28 Ways to Make Money with Your Website
There are several lists with “ways to make money with a website” on the Internet, but none of them seem to be complete. That is why I decided to create this one. If you know a method that is not listed below, just let us know and we’ll update it.
Notice that ways to make money with a website are different from ways to make more money from it. Methods to increase your traffic or click-through rate will help you make more money, but they do not represent a method of making money per se.
For example, one could suggest that blending AdSense ads with the content is a way to make money from a website. In reality it’s not; it’s just a way to make more money by improving your ad click-through rate. The real monetization method behind it is a PPC ad network.
The list is divided into direct and indirect methods, and examples and links are provided for each point. Enjoy!
Direct Methods
1. PPC Advertising Networks
Google AdSense is the most popular option under this category, but there are also others. Basically you need to sign up with the network and paste some code snippets on your website. The network will then serve contextual ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and you will earn a certain amount of money for every click.
The profitability of PPC advertising depends on the general traffic levels of the website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). The CTR depends on the design of the website. Ads placed abode the fold or blended with content, for instance, tend to get higher CTRs. The CPC, on the other hand, depends on the nice of the website. Mortgages, financial products and college education are examples of profitable niches (clicks worth a couple of dollars are not rare), while tech-related topics tend to receive a smaller CPC (sometimes as low as a couple of cents per click).
The source of the traffic can also affect the overall CTR rate. Organic traffic (the one that comes from search engines) tends to perform well because these visitors were already looking for something, and they tend to click on ads more often. Social media traffic, on the other hand, presents terribly low CTRs because these visitors are tech-savvy and they just ignore ads.
List of popular CPC advertising networks:
2. CPM Advertising Networks
CPM advertising networks behave pretty much as PPC networks, except that you get paid according to the number of impressions (i.e., page views) that the ads displayed on your site will generate. CPM stands for Cost per Mille, and it refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions.
A blog that generates 100,000 page views monthly displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM, therefore, will earn $100 monthly.
CPM rates vary with the network, the position of the ad and the format. The better the network, the higher the CPM rate (because they have access to more advertisers). The closer you put the ad to the top of the page, the higher the CPM. The bigger the format (in terms of pixels), the higher the CPM.
You can get as low as $0,10 and as high as $10 per 1,000 impressions (more in some special cases). CPM advertising tends to work well on websites with a high page views per visitor ratio (e.g., online forums, magazines and so on).
List of popular CPM advertising networks:
3. Direct Banner Advertising
Selling your own advertising space is one of the most lucrative monetization methods. First and foremost because it enables you to cut out the middleman commissions and to determine your own rates. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90 leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250 rectangle and the 125×125 button.
The downside of direct banner advertising is that you need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.
Related links:
- How to Find Advertisers for Your Website
- Finding Advertisers for Your Blog
- Direct Advertising Sales for Beginners
- Openads Ad Server
- OIO Publisher Ad Platform
4. Text Link Ads
After Google declared that sites selling text links without the nofollow tag would be penalized, this monetization method became less popular.
Many website owners are still using text links to monetize their sites, though, some using the nofollow tag and some not.
The advantage of this method is that it is not intrusive. One can sell text links directly through his website or use specialized networks like Text-Link-Ads and Text-Link-Brokers to automate the process.
Text link marketplaces and networks:
5. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a very popular practice on the Internet. Under this system you have a merchant that is willing to let other people (the affiliates) sell directly or indirectly its products and services, in exchange for a commission. Sometimes this type of advertising is also called CPA (cost per action) or CPL (cost per lead) based.
Affiliates can send potential customers to the merchant using several tools, from banners to text links and product reviews.
In order to find suitable affiliate programs you can turn to individual companies and publishers like Dreamhost and SEOBook, or join affiliate marketplaces and networks.
List of popular affiliate marketplaces and networks:
6. Monetization Widgets
The latest trend on the web are widgets that let you monetize your website. Examples include Widgetbucks and SmartLinks. Some of these services operate under a PPC scheme, others behave like text link ads, others yet leverage affiliate links.
Their main differentiator, however, is the fact that they work as web widgets, making it easier for the user to plug and play the service on its website.
List of companies that provide monetization widgets:
7. Sponsored Reviews
PayPerPost pioneered this model, with much controversy on the beginning (related to the fact that they did not require disclosure on paid posts). Soon other companies followed, most notably Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe, refining the process and expanding the paid blogging model.
Joining one of these sponsored reviews marketplaces will give you the opportunity to write sponsored posts on a wide range of topics. Not all bloggers are willing to get paid to write about a specific product or website (because it might compromise the editorial credibility), but the ones who do are making good money out of it.
If your blog has a big audience you could also offer sponsored reviews directly, cutting off the commissions of the middleman.
List of sponsored reviews and paid blogging networks:
8. RSS Feed Ads
With the quick adoption of the RSS technology by millions of Internet users, website owners are starting to find ways to monetize this new content distribution channel.
Feedburber already has its own publisher network, and you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based advertising on your feed footer. Bidvertiser recently introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC scheme.
Finally, some blogs are also opting to sell banners or sponsored messages on their feed directly. John Chow and Marketing Pilgrim are two examples.
Related links:
9. Sponsors for Single Columns or Events
If you website has specific columns or events (e.g., a weekly podcast, an interview series, a monthly survey, a special project) you could find companies to sponsor them individually.
This method increases the monetization options for website owner, while giving advertisers the possibility to target a more specific audience and with a reduced commitment.
Mashable illustrates the case well. They have several advertising options on the site, including the possibility to sponsor specific columns and articles, including the “Daily Poll” and the “Web 2.0 Invites.”
Problogger also runs group writing projects occasionally, and before proceeding he publicly announce the project asking for sponsors.
10.Premium Content
Some websites and blogs give away part of their content for free, and charge for access to the premium content and exclusive tools.
SEOMoz is a good example. They have a very popular blog that gives advice and information on wide range of SEO related topics. On top of that visitors can decide to become premium members. It costs $48 monthly and it grants them access to guides, tools and other exclusive material.
11. Private Forums
While the Internet is populated with free forums, there is also the possibility to create a private one where members need to pay a single or recurring fee to join.
SEO Blackhat charges $100 monthly from its members, and they have thousands of them. Obviously in order to charge such a price for a forum membership you need to provide real value for the members (e.g., secret techniques, tools, and so on).
Performancing also launched a private forum recently, focused on the networking aspect. It is called The Hive, and the monthly cost is $10.
These are just two examples. There are many possibilities to create a private and profitable forum, you just need to find an appealing angle that will make it worth for the members.
List of popular forum software:
12. Job Boards
All the popular blogs are trying to leverage job boards to make some extra income. Guy Kawasaki, ReadWriteWeb, Problogger… you name it.
Needless to say that in order to create an active and profitable job board you need first to have a blog focused on a specific niche, and a decent amount traffic.
The advantage of this method is that it is passive. Once you have the structure in place, the job listings will come naturally, and you can charge anywhere from $10 up to $100 for each.
List of popular job board software:
13. Marketplaces
Sitepoint is the online marketplace by excellence. Some websites and blogs, however, are trying to replicate that model on a smaller scale.
Depending on your niche, a market place that allows your visitors to buy, sell and trade products could work well. Over the time you could start charging a small fee for new product listings.
The problem with this method is that there are no standard software on the web, so you would need to hire a coder to get a marketplace integrated into your website.
You can see an example of a marketplaces being used on EasyWordpress and on Mashable.
14. Paid Surveys and Polls
There are services that will pay you money to run a small survey or poll on your website. The most popular one is called Vizu Answers.
Basically you need to sign up with them, and select the kind of polls that you want to run your site. Most of these services operate under a CPM model.
15. Selling or Renting Internal Pages
Million Dollar Wiki made this concept popular, but it was being used on the web for a long time around (check Pagerank10.co.uk for instance).
These websites sell for a single fee or rent for a recurring fee internal pages on their domain. Usually they have either high Pagerak or high traffic, so that people purchasing a page will be able to benefit in some way.
Implementing this method on a small blog would be difficult, but the concept is interesting and could be explored further.
16. Highlighted Posts from Sponsors
Techmeme probably pioneered this idea, but somehow it has not spread to other websites. The tech news aggregator displays editorial posts on the left column, and on the sidebar they have a section titled “Techmeme Sponsor Posts.”
On that section posts from the blog of the advertisers get highlighted, sending qualified traffic their way. Considering that the monthly cost for one spot is $5000 and that they have around 6 sponsors at any given time, it must be working well.
17. Donations
Placing a “Donate” link or button on a website can be an efficient way to earn money, especially if your blog is on a niche where readers learn and gain value from your content.
Personal development and productivity blogs, for instance, tend to perform well with donation based systems (one good example being Steve Pavlina).
A small variation of this method appeared sometime ago with the Buy Me a Beer plugin. This WordPress plugin enables you to insert a customized message at the bottom of each article, asking the readers to chip in for a beer or coffee.
18. In-text Adverting
In-text adverting networks like Kontera and Vibrant Media will place sponsored links inside your text. These links come with a double underline to differentiate them from normal links, and once the user rolls the mouse over the link the advertising will pop. Should the user click on it the site owner will make some money.
Some people make good money with this method, but others refrain from using it due to its intrusiveness. It is also interesting to note that very few mainstream websites have experimented with in-text advertising.
19. Pop-ups and Pop-unders
Pop-ups are a common yet annoying form of advertising on the Internet. If you are just trying to make a much money as possible from your website, you could experiment with them.
If you are trying to grow the traffic and generate loyal visitors, however, you probably should stay away from them. Just consider the hundreds of pop-up blockers out there: there is a reason why they are so popular.
Ad networks that use pop-ups:
20. Audio Ads
Also called PPP (Pay Per Play), this advertising method was introduce by Net Audio Ads. the concept is pretty simple: play a small audio advertising (usually 5 seconds) every time a visitor enters into your website. The user should not be able to stop it, creating a 100% conversion rate based on unique visitors.
The company is still rolling tests, but some users are reporting to get from a $4 to a $6 CPM. Regardless of the pay rate, though, this is a very intrusive form of advertising, so think twice before using it.
21. Selling the Website
Selling your website could be your last resource, but it has the potential to generate a big sum of money in a short period of time.
Market places on online forums like DigitalPoint and Sitepoint are always active with website buyers and sellers. Keep in mind that they most used parameter to determine the value of a website is the monthly revenue that it generates, multiplied by a certain number (the multiplier can be anything from 5 to 30, depending on the expectations of the seller, on the quality of the site, on the niche and other factors).
Some people also make money trading and flipping websites. They either create them from scratch or buy existing ones, and after some revamping they sell them for a profit.
Related links:
- How To Buy A Website And Flip It For Profit
- How To Sell A Website - How Much Is Your Website Worth?
- Where to sell a website? How to go about selling it?
Indirect Methods
22. Selling an Ebook
Perhaps one of the oldest money making strategies on the web, using a website to promote a related ebook is a very efficient way to generate revenue.
You could either structure the website around the book itself, like SEOBook.com, or launch the ebook based on the success of the website, like FreelanceSwitch did we the book How to be a Rockstar Freelancer.
Related links:
- Writing an ebook for your blog
- How to sell ebooks
- Processing payments for your ebook
- How to sell digital products online
- List of ebook selling software
23. Selling a Hardcover Book
Many authors and journalists leverage their blogs or websites to sell copies of hardcover books. Examples include Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin and Malcolm Gladwell.
While most of these people were already renowned authors before they created their website, one could also follow the other way around. Lorelle VanFossen did exactly that with her Blogging Tips book. First she built her authority on the subject via her blog, and afterwards she published the book.
List of self publishing and publishing services:
24. Selling Templates or WordPress Themes
As more and more people decide to get an online presence, website templates and WordPress themes become hotter and hotter.
On this segment you have mainstream websites like TemplateMonster, as well as individual designers who decide to promote and sell their work independently.
Brian Gardner and Unique Blog Designs are two examples of websites that make money with the sales of premium and custom WordPress themes.
25. Offering Consulting and Related Services
Depending on your niche, you could make money by offering consulting and related services. If you are also the author of your blog, the articles and information that you will share will build your profile and possibly certify your expertise on that niche, making it easier to gain customers.
Chris Garrett used a similar strategy. First he created a highly influential blog on the blogging and new media niche, and afterwards he started offering consulting services to clients with related problems and needs.
26. Creating an Email List or Newsletter
Email lists and newsletters represent one of the most powerful marketing and money making tools on the Internet. They offer incredible conversion rates, and the possibility to call people to action in a very efficient way.
Creating a big list is a difficult task though, so if you have a popular website you could leverage it to increase the number of subscribers on your list.
Yaro Starak is a famous Internet marketer, and if you visit his blog you will notice that right on top he has a section encouraging visitors to subscribe to his email newsletter. Yaro generates five figures in revenues each month from his email newsletters, proving that this method works.
List of software to manage email newsletters:
27. Mentoring programs
People are willing to pay for someone or something that will teach them and give them knowledge (as opposed to mere information). Education is one of the biggest industries in the world, and the online landscape behaves in a similar way.
Creating a mentoring program related to the niche of your website could be very profitable if you manage to structure and promote it adequately. There is a wide range of media and tools that you can use to deliver the information, from text articles to audio and video lessons.
Brian Clark leveraged the success of Copyblogger to launch a mentoring program teaching people how to build membership and how to sell content online. The program is titled Teaching Sells, and it costs $97 monthly. Sounds expensive, but they have over 1,000 members.
28. Creating a conference around the website
If your website takes off and becomes an authority on its niche, you could create a conference around it. Depending on the size of your audience, the event could attract thousands of people, and you could make money directly from conference passes and sponsors.
Search Engine Land, for instance, created a series of conferences that visit several cities on the United States and on other countries as well. The conferences are called Search Marketing Expo, and the tickets and passes cost thousands of dollars.
Daniel Scocco on February 12, 2008
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Excellent list!!! Many different ideas and avenues to explore to maximize my revenue.
Thanks.
Some of the ideas like mentoring programs and creating conferences are used by experienced turkeys. Majority of people looking to make money online through website depends on PPC advertising. The list seems complete in itself. I don’t think anything is left.
Rajeev, yeah the conferences are hard to pull out, and the mentoring programs also, but to a lesser extent.
awesome list! thanks!
Daniel… Chapeau! The ultimate guide to blogs monetization is here… at last!
Thanks!
I am using a variation on the ebook theme: readers can freely download an advanced Excel dashboard sheet from my blog. If they are interested to know how it was done they can purchase the “HowTo Edition” where several screencasts show step-by-step how the dashboard was designed.
Daniel,
A pillar article. Well done.
This is a terrific resource.
Great list, will have to bookmark it.
PS. The idea of putting audio ads on my blog makes me sick to my stomach… yuck…
Great list, I’ll keep this as a reference for my site when it is up and running!
Great list Daniel. You have covered almost all the ad networks.
Wow! That’s a very comprehensive list. One worth printing out and keeping.
This is possibly the most exhaustive list ever. Well categorized.
Wow, this is an extensive post and I still have a lot to learn about monetizing. One thing I do know now though, is that I don’t like Tribalfusion on sites, it’s annoying IMHO.
Thanks for the details, I’ll need to bookmark this and come back to study it.
Awesome list Daniel. Just one thing to add - Amazon, basically an affiliate program, also offers several kinds of widgets. They’re constantly working on the types of widgets they offer and it’s DIY so you can customize them as well.
Thanks. I didn’t realize that were that many ways to make money from a blog. This is one of those articles to come back to time after time to get more ideas.
simply awesome!!! bookmarked
Alternate URL Ads is a free service I run that replaces PSAs with paying advertisements. This may be a useful supplemental program for your readers who use Google AdSense or similar programs.
well done, your best article yet. i got a few good leads from this, thanks!
Comprehensive list, nice to bookmark for tips. My only concern is that if too many of these tactics are used at once, the site may start to look like cluttered spam.
Nice to see a comprehensive list. The only thing I could think, however, was about how ignorant I am.
I’m currently persuing some of these options and it does not matter which as to how much time you spend pursuing these avenues.
I use an ebay script that creates the site. So far it has paid for itself 4 times over, and I’ve only been doing it for a month.
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I’ve been checking those tips how to make money online with your blog for a while..this post could be one of the best so far
I use a program that creates ebay affiliated websites and make money from the commissions of what is bought through the site. Additionally, I make $25 for every new ebay sign up.
I’m glad I found your site - I’m going to look the methods you mentioned.
I’m interested @ number 7″Sponsored Reviews”
do you have any tips for newbie or someblog which has been punched by Google …. My PR is reduced by Google last month, so I just have a little offer
Awesome tips.
Thanks.
@Cesar, apparently that would go under affiliate marketing anyway, but I will explore that method.
Wow, now that’s what I call a extensive list and more then that, a excellent link bait.
The effort shows daniel.. great job!
If I may add to this.. one can also merge newsletters and banner advertising together and have banner ads inside newsletters …
it was one of the most popular ad earner for me in a media portal
also even sponsored/sponsor mails can be sent to your email list depending on the rapport you share with your audience for a certain price.. (am a big fan of mail lists..
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If this does not send your traffic shooting into the stratosphere, there is no justice in the world. Thank you for this magnificent article.
Recently just started a new website promoting a MLM program. These are some good tips i will absolutely try thank you
Wow. This is the comprehensive post.
Great post really.
Such a great list to choose from:)
Perfect list! Very useful, I have learned much from it.
Thank you for your work!
Sincerely,
Dingchao
Your post gives me a very clear perspective on the ways I can monetize my site. And together with Yaro Starak’s analysis, I’m on firm ground. Thanks very much gentlemen.
Good list, indeed, I knew them all but put this way, together, they have a greater value!
I really enjoy reading this posts! This list is quite complete. The resource links are valuable as well as the overall post!
Keep up the great work!
Awesome compilation of money making methods. Very useful tips for bloggers.
This is one of the best posts I’ve seen on monetizing a web site. Thanks for all your efforts.
Erv
Another one is peel away ads. You can check out John Chow’s blog for a peel away ad on the top-left corner…
I’ve tried severals ways, but only adsense worked for me at the moment. I wish I can find something to implement too so I can get more earnings, any suggestion?
That is one long and usefull list for making money with blog. Thanks.
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good job! A nice list
I could never figure out how to get to Yahoo’s Publisher Network - Thanks for the link - I’ll see if I can add it to some of my Blogs. Great article.
Really informative and helpful list. Thanks!
I like Brian Gardner’s themes a lot, but unfortunately he got a bit popular, so his prices skyrocketted!
Its a lot of good templates out there at the same level as Gardener’s templates that is free as well. Just search hard and you will find lots of goodies for free
Really informative and helpful list.
Thanks alot.
Chris Pirillo says its about branding yourself… the monetization of your life. CPT versus CPC … adsense works but you have
to tune it… take risks and hope Microsoft won’t sue… Tony says blogging should be about writing, not making money… your blog
should be just one of the places where your work (”your content”) shows up. Following this outline:
The best affiliate marketing programs are those which doesnt require money. Networking is ok as long as it is not a pyramid
scam. Anyway thanks fot this tips I will keep it in mind.
online marketing is the new trend. it is good to make money online but customer service should never be compromised. there should be a win-win situation. benefits should be for both the company and the client.
This is the best post. It summarizes the methods and techniques to make money from our sites and blogs.
EXCELLENT GUIDELINES
GREAT JOB. VERY HELPFUL TEXT.
Just wanted to say thanks for a great post. Very thorough and very helpful!
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Thanks alot for this great comprehensive post.
It’s really more detailed.
This is a great list. I think the blog to book option is a very good one.
Most bloggers who have been going for a while have at least a couple of books worth of material up on their blogs already.
Problem is that so many bloggers are commenting on things that are ephemeral (eg political events, entertainment news, etc). The trick is to turn much of that often dated information into something that is timeless. Not easy, but possible.
Great tips,
before this i only know a few ways to make money online. but actually a lot of ways to make money with the website. It very useful for me. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for the great post! I stumbled this. I will be back to review the various methods outlined.
good job. put in my favorites
Very impressive compilation . Precise and to the point .Most of them are new to me so I will try few of those
Thanks, I already use 2 of those methods. Adsense, and on text adds. I was thinking about doing text links too. I wouldn’t have put the no follow if I didn’t read this.
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Great tips. I have so much to learn. Sometimes I spend 2 hours just reading about everything I need to do and then I do nothing. UGHHH.
Great Post
Thanks
Very valuable information you have here. Now I’m wondering why I have not heard of these things for a very long time. Or maybe I have but did not give time for it. Thanks for sharing.
perfect!
nice list you got there! tnx for sharing!
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When considering CPC advertising networks, I think AdBrite is a very good ad provider.
You can sign up at:
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You can also check this new pay to refer. http://www.mauricash.somee.com
You get paid upto $0.10 for each visitor that click your banner and go to their website. Pay by paypal.
Good list, but nothing really new…the copyblogger thing is pretty crazy, though. $97,000 a month, goddamn.
Very informative list, but implementing the ways you can make money on your site seems to be a lot easier then actually getting visitors to your site. Good post.
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Awesome list… thanks
Awesome and great tips buddy. I learn something new today. I never thought Job Boards can bring in any profit for blog. I will try it. Once again, thank you.
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Awsome tips, you brought me a big idea wich im not going to tell
Thanks a 1000 time
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You really hit the pain point that many bloggers have: How do I make money from blogging? Everyone will not admit it but there is often a desire to gain revenue beyond positioning yourself as an expert or blogging your book.
Anyway, thanks for your hard work and sharing of expertise!
Great tips. I’m working on my content for my blog. I write a boomer consumer blog called The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide at http://boomersurvive-thriveguide.typepad.com.
I’ll work on monetizing it in a few months.
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Awesome and great tips buddy. I learn something new today. I never thought Job Boards can bring in any profit for blog. I will try it. Once again, thank you.
Very valuable information you have here. Now I’m wondering why I have not heard of these things for a very long time. Or maybe I have but did not give time for it. Thanks for sharing.
I learn something new today. I never thought Job Boards can bring in any profit for blog.
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I totally disagree with the fact : 19. Pop-ups and Pop-unders
They shouldn’t be used at all. Its irritating for your visitors and it will keep them from coming back. Besides nealy nobody clicks on them. Text links are the most effective way to put advertising on your site
I do some other work and Web design is just a hobby for me. But I had a great income since I met with this article (almost a salary/month).
Thanks a lot Daniel. I had great impacts for because of following the ways you’ve written above.
I just wanted to say thank you. I came across this list a while ago and didn’t have time to read it. I bookmarked it and …..forgot
I was just cleanng some things up and came across it again. This is so comprehensive. Thanks for the great suggestions and your time!
i agree with webhosting about the popups there very irritating but all te rest is very good
thx!!
Wow that sure is a lot of ways to make money with a website!
Thanks for the great money amking info!
Greate article. Thanks for the insight.
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Hi Daniel,
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I’m always looking for ways to improve myself and I’m glad to have found your blog. Thank you for sharing with us.
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Great Post! You rock & roll, you’re hip & hop, you’re r & b (”r”ight & “b”oosting our knowledge to success)
Tx for keeping it global Daniel:)
Great list. You couls also add a a bit to the indirect or ebook section on PLR (Private Label Rights) basically buying the rights to a product so you can brand it & sell it as your own. It’s a great way to make money & save the hassle of creating your own product.
Great ideas and tips,thanks alot
What a fantastic list, thank you for sharing the ideas. There are certainly a good few that I will be looking into in more detail.
Great List… I learnt a lot and one basic thing in it is, first of all u gotta build your website with really good content…
Hello,
I have saved this page. I’m definitely going to share this knowledge with my team. I’m building a team of Internet marketing newbies and that type of info is exactly what they need. Thanks
Nice post! Very comprehensive and provides a ton of information.
Thanks!!
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Great post and as a new blogger I will take to heart some of your suggestions. Thanks
do any of you guys know a web-site that teaches you how to program Website Add Ons & Web Tools codes?
btw..nice blog,really informative <=
They are some great ideas which i have not thought about i will be definitely implementing some of them to some of my websites thanks a lot for these :):):)
Great article and Nice blogs
I’m surprised that Joel Comm’s name wasn’t on #23.
You’re right about the selling text links. They’re still effective, but not as popular nowadays that Google has publically showed their dislike for them.
All in all though, it’s a very nice list!
~Shannon
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very nice informative article. my search ends here. thank you
Great information. I’ll try Vizu Power Polls and see how it works on my site. Thanks for the info.
Excellent list! Many latest and different ideas and also ways to explore the maximum revenue earning ideas for the websites. Also please explore http://www.search2money.net for latest money making ideas on the internet.
Thanks.
Great list. I will try implementing it on my blog
Excellent list Daniel, you could have added some basic tips that can help us to understand the techniques eventhough they are wide spread all over the net. Hats off to the hardwork done.
These 28 ways really sounds good…We need small efforts, only 1/2 hrs a day to make money online…I have my blog and site to sign up the affiliate programs…I choose my relevant category and add the feed for same. Beside I found one more smart way to make second income. I signed up the program at http://www.buythisbanner.com/ They have simple program like pay $10/month and earn referrals. For every new referral you will get $5/month and $2.50 for secondary referral..They provide internet marketing strategies and monthly ezines to promote our program and again they are giving banners, text ads. If you have site/ blog just put your own add and start your second earning…I am getting around $500 to $700 per month by investing $10 only.
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Wonderful tips!
This covers a lot of the essentials!
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Hey Daniel,
Well done ! Keep it UP.
You guys should really try Adbrite. It works wonders. Even better than google adsense. can jump up to 200$ daily if your really work and have good strategy.
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Dang…really good post. You covered some very good topics and ways to make money here.
My favorites are ebooks, affiliate programs, and other information products, and adsense has been good to us. We are looking to add direct ads sales for the future. (need more traffic to make it worth it)
thanks for this post great info…keep it up
Kenney
I had’nt thought of half of those ways to make money with a website. Thanks for showing mw new ways I can monetize my site.
i have a query regarding yahoo publisher net.i came to know that only publisher within US can take part in it.Is it True ?.
Wow. Great list and really an eye opener for some new avenues. Thanks for sharing. Will owe you coffee if they really hit it off. What say?
Very comprehensive list. The selling of links still goes on, albiet with far more discretion.
So long as a web site doesn’t make it obvious that it is selling links, the owner should be OK.
i have found the best way to get traffic on your web site is to advertise on http://www.engineersguidance.com just for $1/month starting.i have also registered for its bronze pack and getting very high CPM rate.just put your logo on top of its any page.
Your blog is very informative and honest!
As a seasoned Internet marketer I am always on the lookout for new and innovative ways of increasing my income.
Thank you for this wonderful and free resource
sounds good…You should also tell the rousourses from where we can get ads.
grt post. Very informative and cvers almost everything for bloggers. This was the consolidation I was looking for. Thanks
Only google adsense
I work with several affiliate parties. Only google pays me every month. But i have to leave 50 % of my click revenues……..
Thanks for the excellent advice.
There’s also a pay per play network you can try.
This network allows you to get payed for every visitor to your blog or site.
nice
There are several new ideas that imay be able to use.
Cheers for the tips and keep them coming.
Excellence secrets tips! It may take months up to years to implement and monetize the blog by following your 28 secrets tips!:)
To Your Success
Bryan Hee
Excellent tips for how to make money with a site. Lots of good info & ideas that I had never thought about. Keep up the good work! Thanks!
Great, Specific, informative, concise broad ways of improving your site, very educational and beneficial to anyone reading it, favourited this site, and will direct others to it!
There are a number of ways to gain traffic and increase earnings on your site and through the use of the net. Ive heard of a new site which is newly man-made, and incourages more new man-made websites to be advertised on it for free.
There are Two sections, one for advertising any type of site, and another for advertising money making sites or ideas. The one for money-making sites has a ratings section to rate the website.
Its http://www.freewebs.com/advertisingsites
You can either access many sites there, advertise your own site or in time learn about how to make money online through websites.
Its worth a try and can get you more HITs and views to your website for the future as well if this website developes, which it is doing as it is updated every day. give it a go. Goodluck!
What does nofollow tag would do. Can you help
Still thinking. But you really compile a lot of ways tks.
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Excellent list! Many latest and different ideas and also ways to explore the maximum revenue earning ideas for the websites.
Excellent overview! I do like nr 28 most: organise a conference around your website. In my work as a volunteer for an open and free internet knowledge database in the Netherlands, (called Leerwiki.nl). our goal is to organsiae a conference in 6 months. I will keep you informed whether this was a succes (or not). Regards Ann mary
I like #26 the best - building one’s email list.
I’ve been using that method now ever since I started marketing online 10+ years ago…and folks who signed up then are still happy to receive my newsletter today.
Data points, Barbara
Sponsored Reviews …. do allow my 2 cents on this as it has turned out to be my biggest disappointment in blog monetization.
Before Google decided to penalize blogs that writes sponsored posts by dropping their Page Rank (to zero), it was my biggest money earner. I started to cash in about US$300 - US$500 per month easily 3 months into starting my blogs (2 to 3 of them). Then when the Page Rank penalty hit, my traffic started to drop and so does my earnings.
PayPerPost were rendered absolutely useless because with a Page Rank of 0, you will never qualify for an opportunity to write a sponsored post.
Christina Stanley
http://www.seoadsensethemes.com
Awesome Post. I think #22 “Selling An Ebook” is a great idea, but often takes a long time to create and finalize.
Is it really worth all of the writing??
hi,
great post. I didn’t know about ‘Monetization Widgets’ and RSS Feeds.
Now, i know them.
Thank you.
You rock.
Very useful comments and advices. Not all relevant but worth considering them!
Thanks!
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Sweet post. Incredibly extensive and also lists several options that many detest (i.e. popups & popunders). I’ll definitely go try some once my blog’s traffic increases a bit more. Thanks!
Kyle
World of WordPress
Thanks for the post, you should get Honestly Reviewed to do a review for you.
Thanks for the article.
Regarding sponsored reviews - can someone confirm google is clamping down on these now? Im sure the same goes for paid posts with one or two links in, although I have no idea how google could pick up on those?
Very nice informative article. my search ends here. Thank you
This was a great list. Thanks!
Another site with about 15 techniques can be found at: http://www.methodlist.com
That’s also not a spam or affiliate site trying to sell stuff.
This site has a real list of methods for making money that do not require any purchase of ebooks explaining how. It’s free open explanations and thought it was pretty good.
Thanks for this info.
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That is a gr8 list. I think an easy way to make money is through freelance jobs, thats if you are good with design and programming. I found this list of freelancing job sites on another site. Chech it out:
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Thanks for sharing.. great article..
Anyway, I’m interested more in affiliate marketing..
Definitely a GOLDMINE of information.
Good content organization also, I am just hooked by the article
Good Job!
I am not clicking yet any of the links in the article but I will, I must try the suggestion my self.
More Power
Thank for sharing useful info, I want to ask….do you have experience in associate program amazon.com, what do you think? thanks
Wonderful tips. I’ve also had great success finding $100k+ paying jobs at Big Shot Jobs.
making money on my blog hasn’t been that easy. I was making good money with Google Adsense, but then I tried out Entrecard. Google reduced the amount for paid clicks, must not considered Entrecard quality traffic.
I have tried many Affiliate ad programs, but nothing there as far as sales. I tend to believe that many people run software that deletes their cookies, so I prefer ads which pay by click.
I am trying OIO Publisher out at the moment, looks good to me so far, just need some sales.
Very nice informative article.
my search ends here.
Thank you
google adsense….easy ways to create little money online…
Fantastic job, this is the ultimate list!
Good tips
Incredible Info that works! Thanks!!!!
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Thanks for sharing.. great article
Great job.
My search ends right here.
thanks
I still focus to use adsense to create money online cause more easy than other…….next I will try the other , thanks
You can also sell or lease the domain name once it has a decent PageRank.
nice poted to know how to make money with our website..
Thanks very much, this is some of the most practical advice I have found so far. I’ll be back for more!
Even though I used Site Build IT to build my website and it covered some of these already, but these are great tips that I did not know.
I have bookmarked this page as these are golden informations for me to progress further with my site.
Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks so much for putting these up. I’ve taken some of your advise and tried making my blog a good one. It is also about online mone making! Check it out,
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I wish someone would help me drive traffic and sales to my website so I can make money and fund my skjin cancer prevention project.
Sincerely,
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Comprehensive guide for useful websites. Already explored many of these prorgrams. Some are really good.
hi. your blog is really nice. i have a priblem. do you know how can i start a small home business ? i cant find an idea and it makes me sad. im electronic eng. but i preffer to start my own job.
please help me.
i will like to earn some any how
I would like to find an extremely knowledgeable consultant to help me generate maximum income from a new website that will be launched in November. My late uncle created the popular cartoon, “The Strange World of Mr. Mum,” that was syndicated in 180 newspapers in 22 countries in the 1960’s. My sister and I have inherited the rights to thousands of originals, and we would like to re-introduce Mr. Mum via the internet.
The website would feature Mr. Mum cartoons and sell email subscriptions to the daily cartoons, Mr. Mum e-cards, “Mumorabilia” including T-shirts, calendars, etc. Mr. Mum will have a built-in Baby Boomer following of people who read newspapers in the 1960’s — and the cartoons will appeal to later generations because of their universal, whimsical nature. There are no spoken words, so translation for international audiences is not required.
I have been a newspaper editor, professor of journalism and business entrepreneur.
Please contact me at wst2000@aol.com to let me know your thoughts. If you offer consulting services that might be helpful for this project, I would like to know what ideas you have and what you would charge for your services.
Thanks,
William S. Thomas
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we are currentl pursuing cpm marketing options for our clients and our own site. seems like a good way to make some ad revenue and drive traffic to websites. thanks
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nice post sir, right now my current activity for alternative income is writing paid posts, its been a half months and ive got $49. nice,… thx for your advices…
Your website very usefull from now I want read everything about SEO and Other blog tips. I have experienced down and up as a publisher from zero visitor till more 2000 visitors and then down till zero again and now grow up again
Very good article indeed. Before this, I also hadn’t an idea about “Selling or Renting Internal Pages” but after reading your article I got something. Thanks!!!
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interesting…
wow. That’s a long list! I have to take a closer look at it!
Thanks for your concern, You are too much, God bless yo.
Great info they are some great ideas which i have not thought about thank you very much
i think this is a good way to make money
how do u open an web site that make u money am new at all this not sure what to do how long duse it take to make some good cash
Great resource - it’s now bookmarked in my browser
Keep up the great work Daniel.
That was an interesting list. As much time as I spend on my blog, I’m not sure that there will ever be a sufficient amount of money for the time put in.
Great list though. It’s incredible how many tools are out there for those diligent enough to “stick with it”
If one has web site they would easily make money online, one or the other way. Best ideas for such sort of earnings is affiliate marketing, Advertising, Sponsorship, RSS advertising, etc.
great tips. like other website I use Google Adsense as a way of monetizing my blog. I’ll try some of the tips here. nice blog
Terrific set of advice, thanks a lot!
Great write up!
There are so many ways to monetize a site.
Thank you +_+
A very complete list.
Thanks
I am currently using google’s adsense. I am not able to see any money flowing down. Now, I am applying some tips from this site.
anyway, thanks for the valuable info. Great site
Awesome list of ideas to monitize sites, I am printing it right now!
Good job. And I’d like to find out how to add this Post Comment script to my webpages. Perhaps you could include that in your SEO tips, because I would guess that a script which allows moderation can add to a website because of constant new content. Good for SEO.
Saw this in brief via Google reader… didn’t expect it to be so extensive and comprehensive… Hell of a post! Keep up the great work!
very good list, thank you
how to earn money and have a setup that will be paid every day gain?
hello…i am not success with yahoo ppc, I will try using adwords….thanks for alternative ppc info and great info…..very useful posting
Good ideas and tips thanks
Thats a really nice post covering all the aspects.
thanks your helpful article.
Awesome list… thanks
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What a great list!! Many different and interesting ideas to maximize the revenue on my site.
Thanks!
Your post is really interesting, thank you very much.
I’m a computer programming teacher since 1998 and my areas of expertise are “E-commerce coaching” and “Web marketing”. The best way to make profits on the internet is follow your niche and what you really know.
1) Point to your passion/niche
2) Improve your knowledge
3) Create a blog/website on your niche
4) Increase targeted traffic
5) Monetize your blog/website
Quite frankly the MONETIZATION is the easy part of the process…while the hard job is building a strong-solid reputation on what you know (and love!).
Wow.. that’s a very comprehensive list and I think you manage to do a good job to provide the information on how we all can make money with our blogs / websites.
very intersting
and helpful document..
any way thanks….
This is an excellent resource for anyone looking into the different monetization models.
You really took the time to narrow it down for your visitors and provide us with solid informative information.
Excellent! Thank you.
Wow, great advice Daniel. This is a great starters guide for anyone looking to make extra cash with their own website. Thanks for the insight!
Very very nice tips… ill learn all ur tips. hope make me success
Many tks
Great tips, hopefully i can earn some money from my site too.
Really awesome tips here on how to monetize a website. Thanks for sharing this great article.