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    5 Best Practices for Monetizing a Personal Blog  

    By Melanie Blodgett. Image by Audrey Moore. 

    You've been posting consistently and your readership has grown, so now you're looking to earn some money. But where do you begin? Here are our five best tips for getting started with monetizing your blog. 
     
    Landing Sponsors
    The first step in landing sponsors is to recall your school fundraiser days. First, you start with your family. Mom, dad, grandma, cousins - no one is off limits. Once you've exhausted those relationships, start going door to door. And don't forget to send a sign-up sheet with your friend or spouse who works in an office. They can put it in the break room for maximum coverage. 
     
    Pay Per View Content 
    Evaluate what your most popular posts are (check Pinterest to see what's going viral) then only post a teaser of it with a read more link at the bottom. Once readers push the link, have a Paypal window pop-up so they have to pay to view the rest of the content. They'll love it! 
     
    Start a Newsletter
    A newsletter is a great opportunity to add more exposure to your sponsors. To get a lot of subscribers fast, ask the leader of your church congregation for an email contact list for a service opportunity and add them all to your list. For minimum turnover, make sure to hide the unsubscribe button as best you can. 
     
    Text Links
    At least once a week, create a post entirely from sponsored text links - Mad Libs style. 
     
    Giveaways
    Make sure you're not only charging for giveaways but go ahead and rig each one so you're the winner then sell the product on Craigslist. 
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    Reader Comments (5)

    At first, I was like, "What the heck? This is the worst advice ever!!" And then I realized that today is April Fools' Day. Nicely done!

    Apr 1, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterMelissa

    Haha. Happy April Fools' Day!

    Apr 1, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterAllison

    Oh my goodness! I am so gullible! As I was reading I was horrified! I finally realized April Fools when I got to the Text Link tip!

    Apr 1, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterLaura

    Ok, you got me. I was fooled!

    Apr 1, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterMelissa

    Wow, I was reading this thinking WHAT THE?!??!?!?!? Especially the last one! SO FUNNY!

    Apr 8, 2013 | Unregistered Commenterjacquie

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