1)Affiliate promotion
Being an affiliate means you promote a product or service to your website visitors in return for earning a commission if a purchase occurs through your link.
Join the Awin network to access thousands of affiliate programs, including major brands like Topshop, Domino’s and Zara.
Then simply include an affiliate link (provided by Awin) when mentioning products from your chosen partners on your website.
2)Skimlinks
Skimlinks is a program that you can install on your website to automatically monetise your content.
If you’ve linked to a merchant that’s part of the Skimlinks network within your content, Skimlinks will automatically convert the link into an affiliate link!
You’ll get paid if a visitor makes a purchase via your link. Commissions vary from 2% to 10%.
Banner and display adverts
You can easily set up network adverts using Google Adsense or Media.net by copying and pasting code into your site to create adverts that are relevant to a visitor’s recent internet search.
Taboola is another increasingly popular service for bloggers monetising their content. It works by displaying relevant articles (rather than banners) from advertisers on their network.
These networks will pay you every time a visitor clicks on an advert (CPC) or per 1000 impressions (CPM).
You can also sell banner ads directly to companies with a relevant product / service. This option can be much more profitable as you’ll set the rates yourself!
4)Sell to email subscribers
The biggest regret I hear from bloggers is not starting an email list sooner.
So get an account with AWeber from day one to capture your audience to communicate with them after they’ve left the site!
You can then email them with recommended products that they may be interested in (affiliate promotion) and earn various commissions if they sign up or buy something.
5) Text link advertising
Sell basic text links to an advertiser’s website (in-content advertising) and charge a fixed rate per month (eg. £20) or charge per click.
There are plenty of marketplaces such as Backlinks.com to find buyers.
6) Sponsored posts
This is an advert in the form of an article, usually containing the advertiser’s website link.
An advertiser may send you the article, but if you can write the content for them, you’ll be quids up as you can charge for your time too.
You can earn £35 to £200 for a sponsored post, depending on your website’s popularity.
Join blogger network groups on Facebook and share your website, as that’s where the advertisers are looking!
Always write “Sponsored Post” on the page somewhere if you're paid to publish an article (new advertising regulations).
Product reviews
Get paid by companies for reviewing all sorts of products!
Sign up with Toluna and SurveyBods from the start to receive the latest opportunities.
7) Digital products
eBooks, printables, graphics, templates and podcasts are all examples of digital products that can help you earn a passive ongoing income from your site.
You could charge around £2.99 for a 5000 word eBook and 20 eBook sales per month will soon add up!
Check out the Envato Marketplace for lots of inspiration and ideas.
8) Physical products
Use your website as a base to sell your own physical products too. For example, you can create designs for t-shirts or mugs with Zazzle.
Or create handmade products to sell on Etsy or eBay.
9) Premium articles
If you can create incredibly useful content, you can earn from it.
Let’s say you have a gaming website and you’re able to share some little known strategies in an article. You can hook the visitor in by sharing a few tips, then link to a password protected page (option within WordPress) for the valuable information.
The reader gets the password to unlock the premium content once they’ve paid a fee to you via PayPal. Charge what you like, although £2 to £10 is a realistic price for a premium article.
10) Business directory
Set up a business directory page, where companies pay you a set
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