by: Maya Jakes
Copyright 2005 Jugglingmum

Do you have a Blog or Personal Online Journal? If the answer is yes,
did you know that it’s possible to earn money from your Blog? I earn
plenty from my own Blogspots – maybe not enough to think of retiring
in the near future, but enough to allow me some extra luxuries in
life and who knows how much I’ll be earning in a few years or even
just a few months!

I love writing Blogs because I love passing on information that I’ve
researched myself. Best of all, I only spend a couple of hours each
week writing on my blogspots – I spend several more hours
researching information because I also love to learn and believe
that no matter how much I think I know about a subject, there’s
always new stuff to learn – I’m a bit of an information junkie!!

If you already know plenty about a particular subject then it won’t
take long at all to write a few paragraphs about it and have your
blog up and running. Obviously, writing about what you love helps
because, in the beginning, the money you earn is a bonus rather than
an income that will allow you to give up your day job. Mind you,
I’ve read about many people that earn fantastic incomes from their
blogs so maybe you’ll be one of the lucky ones that can give up the
day job in the very near future.

Search engines visit blogs so your site will probably get listed
quickly – Google actually own www.blogger.com so if you want traffic
this is a good site to start your blog on. It’s a good idea to also
insert GoogleAdSense and even a Google Search box because you’ll
also earn money when any of your visitors decide to click an ad or
do a search – more bonus cash for little effort. Blogger also has a
tool that you can use to notify all the search engines when you
update your site. Make no mistake, this is a very powerful tool
because the search engines take a look at your blog and follows the
links to other websites. This makes getting listed on the top search
engines like Google a breeze.

Another way to make cash from your blog is to add a few affiliate
links – find products that fit in with the theme of your blog, sign
up as an affiliate, put a link on your blog and hopefully watch some
more bonus cash roll in – again, it’s simple but effective! If
you’re not familiar with affiliate marketing then let me tell you
right now that this is an extremely good earner. I usually get my
affiliate links at www.cj.com, www.clickbank.com and
www.affiliatefuture.com so pay them a visit and get some links to
get started.

I recently set up 2 new blogspots and you are welcome to take a look
by visiting www.mindpowersuccess.blogspot.com and
www.jibechick.blogspot.com. These are 2 completely different
subjects but I’m really interested in both so enjoyed creating them.
I also post my monthly JC Newsletter at
www.jugglingmumsclub.blogspot.com and always invite people to take a
look at the current JCN before signing up.

I’m not worried about getting competition from anyone looking at my
blogs – there’s more than enough blogs, niche markets, etc. to go
round and if it helps you get ideas then that’s great. Remember I’ve
already stated that “I love writing Blogs because I love passing on
information that I’ve researched myself.”

Another way to get traffic to your blog is to ask visitors to sign
up to your own newsletter and then send them a link each time you
make a new post. – once a week is plenty otherwise they may get fed
up with you bombarding their inbox.

That’s about all there is to it – it’s quick, it’s easy and it has
the potential to earn you a fairly decent income. If you have the
time to spare then don’t stop at one blog because the more sites you
have the more visitors you’ll get and the more money you’ll earn.

There are many people earning a very good living writing their
blogs. The biggest tips are to find niche areas that not many others
are promoting, get some affiliate links and some good quality
content information. Remember to add GoogleAdSense and possibly a
Google search box to your site and then just check your visitors and
earnings each day.


About the author:
Jugglingmum earns a living online from affiliate marketing,
blogspots and Google. She runs a popular monthly Newsletter that you
can sign up for by sending a blank email to
jugglingmumsclub@getresponse.com See the latest JC Newsletter at
http://www.jugglingmumsclub.blogspot.com