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How to Monetize Your Blog | Ep. #25

Aug 25, 2016

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In Episode #25 Eric and Neil talk about how to monetize your blog. If you’re a passionate blogger with a good following, it’s time to start elevating your blog to a potential revenue source.

Time Stamped Show Notes:

00:22 – The best ways to monetize your blog
00:35 – Look into affiliate marketing or performance marketing
- 01:10 – Collect money from sales
- 01:17 – ClickBank, Commission Junction, Share A Sale, Skimlinks
01:29 – Avoid ads at all costs
- 01:50 – You’ll make the least amount of money from ads
02:00 – Generate an email list
- 02:15 – You can sell your products through your email list
- 02:35 – Continually market to those people
02:45 – The concept of courses
- 03:00 – People making seven figures a year
- 03:20 – An example with eBooks and courses
03:57 – Don’t be too aggressive at the beginning. Wait for a loyal audience.
04:25 – Collect leads
- 04:45 – Take your blog content and create lead pages
- 04:55 – How to drive traffic to your lead page
05:45 – Monetizing a blog takes time. Think about your value to others first.
06:20 – Don’t push anything until you have a loyal following.
06:50 – Survey your audience to find out what problems they are facing.
- 07:10 – Work to solve those problems.
08:12 – Get people to commit before you launch your service.
09:00 – See you in tomorrow’s episode!

3 Key Points:

Avoid ads at all costs.
Generate a following before you push sales.
Develop eBooks, courses, and other services that you can promote to people on your email list.

Resources Mentioned:

ClickBank, Commission Junction, Share A Sale, and Skimlinks – Resources to help you get into affiliate marketing with your blog