Blogging can be simply a hobby, but it can also be a money maker. Yes, you really can get paid to blog! If you’re ready to up your blogging game and start earning money from your blog, you’ll need to know where to find companies looking for bloggers to pay. Paid blogging opportunities aren’t the only way to earn money from your blog, of course. There are ads, affiliate links, and several other money-making opportunities. But, if you have little to no traffic, you won’t earn much from them. Paid blogging opportunities, on the other hand, will give you … [Read more...]

IZEA, dubbed The Sponsorship Marketplace, connects bloggers and their social media networks to big brands. IZEA is a way for bloggers to generate a little extra revenue from their blogs. Formerly known for providing advertising options to bloggers, IZEA has since expanded and now has a whole new platform to help Bloggers make money from Advertisers. How Do I Get My Blog Sponsored? After you create an account on IZEA, you will have access to a dashboard. There you will find current brands who are looking to reach a bigger social network.  Each offer will list … [Read more...]

Having a blog that draws visitors is an excellent way to make money online. The more visitors you receive on a regular basis the more valuable your site becomes. Similar to a billboard on a heavily traveled highway or at a busy intersection- your blog's sidebar could be very valuable to a business who is trying to reach a larger audience. Knowing how to sell your ad space and for what price doesn't have to be confusing or scary. I'll give you some basic tips and tell you about a service I use called Passionfruit.   What is Passionfruit? Passionfruit is an … [Read more...]

Making money online with blogs and websites is a very intriguing concept to many people. I know this because the most popular post I've ever written is the one where I shared my blogging income. Creating a profitable website takes a lot of time, patience and passion. As I've mentioned before, this site, Work at Home Adventures, took me 3 years before I began earning a substantial income. I gave a lot of unpaid time to this site. But it is now paying me back. For most of us, having a profitable site is like starting a business- it takes investment. My investment was … [Read more...]

Placing advertisements on blogs is the primary way many of us are earning an income. As I previously discussed, there are hundreds of ad networks out there to choose from. Different blogs can get different results from each service so many of us will test out different companies until we find the best fit. One such ad network I suggest you give a try is called Chitika. Chitika Ads run through the Yahoo! Network and can be a great way to add extra income as blogger. Check out a more in-depth view of Chitika by reading my guest post over at Crochet Business. In the … [Read more...]

I began my work at home adventure about 5 years ago! It began answering questions for ChaCha and moved into call center work for LiveOps. After I had my second daughter, I found myself needing to find non-phone work I could do online at my own pace. My search quickly earned me the label as the 'go to' girl for information about work from home jobs which led me to starting a blog. Here we are now. Work at Home Adventures turned THREE years old this month!! Now I am fortunate enough to consider blogging my primary source of income. I love sharing all the ways I … [Read more...]

Blogging is one of the obvious ways we know to make money online. But writing a lot of great content and having thousands of readers isn't going to make you money unless you have ads alongside your posts. Let me explain how this works. Bloggers write amazing articles that cause people to flock to their site. While the readers are on the blog they will usually see ads placed around the site. Some of those ads pay the blogger for the number of times their ads are loaded (or viewed) while most of the ads pay when they are clicked. Only a very small percentage of people … [Read more...]