Blogging 301 ~ Lesson # 7: Monetizing a Blog with Project Wonderful

There are many ways to monetize your blog simply.  I have seen several blogs I am familiar with use Project Wonderful on their blogs.  I never thought it would fit in at Simply CVS so have not personally used it, but FrugalMom at Frugality Is Free has and I asked her to share her

Blogging 301 ~ Lesson #6: Monetizing a Blog by Selling Advertising Space Directly

As your blog grows and your readership and page views increase companies and other bloggers will be willing to pay to advertise on your blog.  Most blogs that offer advertising offer a variety of options to perspective customers and rates are based on several factors.  As I posted

Blogging 301 ~ Lesson #5: Monetizing a Blog with Personal Referral Programs

Another opportunity to earn from your blog is thru your personal referral links for programs you are a part of that offer bonuses for referrals.  You have the option of posting about them or adding their links or banners to your homepage.

Depending on how topic-specific your blog is it may be hard to fit in posts for them.  At Simply CVS I post

Blogging 301 ~ Lesson #4: Monetizing a Blog with Companies thru Affiliate Programs

Many companies offer their own affiliate programs and do not go thru an affiliate network like we discussed in lesson #3.  The ones I have come across seem to be smaller companies and once again, offer bloggers a commission on some action performed by their readers, many are pay per clicks on their ad or pay per

Blogging 301 ~ Lesson #3: Monetizing a Blog with Affiliate Network Services

One favorite way of monetizing a blog for many bloggers is the use of affiliate programs.  There are several, if not dozens, of affiliate networks that you can join as well as individual affiliate programs.  When you apply to become an affiliate you do the advertising for the company or product and receive a commission when a certain action is performed by one of your

Blogging 301 ~ Lesson #2: Monetizing a Blog with Amazon Affiliate Program

I live in a state where I cannot use the Amazon affiliate program so I have asked FrugalMom, my blogging buddy, to guest teach and share her knowledge with students here at Simply Blogging University.

Amazon.com is one of my favorite online websites to shop at, so when I realized that there was a way for me

Blogging 301 ~ Lesson #1: Monetizing a Blog with AdSense

AdSense is one of the easiest and most recognizable ways to monetize a blog.  AdSense ads are found on many of the sites you visit regularly—from small blogs to email sites to extremely large sites.  AdSense pays sites per click on ads—from pennies to dollars per click,

Blogging 301 ~ Monetizing Your Blog: Orientation

I have waited to introduce monetizing your blog until you had time to finish the classes in the Blogging 101:  The Basics and Blogging 201: Entering the Blogging World so your blog would have a good foundation to build on.  Content is King in blogging, and that is what is important to