As anyone can tell from my AdSense and Amazon ads on my blogs, I’m interested in my monetizing my blogs. I know people who make money from their blogs, and better money than the pennies I tend to average. Trouble is, I don’t know how they do it. And when I ask them, they’re usually pretty tight lipped.
But one paranormal blogger I admire very much was amazingly generous with his knowledge. His name is Javier Ortega and he runs GhostTheory.
But I have to back up. When I first started asking Javier questions, it was more to know how he got the kind of traffic and hits he did on a daily basis and how he got his blog listed in the News portion of Google Alerts. Because that’s where I’d often see his articles popping up in my Google Alerts: news not blogs.
He said, “You know, I had started a rough draft of an ebook that tells how I not only did that, but also earned money from my blog.”
It took me a while to get around to reading it, but last night I finally did. (He sent me this golden info back in February.)
But I’m actually glad I read it now. What he had to say made more sense to me now than it would have back then.
His knowledge was so priceless I wanted to pay him for it. I went to his blog to see if he had a donate button. I’ve used such buttons to pay people for Wordpress themes, tips, fonts or graphics or what not before. It only seemed fair I should do that for Javier.
Instead I found out he’d finally published his book and called it Paranormal Gold. He’s selling it for only $10.
Which, okay, granted it’s just a short book. Maybe 55 pages. It’s a super fast read. But it’s also loaded with information packed into those 55 pages about how to make money with a blog. And it’s not just the standard tips: SEO, affiliate marketing, blah, blah, blah. He gives details like I’ve never seen before on specifically how to put all those pieces together to maximize earnings.
So now I’m going to revamp Haunt Jaunts and see if I can start upping my earnings. And hopefully I’ll be disciplined about sharing what works and what doesn’t here.
Do you have any neat tips you’ve found useful for monetizing your blog?
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Give people stuff they want – they want knowledge, give them – something for free, something for money. Ads never really work for paranormal niche, so give them something paranormal – like my ebooks
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Honestly, blog monetisation is so complex subject I would have to write a book about it. BUt it’s pointless, as such books already exist
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Nathan, you crack me up! Thanks for the comments. Your advice is sound. I keep hearing that: “Content is king.” Javier even stresses that in his book. I learned that early on. But if there’s a way to make money too…I’ll try! I have some different ideas. All I can do is try. If they work, great. If not, at least I know what not to do next time!