Monetization Ideas: Add Services to Your Blog and Get Paid

Monetizing a Blog can come from various sources. You may have seen places like Mashable.com and ProBlogger.net using Job Boards and other directories and scripts to add whole new revenue generator sections to their blog site.

Below are the most popular services to add to your blog that you can convert into revenue generators.

Job Board

Several popular bloggers have introduced job board, which are like mini employment exchanges which provides a classifieds service for blogger and employers, for a fee of course.

Based on the topic of your blog, you’d set up a job board script to allow employers to pay to list positions. You can look at a Job Board example here

Here’s a great script for running a job board.

Add a job board to your site and increase visitor stickiness while earning money. Are you putting up your job board?

Directories: Local / Niche specific

The idea is simple, pick a niche, build a local/niche directory, fill it with content, promote, implement an advertising model then start charging.

This is a pretty strait forward directory plugin you can use for your blog. It turns any page into a directory. If you are in need of a directory this one is easy to use and fits into your site without any advanced setup techniques.

Social Site

Start a social site attached to your blog and increases the number of pages your advertisers (or your product) can show up on. Try out Ning.com or any number of other plug-and-play social network providers.

Software Directory

Almost every niche has some kind of software people would be interested in buying that is relevant to your content. You could start your own HotScripts-style software directory and promote it to get listings from software developers. Paid listings increase your profitability.

Do a search on “software directory” at Hotscripts.com and you will find tons of choices. Many developers will install scripts for you included in the price.

Get a Reputation First, Monetize Second

You cannot monetize a blog that is not popular. So be sure you don’t put the cart before the horse and just slam your blog with obnoxious advertising before you have even impressed anyone with your content. Surround good content with crappy ads and people won’t even recognize you for writing some killer stuff. They’ll run from your site like their hair is on fire before they read one word of your stuff.

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