Effective Ways to write an impressive and perfect in the Blog

Effective Ways to write an impressive and perfect in the Blog

 

As things get more and more advance here, blogging is growing and increasingly difficult day. In the past, it was too easy to write articles or blog posts to go viral, it will rank higher in search results, and you'll get a lot of traffic packets, but today the whole scenario has changed. Today, while writing articles or blog posts, you need to take care of various points or points to classify this post and get traffic from it.
Write an impressive entrance perfect blog has never been difficult. Just take care of some important points to write and see your hand written blog goes viral among the people as soon as possible.

Enough talk Friends, let's move on to the actual material. Yes, actionable advice and tried to write impressive and perfect blog post.
1 Your audience is all you need
Your audience is all you need, and neither you nor your blog has no meaning without public (traffic). Try to understand your audience, if you do not know what he wants from you? Why visit your blog? What do they expect from you? You may not be able to write great content for your blog, because if you do not understand your audience, you can not write the content they need and everything you write will be nothing but a pile of garbage.

2 Steals the topic and the accumulation of knowledge
That's where most beginners fail. Raised the topic to write about a very important part in writing the perfect blog. Well, you have to choose the topic of trends in your niche for your perfect blog. You can use a variety of tools like Google Keyword Planner and Google Trends, to identify trends and hot topics in your niche.

After finding the topic of trends, now is the time to do some research on it to get knowledge about it. Use the search engine Google and read articles and other blog entries on the subject, specifically to gather information, what information was lost in his articles.

3 Steals catchy title
After picking the theme of trends, now you have to write attractive and catchy title for him. Latest news always play a vital role in SEO, you should include keywords in it. Use your mind and writing a catchy title for your blog.

It's almost a headline that attracts visitors because they believe that content later, after the title.

4- Using keywords
Write the perfect item without the basic knowledge of the density of keywords or fair keyword stuffing very difficult these days.

According to Google, you have to put your main keyword in the first and last 50 words of your blog. Do this because Google is the boss;).

I recommend that the density of keywords (keyword usage per message) should not exceed more than 1%.

5 Meta Description plays an important role
Stunned? How? Friend, meta description is one of the most important parts to be careful if you want to write the perfect blog entry. While writing the meta description, note should be descriptive (as the name suggests). Use your main keyword in the meta description and make it attractive.

6 Solid optimization
As meta descriptions, constantly plays the role of viral to help highlight above search results, get a good organic traffic and therefore make your blog is just perfect and amazing.

Permalink actually the URL of your blog. Be WordPress or Blogger, to write a blog post how to generate automatic linking, which is not optimized for SEO. Edit this link, put the name and main keywords in this permanent link and save.

I highly recommend you optimize your permalinks, because sometimes WordPress or Blogger Permalinks use numbers very annoying Google, and nobody can afford to annoy Google. I bet you can not!

7-optimizing images
Image Optimization is also very important because a lot of people to explore through Google Image Search and if your images are optimized, you have a great chance of getting this traffic too.

8 Conclusion!
After giving the final touch to your blog post. This is the time for completion. Ask your readers while they liked my post or not, because the feedback from readers is always welcome.

Ask them not to hesitate if you have something better to share what they seem, and may also request that create and share your post (secret weapon to increase traffic);).

Final words!
That's it! If you follow these tips, just none can stay his wonderful blog writing and becomes a great content writer and blogger. They have to share their experiences in this blog and tell me the results after applying the above tips in the comments below. We also sign up for premium items directly to your mailbox. See you soon!

 

Earn credibility and trust from visitors to our blog

Earn credibility and trust from visitors to our blog

 
Earn credibility and trust from visitors to our blog, is crucial when we started to build an audience who follow us.

Some small details and do not take into account, can cause us to lose potential readers. As we do not want that to happen, we must be very careful when writing blog posts.

Let's see what those details that build trust and credibility among our readers, focusing on the content we share are.

1. Be clear on the idea that we expose. In drafting our tickets, we must strive to be clear on the issue we are discussing, and to achieve this, largely, one must know and understand the subject we are dealing with. To do this, you need to tell your best.

Well informed about a topic, and understand at all, do we approach it with more clarity and certainty, same as we will show our readers. Do not forget that everything new that can contribute, add value to your publication.

Investigate important updates that you must take into account, although always choose reliable sources of information.

2. Be objective. When we wrote an entry, sometimes it's hard not involve feelings, ideologies or personal interests. Avoid if possible intermixing reviews and the fact news.

While people we love advice and / or recommendations lean too for or against something, not to mention all aspects that allow a more complete assessment, you can make the item loses credibility.

If we refer one debatable fact, it is important to sustain reasonable and verifiable arguments, the information you expose.

3. Cite the source. Whenever we use third-party content, because it has allowed us, it is important to cite the source with a link. Thus a reader can find out the source of our news or publication. This will generate confidence in the reader, and if he sees the same content elsewhere, we will of course only "share / disseminate" such content.

4. Add references and more information about a topic. Although it seems that is the same as mention the source, it is not at all. The source is the place where we got the information we are sharing and applies more to news entries kind, though not limited to these. Furthermore, the references are all those sources from which may have derived our entry, or that complement the information we are giving.

We may use references to give the reader more information on the subject of entry, and / or strengthen the content thereof. This also will make a reader can delve into a subject that interest you and provide that information can be verified, among other things.

5. Caring spelling. Sure we are all going out there, an occasional gaffe in spelling. Ideally we had a professional editor to verify the contents but not possible, we must strive to spell words correctly.

If you use the Blogger editor, you can auxiliarte tool that checks spelling, and although not identify any words for them to be rectified, yes it is a big help.

6. Add the date of publication. Some time ago, + My friend who has written several blogs, commented that when he reads a post or input is always fixed at the date of publication, thereby realizes if the input is present or not. He also said that not having it no longer return to the site. Which as readers do that, make much sense, since it is understood that we are in constant change in all areas, and many issues can be affected by updates.

By putting the date, a reader will have a clearer idea of whether or not a publication that can be trusted or may be outdated. There are issues on which we are compelled to do so, especially those in which technology is involved. So habituates date entries;)

7. Be respectful. This refers to how we handle information of third parties and we refer to our publication to review it. Always do it with respect and consideration.

Also, be careful terms or words used in our publications. Recall that the information is available to anyone on the network.

+1 Relax, be yourself. Enjoy the process of creating the entry !. While we must be careful in drawing, do not give too much thought to the matter seeking perfection, since it does not exist. Use common sense and go to the hearing as you would like to head for you.

Conclusions.
All these aspects speak for themselves on us and create our image in the blog readers. Win or no credibility and trust, depend on our performance in the blog.

 

3 Things that are not a Blogroll

3 Things that are not a Blogroll

According to Wikipedia, a blogroll is a collection of links Blogs shown on a website or blog. Now the sense that each can give to the term and the reasons that "you move" to take action to create your Blogroll, can be caused by many things ... I wondered for days was a blogroll, today we I will say that is not for me a blogroll:

 
3 Things that are not a Blogroll


1. A blogroll is NOT a link exchange are links to other sites that you put willingly.

2. A blogroll is NOT a simple list of links, are links to sites you like, you're, you read, you will, that may or may not show your same subject, and of course want to share with others.

3. A blogroll NOT a way to gain links is a way to show your affection, respect and / or admiration for other sites, without expecting anything in return.

For you, what is a Blogroll or should not be?

 

Questions and Answers on Google Affiliate Ads for Blogger

Questions and Answers on Google Affiliate Ads for Blogger

 Recently, Blogger announced a new way to make money with your blog. It is a new affiliate program, with which you can advertise directly on the posts. This program allows you to have more control over the ads you post, and you can choose between different ads available and could have an affinity to what you write on a post, adding product announcements that have used such and you like, that thus, you may feel that you are really recommending this product to your audience.

 
What is Google Affiliate Ads for Blogger?
Is a Google affiliate program that allows users to Blogger and Adsense, add product announcements to your site from posts, and earn commissions.

Who is eligible for the program Google Affiliate Ads for Blogger?
Currently, Google Affiliate Ads is available only for blogs in the United States, who have a valid AdSense account, and that the theme of the blog coincides with the categories of ads available.

How the commission generated?
You will earn a commission when a visitor to your blog clicks on an ad affiliate and makes a purchase.


How did they get paid?
The earnings of affiliate ads Google's get through your AdSense account. No need AdSense ads to make money with affiliate ads Google.


Getting Started With Affiliate program Google Ads for Blogger


If you already have an AdSense account

1. Write a new post from the editing pane Ticket
2. If your blog coincides with the categories of ads available, the gadget advertising products will appear in the configuration panel post and say "advertise products."
3. Select an ad affiliate from "advertise products," making first search with a category that could be related to what you write on a post. If you publish only an image with the link, select the image size from the drop down menu that says "Image". If you post the full announcement, select the size.
4. Publish your post, hence the announcement of the product you have chosen will appear.


If you do not have an AdSense account

1. Sign in AdSense
2. Once you've been approved for AdSense gadget "Promote Products" section configuration panel editing entries will appear. Write a new post from the panel.
3. If your blog will match the categories of ads available, the gadget advertising product called "Promote Products" section appears in the input configuration.
4. Select a gadget affiliate ad that says "Advertise Products". If you will publish it just an image with the link, select the image size from the drop down menu that says "Image". If you you will publish the full announcement, select the size.
5. Publish your post in this product announcement you've chosen will appear.


Most important Use of Internal Linking For SEO 2015

Most important Use of Internal Linking For SEO 2015

At this time, I'll just say how link building will be useful and how you can make a good SEO. I, of course, not to mention the practice of SEO pages grew up listening to every second blog. But, of course, talking about the importance of hygiene SEO, most bloggers are not so. Yes, internal links is the most ignored and overlooked aspect of on page SEO and describe all the construction of internal communication and how to fix internal building above the title in search results. 

 
What is the building intercom?
Internal links is the art of search engine optimization, to link one post to another, so that improve ease of use, blog or website readers and provide them with more relevant content to read.
In simple words,
Construction of internal exile or internal links is the process of connecting page / post web page to another page / message with relevant information through hyperlinks. Here, as the source domain and the target domain are identical.

Why should we do effective internal linking?
Effective link building comes with many benefits that would ultimately help you in proper rankings. Here are some of the benefits of internal linking.

1) Proper navigation:
Internal links on a post and a page help you to access other pages of the website through them. This will help a visitor in navigating through your blog posts.
2) Providing relevant data to readers and search engine bots:
With internal linking you tell the audience that there are other posts/information on the site that is related to the text they are reading or has some additional information. This also tells the bots the same thing and increases the credibility of the site.

For example: In my post on Genesis child themes I gave a link to the post that contained my review of Genesis framework. This will help bots, as well as readers to know that I have another article that is relevant to the context.

3) Help decrease the bounce rates:
Yes, when a reader reads an article on your blog and finds a link that relates to a similar post or a post that takes the discussion further you can expect him to stay longer on your site. This will in turn lower your site’s bounce rates.

4) Pass the link juice to other pages:
When one page of your site is ranking and has a higher page rank or authority you can place a link (in the high ranking page) to a relevant post on your blog that is low in rankings. This will pass the link juice to the linked page and that page will start performing better.

How to do internal link building?
Internal link building is a form of art; the “art of SEO”. This is in a way like building backlinks to your blog on your own blog. It does everything that a backlink does from passing link juice to bringing more traffic and enhancing search engine rankings. In order to do effective internal linking you have to take a look at the following points.

1)  Have lots of content:

In order to link and index more you need more content. You cannot simply go with seven posts and start link building. In this way you will end up making very few internal links. What’s worse is you won’t have relevant links unless all those seven posts of yours are on different topic.

So, for this you need to write content. Write huge number of articles on your niche topics and then internal link them to other relevant posts you have written.

2) Link pages and posts and vice versa:

WordPress pages and posts are similar in appearance but are two different things. For example your about page is a page and the regular blog posts are your posts. In order to pass the rankings to your pages too you need to show them the light of the Google sun. Yes, you should link your pages equally on your posts.

For example: I have linked my about page at a relevant and convenient place on this point. You can link your services/ tools and resources and any other pages in your posts as far as they are not totally different in context.

3) Link the higher authority pages of your site to the less popular/authoritative pages:

In order to truly utilize the value of internal links you need to pass the link juice from pages with higher authority to the ones that have low page authority. I recommend using open site explorer for it.


  1. Go to open site explorer.
  2. Type your homepage URL.
  3. Click on the “top pages” button.
  4. Now you get the top pages by page authority. You can open up these pages and link to your own pages that have weak page authority.

4) Use proper anchor texts:
Using proper anchor texts can make your internal links appear fair in the eyes of Google. They will also help the readers to know what the link opens up for them when they follow it. In case you have a doubt on what anchor texts are, let me tell you that anchor texts are the texts that are used to place the hyperlink on your posts. In the previous point 2, I have linked my blogging resources page using the words “resources page”. Here the words “resources page” are my anchor text.

You won’t want to mess with Google by having super optimized anchor texts. Google considers exact match texts as spam. You cannot link a post titled “how to shave a cat” with the anchor text “how to shave a cat”. This will unleash the Google animals on your blog.

You can simply link it on the go without any more optimized texts. Just do it as the time demands.

5) Link sibling pages:
I did not mean fun in any case. Sibling pages here refer to pages/posts that have any relevancy. You won’t want a link to your “car garage” website from a “dog keeping” website, will you? Now this will apply for your internal links too.

If you are running a multi-niche site or a site that has a single but diverse niche chances are your posts must be of varied topics. You should therefore not link your posts to others not relevant posts.

For example: you should not link a page from your “SEO” post to a post on top ten Hollywood celebrities. (Example applicable, as I said, if you have a diverse multi-niche site).
6) Do follow your internal links:
When you link to some of your posts within that same domain you would want the bots to actually crawl them. It is also a common believed fact, as stated by Danny Sullivan that  no follow links will help you get recognition by showing you don’t sell influence. But in this case, internal links should be allowed to pass freely.

In 2005, when no follow attribute “rel= nofollow” was brought into SEO scene it was not taken much seriously but nowadays it is used and recommended to no follow links that pass link juice to any external site that has less ranks than yours. Passing link juice to your own site is always a good practice so follow all your internal links.

7) Don’t add a heck number of internal links:
Given you read the above benefits of internal linking from my site or heard of it from any other site I fear you have already left to your blog and started adding links.

If so, cry out, read this. You have not filled their pages with too many internal links. No one even knows how many links Matt Cutts is the correct number of links. But, you do not have to go to more than 100 links on the page. Maybe 100 links is also interesting, but if you have a job well-structured and long small feat.

 

 

28 Ways to Make Money with Your Website

 28 Ways to Make Money with Your Website
There are several lists with “ways to make money with a website” on the Internet, but none of them seem to be complete. That is why I decided to create this one. If you know a method that is not listed below, just let us know and we’ll update it.

Notice that ways to make money with a website are different from ways to make more money from it. Methods to increase your traffic or click-through rate will help you make more money, but they do not represent a method of making money per se.
For example, one could suggest that blending AdSense ads with the content is a way to make money from a website. In reality it’s not; it’s just a way to make more money by improving your ad click-through rate. The real monetization method behind it is a PPC ad network.
The list is divided into direct and indirect methods, and examples and links are provided for each point. Enjoy!

Direct Methods

1. PPC Advertising Networks
Google AdSense is the most popular option under this category, but there are also others. Basically you need to sign up with the network and paste some code snippets on your website. The network will then serve contextual ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and you will earn a certain amount of money for every click.
The profitability of PPC advertising depends on the general traffic levels of the website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). The CTR depends on the design of the website. Ads placed abode the fold or blended with content, for instance, tend to get higher CTRs. The CPC, on the other hand, depends on the nice of the website. Mortgages, financial products and college education are examples of profitable niches (clicks worth a couple of dollars are not rare), while tech-related topics tend to receive a smaller CPC (sometimes as low as a couple of cents per click).
The source of the traffic can also affect the overall CTR rate. Organic traffic (the one that comes from search engines) tends to perform well because these visitors were already looking for something, and they tend to click on ads more often. Social media traffic, on the other hand, presents terribly low CTRs because these visitors are tech-savvy and they just ignore ads.
List of popular CPC advertising networks:
2. CPM Advertising Networks
CPM advertising networks behave pretty much as PPC networks, except that you get paid according to the number of impressions (i.e., page views) that the ads displayed on your site will generate. CPM stands for Cost per Mille, and it refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions.
A blog that generates 100,000 page views monthly displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM, therefore, will earn $100 monthly.
CPM rates vary with the network, the position of the ad and the format. The better the network, the higher the CPM rate (because they have access to more advertisers). The closer you put the ad to the top of the page, the higher the CPM. The bigger the format (in terms of pixels), the higher the CPM.
You can get as low as $0,10 and as high as $10 per 1,000 impressions (more in some special cases). CPM advertising tends to work well on websites with a high page views per visitor ratio (e.g., online forums, magazines and so on).
List of popular CPM advertising networks:
3. Direct Banner Advertising
Selling your own advertising space is one of the most lucrative monetization methods. First and foremost because it enables you to cut out the middleman commissions and to determine your own rates. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90 leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250 rectangle and the 125×125 button.
The downside of direct banner advertising is that you need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.
Related links:
4. Text Link Ads
After Google declared that sites selling text links without the nofollow tag would be penalized, this monetization method became less popular.
Many website owners are still using text links to monetize their sites, though, some using the nofollow tag and some not.
The advantage of this method is that it is not intrusive. One can sell text links directly through his website or use specialized networks like Text-Link-Ads and Text-Link-Brokers to automate the process.
Text link marketplaces and networks:
5. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a very popular practice on the Internet. Under this system you have a merchant that is willing to let other people (the affiliates) sell directly or indirectly its products and services, in exchange for a commission. Sometimes this type of advertising is also called CPA (cost per action) or CPL (cost per lead) based.
Affiliates can send potential customers to the merchant using several tools, from banners to text links and product reviews.
In order to find suitable affiliate programs you can turn to individual companies and publishers like Dreamhost and SEOBook, or join affiliate marketplaces and networks.
List of popular affiliate marketplaces and networks:
6. Monetization Widgets
The latest trend on the web are widgets that let you monetize your website. Examples include Widgetbucks and SmartLinks. Some of these services operate under a PPC scheme, others behave like text link ads, others yet leverage affiliate links.
Their main differentiator, however, is the fact that they work as web widgets, making it easier for the user to plug and play the service on its website.
List of companies that provide monetization widgets:
7. Sponsored Reviews
PayPerPost pioneered this model, with much controversy on the beginning (related to the fact that they did not require disclosure on paid posts). Soon other companies followed, most notably Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe, refining the process and expanding the paid blogging model.
Joining one of these sponsored reviews marketplaces will give you the opportunity to write sponsored posts on a wide range of topics. Not all bloggers are willing to get paid to write about a specific product or website (because it might compromise the editorial credibility), but the ones who do are making good money out of it.
If your blog has a big audience you could also offer sponsored reviews directly, cutting off the commissions of the middleman.
List of sponsored reviews and paid blogging networks:
8. RSS Feed Ads
With the quick adoption of the RSS technology by millions of Internet users, website owners are starting to find ways to monetize this new content distribution channel.
Feedburber already has its own publisher network, and you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based advertising on your feed footer. Bidvertiser recently introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC scheme.
Finally, some blogs are also opting to sell banners or sponsored messages on their feed directly. John Chow and Marketing Pilgrim are two examples.
Related links:
9. Sponsors for Single Columns or Events
If you website has specific columns or events (e.g., a weekly podcast, an interview series, a monthly survey, a special project) you could find companies to sponsor them individually.
This method increases the monetization options for website owner, while giving advertisers the possibility to target a more specific audience and with a reduced commitment.
Mashable illustrates the case well. They have several advertising options on the site, including the possibility to sponsor specific columns and articles, including the “Daily Poll” and the “Web 2.0 Invites.”
Problogger also runs group writing projects occasionally, and before proceeding he publicly announce the project asking for sponsors.
10.Premium Content
Some websites and blogs give away part of their content for free, and charge for access to the premium content and exclusive tools.
SEOMoz is a good example. They have a very popular blog that gives advice and information on wide range of SEO related topics. On top of that visitors can decide to become premium members. It costs $48 monthly and it grants them access to guides, tools and other exclusive material.
11. Private Forums
While the Internet is populated with free forums, there is also the possibility to create a private one where members need to pay a single or recurring fee to join.
SEO Blackhat charges $100 monthly from its members, and they have thousands of them. Obviously in order to charge such a price for a forum membership you need to provide real value for the members (e.g., secret techniques, tools, and so on).

Performancing also launched a private forum recently, focused on the networking aspect. It is called The Hive, and the monthly cost is $10.
These are just two examples. There are many possibilities to create a private and profitable forum, you just need to find an appealing angle that will make it worth for the members.
List of popular forum software:
12. Job Boards
All the popular blogs are trying to leverage job boards to make some extra income. Guy Kawasaki, ReadWriteWeb, Problogger… you name it.
Needless to say that in order to create an active and profitable job board you need first to have a blog focused on a specific niche, and a decent amount traffic.
The advantage of this method is that it is passive. Once you have the structure in place, the job listings will come naturally, and you can charge anywhere from $10 up to $100 for each.
List of popular job board software:
13. Marketplaces
Sitepoint is the online marketplace by excellence. Some websites and blogs, however, are trying to replicate that model on a smaller scale.
Depending on your niche, a market place that allows your visitors to buy, sell and trade products could work well. Over the time you could start charging a small fee for new product listings.
The problem with this method is that there are no standard software on the web, so you would need to hire a coder to get a marketplace integrated into your website.
You can see an example of a marketplaces being used on EasyWordpress and on Mashable.
14. Paid Surveys and Polls
There are services that will pay you money to run a small survey or poll on your website. The most popular one is called Vizu Answers.
Basically you need to sign up with them, and select the kind of polls that you want to run your site. Most of these services operate under a CPM model.
15. Selling or Renting Internal Pages
Million Dollar Wiki made this concept popular, but it was being used on the web for a long time around (check Pagerank10.co.uk for instance).
These websites sell for a single fee or rent for a recurring fee internal pages on their domain. Usually they have either high Pagerak or high traffic, so that people purchasing a page will be able to benefit in some way.
Implementing this method on a small blog would be difficult, but the concept is interesting and could be explored further.
16. Highlighted Posts from Sponsors
Techmeme probably pioneered this idea, but somehow it has not spread to other websites. The tech news aggregator displays editorial posts on the left column, and on the sidebar they have a section titled “Techmeme Sponsor Posts.”
On that section posts from the blog of the advertisers get highlighted, sending qualified traffic their way. Considering that the monthly cost for one spot is $5000 and that they have around 6 sponsors at any given time, it must be working well.
17. Donations
Placing a “Donate” link or button on a website can be an efficient way to earn money, especially if your blog is on a niche where readers learn and gain value from your content.
Personal development and productivity blogs, for instance, tend to perform well with donation based systems (one good example being Steve Pavlina).
A small variation of this method appeared sometime ago with the Buy Me a Beer plugin. This WordPress plugin enables you to insert a customized message at the bottom of each article, asking the readers to chip in for a beer or coffee.
18. In-text Adverting
In-text adverting networks like Kontera and Vibrant Media will place sponsored links inside your text. These links come with a double underline to differentiate them from normal links, and once the user rolls the mouse over the link the advertising will pop. Should the user click on it the site owner will make some money.
Some people make good money with this method, but others refrain from using it due to its intrusiveness. It is also interesting to note that very few mainstream websites have experimented with in-text advertising.
19. Pop-ups and Pop-unders
Pop-ups are a common yet annoying form of advertising on the Internet. If you are just trying to make a much money as possible from your website, you could experiment with them.
If you are trying to grow the traffic and generate loyal visitors, however, you probably should stay away from them. Just consider the hundreds of pop-up blockers out there: there is a reason why they are so popular.
Ad networks that use pop-ups:
20. Audio Ads
Also called PPP (Pay Per Play), this advertising method was introduce by Net Audio Ads. the concept is pretty simple: play a small audio advertising (usually 5 seconds) every time a visitor enters into your website. The user should not be able to stop it, creating a 100% conversion rate based on unique visitors.
The company is still rolling tests, but some users are reporting to get from a $4 to a $6 CPM. Regardless of the pay rate, though, this is a very intrusive form of advertising, so think twice before using it.
21. Selling the Website
Selling your website could be your last resource, but it has the potential to generate a big sum of money in a short period of time.
Market places on online forums like DigitalPoint and Sitepoint are always active with website buyers and sellers. Keep in mind that they most used parameter to determine the value of a website is the monthly revenue that it generates, multiplied by a certain number (the multiplier can be anything from 5 to 30, depending on the expectations of the seller, on the quality of the site, on the niche and other factors).
Some people also make money trading and flipping websites. They either create them from scratch or buy existing ones, and after some revamping they sell them for a profit.
Related links:
  • How To Buy A Website And Flip It For Profit
  • How To Sell A Website – How Much Is Your Website Worth?
  • Where to sell a website? How to go about selling it?

Indirect Methods

22. Selling an Ebook
Perhaps one of the oldest money making strategies on the web, using a website to promote a related ebook is a very efficient way to generate revenue.
You could either structure the website around the book itself, like SEOBook.com, or launch the ebook based on the success of the website, like FreelanceSwitch did we the book How to be a Rockstar Freelancer.
Related links:
  • Writing an ebook for your blog
  • How to sell ebooks
  • Processing payments for your ebook
  • How to sell digital products online
  • List of ebook selling software
23. Selling a Hardcover Book
Many authors and journalists leverage their blogs or websites to sell copies of hardcover books. Examples include Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin and Malcolm Gladwell.
While most of these people were already renowned authors before they created their website, one could also follow the other way around. Lorelle VanFossen did exactly that with her Blogging Tips book. First she built her authority on the subject via her blog, and afterwards she published the book.
List of self publishing and publishing services:
  • Lulu
  • Self Publishing
  • iUniverse
  • WordClay
24. Selling Templates or WordPress Themes
As more and more people decide to get an online presence, website templates and WordPress themes become hotter and hotter.
On this segment you have mainstream websites like TemplateMonster, as well as individual designers who decide to promote and sell their work independently.
Brian Gardner and Unique Blog Designs are two examples of websites that make money with the sales of premium and custom WordPress themes.
25. Offering Consulting and Related Services
Depending on your niche, you could make money by offering consulting and related services. If you are also the author of your blog, the articles and information that you will share will build your profile and possibly certify your expertise on that niche, making it easier to gain customers.
Chris Garrett used a similar strategy. First he created a highly influential blog on the blogging and new media niche, and afterwards he started offering consulting services to clients with related problems and needs.
26. Creating an Email List or Newsletter
Email lists and newsletters represent one of the most powerful marketing and money making tools on the Internet. They offer incredible conversion rates, and the possibility to call people to action in a very efficient way.
Creating a big list is a difficult task though, so if you have a popular website you could leverage it to increase the number of subscribers on your list.
Yaro Starak is a famous Internet marketer, and if you visit his blog you will notice that right on top he has a section encouraging visitors to subscribe to his email newsletter. Yaro generates five figures in revenues each month from his email newsletters, proving that this method works.
List of software to manage email newsletters:
  • AWeber
  • SendStudio NX
  • PHP Autoresponder
  • Constant Contact
27. Mentoring programs
People are willing to pay for someone or something that will teach them and give them knowledge (as opposed to mere information). Education is one of the biggest industries in the world, and the online landscape behaves in a similar way.
Creating a mentoring program related to the niche of your website could be very profitable if you manage to structure and promote it adequately. There is a wide range of media and tools that you can use to deliver the information, from text articles to audio and video lessons.
Brian Clark leveraged the success of Copyblogger to launch a mentoring program teaching people how to build membership and how to sell content online. The program is titled Teaching Sells, and it costs $97 monthly. Sounds expensive, but they have over 1,000 members.
28. Creating a conference around the website
If your website takes off and becomes an authority on its niche, you could create a conference around it. Depending on the size of your audience, the event could attract thousands of people, and you could make money directly from conference passes and sponsors.
Search Engine Land, for instance, created a series of conferences that visit several cities on the United States and on other countries as well. The conferences are called Search Marketing Expo, and the tickets and passes cost thousands of dollars.

4 Ways to Host Your Website for Free

4 Ways to Host Your Website for Free

If you are just getting started online, or if you are testing a new project, you might not want to spend money with web hosting right away. Fortunately there are some ways you can host a website free of charge. Below you will find four of them:
1. FreeHostingNoAds.net
There are many web hosting companies around that offer free hosting, but in exchange plaster your website with their own ads. This one is different because they don’t put forced ads on your website. Not even text links.
2. WordPress.com
WordPress.com is and free and hosted version of the WordPress software (which can be downloaded at WordPress.org). The features offered are very similar. One limitation is that on WordPress.com you are not allowed to display some types of ads, like Google AdSense. Still this is a very interesting option if you are interested in getting a site going without spending a dime.
3. Wix.com
Wix is one of those platforms that offer a site builder integrated with web hosting. The basic version is free, and the site builder is quite useful if have no experience with websites and HTML. The downside is that you are limited to a set of templates and customization options, where with WordPress or FreeHostingNoAds you are able to use a wider range of web technologies.
4. About.me
If you are an consultant or an independent worker (e.g., photographer, designer) and all you need is a website to showcase yourself and your work, then About.me might be a good alternative. You won’t be able to create a full-fledged website with this platform, but creating a simple one with some pictures, and a description and contact information is very easy, and the result looks pretty good too.