A New Way Of Making Money With A Blog
I can't complain.
I've been following WA and the training laid out here for years now and I make a comfortable income from my affiliate commissions each and every month.
Recently however, I've added a new way to make some extra money on the side and it's working wonderfully for me, so I thought I'd share it with the WA crowd.
This is not a method that has been thought in Wealthy Affiliate, but rather an opportunity that came "on its own" as my audience / readership keeps getting bigger and bigger.
Of course, I am talking about sponsored posts!
Since my site is now getting some authority online, a lot of people (i.e companies) have been reaching out to me to do a sponsored post for them.
In the past I've declined these as I do not like to promote products that I have not tried / used myself but I recently re-considered this and when somebody contacts me about doing a sponsored post, I first:
- Ask to be given access to the product so I can try it out myself and
- If I like it, I will do a review for the product (or in one case simply mention (link) it in one of my articles).
My price; $100!
Yep, $100! That is my fee for doing a sponsored post now and get this; just this month; I "sold" 3 of these!
That's a cool extra $300 and the month is only halfway in. I also have a deal with one of my "customers" to do another one in November (but at a discounted price of $60).
I know $300 is nothing to brag about, but I really think this is something I can work on to improve.
The problem is this though; I do not want my site to become "only sponsored posts" so I will probably be limiting this to only 4 a month (if I manage to get them of course)!
That's an extra $400 in my pocket (i,e my PayPal) a month; which is great!
I am just testing this out for now and even though the results have been good so far, I can't really tell if this "trend" will keep up. I will post an update about this whole thing and how it turned out in a few months from now.
Although this may not be suitable for all the beginners here (as you would need proof of traffic to show companies) it's a great monetization method to keep in mind. So..
- Keep at it,
- Don't give up and
- Know that the possibilities of making money online could really just be "endless"!
Till next time.
Chris Lee
PS: Here is an email that I got today from a potential customer. This is how a "sponsored post" opportunity may come to be:
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Definitely. There are a lot of people who just don't make money and give up too quickly. But the most successful people whose blogs I've read on WA were those who stuck with it.
I'm about halfway through year 2, but my first year was wasted with a niche I didn't like. I'll be here for a long time, though.
Hahaha trust me I know the feeling. Check my last blog post to see how long it took me to make it: Proof Success Takes Time I'm actually one of the slow ones, there are many more that reached bigger success than me in much little time so never feel discouraged!
haha I went and read that one right after I read this one... Now I'm reading more of your stuff! lol
I have a feeling I will be one of the slow ones too, but to be honest I don't care. I will get there eventually, and that's all I need to know!
Thanks again for being so encouraging. :)
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Thanks for sharing sounds great!
You're welcome :)