How Money is made from Blogging

How Money is made from Blogging

We all might have heard that people make money from blogging, yes, it is true, a huge one at that, but you are still left confused as to how money is actually being made by just having a blog/website, that I will explain to you in this article of how money is made from blogging, also you might have also heard of big names like Linda Ikeji of lindaikeji.blogspot.com, Seun Osewa of Nairaland, Pascal Okafor of Naijatechguide, Jide Ogunsanya of Ogbongeblog, Francis Donvin Vincent of Naijabadoo and many more like them.

These above listed bloggers have actually and still endlessly making money through their various blog.

How The Money is actually being made:

There is this misconception, especially to newbie blogger, that the more people come to your blog the more you make money just by them visiting. NO!!

But it’s an advantage, I will explain

Money made in blogging comes from only two ways, which is from Adverts placed in your blog or by sales

Money Made by Adverts Placed on your Blog:

Adverts can be Contextual (e.g. Google adsense etc) Direct (selling Ad space on your Blog)
or by Affiliate (placing an ad of a product for sale an getting commission in return)

With this you leverage your traffic with, because no one will like to place an Ad on your blog that has low or no traffic.

Money Made by Sales:

When you directly sell your own info products (e.g. ebooks etc) through your website/blog

Note: to earn a descent income from blogging you need a huge and steady traffic (influx of people to your website/blog