Information is the new generation narcotic and the biggest plus of it is not having any side effects. Only think about it – every year our whole civilization is becoming much more addicted to the hottest news from financial markets, politics, environment, culture and so on. Even though this social and technological phenomenon keeps evolving every moment (with creating new accounts on social networks and launching new web blogs) it is too early to say about complete qualitative growth of this phenomenon.
Informational boom in general upsets with increase of spam, however web design blogosphere gives us hope for the best. Now we want to discuss such important question as– how you can actually monetize your web-design blog. If you think that it is not so simple task – well we’ve got something for you. Opportunities are in the air – you just have to catch one. Today's marketing technologies are giving more and more chances to earn income from your design blog. Some of these tips will be helpful to monetize your project, provide deeper interaction with your clients and certainly get unvalued experience in internet marketing sphere. And keep in mind that being a good blogger - doesn’t always mean being financially successful. So, below you will learn about some effective solutions to earn some money from your design–related blog.
Advertising - what to choose?
Banners
The most effective way to monetize your blog is to sell banner ads Of course before starting to sell ads space you should know that Page Views are very important part of this process and that the more pageviews you have the better your results in selling banners will be.
3rd Party Advertising Platforms
There’s an advertiser, a publisher and a platform that is a middleman working for a commission. These are classic these days – using a service like Google AdSense, BuySellAds or some other application, which will take the work out of managing your advertisers. Nowadays a great amount of web designers offer many design-related items on their blogs. It is one of the most powerful social groups in the net. So, why do not you try it? The method is simple: big traffic=clicks=profits.
Affiliate programs
Now you can discover a great amount of various affiliate programs presented by numerous wed-design companies. For example you'll be able to sell website themes, promote stock photos or resell hosting. All this stuff can improve your income instantly. Offering customization services for the products that you're reselling can give you extra advantages ( hosting reselling would give triple combo).
Would you like to be a teacher?
Using modern communication technologies like Google Wave, Skype and others, you are able to offer online webinars and also tutorials in Search engine optimization, SMO, webpage updating — the possibilities are effectively limitless. Sell your own knowledges to your visitors and enjoy teaching!
Become a freelance writer
Creating articles for money is a very common thing among the bloggers. So if you are confident in your writing skills, don't waste the time - go-ahead and search for potential clients. When you will think over the prise, mind that it depends on theme, words density and quality. Writing articles for other blogs is really advantageous because you can improve your copywriting experience and apply it at your own project. You should never forget that this work requires mobility simply because you need to find clients by yourself; cooperate with other freelancers and work with some professional communities for other business interactions.
Job Boards
Considering experience of Smashing Magazine, Web Designer Wall and Mashable, it is sensible to claim that such exciting technique will be an extremely useful resource both for visitors-clients and visitors-freelancers. Furthermore, a successfully working job board doesn’t involve using these huge listings. This flexible way allows you to interact with your colleagues and also gain perfect reputation among the clients.
Involving Friends
For those who have friend that earns for living by developing some programs or coding and so on – well it is time to make business together. Use your blog to present his or her products. This business will be profitable for both of you guys. You'll get the army of happy clients with the proper marketing approach.
Author Resource:
Stan Lem took a career in web copywriting about 5 years ago and specializes in web design and web development topics, currently working on Flash templates and template affiliate programs
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