How and where to blog to earn online

A lot of people make a living from blogging, I know, when I first heard of it I couldn't understand it either. How can somebody make money from their online diary?
Well while some blogs are people's journals there are  also blogs about more serious subjects, people have created communities around their blogs resulting in regular traffic (visitors).

Knowing how and where to blog are two very important aspects when it comes to earning online, you need quality content and exposure to get regular traffic and therefore earn money.

First you need to create a blog, I recommend to start with blogger. Their interface is quick and easy to use.
Then post something interesting, quality content, for visitors and search engines to see. Next do some keyword research and basic seo to get visitors from searcn engines. Once you have a nice regular stream of traffic you can earn money very easily.

There are several ways to earn money with a blog, for example: 
  • Affiliate marketing: promote other people's products and services, when somebody buys or signs-up you earn a commission.
  • Advertising: earn money by putting adverts on your blog.
  • Buying and selling blogs for profit: make money by buying a blog, improving it and later selling it for more money.
  • Freelance work: you could also promote your freelance skills.
  • Sell a product or service: sell your own product or service.
  • Sell your advertising space: make regular income with advertisers paying you for your ad space.
  • Write reviews: advertisers pay you to write a blog post about their product or service, a review.
For more information on how and where to blog to make money check out 
Xtra Income Online.