With the current ongoing world trends, you can now monetize your blog. It could be a personal blog, tech blog, business blog, Niche blog, or whatever kind of blog, you can still make money from it. You could be a good writer with catchy and original content but you still need to have a plan for you actually to obtain monetary gains from your blog. Well as blogging may not be a piece of cake in Uganda, especially for money, it can be done. The growing number of people in Uganda able to access the internet and interested in learning more about different issues should motivate you. Here are a few tips you could use to earn money from your blog.
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Advertising
Having ads added to your blog may be somewhat annoying to your readers but it’s a good way of bringing in funds. You do not have to overload the blog with ads as it may chase readers, simply place a few ads as a starter and try to have them blend with the blog in appearance format. You may want to avoid pop-up ads, they tend to piss off a lot of people (readers included). With this, you can avoid congestion, improve the blog layout and make some money. The types of ads that you can use in your blog include;
Banner ads. These ones are more of images that when tapped redirect the user to the advertised product or service, what makes these ads interesting is you can design and place them to suit your blog and improve the blog appearance while earning at the same time. It’s a good deal but you must avoid simply scattering them all over the blog.
Text link ads. These are good for promoting products for example you can hyperlink a word to the website of the product being promoted. Remember not to fill your blog with too many of these to prevent congestion.
Now that you know some of the ads, you’re probably wondering how you will get companies to advertise. Well, one way is directly offering advertising space to the business or company of your choice. (of course at a certain fee) You can also create an account on Google Adsense to help sell your Ad space on your behalf. Google Adsense does not limit countries, so you who are Ugandan based are sure not to miss out on getting businesses or websites to advertise for.
Create Members-only Content
By the time you have a blog, of course, you have content. The question is, are people willing to pay for it. If yes then you can add a members-only section and have your readers subscribe at a small fee to access it and if not, you can still try it out and see. You never know the turnout. With these you need to start small, you can try having the blog for some time to gain an audience (a summable one at least) then move to offer members only content at a very small fee in the beginning. You can always increase the fee as your customers grow.
Become an Affiliate Marketer
Affiliate marketing is where you make money from selling other people’s products for a commission. You could probably write about certain products and give them honest reviews urging your readers to try them out and this could get you paid. It works best when the product matches the content you write about, so you do not go off-topic and lose readers. It is all about strategy. You have to know when to write content and how to flatter a product in your blog. For example, if you are blogging about natural hair and hair products, you could choose to concentrate on one company making hair products, talk about its products, how legit they are, and even go ahead to show results after usage. The hustle may only come in when starting the blog and getting an audience cause after that most of these companies will look for you to advertise for them.
Allow Guest Posts
Looking forward to monetizing your blog, consider taking in guest/sponsored posts from any willing associate as long as the content aligns with your niche. This is often an effective form of advertising for brands, and it’s also a powerful way to monetize a blog. Sometimes you will not be able to create content about everything on the market. However, people who see the influence of your blog would like to get their content on your blog. The good thing is they pay for it and in return, you hit two birds with one stone; get content and get paid for posting content on your blog.
Offer Coaching Services
Here is one fast way to make money. By giving your motivated readers turned customers access to training and expertise you can earn from the payments made from these services. Offering paid coaching sessions to your readers to help them get through certain challenges and stay positive is a good way to bring in income. It can grow bigger if you happen to be good at it and those customers with positive results refer their friends. As you blog, they are always people who want to learn from you and monetize that opportunity. Even though you feel like you have not maximized what you hoped to achieve, helping others get to where you are at will do them a solid.
Sell Online Courses
You can create and sell online courses depending on which skill you are perfect at. This offer requires time and strategy including identifying your target market, which people visit your blog, and what they search for. From this, you can plan and set a course that could sell bringing in funds for you. Let’s say your expertise is in content creation, and you have been really successful at it, teach what you know. There is always someone yarning to learn from you.
Ask for Donations
As odd as it may sound, there are people who are willing to donate something to see your blog grow. When you create content about anything, you are providing new information to someone. Consider it as a tip that customers give to a waitress when you are at the restaurant. Note that the principle behind donations is that they enable your audience to thank you for providing them with free, valuable content. For this reason, it’s not advisable to ask for donations if you’re already selling your content.