If you want to know how to earn money on a blog, so you come in the right place. You find here information about how it works.
This is the first article from this series.
First, what do you need to know!
First, what do you need to know is what earning model working.
Content -> Traffic -> Monetization
Basic of every blog is publish content if you have empty blog nobody will want to see your blog and nobody will want to buy ads on your page. So you need to start to create content to go to forward.
The second thing is the traffic. If you have content and this content has value for people they start reading and sharing your articles giving you better traffic on your page.
Most of your traffic will be coming from:
- search engines
- social sources (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
- newsletter
Monetization your traffic – is one the last step because here your traffic is changed in money.
How to change traffic to money? There are many ways – we will describe a few.
Remember not always described by us methods will be work with your blog – implement one method on your blog and test it. If this method doesn’t work remove it and implement another, if this method working you can leave in on your page.
You can always implement more than one method on the page but remember to not overdo it because you will lose your readers.
What is AdSense and how to earn money with AdSense?
Adsense is a system prepared by Google to connect Advertisers and Publishers.
In this program you need only put the code on your page and Google will find for you persons who want to pay for ads on your page.
Basic model earns money in this system is CPM and CPP.
- CPM – Cost Per Mille.
- CPC – Cost Per Click.
How to create an account in Google Adsense?
Go to Adsense page and click the button “Get started”.
Supplement all required fields in the signup form.
How to implement Google Adsense code on page?
When we have created an account we can configure auto ads for our blog.
- Login to your Google AdSense account
- Go to Ads -> Auto Ads
- Click button “Setup Auto Ads”
Copy and paste this code in between
To paste this in your blog you don’t need special programming skills. You can use a plugin to do this by you.
For this case, we will recommend you plugin called “Insert Headers and Footers” witch giving you option to paste code between TAG.
When you install and activate the plugin, you need to go to the Settings -> Insert Headers and Footers. Your code from AdSense paste to top texture called “Scripts in Header”. Don’t forgot click “Save” button.
Now you need back to Adsense page and finish the configuration and specifically select what types of ads you want to be displayed on your blog page.
Finish. Your ads now will be automatically displayed on your blog page.
How to pay out money from Google Adsense?
First, you need to login to your Adsense account and go to the section “Payments” and add you payments method.
Now, when you reach the minimum threshold for withdrawal, your money will be paid to the account you provided in the payment settings.