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Last Updated on June 21, 2019 by Work In My Pajamas
If you have a blog, it seems like a sensible option to try to make some money from it.
Even if you don’t have a blog already, setting one up is an easy thing to do, and once you understand how you can monetize it, you can have a good passive income stream. You might not make millions overnight, but it is a simple and sustainable way to create some additional funds, and that is always going to be a good thing. Here are some of the ways you can make money from your blog.
Sell eBooks
If you have an eBook you can sell through your blog; you can let it work in the background without you need to even think about it. Unlike a physical product that needs to be shipped, an eBook can be downloaded as soon as payment is made, and you won’t even have to know that it’s happened until the money arrives in your account.
Of course, writing the eBook, formatting it, editing it, and making it look as good as possible is the most difficult part. If there is an aspect of this that you will struggle with, hiring a professional to help can be worth the expense. You can get a short term loan from www.loanpig.co.uk to pay for an editor, for example, and you can then sell more copies of your book because it is good value, thus making your money back more quickly.
Sell Online Courses
Courses are a great option to sell through your blog since they can be sold for much more than an eBook, and therefore you will make more money more quickly. However, you need to ensure that the price of the course is going to be worth the information that you offer so it will need to be about something in which you have a lot of expertise, and something that lots of people want to know more about.
It will also take time. You will need to:
- Prepare your lesson plans and course outline.
- Create supporting material such as slides and downloads.
- Offer one on one follow-ups.
Once all of this is in place and you can show (through your blog) that you are an expert in your field, selling places on your course will be easier, although you will still need to make sure you market it correctly, so people know it exists.
Review Products
There are many businesses that will either pay you or give you products for free if you then review them on your blog. This is perfectly above board, and as long as you make it clear that you have received some kind of incentive for the blog, you won’t get into any trouble.
You will get to test out the product or service (and in some cases, this can extend to overnight stays and vacations as well as everyday items) and then simply write a review about it online for your audience to read.
