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Our June 2008 issue shows you how to make money from your blogging! !

Cover Story - The 7 Golden Rules of Blog Monetization

Plus...
The Marketing Potential of Blogs
10 Best Blogs on Blogging

The 7 Golden Rules for Blog Monetization
by Mark Thompson

Monetization can take many different forms, from a simple paid link to a fully functioning store. When it comes to choosing what method of monetization to use, the choice is entirely yours.

Concentrate on one or two main blogs, or build multiple blogs on different topics.

There is no way to say this simply so I’ll just come out with it: If you aren’t using monetized blogs to create an income, then you are losing out.

I recently had a friendly argument with an online buddy of mine who insists that his $300 site-building tool is the best thing to use to build affiliate sites. So I asked him what his best-ranking site was.

Using the past tense “was” proved quite appropriate; within a week, I had created a blog and outranked him. Well, that’s what friends are for! Guess what he's using to build his sites now?

Blogs are the most flexible and easy-to-use option when it comes to creating an online income, but there are several golden rules that you need to follow to ensure that you get the best out of your blog.

I recently created a video for a promotion I was doing where I added 10 different forms of monetization to a blog. The whole process took about 20 minutes from start to finish; that included building the site on a new domain and adding two articles. Obviously, I would never suggest you add 10 different types of monetization to any site, but it’s good to know you can.

Monetization can take many different forms, from a simple paid link to a fully functioning store. When it comes to choosing what method of monetization to use, the choice is entirely yours. You can concentrate on one or two main blogs, or you can build multiple blogs on different topics.

This brings us neatly to Rule #1, so let’s look closely at what the golden rules are. ...

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BEST BLOGS:

Zac Johnson.com (http://www.zacjohnson.com)
Zac Johnson has been around long enough to know what does make money and what doesn’t. He shares some excellent, and hard-gained, knowledge about affiliate marketing and blogging.

Blogging Tips (http://www.bloggingtips.com/)
Blogging Tips is a blog for bloggers about blogging. News that is of interest to bloggers is posted regularly, and topics such as designing your blog, promoting your blog, and coding are discussed at length.

Blog Storm (http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/)
Blog Storm is edited by Patrick Altoft. Patrick is the managing director of a search engine optimization firm and knows his stuff about blogging for profit. There’s lots of great information on this site.

Pure Blogging (http://www.pureblogging.com/)
David Culpepper founded Pure Blogging for the purpose of providing usable information to bloggers of all skill levels. Needless to say, he’s succeeded. The blogging information on the Pure Blogging site is practical and usable for all bloggers.

Net Profit Today Blog (http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/)
Rosalind Gardner’s Net Profits Today really is one of the best blogging blogs around. I like the way the site is categorized, and it’s so easy to navigate. It’s simply an excellent site!

The Blog Entrepreneur (http://theblogentrepreneur.com/)
The Blog Entrepreneur contains some great information, such as how to find a niche idea and how to start your own mailing list.

Pro Blogger (http://www.problogger.net/)
Pro Blogger owner Darren Rowse says that this site is “dedicated to helping other bloggers learn the skills of blogging, share their own experiences and promote the blogging medium.”

The order of this list could easily be reversed or rearranged in any number of ways. The order in no way means that I believe one blogging blog is better than any other. Each of these blogs have their own flavor and their own approach to blogging, and I recommend that they all should be used by anyone who is new to the world of blogging.

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