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Best blog & how to make money blogging is a question everyone asks, sooner or later.  Is it really possible though?  Yes it is, but not the way the books tell you.  Here’s why.

What the Best Blog Books Tell You

If you’ve read any of the books best blog on blogging, you’ll see a theme.  The suggestions for how to make money blogging include:

• Google AdSense and Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN): Very popular; with some script code, relevant ads appear on your blog.  When people click on the ads, you get paid a portion of the fee the advertiser is charged.  Very much a hands-off method of paid blogging.

• Text Link Ads: Similar to AdSense and YPN in that you get ads appropriate to your content.  But you have control over what ads can be shown on your site.

• Sponsored Reviews: Connects up advertisers and bloggers who are willing to review the advertiser’s products on the blog, for a fee.

• Pay Per Post: You can bid on creating blog posts for specific topics, and if a publisher accepts your bid, you are paid a fee for the blog post.

• Affiliate Marketing: Also quite popular; you provide links to affiliate programs.  When someone buys from that link, you make a commission.

• Corporate Sponsorship: If you have the demographic audience a company is seeking, they may pay for ads on your blog.

Yes, you can make money at any or all of these and it does not have to be the best blog, but the next section tells why you may not earn that money.

What the Best Blog Books Don’t Tell You

What the best blog books don’t tell you is just as important as what they do mention.  And the biggest roadblock to making money blogging is traffic (specifically, lack of targeted traffic).

For example, a year or so ago, before I had really gotten the hang of blogging, I applied to some of these programs…and was promptly turned down.  Why?  Because I didn’t have the traffic numbers the companies were seeking.  AdSense, YPN and some affiliate programs accepted me, so I went with those.

However, for any of these to work, you must have lots of targeted traffic.  It’s not just “build the best blog and they will come” unless you have researched your niche market extremely well.  What kind of traffic am I talking about?  For the average blog, at least 200 page views a day to start, especially when it comes to AdSense and YPN.

(I will admit that I have made a good amount of money on some of my sites that get less than 50 page views a day.  I did it because I picked a marketing niche where people were looking to buy a specific product, and I just showed them where to find it.)

Don’t Fall for Buying “Hits”

There are a lot of places out there that will guarantee a certain amount of traffic to your site.  Unfortunately, that traffic is for the most part useless; people go to your blog and immediately click off it.  They aren’t there to read your blog or buy anything.

So save your money, because potential advertisers can recognize when traffic isn’t organic (i.e. from search engines).

How to Make Money Blogging

OK, here’s some good news and some bad news when it comes to how to make money blogging.  Unless you are exceedingly lucky, it will take more than the best blog to bring in a nice consistent monthly income.  Why?

Some blogs that make money may have a seasonal readership; perhaps they get loads of traffic (and income) in the summer, but almost none in the winter.  Some blogs aren’t great topics for AdSense; others don’t have good affiliate programs from which to choose.  With multiple blogs, your income is more consistent and larger.

Honestly, it’s not all that hard to manage multiple blogs.  And if you’ve researched your niche well, you’ll get traffic sooner than later.  The kind of traffic that is looking for what you have to offer.

If you think you’re up to learning how to make money blogging with multiple blogs, click this link and take a look.  It’s how I learned how to earn more money faster.  It may or may not be for you; you’ll have to be the judge of that.  I’m just saying that for my husband and me…it works well.

So yes, you can blog for profit.  You can earn money every month.  Just keep in mind that you need targeted traffic before you earn that money.