Introduction
Top Earning Bloggers Profile
Talking about making money while blogging, yes its sound magical but it’s a reality which involves actions and people doing their best consistently. To encourage ourselves, let’s examine the top gamers in this part of entrepreneurship, let’s examine the top earners and I bet, you’d be amazed at some monthly earnings gotten from the simple act of blogging.
- The Huffington Post
Number one on the list, the blog is owned by Arianna Huffington, makes about $29,896 monthly and the owner now worth nothing less than $21.82 Million, the technique adapted is Pay Per Click
- Mashable
The blog is owned by Pete Cashmore, makes about $15,781 monthly, owner Pete Cashmore is worth $11.52 Million and his technique is Advertising Banners.
- Techcrunch
Owned by Michael Arrington, makes approximately $14,816 each month, Michael is worth $10.82 Million, his technique is also Advertising Banners.
- Engadget
Engadget is owned by Peter Rojas, he makes approximately $9,861 each month and now worth nothing less than $7.2 Million he also uses the technique of advertising Banners.
- Smashing Magazine
The smashing magazine is owned by no other than Vitaly Friedman who makes $6,382 monthly, this blogger is presently worth $4.66 Million and he enjoys using the Advertising Banners as a technique for monetizing his blog.
- Tuts
O n our number six is Tuts owned by famous blogger Collis Taeed who makes $5,068 per month thanks to his blog he’s worth $3.7 Million and his technique is Membership Area.
- Life Hacker
Life Hacker is quite popular and yes, it’s owned by Nick Denton, generates $4,821 monthly and the owner is worth nothing below $3.52 Million while adapting Advertising Banners as a monetizing technique.
- Gizmodo
Attila Talos owned the number eight blog which generates about $3,918 every month. Attila is now worth $2.86 Million using Advertising Banners on his blog.
- Perez Hilton
Mario Lavandeira is the rightful owner o this blog, his monthly return from the blog is at a value of $3,645. Mario is worth $2.66 Million and his blogging monetizing technique is Advertising Banners.
- Joystiq
Owned by AOL, this blog generate $1,752 monthly and its owner is valued at $1.28 Million through using CPM Advertising technique.
- Problogger
Darren Rowse owns Problogger, he earns $1,751 monthly through this medium and his worth is at $1.28 Million and he uses Advertising Banners.
- Kotaku
On our number twelve is this blog owned by Nick Denton, the blog generates no fewer than $1,599 monthly or its owner who’s already valued at $1.17 Million using Advertising Banners technique
So the case is that you heard about blogging as a means of making money and you feel yes, you can give it a trial, well, why not? If any of the top 12 (discussed in this article) on the high earning list of bloggers who make millions and hundreds of thousands could do it, I believe you or any other person can do it too. However, the simple steps to start up and enjoy your own monetized blog however are;
Step 1
Setting Up Your Blog
This is a core integral part of the whole step; setting up a blog makes you entitled to be called a blogger so, in case you are having a hard time setting up your blog or for more on tips that could assist you on how to start a blog that makes money .
Your blog could be on anything, hubby, a professional business blog (fashion, beauty, modeling, writing, dancing/ choreography, fishery, photography, comic, movies, celebrities etc). You can blog about anything and everything, just that whatever you do, make sure you in it interesting and wouldn’t mind talking, reading, chatting, researching and blogging about it as constant as possible.
Step 2
Creating Useful Content
This is one step that determines the sustainability of your blogging business, this directly and indirectly means that, the more effective you are at providing useful contents on your blog, the more you are likely to become richer through monetizing your blog.
Step 3
Get the Readers
It is not enough that you attempt step one and two of this whole process, without the step three therein, your attempt of step one and two is an absolute waste of time. How do I mean? When you post great content, it is not enough until you find people to read the content and that’s what makes the difference between those who open the blog for fun and those build blogs for the purpose o monetizing it.
Step 4
Get Familiar with Your Readers
So your visitors left some comments in form of a question or well done text, it’s just nice of you if you respond. Your readers will feel an attachment to your blog when you create a sort of clique with your blogging platform where people often comment and reply and have you say one thing or the other, it’s important to note that it’s not every time this is going to be happening but it’s advisable that you become approachable as a beginner, make it easy for your readers to relate with you, sometimes, they can even demand some special contents from your blog.
Step 5
Adapt your favorite technique(s) and make some money
There are various techniques used in earning on blogs however, it is your sole responsibility to decide which techniques best suits you and work towards using your blog in making money towards this direction.
Step 6
Be Consistent
This last step is something that many don’t get told, unfortunately, the inability of a blogger to be consistent at posting valuable content, nursing the blog like an infant that really needs checking on (and so forth) will lead to the death of the blog. There is need to be constantly working on new things most especially posting new contents to your blog which makes it remain relevant and active worthy of been monetized as a blog.
THE SECRET OF MONETIZED BLOGGING
What’s the secret of monetizing one’s blog? The secret is in the technique adapted and choosing your technique might depend on your experience, hobby or the strength of your blog in terms of traffic etc. There are various methods which top blogger’s adapt to in order to make earnings through their blog, depending on the niche, there are varieties of techniques for individual niche (easy or easier choices). Some niches are easy while some are easier and there are other options that could be quite complicating for beginners or non-professionals; let’s touch some famous and frequently adapted techniques a blogger who want to make good cool cash could adapt to the blogging business.
Major Blogging Techniques
Since the year 2009, advertising banners have been regarded to as the most popular means of advert as far as blogging is concerned because, while techniques like affiliate marketing could be inconsistent and depend on different factors, advertising banners guarantees your cash more easily than any other technique.
CPM Advertising
Its very amusing when you get paid for impressions and so, this technique is for the ones who’s got the capacity to pull in the hectic traffic that can make that monetized impression.
Affiliate Sales
Let’s just call this; sales on commission, when you make sales just by helping good products sell and you get paid your cut (fair enough).
Pay Per Click
Undeniably, this is still the best way to make that money, you get paid per click but you must be sure that you can do this right, the best way.
Conclusion
In case you have already started your own blog and you are just thinking of how to generate more revenue, to access another enriched details that will help you achieve your aim. I hope you enjoyed this article as much as you found it useful, thank you for reading.
