Internet & Tech: Blogs that make money?

I am trying hard to create some income from blogs - I started http://www.mylaptopguide.com with the intention of making some money, I made $50 in the first week (I don't think that's possible to repeat right away). I have since sold it and moved on.

Now I am working on http://www.thepokerblog.net

I am hoping that this can earn me $2,500 a month within the next 12 months.

Blogs are not profitable because of Google AdSense or other advertising forms unless you can average hundreds of thousands unique visitors a month. The key is to find a niche and focus on providing quality content for that niche and integrate affiliate links.

I really like the look of the poker blog that you have started. Good luck with the sale of my laptopguide.com!

I started a blog three days ago, and it is already profitable (that is not saying much, because I only spent $9 on the domain name, and I am using existing web space). The intriguing thing is that I have averaged 500 users a day, thus far, and my effective CPM is about 10 times as high as the Google AdSense average.

It is about the content. I was reading around, and I guess food related topics pay much less per click that other things... so I am not sure how this all works, but people have been researching the hell out of some very mundane data to find underlying trends.

Yaro has some great posts about making money from blogs on his blog at www.enrepreneurs-journey.com. Check out the Blogging and Technology categories for some of them, or just read everything! He has some awsome posts.

That would be the blog. I am going to start another next month.

[quote="ewindsor"]This whole blogging for money thing is really starting to sound like a good idea. What are some topics you think can be a good money maker?[/quote]

Anything with a niche. If you come up with an idea, search around and see how many blogs you can find that have quality content on the topic. If you can supply excellent and fresh content, you will be able to bring in at least some money. Thats what I am trying to do with my outdoor blog, Outdoorness ([url]www.professionalgfx.net/outdoor[/url]), which will soon be at www.outdoorness.com and then I will start the heavy promotion and customize the theme they way I want.

If you are into affiliate marketing you can head over to Comission Junction and browse some affiliate links - look for topics you know someting about so that you can provide rich, unique content. Then start integrating affiliates.

Also if you get "big" you can get sponsors or partnerships with some companies.

The key to a profitable blog is that it needs to be updated regularly with good, unique content. Simply linking to other stories will not get you return visitors.

[quote="ewindsor"]Yeah you never got back to me about my friend that's into hunting, he may be interested in writing some reviews or stories.[/quote]

yea im going to get to that..dont worry. just havent had the time yet.

I guess I'll give it a shot too.

What are your revenue streams for your blog as of now?

Write a blog post about mesolothomia (or anything that has lawyer or web host ads) and you'll get like $2/click. :lol:

If you Google catches you posting about something random to increase CPC they'll get upset with you.

They have already been sued once for click fraud (that I know of) and I'm guessing they're watching for it even closer now.

If you can prove the post wasn't random, say you have a relative with mesothelioma or something like that, then they'd probably have to let it slide - but if you run a blog about Web 2.0 and you post about mesothelioma one time, they'll notice eventually.