When it comes to running a blog using WordPress there really aren’t too many costs which you will have to consider. Beyond your WordPress hosting and potentially some web design costs, your monthly bills for the blog will be minimal. Today however we are not going to focus on how little your blog costs you, but rather how much money you could potentially make from it.
If you have been working hard and managed to create a good, steady stream of traffic on your site, here is exactly how you can turn that into one which is financially beneficial.
Free Stuff
Whilst it may not be income in the traditional sense of the word, there are plenty of opportunities which your blog can offer you with regards to getting free things. In fact the perfect example of this are travel bloggers, who often go around the world staying in free hotel rooms and enjoying free experiences because of the power of their blog. In return for a review, you can count on all kinds of free products and services.
Affiliations
Affiliate partnerships are always something which bloggers should be on the lookout for, and it is a great way to generate some passive income. Let’s say that you are a food blogger and you post an article about some of your favorite items and tools to use in the kitchen. This is the ideal kind of article which you can use to generate some income. Contact the sellers of these products and see if they have an affiliate program. If they do then add a link on each tools which you discuss, so that your readers can buy it if they want to. When the item is purchased, you will receive a percentage of it because of your referral.
Writing an E-Book
E-books on their own are a hard sell and they can be very difficult to market. If however you already have a popular blog then you can use this as the perfect way to push sales of your e-book to your readers. Those who are loyal to your site will think nothing about investing a few dollars in your e-book, and this is something which can generate income now and in the future.
Selling Products
Turning yourself or your blog into a brand is a great idea and in doing so you can easily sell branded products to your users. Take the food blog example again, here you could sell kitchen utensils or recipe books which have your hallmark on them. Nobody is saying that you will make millions from these products, but having them on your site just gives you an extra way of bringing in income from your users.
And of course we must mention that you could be making money on your blog from paid advertising. Make sure that you have a contact form and a message on your site to say that you accept advertising, in order to encourage people to get in touch with you.
This is how you can turn that blog into a real money spinner.