Picking Up Extra Money From Your Blog

katlupe · #**101** 06/12/11, 08:59 AM

I believe just doing what you are doing. Including the links in your posts and along the side. Maybe go to their Affiliate forum and ask there. They are pretty friendly and will answer your questions. There is also a LinkedIn Amazon associates group that answers questions and has discussions on how to increase your sales.

katlupe · #**102** 06/12/11, 09:48 AM

I also have added some links from Shareasale. And have one interesting manufacturer who has offered me a free product for a giveaway on my blog.

PMcNemar · #**103** 06/12/11, 10:33 AM

I've only gotten 1 traffic from Blog Frog so far, a handful from networked blogs and facebook, and the rest from this site. lol

I'm doing okay on traffic considering how new my blog is, just hoping that people will not just look but also buy some of the products I'm linking from Amazon or will see an interesting ad from google. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can turn my blog into a success. Entertaining and informing people about homesteading is my first goal, but I hope I can pull off a little extra money to put into my homesteading fund.

equinecpa · #**104** 06/12/11, 11:44 AM

Here's another suggestion for traffic: Add your blog address to your signature on all the sites that you post on such as this one.

PMcNemar · #**105** 06/12/11, 11:47 AM

I wanted to do that, but I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to add a signature here.

forfreedom · #**106** 06/12/11, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by PMcNemar

I wanted to do that, but I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to add a signature here.

Click on UserCP (On the top menu), then click Edit Signature on the left-hand side menu. Then copy an address of your blog from the browser and paste it to your signature box, like you do the posts here.

PMcNemar · #**107** 06/12/11, 01:17 PM

There isn't an 'Edit Signature' option. That's why I can't figure out how to put a signature on my posts.

Halfway · #**108** 06/13/11, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by PMcNemar

There isn't an 'Edit Signature' option. That's why I can't figure out how to put a signature on my posts.

It won't let you post a sig for a while. It is set up to prevent spammers.

katlupe · #**109** 01/27/12, 11:46 AM

I thought I'd revive this thread. It seems like some of us are making some $$ on our blogs at long last.

Yesterday, I had a meeting at the local restaurant supply store that I buy groceries from. They contacted me and want me to write a blog post monthly in exchange for some free gift cards. I will be posting on my blog, on their facebook page (which has 15,430 people) and on their website. A first for them and for me too. This is a store that sells most items in bulk for restaurants but sells to the public too. I am hoping to expand this so they ask me to do one post a week. For now, I will work on getting them to love my posts so much that will want more. This is the biggest employer in our area right now, so I feel like I can get somewhere with this.

Any blogger could do this in your local area. It is a good way to get free food or money, if they pay you instead. I like the food idea myself.

Halfway · #**110** 01/27/12, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by katlupe

I thought I'd revive this thread. It seems like some of us are making some $$ on our blogs at long last.

Yesterday, I had a meeting at the local restaurant supply store that I buy groceries from. They contacted me and want me to write a blog post monthly in exchange for some free gift cards. I will be posting on my blog, on their facebook page (which has 15,430 people) and on their website. A first for them and for me too. This is a store that sells most items in bulk for restaurants but sells to the public too. I am hoping to expand this so they ask me to do one post a week. For now, I will work on getting them to love my posts so much that will want more. This is the biggest employer in our area right now, so I feel like I can get somewhere with this.

Any blogger could do this in your local area. It is a good way to get free food or money, if they pay you instead. I like the food idea myself.

That is a great opportunity and now you will be getting a token for your efforts in promoting local business. I gladly promote the products and services that I feel are a great value or have great customer service without reimbursement, but a gift card or other "appreciation" is a plus!

Thanks Kat!

katlupe · #**111** 01/28/12, 11:12 AM

I was promoting them I guess, by writing about what I bought in their store. Actually, I buy meat in bulk there and can it and do blog posts about that. They are some of my top rated posts that get the most traffic. So that brought them to my blog looking to see why they were getting hits to their site.

Today, I did the post and I think it came out really good. I have lots of ideas for future posts. I really am hoping it will turn out being a weekly thing. This is the post:

Shopping For Food Frugally

Pam6 · #**112** 01/28/12, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by katlupe

I was promoting them I guess, by writing about what I bought in their store. Actually, I buy meat in bulk there and can it and do blog posts about that. They are some of my top rated posts that get the most traffic. So that brought them to my blog looking to see why they were getting hits to their site.

Today, I did the post and I think it came out really good. I have lots of ideas for future posts. I really am hoping it will turn out being a weekly thing. This is the post:

Shopping For Food Frugally

Katlupe, that is an EXCELLENT post! Very well written and very well done!

katlupe · #**113** 01/28/12, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Pam6

Katlupe, that is an EXCELLENT post! Very well written and very well done!

Thank you!