Cash In Your Blog - 4 Ways to Profit From The
Hidden Revenue In Your Blog
Most webmasters and online business owners know that a blog can bring you additional
revenue from advertising, and more traffic from search engines. Then there’s the additional
benefit of having a great way to spark productive dialogue between you and your prospects.
But did you know that your blog itself may be worth thousand of dollars to you in its present
form?
The day I learned that my blog held such hidden treasure was one of those happy accidents
that can make life such a fun adventure. All I wanted to do was find out why some of my
newsletter subscribers had not crossed over to my blog audience.
In an informal poll, I found that many of the fans of my newsletter were overwhelmed with
the amount of free information on my site, and felt that they’d never catch up to reading it
all.
This led to several discoveries about how I could find a way to make the information more
accessible to them without disrupting the enjoyment of my feed subscribers.
If your blog has export capabilities, you can use any of these techniques to generate
revenue from your blog and make both your newsletter and blog subscribers deliriously
happy.
Method One: Monitor Your Popular Blog Topics as Ideas for Future Products
As you begin to monitor which topics have the most responses, you’ll be able to see a
pattern that tells you what your audience likes the most about your site. These themes
often give you clues about what your next product could be.
For example, as I continue to cover free Google tools, tips and news in my blog on
Tuesdays, I’ve noticed that this is the day that I tend to have the most subscribers reading
every entry. With that information I was able to create a free Christmas gift for my audience
that they’ll be able to use as a reference guide.
Your next best selling software idea, book or tool could come as a result of watching topic
popularity, if you learn how to track audience response.
Method Two: The Subscription Model
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