BlogSire

You have probably got your blogs up and running by now and though you have probably signed up to sites such as blogitive etc., they probably haven’t been accepted yet. This takes time and is the main reason why you must promote your blogs. The thing is you don’t need to wait for acceptance to start monetizing your blog.

The first thing you must do is to join Google Adsense which you can do by clicking the Google icon in the right column. Once a member you can then place Google ads on your blog. This is a great way of generating passive income. You will generate an income everytime someone clicks on your Google Adsense and every certain amount of page impressions.

You could also consider Adbrite and Software AdsNow which are Google type adsense ads. One that I highly recommend is checkmystats which allows you to select form hundreds of merchants to advertise on your blog. You can even choose to have rotating banner ads which is basically a banner which changes with each page refresh. This is an example of such an ad.

Kontera  similar to Google Adsense is another company you should join. Once their code is added to your site it selects keywords on you website/blog and hi-lights them. When a user hovers their mouse over the word a description comes up and if they click on it you get paid. The words on this post that are hi-lighted in blue are kontera ads.

I recommend joining some affiliates and promoting them in your blog. This can be done either editing your templates or recomending it in one of your posts, or even by placing a link at the end of your post. A good affiliate to join is LunarPages which is a webhosting company. Everyone who is serious about making money needs somewhere to host their site/blog and LunarPages is one of the best. They will pay $65 for anyone who purchases a package after clicking on your link.

For more affiliates you could join, check this site. One thing you should keep in mind is that you should not have to pay to join an affiliate.

Probably the next most important step is to promote or get exposure for your blog. Obviously the best way of doing this is to write good content as this will bring not only return visitors but may also lead to them actually linking to your blog. These one way links are highly prized by Google.

Submit your blogs to as many directories as you can. You can find a whole heap of them here. If you can get blogs that also have RSS feeds like Wordpress I highly recommned these as they are easier to market. RSS is short for Real simple syndication and is an easy way to distribute content via the Internet.  This is the RSS feed for this blog and you can see how it is a more simplified version of the blog.

You need to let these services know that you have updated your blog and you do this by pinging them. Once notified by the ‘ping’ they then crawl your blog and update their database.

Build a link base with other blogs and websites. it’s easier to swap links if you have a link directory such as Reciprocal Links Pro. There is also a great free version from Duncan Carver. If you don’t host your own blog, you need one such as Blogger that will let you add links to blogs. Unfortunately this is not the best option as by adding too many links you detract from the look of the blog.

Visit other blogs and leave good quality content with your blog address as your signature, this not only provides a link back to your blog but may well lead to visitors of your own. This can be also done in forums etc.

It may take a little time but it will be well worth it!