Is Adsense The Best Way To Monetize A Blog?

I don’t blog just for fun. This site isn’t a public diary of my life. My goals for AndrewSeltz.com are to share my knowledge and experience with more people than my friends, family, and co-workers and to collect that knowledge in a form that can be reused to create products and services I can sell – help and make money.

I have used a combination of Adsense, affiliate ads, and Amazon affiliate links to try and generate income. I’ve made a few bucks, but not even the minimum required for them to cut me a check.

A few months ago I found a site that promised I could make money by doing nothing but writing on my blog. The company, PayPerPost.com, pays bloggers to write about specific topics that their advertisers want to create a buzz about. You write an article, include a few links, and post it to your blog. After a preset time period (usually 90 days) they send a payment to your PayPal account. You don’t have to get anyone to click on anything and there is no guesswork – write about what they ask you to write about and they pay what they promise to pay.

There are limits to how often you can post per day, but you could easily grab a quick $10, $20, or $30 a day. I have yet to make enough in a month from Adsense to cover my Internet expenses, but 4 or 5 sponsored posts a month would do the trick.

I just received my first payment today for a post I wrote. The system works.

Consider adding PayPerPost.com to your revenue mix. It gives legit advertisers a venue for building buzz for their products and services and gives a measure of control to bloggers about what they promote for money on their blogs.

If you’ve had experience with this company, or made money with a similar strategy, leave a comment and let me know about it.

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