Making Money through Blogging

Making Money through Blogging
You’ve written a bunch of great blog content or perhaps you’ve written an e‐book and
you’ve been giving it away for free. You have solid traffic to your site, but you don’t want to
advertise. How do you create cash from your site?
If your blog is a success and you’ve been giving your content away, you’ve got a solid basis
of authority and an existing customer base. The only thing that’s left to do is package what
you already have and sell it.
Check out the self‐publishing services offered by
companies like Lulu (http://www.lulu.com/).
If you already have an e‐book that you’re
offering for free, you can add the option of a
hard copy book for a price – or like many new
authors, organize your existing blog content into
a book.
Alternately, if you prefer to stay faithful to the
paperless e‐book option, you could take a cue
from countless successful subject matter
experts, add additional content, and charge for
an “unabridged” version, which you can sell not
only through your own blog, but through multiple other niche websites as well as monsters
eBay (http://www.ebay.com) and Clickbank (http://www.clickbank.com). Better yet,
automate the process and create an ongoing cash stream.
Once your blog has solidified you as an expert in your subject matter, with your expertise
and existing traffic; it won’t be difficult to turn your work into something profitable.