There are a number of ways you can make money from a bloggers perspective as sizzler_chetan posted. Popular methods would be. Affiliate programs Adsense CPM programs Selling text links or advertising. (can be done direct or thorugh an agency) Take a look at the adsense forum as that would be a good place to start
There are four main ways blogs (or web sites) can make money: 1) Advertising (which macz_g brokedown above) 2) Affiliate Programs 3) Paid Subscription (Monthly or Yearly) 4) Asking for Donations
affiliate programs, some blogs review some products and then put their affiliate link. Users that read the post (objective, listing both pros and cons) will be encouraged to go and buy that product and you get paid a comission (if the user is reffered to the site with your link).
yes, affiliates as given by goolge like firefox, and their own creations like picasa and stuff can earn you little money.
hmm,i dont think this is a good way. i've asked my visitors to donated me,but never received any donations
I agree, the only time this works is if you have extremely useful/interesting content and a very loyal reader base. Most blogs will not have any success with this method, however, it can be an option for a select few.
Donations are working a little for Vicious Summer. Although she does have a pretty cool SHARK bank picture on her blog.
See, Vicious Summer is well-known and probably has a strong readership base, so in her case, putting a link for donations can be effective.
donations are ridiculous to even ask for unless you are directly donating it yourself. People who ask for donations are donating to their pockets. Generate some cash with blogs through affiliate links, adsense, and promoting your own products. Donations are silly and if you are lucky you'll get a donation of about .50 a month.
From ads ( e.g google adsense ) selling links promoting a/some product(s) There are many methods to earn from a blog
Michael Arrington, publisher of TechCrunch.com, supposedly makes over $1,000,000 a year with a majority coming from the 4 feature ads and the Google AdSense. If you have good, quality content, people will come, read, and come again.