Many people use blogs to write about their personal experiences, to communicate with their family and friends, particularly if they live far away and obviously to promote products and services. That's why some people today consider them as an online journal or diary and others as a very effective advertising tool.
What anyone writing a blog ought to know however is that with a few very simple steps they could actually begin to make a living from their site and it does not matter if it's a private journal or diary type blog or a blog being used specifically to promote goods and solutions, the practice is the same. It actually doesn't take much effort to get this done either and is quite straightforward to set up, especially if you're using perhaps Googles' Blogger or WordPress to publish your sites.
So what are the steps that you need to take to monetize your site.
Advertising
There are Make Money Blogging of websites that desperately want to use your blog to put their advertisements and they are ready to pay you for the privilege, probably the most famous company that does that is Google using their AdSense campaigns. You will have to enroll with these companies and set up an account which tells them how they could pay you, that you are and where you live etc.. But after that's done it is only a question of following a few simple instructions for activating their advertisements on your blog. AdSense pays you each time their advert is clicked , but don't hesitate to click on your ads because you may end up quickly banned from participating in the program.

Plenty of businesses are seeking affiliate connections either directly or through affiliate marketing companies. Affiliate Window is a fantastic example of a company that operates out of the united kingdom and can help you apply and arrange affiliate arrangements with many different online companies quite often with a traditional high street presence too, folks like B&Q, John Lewis, Boots the Chemist and so on. Typically you can place what are called advertisements banners on you blog or if you find that too intrusive is may be a simple link that includes a reference back to you as the source of the traffic you send their way. If people buy products after visiting their website from your link then you will obtain some commission.

Text Linking


This is a much easier method of advertisements, what happens in this example is your company (when you've copied their code into your blog) analyzes your posting and determine what they call key words or phrases. They highlight these phrases and words and turn them into a hyperlink that takes your visitor to a sponsored website offering services or products related to this term, but only if your visitor clicks on the hyperlink. Again you can earn a living from the amount of clicks which are made from your site. This is just about the least intrusive method as they are actually using the words you have written and embed the advertisement within these words. Konterra is a good example of a company that works in this manner.