As they say,
writing is something that doesn't need to be learned. Of course, we are taught as school how to use the right sentence constructions and grammar but the ideas when writing naturally flows from your mind and this is a gift that some people have. If you think you are endowed with this gift, may as well take advantage of it and use it right. Do you know that you can earn if you have the writing skill? Start learning how to start a blog and you will know how. If once in a while you have irresistible
writing prompts then go ahead and give in to it. After all, it will soon work out to your advantage. There are many
trusted free blog sites that you can turn to. Take advantage of these sites and you will soon realize that writing will just not be a passion but an income generating hobby as well.
Apart from advertising through your blog, you can earn money in other ways too. One is through affiliate income. This is simply linking your blog to a product that is on sale online. If readers of your post will be directed to the product's page and will buy the item, you will be given commission on the sale. One common site that bloggers link to is Amazon. The good thing about this is that signing up for affiliate programs is very easy to do. As long as you engaged your audience, it will be easier for you to make recommendations to them and that is to buy the product. You can also earn money through events. This may not be very common among bloggers but some of them monetize their blogs by running events. This may involve big conferences, hosting up to hundreds of bloggers annually to smaller meet-ups for your readers. You can charge those readers who would attend or looking for a sponsor to spend for the event. The most popular are online events or summits.
There are also recurring income streams. This can be called membership programs or continuity programs. With this, readers have to pay an amount regularly (can be annually or monthly) so they can access a premium content, certain type of service, a community area or coaching.
Also, a lot of businesses set up their own blogs so they will increase their company's branding, grow their profile and turn their readers' attention to their products and services. You can also use your blogs to offer services to anyone who reads it. Services may include copywriting or writing. It can be consulting, coaching, training and many other freelance services. Some will use their blogs to sell their own work. The most common ones are eBooks and some courses on their blogs. Though these types of write-ups can be tedious, many find this lucrative.
Other income generating blogs include soliciting donations, selling blogs and syndicating content. So pick your choice and start earning money once of these days by creating your own blogs.
