3 Ways to Make Money from your Blog by Selling Ads

There are countless ways to make money from a blog but we all know that selling ads on your blog can be one of the most effective and easiest ways to make money as a blogger. The major reason for making money via ads being so easy and effective is because it takes very little effort and marketing experience to make money by selling ads – all you need to do is be able to drive traffic to your blog and get advertisers to display their ads on your blog.
If you’re planning to make money by displaying adverts on your blog then this article will be giving you 3 unique ways you can make money from displaying ads on your blog. You can either decide to use one of the 3 ways, and there is also nothing bad with you using the 3.
You should also realize that the tips in this article are based on my experience running a blog that talks about nutrisystem and medifast. These tips have been quite effective for my blog in the past and I’m pretty sure they will be as effective for blogs in other niches.

Contextual Ads

The number one way and one of the most effective ways to make money from your blog by displaying ads is by displaying contextual ads on your blog. Contextual ads are adverts that are displayed to your readers based on the theme and content on your blog.
There are a lot of common contextual ad services online today, and one great example is the popular Google Adsense. There are also a lot of great examples like Adbrite and Chitika and all you need to do to make enough money by displaying these kinds of ads is ensure you are able to get a lot of traffic to your blog.

Banner Ads

Another great way to make money on your blog by displaying ads is by accepting banner ads on your blog. All you need to do to really make money this way is to customize your design to be able to display whatever ad format you want.
There are various kinds of banner ads such as the sidebar banners, the header banners, the in-post banners and others – the amount you should charge for a particular banner should depend on your niche, the traffic to your blog and the number of adverts you display.
Making a lot of money via banner ads can take some time, but there are people making thousands of dollars monthly through them alone. All you need to do is focus on getting great traffic to your blog and you will be able to make enough money using this means on the long run.

In Text Ads

The final type of advert you can display on your blog to start making money is in text ads. With in-text ads all you need to do is register with a particular in-text company. The company you register will then give you a code to put in your website or they will give you a plugin to install – as time goes on whenever anybody visit your blog they will be shown these ads and when they click the ads you will be paid.
There are a lot of popular in-text ads companies, but one of the most popular ones is Kontera.