Someone asked me yesterday how people make money from blogs. There are a lot of people that would tell you that they know - to get you to their blogs or to buy their books :).
Here are a few ways that look probable:
- Get paid a wage to write blog postings: this is not as crazy as it might sound - see the ProBlogger Job Board for some real blog jobs.
- Become an experienced blogger and write a book about it - see the Tim Ferris interview part 1 and part 2. Interesting aside: Tim Ferris warns against posting too often in part 2.
- Write a lot and get really good at seeding your writing with Amazon Associate and Google AdSense pay-for-referral adverts.
- Get sneakier and write copy around Commission Junction advertisers (I mention cj.com because they have reputable clients like Computer Associates and they are said to pay on time).
- Look at the Technorati top 100 blogs and see what they are doing.
That said, the only really useful advice I could offer is to listen to the people who do make money from their blogs - like Darren Rowse.
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