for one reason or another have it in their minds that blogging for money is a quick and easy thing [...]
Written on December 1st, 2008 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
How Much Money Did You Earn from Blogging in October 2008?
It’s time for another annual poll here at ProBlogger - this one asking readers how much they earned in October 2008? I’ve run this poll a number of times over the last couple of years and the results are always interesting.
Just to qualify it - I’m asking about ALL blogging revenue that you can tie [...]
Written on November 11th, 2008 at 08:11 am by Darren Rowse
How to Find Advertisers for Your Blog
In this video Gary Vaynerchuk answers how to monetize your blog or video blog with a practical illustration.
Of course you need to have at least some traffic to pull in advertisers - but once you do, if the advertisers are not coming to you yet - go to them.
PS: this actually works. When I started [...]
Written on October 29th, 2008 at 06:10 am by Darren Rowse
How Bloggers Make Money Online without Blogging [POLL RESULTS]
Last month I ran a poll here at ProBlogger which asked readers if they make money online from sources other than blogging.
The result was almost completely split with 1022 of the 2053 people who responded saying Yes and 1031 saying no.
Some of the comments on the launch post of this poll revealed some of the [...]
Written on October 18th, 2008 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
Why I’ve Been Offered Close to a Million Dollars for My Blog (and Why I said No)
“I’ve always treated the first two years of Digital Photography School as its launch phase.”
This was a statement that I made in a session at Blog World Expo that I’ve been asked about many times since - so I thought I’d expand upon it a little here in a post.
2006-2008: The Launch of Digital Photography [...]
Written on October 10th, 2008 at 03:10 pm by Darren Rowse
How Much Do Bloggers Earn? [Survey Results]
Read Write Web today published the results of some research that they’ve done with Top Tier Tech Bloggers and Social Media Consultants regarding how much they earn in that work.
To get the information they approached 20 top-tier tech bloggers and social media consultants, half of them responded (so this isn’t a massive sample).
While the sample [...]
Written on October 2nd, 2008 at 09:10 pm by Darren Rowse
1 Man Blog Sells for $15 Million Dollars
I’ve had four people email me this news in the last 10 minutes. PaidContent is reporting that a WP blog by the name of Bankaholic has just been acquired by BankRate For Up To $15 Million.
Bankaholic has a staff of 1 (Johns Wu) who will remain on at the blog.
If this price is true it’s [...]
Written on September 30th, 2008 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
13 Gary Vaynerchuk Tips on Building a Profitable Blog
One of the sessions that I enjoyed most at Blog World Expo (actually it was one of the few sessions I actually was able to get to) was a keynote by Gary Vaynerchuck.
While I’m sure he rubs some up the wrong way his tips on building a successful blog (and business) were refreshingly honest, [...]


