We live in an era when funny videos with pets are gaining an unimaginable number of views, the pages of Odnoklassniki and Vkontakte are full of quotes from celebrities, and every active Internet user has Skype or Viber installed on their computer. In the 21st century, information has become not only a valuable resource for use, but also the most demanded commodity for sale and purchase. And the Internet has become a powerful conductor of this very information. Therefore, many people ask questions: “Can I make money on the Internet? What do I need to do for that? What skills are needed? "
The easiest way to make money on the Internet for a person new to all kinds of computer and networking complexities is to start a blog. A blog is a personalized website designed to share your thoughts, knowledge and suggestions with readers. This is the business card of the Internet entrepreneur, the cornerstone of his image on the web. But, most importantly, it is a source of multiple types of income. Depending on your blog traffic, you can earn from 30,000 to 150,000 rubles per month. Where do these amounts come from? Is this not a myth?
The most obvious source of blog monetization is contextual advertising. Having promoted the blog, its creator negotiates with the contextual advertising exchange and places advertising blocks on its website. For each click made by the reader on the link, the blog author receives a reward. The largest and most trusted advertisers: Google Adsense and Yandex. True, in order to become a partner with such serious resources and get advertising opportunities from them, it is necessary that the blog meets at least the basic requirements of search engines for web resources. However, it's worth it.
Another way to monetize is by selling affiliate programs. There are thousands of information businessmen on the Internet selling their trainings, webinars, training courses and business schemes. By placing a link to the products of information businessmen on his resource, the blogger receives from 10 to 50 percent of the sale of his partner. By the way, many have a referral system, so you can also make good money on referrals, which should be attracted as much as possible.
The third type of income that is worth mentioning is the sale of your services. If you have any unique knowledge and are ready to share it with others (for an appropriate reward, of course), declare it in your blog. So, without spending a penny on advertising, you will generate a strong customer flow for your own business.
Or are you making some kind of tangible product? Then write about it in your online diary. On its basis, over time, a profitable online store may arise. As a last resort, even if you have nothing to sell, you can find an online store to partner with and advertise its products.
There are dozens more ways to monetize your blog. Finding and implementing them can turn into a fun game that brings tangible income to your budget.
Now it's worth taking a look at a few of the myths surrounding the blogging industry.
And the first myth that turns into a powerful stop-cock for any novice blogger is the conviction that in order to keep a diary, you need to have some special, specific knowledge in the field of programming. No, in fact, you don't need to know HTML or be a web designer to create a successful blog. You don't even need to hire a professional programmer. At the moment, there are many resources, using which anyone can create a professional blog for free or at minimal cost. If you have already firmly decided to become a blogger, but are not yet mentally prepared for financial investments in your Internet business, platforms for keeping online diaries will come to your aid.
LiveJournal is one of the most popular platforms on the Runet (the Russian-speaking sector of the Internet). You can register in LJ completely free of charge. A blog created on the basis of LiveJournal will quickly acquire readers, and you do not even have to spend money on buying an Internet hosting and its additional promotion. But keep in mind that this barrel of honey has its own ladle of tar. You will not be able to provide contextual advertising, you will not be able to turn your blog into an online store, and it will be problematic to transfer a promoted blog to an independent platform. We will have to look for other ways of monetization, which are not prohibited directly or indirectly by the administration of the Journal.
But there is also an alternative - create a blog using the WordPress website builder. In this case, you will have to delve into some specific materials and do the study of basic information, design settings, applications and widgets. Ideally, you will spend from one day to a couple of weeks of your personal time and about 3000 rubles for the purchase and annual lease of a domain with good hosting. In the end, however, your efforts will be rewarded with unlimited freedom to develop and monetize your blog.
“By creating a blog, I will quickly become a millionaire,” is another myth that should be debunked. The amount of profit a blogger earns is directly proportional to the number of readers visiting the blog. To make a project commercially successful, you cannot engage in soulless sales alone. Write about what people care about. Write about what you are good at. Moreover, it is not necessary to have a literary talent. The main key to success in any other successful business is the desire to be useful to the target audience. Your target audience is your readers. Do not forget about this, and then the number of readers of your blog will grow, and your income will grow with them.
... Thanks to the Internet, everyone can create a solid financial foundation to stay afloat in any crisis. All that is needed for this is faith in yourself and a little perseverance. By making the firm decision to start a blog, you are taking the first steps towards a better life!
