http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/tags/monetizing-my-writing Travel Writers Exchange Forum Home » Tag: Monetizing my writing - Recent Posts en-US Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:18:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/search.php http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/earning-income-from-content-sites#post-1984 Mon, 31 May 2010 07:06:43 +0000 OnThaRoadAgin 1984@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Cheryl, thanks for the information. I heard that Associated Content was purchased by Yahoo! I'm not sure what that means, but it seems like the "big guys" are going after the "little guys." I'd prefer to get paid per article, although revenue sharing wouldn't be too bad. I'll think about it. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/earning-income-from-content-sites#post-1978 Fri, 28 May 2010 15:12:07 +0000 Cheryl Probst 1978@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I write for Suite101 which is revenue sharing. Some people make very good money at it. Unforunately I am not one of them. Bit I keep plugging away becausse of other benefits such as a great writer's forum. Also if you leave (I took LOA for several months this winter), you still keep earning. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/earning-income-from-content-sites#post-1977 Fri, 28 May 2010 07:56:18 +0000 OnThaRoadAgin 1977@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I've been hearing a lot lately about sites like Examiner.com that don't pay you per post; they pay you based on the number of visits to your articles. Does anyone do this? How much have you earned? Is it worth it? Thanks for sharing. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/the-one-skill-you-need-to-really-make-money-from-your-blog#post-1872 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:47:31 +0000 RalphZ 1872@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I'm up early and thought I'd check the forum. Thanks for the great advice. I know there's a certain dynamic to making money from a blog, but I was curious if there was one aspect that stood out. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/the-one-skill-you-need-to-really-make-money-from-your-blog#post-1871 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:30:16 +0000 Rebecca Sebek 1871@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I say writing. If the writing is dull and boring or not of any help, no one will visit. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/the-one-skill-you-need-to-really-make-money-from-your-blog#post-1866 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:31:20 +0000 Dutchie 1866@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>You're so right about great post titles, Trisha. Whenever I manage to come up with a catchy one I can always see the clicks on that title go up in my stats. I don't know if the people who clicked on it actually stay to read more, but I do believe that at least some of them return.<br /> Specially when you use Commentluv for comments a good title is important. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/the-one-skill-you-need-to-really-make-money-from-your-blog#post-1855 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:03:02 +0000 Trisha Miller 1855@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Hi Ralph</p> <p>Boy it's tough to distill it all down to just one skill, but if I had to choose I'd go with compelling post titles.</p> <p>The reason is that you asked about the ONE skill that will help you make money from your blog, and the only way to do that is to have people - lots and lots of them - come to visit your site.</p> <p>What will bring them to your site? Curiosity about what you have for them there - a title can draw people to your site.</p> <p>That said, I know you asked for only ONE skill, but really it's a more complex equation because if ALL the pieces don't fit together, your chances for success go way down.</p> <p>So to optimize your odds, you really need to be sure that once a title draws them to your site, you offer them good enough content to keep them there long enough to find your highly-relevant, targeted ads.</p> <p>It's also important to understand what keywords to target and how to use them, so that more people have the OPPORTUNITY to see your well-crafted and compelling post titles, by getting good ranking in the search engines for your keywords.</p> <p>So it comes down to this (and this really is a bit oversimplified, but should serve to illustrate my point):</p> <p>1. If you don't know how to find and use the right keywords, you won't show up in the search engines, so people will have a hard time finding your site links;</p> <p>2. If you get well ranked for your keywords, but don't have a compelling title, people won't click on your links to get to your site;</p> <p>3. If they get to your site, but you give them fluff instead of good content, they'll leave right away;</p> <p>4. If you get them to stick around and read, but offer them irrelevant ads, they won't click on them.</p> <p>Does this help? Keep asking questions! </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/the-one-skill-you-need-to-really-make-money-from-your-blog#post-1854 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:44:50 +0000 RalphZ 1854@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I was wondering what folks would say is the <strong>one skill</strong> you need to really make money from your blog. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-to-write-travel-literature#post-1315 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:32:20 +0000 Rebecca Sebek 1315@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I have not attempted travel literature. I'm mulling over the idea of writing fiction, but I'm not sure if it's for me. I prefer screenwriting because I'm a visual person and in a film you "show" versus describing. You may want to get some books on travel literature and keep reading your favorite authors. Attending a workshop or conference could help you learn more about travel literature. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/successful-affiliate-programs#post-1310 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:36:36 +0000 Trisha Miller 1310@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Excellent advice Bryan!</p> <p>I would add that some of the smaller affiliate programs for ebooks do tend to do well also, and they pay a pretty good percentage of the sale price (typically 40-50%).</p> <p>So as you're cruising around the 'net, keep an eye open for various ebooks that you think your readers would be interested in - remember to keep relevancy and value in mind - and then find out if the ebook author belongs to an affiliate program (like e-junkies.com). Most of them do, so it's just a matter of joining as an affiliate, and then promote the ebook to your readers.</p> <p>Good luck! </p>