Tools to Make Money
If you’re truly interested in making a profit from your blog, you’re going to have to do something to draw in those dollars. These are a few resources that can help you make money through donations or by placing ads on your site.
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PayPal— Use PayPal to set up a button on your site that readers can click on to make donations.
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Google AdSense— Google AdSense is where many bloggers make the majority of their income. Ads are both pay per click and pay per view.
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Yahoo Publisher Network— Similar to Google AdSense, Yahoo’s ads are pay per click.
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Txtswap— Txtswap is a program that allows bloggers to exchange text links in order to bring in more traffic.
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Adbrite— Adbrite can provide payment for simple text ads on your blog.
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Chitika— Chitika is interactive advertising based on the content of your site. It tends to take up a little more room than other ads, but it also tends to pay a little more.
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BlogBurst— BlogBurst can help you get your blog published in big time media outlets and get paid for it.
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Text Link Ads— Text Link Ads is another resource for putting text ads on your site.
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Bidvertiser— Bidvertiser offers an innovative system where you set the bids on pay per click ads.
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ReviewMe— Want to make a little cash on the side? ReviewMe is a marketplace for paid blog reviews.