How to Blog for Cash

Creating a blog for cash is a good way to make extra money. And, it’s much easier than you think to do. Sure, there are some tricks of the trade that you need to learn before you can be successful. The good news is that these techniques are easy to learn and can even be practiced on a free blog, though we don’t recomend doing that.
Why not use a free blog?
On the surface, learning the way to blog for cash by using a free site such as Blogger seems like the way to go. However, keep in mind that if you want to gain credibility as a blogger, using free services is not the way to do it. To build a brand and a complete business, it is better to reserve the domain, get hosting, and install wordpress.
Make the investment from the beginning and you will save yourself a lot of hassle. And trust me, there will be pleny of it if you try to move the posts from your free blog over to a new domain. There’s no reason why domain reservation should cost you any more than $9 for the year. And, you can easily find good hosting for less than $5 per month. In fact, Hostgator at the moment is offering hosting for as little as $4.95 for the month.
The blog is set up - now how do I make money?
Once you set the blog up and start writing posts, you’re probably wondering how it will start making money. Well, there are a variety of ways. The first thing most people do when they start a blog is to set up Google Adsense. This can make you a good amount of money. It’s worth looking into, but it’s not always the best way. There are also other advertising programs that are similar. For example, Yahoo as a pay per click program as well.
Another option that is good, if not better, than Adsense is affiliate marketing. This is where you promote products that you find on networks like Clickbank and Commission Junction. When someone clicks on the affiliate link from your blog and makes a purchase, you make a sale. Some programs give you pretty high commissions. For example, you may find an ebook on Clickbank that sells to the customer for around $20. If the commission is set at 50% (and it is sometimes set even higher) you’ll make at least $10 on that sale.
Just Get Started!
If you want to blog for cash all you need to do is get started! Take the plunge and start your first blog. Then, make posts and find advertising programs or affiliate products to promote. Once you start getting traffic to the site, you may start to make those commissions and watch the money roll in.