Comments on: As a blogger, how do you make most of your money?

By: candyaddict

candyaddict — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:16:04 +0000

adsense and affiliates are neck-in-neck with direct ads coming up strong. Sounds like a horse race and the only guaranteed winner is me.

By: Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com

Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:34:01 +0000

I make most of my money selling products I own. Almost every blogger can easily, over a relatively short period of time, create an information product. Sold as a digital download it allows you to not only profit from your own visitors, but you can offer other bloggers the opportunity to sell it as an affiliate.

By: Jennifer C

Jennifer C — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:47:23 +0000

Ryan, I’ll quote people sometimes per post if they ask, but usually, in my own head, I’m figuring my wages by time, or the hour – how long it will take, vs. number of posts. I think that one, it helps me to figure my budget, and two it’s a left over habit from my business and mag writing days. But, you’re not wrong, most bloggers I know figure it by the minimum post too.

By: Ryan Caldwell

Ryan Caldwell — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:11:04 +0000

Jennifer, for most online writing that I’m familiar with, option number 1 “flat rate per post (blogging for others)” works to cover salary. I don’t know many employees who don’t tie salary to a minimum number of posts.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:57:51 +0000

Making money online is tough, but if the drive is there with the tools and perseverence needed, one can usually succeed.

By: Jennifer C

Jennifer C — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:51:18 +0000

You left off salary (or base), so I hit other. I get a set base at all my client blogs – some with page view perks as well, some not. At a few of my blogs my page view perks end up more than my actual base pay though. On my own blogs I don’t work it that hard where monetizing is concerned, but the money I do make I get from affiliates (some niche specific sponsors) or AdSense. Interesting poll, I’m curious to see the end outcome.

By: Jeremy Steele

Jeremy Steele — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:41:40 +0000

I’ve made little money, but what I’ve made is mostly thanks to affiliate marketing and using the blog as a springboard to get me little programming projects.

By: Adam McLane

Adam McLane — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:11:39 +0000

I run an ad network for the niche I’m in. It’s great! I find bloggers who are influential in my niche and connect them to willing advertisers. That’s where I make money via my blog as well as help my colleagues make a little money.

By: Virtual Impax

Virtual Impax — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:14:35 +0000

My blog is ALL about maintaining relationship with my clients… both current and future clients and that’s why I checked “other”.

I’ve got Adsense and affiliate blogs set up but none of those pay nearly as well as landing a single client with my “main” blog.

In other words, I’m blogging for “authority” instead of blogging for “dollars”.

By: Wess Stewart

Wess Stewart — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:41:58 +0000

What money? You mean they PAY people to blog?

Aw snap.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:11:11 +0000

Hired for a monthly salary is not listed, so I ticked “Other”.

Yehuda

By: Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert)

Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:51:50 +0000

Happy Sunday morning,

I make most of my money from precisely targeted products from eBay/Amazon/etc. I don’t focus on Google Adsense much at all.

Data points,

Barbara

By: oldsailor

oldsailor — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:28:08 +0000

Waiting for more traffic,more subscribers to think of making money.