कहाँ बस्छौ अनि कहाँ को ठेगाना दिन्छौ !

भोकले ग्रस्त भएको एउटा भिखारी भिख माग्न यो सोचेर
मन्दिर अगाडी गएर बस्यो कि , "मन्दिरमा पुजा गर्न
आउनेहरु धार्मिक हुन्छन उनीहरुले अबश्य मलाई
केही खान दिनेछन !"
दिनभरी बस्दा पनि उसलाई कसैले केही
दिएनन, कसैले उसलाई हेर्न पनि चाहेनन् !
त्यस पछी उ चर्चमा गयो त्यहाँ पनि उसलाई कसैले
केही दिएनन, कसैले उसलाई हेर्न पनि चाहेनन् !
फेरी मस्जिदमा गयो त्यहाँ पनि उसको झोली
खालिनै रह्यो उसलाई कसैले केही दिएनन र हेरेनन् !
निराश भएको र थाकेको त्यो भिखारी एउटा
भट्टी अगाडी पुगेर आराम गर्न
बस्यो..................... केही समय
पछी भट्टी बाट मातेका मान्छेहरु निस्कन
थाले, भोकले मर्न लागेको त्यो भिखारीले आफ्नो हात
अगाडी फैलायो, मातेका ति मानिसहरुले ला खा भन्दै कसैले
सय, कसैले ५ सय दिए !
अनि भिखारीले आकाश तिर फर्कदै भन्यो वा भगवान तिम्रो
लिला---- कहाँ बस्छौ अनि कहाँ को ठेगाना दिन्छौ !

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Over 40 Google AdSense Alternatives To Make Money Blogging

Sell PPC Ads: The 7 Best Google AdSense Alternatives

I have reviewed few pay-per-click ad networks, in-text ad networks, CPM ad networks, and other ways to monetize your content. If you’re looking for Cost Per Action (CPA) or Pay Per Lead (PPL) networks then check out the Top 10 Affiliate Networks for affiliate marketing which is again an alternative to Google AdSense. You can place ads from almost all the below mentioned networks along with your Google AdSense ads.

1. Yahoo! Bing Network Contextual Ads (by Media.net)

Media.net is probably the best alternative to AdSense as it’s powered by Yahoo Bing Network. Bing has a search market share of around 18% and they also have a good ad inventory. I’ve tried Media.net few months back and the average CPM was better than any other AdSense alternatives. Also, if you’re from Russia or your targeted visitors live in Russia then then you can try Yandex Advertising Network instead of Media.net.

• Alexa Rank: 2,374
• Minimum Payment Amount: $100 (PayPal); $500 (Wire Transfer)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Wire Transfer
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Click
• Yahoo! Bing Network Contextual Ads: Sign Up | FAQ

2. Clicksor

Clicksor is one of the best Google AdSense alternative which allows publishers to display advertisements related to their website content by using their contextual technology. You can place Clicksor ads along with Google AdSense ads and can even set minimum prices for CPV, CPC, CPM and CPI ads. The ad formats include Inline Text Links, Text banners, Graphical banners, Pop-unders and Interstitial ads. You receive up to 85% of the ad income and can earn extra income by referring other publishers. Clicksor pays 10% additional income every time you refer a publisher or advertiser to Clicksor network.

• Alexa Rank: 1,312
• Minimum Payment Amount: $50 (PayPal, Check); $1,000 (Wire Transfer)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check, Wire Transfer
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Click, Cost Per Impression
• Clicksor: Sign Up | FAQ

3. Superlinks

Superlinks is an ad network that offers a variety of products like — premium banner ads, full page ads, footer ads, tower ads, exit links, etc. You can create multiple ad units on a single page (up to 5 ad units per page). Superlinks has partnered with DoubleClick Ad Exchange, OpenX and other premium ad networks so that it can offer higher CPM than Google AdSense (because of higher ad inventory). It’s worth a try when your traffic quality is high and the AdSense earnings is low.

• Alexa Rank: 37,719
• Minimum Payment Amount: $100 (PayPal & Payoneer); $500 (Wire Transfer)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Payoneer, Wire Transfer
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Click

Superlinks: Sign Up | FAQ

4. BidVertiser

BidVertiser is another top alternative to Google AdSense which pays you for valid clicks on ads placed on your website as well as for conversions generated from those clicks. You display ads on your website or blog and advertisers bid against each other so that you earn the maximum cost per click.

• Alexa Rank: 1,364
• Minimum Payment Amount: $10 (PayPal); $100 (Check)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Click
• BidVertiser: Sign Up | FAQ

5. Chitika

Chitika is an online advertising network that allows publishers to display ads on their website, blog, app or mobile site. They offers publishers and advertisers user targeted, search targeted, mobile and local ads for websites, blogs, apps and mobile sites. As a publisher you can also refer other publishers to them and earn 10% of their CPC revenue for up to 10 months from their approval date.

• Alexa Rank: 2,326
• Minimum Payment Amount: $10 (PayPal); $50 (Check)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Click
• Chitika: Sign Up | FAQ

6. Sovrn (formerly Lijit)

Lijit offers many advertising options like remnant banner ads, homepage takeovers, rich media ads, contextual ads, image ads, social engagement ads, etc. They say they have direct partnership with major ad agencies and networks to maximize your CPMs.

• Alexa Rank: 2,326
• Minimum Payment Amount: $10 (PayPal); $50 (Check)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Click
• Lijit: Sign Up | FAQ

7. Yllix

Yllix is an ad network that supports CPM, CPC, CPA and even Pop Up ads. You can earn additional income by referring new advertisers and publishers. When you refer an advertiser, you get $100 bonus plus 1% of lifetime ad spend. And when you refer a publisher, you get $50 bonus plus 2% of lifetime publisher earnings.

• Alexa Rank: 8,455
• Minimum Payment Amount: $10 (PayPal); $500 (Wire Transfer)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Wire Transfer
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression, Cost Per Click, Cost Per Action, Pop Up Ads

Yllix: Sign Up | FAQ
Also try, AdSupply, SwitchAds

Sell Direct Ads

If your website is in a competitive niche and is getting good traffic then you can sell direct ads. It works the best when you have banner ad spots on your website so that potential advertisers can contact you to buy those ad spots. For some big publishers, selling direct advertising is their only way of monetization because they can control the CPM and thereby their income. All you need to do is to create an “Advertise” page on your blog or website with your Google PageRank, Alexa Traffic Rank, Traffic Statistics (by Google Analytics) and the available ad formats with their rates per month. Or you can try the following networks to make selling easier.

8. BuySellAds

BuySellAds is an online advertising network where publishers can list their ad inventory. You get access to thousands of advertisers through their market place. The BuySellAds network supports web, mobile web, RSS, Tweets, apps (desktop, iOS, Android) and e-mail. BuySellAds is a good alternative to AdSense and is used by most professional bloggers.

• Alexa Rank: 2,041
• Minimum Payment Amount: $20 (PayPal); $50 (Check); $500 (Wire Transfer)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check, Wire Transfer
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression, Fixed Rate Banner Ads, Sponsored Tweets
• BuySellAds: Sign Up | FAQ

9. Beacon Ads

Beacon Ads is an alternative to BuySellAds. In fact, the user interface of Beacon Ads looks just like BuySellAds. But the thing is…. Beacon Ads takes 30% commission, while it’s only 25% at BuySellAds.

• Alexa Rank: 127,420
• Minimum Payment Amount: $20 (PayPal); $50 (Check)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression, Fixed Rate Banner Ads

Beacon Ads: Sign Up | FAQ

10. BlogAds

BlogAds specializes in blog advertising and it’s comparable to BuySellAds. You can sell ads directly to advertisers, and can set the prices by yourself. You can earn an additional 15% revenue by referring new advertisers (they take 30% commission for all ad sales).

• Alexa Rank: 47,002
• Minimum Payment Amount: $75 (PayPal); $750 (Check & Wire Transfer)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check, Wire Transfer
• Programs Offered: Fixed Rate Banner Ads, Sponsored Tweets

BlogAds: Sign Up | FAQ

11. DoubleClick For Publishers

DoubleClick by Google offers publishers a complete ad revenue engine and it helps you to manage your ads so effectively that you can capture the most value for every page view that your website receives. If you are unable to find advertisers by yourself then BuySellAds may be a better choice but they do charge 25% commission. DoubleClick is a self-serve ad platform that is so flexible that you can control your entire ad inventory using only this platform. If your website is popular then you get inquiries from potential advertisers and in that case DoubleClick gets you the best value for every page view.

• DoubleClick For Publishers: Sign Up | FAQ

Sell Text Links

If you have a good quality website then it’s super easy to make money selling text links because advertisers are willing to spend thousands of dollars to improve their organic ranking. But wait, selling text links is against Google’s Webmaster Guidelines and they may even ban your website from its search results unless the links are rel=”nofollow”.

12. Matomy SEO

Matomy SEO (formerly Text-Link-Ads.com) connects you to high quality advertisers who are looking for relevant websites to buy text links. They place text link ads on your website so that your earnings don’t depend upon the clicks or page views of your website – you get a flat rate for a 30-day period.

• Alexa Rank: 11,337
• Minimum Payment Amount: No Minimum (PayPal, Payoneer); $25 (Check)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Payoneer, Check
• Programs Offered: Fixed Rate Text Link Ads
• Matomy SEO: Sign Up | FAQ

13. LinkWorth

LinkWorth is another popular text link ad network and it’s alternative to Matomy SEO. With LinkWorth, you can monetize your website using text link ads, paid blog reviews, in-text ads, in-content pay per click ads, rotating text ads, hosted content pages and many more.

• Alexa Rank: 17,066
• Minimum Payment Amount: $25 (PayPal); $100 (Check, Wire Transfer, EFT)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check, Wire Transfer, EFT (US Only)
• Programs Offered: Text Link Ads, Content Ads, Banner Ads, Sponsored Reviews
• LinkWorth: Sign Up | FAQ

14. Text Link Brokers

Text Link Brokers makes selling links easy because they find link buyers related to your website that you actually want to link to. They also have a Hosted Marketing Pages program similar to a sponsored review in which you host a new page on your website with unique content and embedded links.

• Alexa Rank: 10,595
• Minimum Payment Amount: N/A
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check
• Programs Offered: Text Link Ads, Sponsored Reviews
• Text Link Brokers: Sign Up | FAQ

15. Adbeans

Adbeans is a text link ad network that works with publishers who want to sell text links on their website or blogs. When you sign up for Adbeans you will get text link ad offers in your account so that you can accept or deny it. When you accept an offer they pay you a fixed rate for each text link that you place on your website.

• Alexa Rank: 56,057
• Minimum Payment Amount: GBP 20
• Payment Method(s): PayPal
• Programs Offered: Text Link Ads
• Adbeans: Sign Up | FAQ

16. TNX.net

TNX.net is a text link marketplace that connects advertisers and publishers. You can sell links on your website and get payments every month in advance by adding their codes on your webpages. The pricing of text links are based on your website’s Google PageRank, topic, link profile, etc.

• Alexa Rank: 29,581
• Minimum Payment Amount: Unknown
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Webmoney, Check, Wire Transfer
• Programs Offered: Text Link Ads
• TNX: Sign Up | FAQ

Also try, LinkAdage, Digital Point, and WarriorForum which are alternate marketplaces for buying and selling text links.

Sell Sponsored Reviews

Once again, selling sponsored articles without rel=”nofollow” is against Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. But it’s the easiest way to make money blogging as you can earn at least $50 per sponsored review if you have a good quality blog.

17. Sponsored Reviews

Sponsored Reviews is a blog advertising network that allows you to build backlinks, increase traffic and improve search engine rankings of your website. If you’re a blogger then you can make money by reviewing advertiser’s websites.

• Alexa Rank: 6,055
• Minimum Payment Amount: No Minimum
• Payment Method(s): PayPal
• Programs Offered: Fixed Rate Sponsored Reviews
• SponsoredReviews: Sign Up | FAQ

18. PayU2Blog

PayU2Blog is a a blog network that pays you to blog. When you become their member you will get writing assignments. Basically you will be asked to review a product or a service. And you have to write only your honest opinion about a product or a service and don’t have to endorse it.

• Alexa Rank: 8,591
• Minimum Payment Amount: N/A
• Payment Method(s): PayPal
• Programs Offered: Fixed Rate Sponsored Reviews
• PayU2Blog: Sign Up | FAQ

19. Blogsvertise

Blogsvertise allows you to monetize your blog in several ways. You can make money by displaying banner ads, selling text link ads, or sponsored posts. The ad rates depend upon the pricing set by you and the demand for that ad spot.

• Alexa Rank: 10,029
• Minimum Payment Amount: N/A
• Payment Method(s): PayPal
• Programs Offered: Fixed Rate Sponsored Reviews, Banner Ads, Text Link Ads
• Blogsvertise: Sign Up | FAQ

20. ReviewMe

ReviewMe allows you to make money by reviewing products you find interesting. Price is determined by the reach of your blog. Reviews can range from $40 to $500 per review and it will be a one time fee.

• Alexa Rank: 62,596
• Minimum Payment Amount: No Minimum (PayPal); $25 (Check, Prepaid Card)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check, ReviewMe Prepaid MasterCard
• Programs Offered: Fixed Rate Sponsored Reviews
• ReviewMe: Sign Up | FAQ

Read: Make Money Writing: Top 25 Sites That Pay Upfront For Your Content

Pop Under & Pop Up Ads

I’m not a fan of pop up or pop under ads and I never tried those on any of my websites. But I feel that it’s a good advertising option for traffic heavy websites like downloads, image hosting, file sharing, etc. Why? For those kind of websites showing a couple of pop-under or pop-up ads won’t affect the user experience in a big way but if you place these kind of ads on your blog then it will affect user experience and your visitors may never return.

21. PopAds

PopAds appears to be the best advertising popunder ad network as the average revenue of their publishers for 1,000 U.S. visitors was never below $4. If it’s true then I think it can deliver better results than AdSense itself. You can request payment anytime you want or may use that money to buy advertising for your own websites.

• Alexa Rank: 207
• Minimum Payment Amount: $5 (PayPal and AlertPay); $500 (Wire Transfer)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, AlertPay, Wire Transfer
• Programs Offered: Cost Per View
• PopAds: Sign Up | FAQ

22. InfinityAds

InfinityAds (or Paypopup) is another Pop Under and Pop Up ad network that pays you for every thousand impressions shown on your website. The average payment rate according to their website is $1.80 per 1,000 impressions. All the websites gets auto approval and the minimum payout is just $5.

• Alexa Rank: 26,412
• Minimum Payment Amount: $5
• Payment Method(s): Check, PayPal, Wire Transfer
• Programs Offered: Cost Per View
• InfinityAds: Sign Up | FAQ

23. CPMoz

CPMoz is a pop under advertising network that shares up to 70% revenue. Your earnings depends upon the traffic quality of your website, and you can also earn additional revenue by referring other advertisers (10% of their ad spending) or publishers (10% of their earnings).

• Alexa Rank: 22,200
• Minimum Payment Amount: $5
• Payment Method(s): PayPal
• Programs Offered: Cost Per View

CPMoz: Sign Up | FAQ

In-Text Advertising Networks

In-Text advertising can’t be considered as an alternative to Google AdSense but you can use it along with AdSense or any other contextual ad networks like BidVertiser or Clicksor.

24. Infolinks

Infolinks is the leader in in-text advertising which offers 70% revenue share even if you’re a newbie blogger. Infolinks follows a pay-per-click advertising model. Whenever a visitor hovers over one of these double-underlined words, an ad related to what they’re reading appears and you get paid every time a reader clicks on one of those ads. They offer advertising options like: insearch ads, intext ads, intag ads, inframe ads.

• Alexa Rank: 1,127
• Minimum Payment Amount: $50 (PayPal, eCheck); $100 (Wire Transfer, WU)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Wire Transfer, eCheck, Western Union, Payoneer
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Click
• Infolinks: Sign Up | FAQ

25. Kontera

Kontera discovers the best editorial content and dynamically delivers brands’ advertising, content and social assets for optimal results. Their In Text ads are a highly effective and profitable online advertising solution for websites and blogs.

• Alexa Rank: 20,403
• Minimum Payment Amount: $50
• Payment Method(s): Check, PayPal, Wire Transfer
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Click
• Kontera: Sign Up | FAQ

In-Image Advertising Networks

If your website or blog is image heavy then you can turn your images into ad inventory with the following in-image advertising networks. They place targeted ads over images so that you’ll make money on a cost per view or cost per click basis.

26. GumGum

GumGum is one of the largest in-image advertising (In-image advertising is a term used to describe targeted ads overlaid on images) platform, reaching over 150 million unique users worldwide. GumGum doesn’t require any minimum number of visitors but they require at least 500,000 monthly page views targeting U.S. based audience.

• Alexa Rank: 21,430
• Minimum Payment Amount: $50
• Payment Method(s): Check, PayPal
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression
• GumGum: Sign Up | FAQ

27. Luminate

Luminate makes images interactive. They offer an Image App Platform, which enables consumers to conduct their favorite online activities such as shopping, sharing, commenting and navigating directly from a picture. Luminate publishers can offer innovative consumer features that increase audience engagement, website traffic and drive incremental revenue.

• Alexa Rank: 30,969
• Minimum Payment Amount: $10
• Payment Method(s): Check, PayPal
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression, Cost Per Click
• Luminate: Sign Up | FAQ

CPM Ad Networks

CPM (Cost Per Mille) stands for Cost Per 1,000 Impressions. A high paying CPM advertising network is actually the best alternative to Google AdSense. As you probably know, Google AdSense (or any other pay per click network) pays for only clicks so it means that your monthly income varies a lot as AdSense CPC/CPM is very volatile. A CPM network pays you for every 1,000 page views you generate. So it means that if the CPM set by your CPM Network is $1 then you will earn $30 per month (if you generate 1,000 page views daily or 30,000 page views per month). High traffic websites and blogs rely on CPM networks than CPC networks since it generates guaranteed income.

28. Technorati Media

Technorati Media is one of largest social media advertising network which accepts sites with great original content and deliver targeted campaigns from top brands at high CPMs.

• Alexa Rank: 10,575
• Minimum Payment Amount: $50
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression
• Technorati Media: Sign Up | FAQ

29. Yes Advertising by Clicksor

Yes Advertising is a new ad network by Clicksor that allows you to make money through their CPM program. They say their publishers are currently earning an average of $5 CPM.

• Alexa Rank: 11,064
• Minimum Payment Amount: $50 (PayPal, Check); $1,000 (Wire Transfer)
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check, Wire Transfer
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression
• Yes Advertising: Sign Up

30. Burst Media

Burst Media gives you high CPMs, quality campaigns and full control of which ads run on your site.

• Alexa Rank: 10,174
• Minimum Payment Amount: $50
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check, Electronic Funds Transfer (US Only)
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression
• Burst Media: Sign Up | FAQ

31. PulsePoint

PulsePoint (formerly ContextWeb) is one of the top CPM (Cost Per Mille) Network that exists today. With PulsePoint you can set your own prices. Set your current eCPM (effective cost per thousand impressions) so that the advertisers compete to beat your current eCPM. If they don’t beat your current eCPM then it will show backup ads from other networks like Google AdSense. So, you’ll always make the maximum money when you work with PulsePoint.

• Alexa Rank: 15,863
• Minimum Payment Amount: $50
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check, Electronic Funds Transfer (US Only)
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression
• PulsePoint: Sign Up

32. Vibrant Media

Vibrant Media have over 6,000 premium publishers, reaching over 250 million unique users per month. Some of the products are Vibrant Image, Vibrant In-Text Ads, Vibrant Display, Vibrant Related Content and Vibrant Lightbox.

• Alexa Rank: 24,228
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression, Cost Per Click
• Vibrant Media: Sign Up | FAQ

33. Gorilla Nation

Gorilla Nation sells advertisements on a CPM (cost per thousand impressions) model to advertisers and agencies around the globe.

• Alexa Rank: 22,941
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression
• Gorilla Nation: Sign Up | FAQ

Premium CPM Ad Networks

If you have a high traffic website or a blog then you can apply for the following programs. They’re premium ad networks that offer maximum CPM.

• Exponential (formerly Tribal Fusion)
• Federated Media

Content Platforms

Forget pay-per-click ads, banner ads, affiliate programs, and everything else as there are even more ways to monetize your website. The earnings from the following content platforms primarily depends upon your website’s authority and not necessarily page views (unless it’s CPM).

34. Taboola

Taboola helps advertisers to acquire traffic to their website using content recommendation service. So if you’re a publisher then you can monetize your content by recommending content people may like, using Taboola personalized recommendations. Taboola monetizes your website with a premium CPM by inviting your users to discover high-quality articles and videos from Taboola’s marketplace.

• Alexa Rank: 565
• Programs Offered: Content Recommendation
• Taboola: Sign Up

35. PostJoint

PostJoint is a content blogger network that connects marketers and bloggers. You can mention the topics you blog about and can even set a minimum budget spent so that they will send you notifications when an advertiser is interested in buying an article on your blog. You will be paid $10 – $500 (or even more) depending upon your monthly unique visitors.

• Alexa Rank: 4,266
• Payment Method(s): PayPal
• Programs Offered: Paid Guest Posts
• PostJoint: Sign Up | FAQ

36. Content.ad

Content.ad as the name suggests monetizes your website with premium ads that look and feel like content. Ads by Content.ad links to a variety of high-quality sponsored content with user friendly images and headlines. And they offer high CPM guarantees for top publishers.

• Alexa Rank: 15,468
• Minimum Payment Amount: $50
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check
• Programs Offered: Content Ads
• Content.ad: Sign Up | FAQ

Also try, Adblade.

37. Content BLVD

Content BLVD is another content platform that connects brands and publishers. Advertisers submit quality sponsored posts or guest posts to a relevant blog and if it’s accepted then they will get paid. You will be paid $50 – $425 per sponsored blog post depending upon your website’s Moz Domain Authority. There’s no payment for guest posts but you will get a placement fee based on your domain authority.

• Alexa Rank: 45,234
• Minimum Payment Amount: N/A
• Payment Method(s): PayPal
• Programs Offered: Sponsored Posts & Guest Posts
• Content BLVD: Sign Up | FAQ

38. Written

Written helps brands to increase their visibility and also helps bloggers to monetize their best content. Written.com licenses your content to other brands for a specific period of time and you’ll be making money on a monthly basis. It’s like you’re renting your content to someone else on a monthly basis so as long as they’re using your content you will make money.

• Alexa Rank: 109,222
• Minimum Payment Amount: N/A
• Payment Method(s): PayPal
• Programs Offered: Content Syndication
• Written: Sign Up | FAQ

Ad Networks For Women Bloggers

Yes, the list is not over yet and the next list is for the women bloggers out there. If you’re a woman blogger then you can try the following ad networks as they’re looking for blogs written by women or blogs with female audience.

39. BlogHer Publishing Network

BlogHer Publishing Network is an ad network for women bloggers. They accept only high quality bloggers and are accepting new applications periodically so you may be on a waiting list when you apply. With BlogHer, you can make money by showing CPM ads and also by accepting their sponsored posts and reviews.

• Alexa Rank: 4,154
• Minimum Payment Amount: $25
• Payment Method(s): PayPal, Check
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression, Sponsored Posts
• BlogHer Publishing Network: Sign Up | FAQ (unofficial)

40. Foodie Blogroll Ad Network

Foodie Blogroll Ad Network is for the food bloggers or blogs with 75% food related content. You can make money from your blog by showing CPM banner ads and also by using your social media influence. If you’re an active social media user then you can accept sponsored posts and other sponsored content to make more money.

• Alexa Rank: 83,203
• Minimum Payment Amount: No Minimum
• Payment Method(s): PayPal
• Programs Offered: Cost Per Impression, Sponsored Posts
• Foodie Blogroll Ad Network: Sign Up | FAQ

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How to Make Money Blogging

Make Money Blogging

Do you want to make money blogging? If you do – you’re not alone. More and more bloggers are finding that blogging is a profitable medium. Whether it be to earn a few extra dollars a week to feed their coffee habit, or making enough money to stop them having to get a part time job to get through college, or whether they’ve got it to a point where they are able to make a full time living from their blogging – there are tens of thousands of bloggers who make money blogging.

How to Make Money Blogging

In this page I want to share some information for beginners on how to make money blogging. For a very quick and broad visual intro – check out this Make Money Blogging MindMap which visualizes just SOME of the ways bloggers make money blogging.
Firstly – lets get our expectations right. Not everyone who tries to make money blogging becomes rich. In fact those who do well from blogging are in the minority. I’m sorry if this disappoints you – but I’m not here to hype this up or make any promises. It is possible to make money blogging – but it takes time and a lot of hard work – and it doesn’t happen for everyone!
For a picture of how realistic it is check out my post – Can You Really Make Money Blogging: 7 Things I know about Making Money from Blogging.
Secondly – let me start by sharing my own top Money Making Methods but below that point you to some great resources and teaching on how to increase your income from blogging.
What follows is a quick summary of my main income streams from blogging. Before you read it though – keep in mind that every blog is unique in how it can make money. Some of the following income streams will work on some blogs a lot better than others – the key is to experiment with as many as possible and see what works best for you.
The following income streams (from a number of blogs) have helped me to earn a six figure income each year for the last 5 years from blogging. I’ve ranked them from highest to lowest.
I hope you find it useful to see the mix and variety of ways that I earn a living from blogging.

1. AdSense

Despite not using it here at ProBlogger any more (here’s why) I continue to use AdSense with amazing effect on my other blogs. I have them all set to show image and text based ads and find that 250×300 pixel ads work best (usually with a blended design). I don’t have much luck with their ‘referrals’ program but their normal ads work a treat and continue to be the biggest earner for me.

2. Affiliate Programs

I run a variety of affiliate programs on my blogs – most of which bring in smaller amounts of money that don’t really justify a category of their own (but which certainly add up).
These include recommending quality products like these here on ProBlogger: Thesis WordPress theme, Yaro’s Blog Mastermind Coaching Program and How to Launch the F*** out of your E-Book (and others) as well as some great products on my photography blog including 123 of Digital Imaging, David DuChemin’s amazing Photography E-Books and Mitchell Kanashkevich’s great ebooks.
The great thing about many of these programs is that they are of such high quality that they sell themselves and I am being emailed from readers who sign up to them thanking me for the recommendation!

3. E-Book Sales

Last time I did a wrap up of how I make money blogging this category did not exist for me – I didn’t really have any of my own products to sell at all. However in the last year or so I’ve released 3 E-books – 31 Days to Build a Better Blog, The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography and Photo Nuts and Bolts: Know Your Camera and Take Better Photos. While these products all only sell for under $20 they certainly add up and some months this has been my biggest category of income. The reason they were only ranking at #3 in the last month was that I didn’t do a product launch (I wrote about one launch which brought in $72,000 in a week here). This is an income stream I see growing as I add more E-books to my range (expect 3 in the coming few months).

4. Continuity Programs

This is another newer category for me but one that continues to grow.
A continuity program is a site where you earn a recurring income from people who subscribe to a service you offer.
For me this includes two sites – ProBlogger.com and Third Tribe Marketing. Both programs are membership sites and generate monthly income from the thousands of members that they have as a part of them.

5. Private Ad Sales/Sponsorships

Private ad sales directly to advertisers have fallen for me in the last year (they previously ranked #3 on this list). This is partly due to a change in my own focus but also partly due to the economy as it is. I should note that this area does vary a little from month to month depending upon the campaigns we’re asked to run – we’ve had a couple of months where it actually ranked #2 in the last year.
This includes ad sales of the 125 x 125 ads here at ProBlogger as well as a campaign or two at Digital Photography School.

6. Chitika

Chitka continues to be a great performer for me on my blogs. They traditionally have worked best on product related blogs although their Premium ad units now convert well on a larger range of blogs.
While I’ve focused a little less on Chitika in the last 6 months (mainly as I’ve released my own products and moved a little away from advertising) they do continue to perform well where I use them and over the time I’ve been using Chitika they’ve now earned me over a quarter of a million dollars – as a result I can’t recommend them enough!

7. Amazon Associates

Amazon’s affiliate program has been one of my big movers in the last 12 months. I used to make a few odd dollars from it – however in recent times it has become a significant earner for me (in fact it’s now earned me over $100,000 since I started using it). Christmas time (and the lead up to it) is a particularly good time for Amazon – last December it would have ranked #2 on this list.

8. ProBlogger Job Boards

The job boards here at ProBlogger continue to grow each month in the number of advertisements that are being bought. This enabled me to invest most of the money that they’d earned a while back into getting a new back end for the boards and to redesign them. These job boards now bring in over $1000 a month in revenue which is pretty nice considering that they are so low maintenance to run. They also offer a service to readers and add value to the overall blog.
The only problem that I face with the job boards is that there are so many bloggers looking for work that the demand for jobs far exceeds the supply. On the good side of things is that advertisers are reporting getting amazing quality of applications.

9. Speaking Fees

I get asked to do a lot of speaking and increasingly they are paid opportunities. I’m not able to do as many as I would like (mainly because I live in Australia and most of what I’m asked to do is overseas and I only travel 2-3 times a year) – however in April I did a couple of events and the income was enough to include in this list.

Other Income

In addition to all of the above there are many smaller incomes. Many of these are from smaller advertising programs that I test but none are big enough to really rate a mention here.
The other income stream that there was no actual money from in April was book royalties from the ProBlogger Book. These are only paid every 6 or so months (not in April). It’s probably also worth mentioning that authors don’t tend to make a whole lot of money on book royalties – you don’t write books to get rich (unless you sell a lot of them).

Useful Resources for Bloggers Wanting to Make Money Blogging

A lot has been written on the topic of making money online from blogs. There is a lot of wonderful information out there – but also a lot of hype and sometimes dangerous information.
Below are a number of articles that I’ve written exploring some of the different ways that bloggers make money.
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