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Once you’ve got your blog in place and have added plenty of good-quality, search-engine optimized content, you may be wondering when the money will start rolling in.
If only it were that easy!

The thing about making money on your blog is that blogging is the vehicle for your actual business, not the business itself. Let’s say you own a flower shop. You have the physical location, you decorate it all cute, you install a cash register and take out ads in the local paper. You even stand outside the door, handing out tiny blossoms and business cards to people who walk by. That’s all well and good, but until you start actually providing value to your market, you’re not really in business.

The same is true for your blog. Until you actually provide a product or service that people can pay money for, you’re not in business.

This short report will give a brief overview of the top ten ways you can make money from your blog. Not every method may be right for you, right now – and that’s okay. Read through all ten, make notes, and pick one or two to start with. Then you can add on additional methods until you’re well on your way to making money from your very own online business – your blog.

Method #1: Sell Your Own Physical Products

Possibly the oldest business model of all-time is also the most familiar: Selling your own physical products. It’s a concept we’re all familiar with, and we see it play out from the corner lemonade stand to Mrs. Fields Cookies. I have something you want, so I sell it to you. Simple and straightforward.

When selling online, however, there are a few questions to answer:

1. What am I going to sell?
2. How am I going to accept payment?
3. How will I let people know about my products?
4. How will I handle fulfillment and customer service?

Let’s look at each of those questions in turn.

1. What am I going to sell? Choose a product that is of interest to the majority of your readers. For instance, if you have a Hawaiian vacation blog, your readers won’t necessarily come to you for the brand-new flea collar you invented. A few might be interested, but keeping synergy between your blog theme and your product is essential. Any disconnect will lead to confusion on the part of your blog readers, and confusion leads to distrust. Sell those Hawaiian vacation dreamers your own ukelele music CD, or your audio guide to the Big Island, or posters you’ve made from photographs you took on your last excursion to Maui.

2. How am I going to accept payment? Ten years ago, would-be online entrepreneurs would have had to dream up some complicated work-around for customers to get them cash. Now, we’ve got a number of options. The easiest is PayPal, which will allow your customers to pay using their credit card, debit card, or PayPal balance. Go to www.paypal.com and click on “Business” for more information. PayPal can help you create “buy now” buttons for your site, issue invoices, and more, and it is easily integrated into your blog. If you outgrow PayPal, there are a number of shopping cart services you can check out, including 1shoppingcart.com, Americart.com, vshoppingcart.com, and many more. These services are more expensive than PayPal, but will add functionality you may eventually desire, such as affiliate management.

3. How will I let people know about my products? Marketing your wares is an essential part of your business plan. No matter how good your mousetrap, ukelele CD, or homemade cookies are, if no one knows about them, no one can buy them. You can spread the word through forums, search engine optimization (SEO), Google AdWords, Facebook advertisements, and a number of other methods. The key is to know beforehand how you’re going to tell people about your products.

4. How will I handle fulfillment and customer service? Unless you enjoy making numerous trips to the post office and answering calls 24/7, as you grow you will need to have a scaleable plan for shipping out orders and handling customer questions and complaints. You can outsource fulfillment to a local business or individual (try Craigslist.com), or through a service like Amazon’s amazonservices.com. Likewise, you can outsource customer service to a virtual assistant, or to a company that specializes in customer service.

Selling your own goods online can be a profitable and satisfying way to make your mark on the online world – and to make money! Many businesses of all sizes incorporate a physical sales component to their offerings. Page | 6

Method #2: Become an Affiliate

Affiliate marketing is a great complement to any other business model. Basically, you recommend products and services to your readers, and every time one of them makes a purchase through your referral link (a piece of code inserted in your blog), you receive a commission. Commissions can range from a few percent of the purchase price, to upwards of 50%. Physical products usually have a lower commission rate, while digital downloads have higher commissions.

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If you’ve already written or are thinking about writing - an electronic book (ebook) to sell online, don’t overlook the possibility of turning it into a Kindle-ready book. Now is the time to get in on this fast-growing market. Amazon wants you! They are actively looking for more books and they've also made it very easy for you to get published as a Kindle author.

In this report you'll discover just why Kindle publishing has become so popular, so quickly; you'll learn how you can come up with new ideas and content for your books; and you'll find out how to make the most money for your efforts.

Don't be intimidated by the word "book." As you'll see, it's not as complicated or difficult as you may think to get yourself on this worldwide publishing platform. I'll even show you how you can get published on the Kindle without writing a word.

Go ahead, take a look, and then take action. Before you know it, you too could be a published author – collecting royalty checks every month, like many others.

Why Being a Kindle Author is a Growth Industry

The Kindle is hot. In fact, Amazon is selling more electronic books than print books these days. And getting published on Kindle is hotter still.
Here are seven of the biggest reasons why people have bought or will soon buy a Kindle, and why they'll be looking for a variety of books to read on their Kindles. Just put yourself in their shoes and you'll immediately see the growth potential:

1) It makes your library portable

Remember when the iPod first came out and you no longer had to lug around CDs and cassette tapes when you wanted to be entertained on the road? In addition to the convenience, there was the sheer capacity of the iPod. You could store thousands of songs in a device that fit in the palm of your hand, and you could access any of them at a moment's notice.

Enter the Kindle. It has the same capacity for storage and instant access. You'll get weeks of entertainment in a device small enough to fit almost any purse, all accessible at -- you guessed it -- a moment's notice.

And unlike CDs and cassette tapes, books are heavy, so if you're a voracious reader, you no longer have to lug around pounds of books to ensure you won't get bored on even the longest flights -- or beach vacation.

2) It lets you add to your library from anywhere

This is where the Kindle does the iPod one better. Thanks to Amazon's Whispernet, you can add books and other documents at the click of a button. You can also subscribe to blogs, newspapers, and periodicals, and have them added automatically. Kindle makes it easy to keep up with what's happening, without having to squint at the screen of your smartphone or iPhone.

3) Kindle screens can be read in broad daylight

Unlike computer screens, Kindle screens are designed to imitate paper, and they are doing a terrific job. You can read them clearly in any kind of lighting, even in broad daylight while you're out lounging by the pool. Try that with your laptop!

4) Kindles are getting more and more affordable

When the Kindle first came out, it was kind of pricey. Of course that didn't stop a lot of technophiles from investing in one anyway. But it did keep more budget-conscious readers out of the loop.

That's no longer the case. Now, Kindles are just a fraction of the price they were when they first appeared, and at just over $100 for the least expensive model, they're flying off the shelves.

In part, that was to be expected since new technology tends to be more expensive for early adopters, but in the case of Kindle, sheer economics was probably driving the drastic cut in price. First, there was the growing competition from the Nook and other e-readers, and then...

Amazon realized that it was making far more money from selling books for Kindle than from selling the Kindle devices themselves, so it became a smart move to get those Kindles into the hands of as many people as possible so they could buy...Kindle books!

And the more people have Kindles, the bigger the market for your own Kindle book.

5) The Kindle Store is Growing

Amazon's Kindle store is getting bigger by the minute. Sales of Kindle books are growing by leaps and bounds, and one way in which Amazon is trying to keep up with demand is by making it incredibly easy to publish books, blogs, and more to its Kindle store.

And that's where you come in as a potential Kindle author!

An ever-growing number of people are rushing to create content for Amazon's Kindle store. In fact, there is a lot of intriguing information available for Kindle that's not available in any other form. As a result, even more people are likely to break down and invest in a Kindle, which will lead to ever more readers who are shopping in the Kindle store for new information. And you could be right there to provide it!

Five Reasons Why You Should Consider Publishing on Kindle

You might be wondering how you could publish on the Kindle if you’ve never written anything longer than a grocery list. Never fear! Read on and find out why you should make the effort and why publishing on Kindle is not as daunting as you may think.

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There was a time where if someone wanted to do business with you they had to try to get your attention through direct mail, telemarketing or face-to-face.

The problem? Most of the time these marketing methods were completely unsolicited – they were “push,” as marketers pushed information to consumers. As a result, we often refer to these solicitations in a negative way and respond angrily. We use terms like:

'Junk Mail'
‘Harassment’
'Snake Oil’

So how is email marketing different?

The major difference between email marketing and the other marketing methods is that people opt-in – or choose – to receive your marketing message. This is GOLDEN. It’s like an open-door invitation to share your information and expertise with your customers. That, my friend, is something you just can't pay for.

Convinced it's time to pay attention to email marketing? Then let’s talk about where to start. In this report you're going to learn everything you need to know about starting your first email list with one of the most popular and best email software programs on the internet: Aweber.

In this report we'll cover:

1. What Is an Email List?
2. How Do You Get Subscribers?
3. Why Build an Email List?
4. Why Use Aweber For Email Marketing?
5. HTML or Text Messages or Both?
6. How to Set up Your List & Opt-in Form in Aweber
7. How to Set Up an Autoresponder in Aweber
8. How to Send a Broadcast in Aweber
9. How to Set up a Blog Broadcast in Aweber
10. Finding Targeted and Interested Subscribers
11. The Rules & Laws Around Collecting Email Addresses
12. Email Marketing Statistics
13. Show Me The Money - How to Make Money With Your Email List

Recommendation: You’ll get the greatest value from this report if you follow along in real time as we discuss these topics. Even better -- you can sign up for a trial that gives you Aweber access for 30 days for only $1. Grab that and learn as you go here:

https://www.aweber.com

Just click 'order' and you'll see this:

All signed up and ready to go? Great! Let’s get started.

What Is Email Marketing?

We've touched a little on the concept of email marketing and how it can be a highly effective way to build your business. Now let’s dig a little deeper into the concept of what email marketing is.

Let's start with some definitions:

Email List: An email list is simply a collection of email addresses. Most marketers will also collect the person's first name with the email address so that the email can be personalized through automation software. ie. Instead of just saying “Hi”, you can say “Hi, Tom!” in the emails. It's also possible to collect information such as location or phone numbers so you can further segment your list and market to them based on certain criteria.

Opt-In Form/Squeeze Page: An opt-in form or squeeze page is an online form where visitors to your website or blog fill in their contact information to join your email list. With services like Aweber, that information is automatically added to your email list with no action on your part – automation is great!

Subscriber: Someone who has joined your email list, typically by filling out an opt-in form. They are now part of your “list,” and you can contact them via email with offers, information, updates, and more.

Email Service Provider (ESP): A company that provides the email software you can use to send out emails. In this report we're talking about Aweber, a top-ranked online ESP.

Autoresponder: A list of email messages that goes out in sequence, automatically. For autoresponders, it doesn't matter how many people sign up to your list or when they sign up. They'll get message #1 automatically, then message #2 a set time later, message #3 a set time later again, etc. It's a great way to automate parts of your business.

Broadcast: A broadcast email goes out at a specific date and time. It's different from an autoresponder as it's a one-time deal. Everyone on your list receives this broadcast message at the same time, regardless of when they joined your list. These are often used for sales notifications, special offers, time-sensitive announcements, and the like.

Like any specialty, email marketing has its own vocabulary. Knowing the basic terms will help you understand what people are talking about – including in this report!

How Do You Get Email Subscribers?

Having a “list” with a fantastic series of autoresponders and broadcasts that you update regularly is great, but if there’s no one on your list, you’re not going to be making many sales. You need to build your list – and list-building is a specialty in and of itself.

Ultimately email marketing is a way to market your product or service through email. You can build your email list in a number of ways. Here are just a few:

-Opt-In Forms. The most common way to build a list is by placing an opt-in form on a website or sales page and having people fill it out. Whenever someone visits your blog or website, there should be a clear place for them to subscribe to receive more information from you.

-Customer Lists. Many shopping carts, such as eJunkie and 1ShoppingCart, have automatic processes for adding purchasers to your email contact list. This is something you’ll definitely want to integrate, because customers are already a step above mere “prospects.” By buying something from you – even a purchase of $10 or less – they’ve proven that they want what you’re offering, they know how to purchase on the internet and are comfortable doing so, and they have money to spend.

-Forwards. At the bottom of every email you send, Aweber has an option for others to subscribe. You can add a PS or signature line that says, “Did you like this email? Forward it to a friend!” Then when that friend receives your email from someone they know and trust, they can directly subscribe to your list by clicking on the enclosed link. Just another reason to love Aweber!

-Buying Lists. It is possible to buy email lists from others. Even though this sounds like a great shortcut, I recommend against this practice, particularly when you’re just starting out. Many times, lists are extremely expensive, the names and contact information are outdated, the people aren’t targeted to what you’re offering, and they may see contact from you as spam. You’re much better off doing things with a little elbow grease and creating your own list from scratch of people who know, like, and trust you.

Getting people on your email list may seem difficult in the beginning. There are strategies for making it more compelling for people to give you their email address, such as by providing an opt-in bonus of some sort. We'll talk more about getting targeted and interested subscribers further in this report. For now it's important that you understand you need to offer high value to potential subscribers.