Monetize Your Blog

If you have an existing blog and/or website, you can monetize your sites or make money out of your sites.

If you plan to create a new blog or website, you should consider monetizing it in order that you can receive some additional income.

I will discuss with you about monetizing a free Blogger blog.  Blogger.com is owned by Google.com.  One single email address and one single password are needed to access your various accounts with Blogger and Google.

When you create a free Blogger blog, the blog layout has already a pre-designed space for Google AdSense, where advertisements (either in text only or text and image) are automatically shown.  You have an option to customize the Google advertisement format by changing the box size, background color, text font and color, and some other options.

If you do not understand the HTML language to generate Google ads in your blog, you will have no problem because, as I said, the free Blogger blog layout has already an embedded space for Google ads.  Once you have finished writing your blog post or article and published it on the Internet, you will see that your blog has two (2) Google banner ads.  One banner ad, measuring 468 pixels by 60 pixels, is displayed either on the top left side or top right side of  the blog.  The second banner ad, with the same size, is shown at the bottom of your blog post or article.  The more you write and post blog articles on the Internet, the more you have Google ads in your blog.

When your readers click on the Google ads, you are entitled to a certain commission based on certain formulas established by Google. The more your readers click on the Google ads, your commission is being accumulated and held under your account up to a certain amount.

NOTE:  Do not click any Google ad appearing in your blog because if you do, your account with Google will be cancelled and terminated.  Whatever commissions you earned from the Google ads and held under your account will not be paid to you.

Payment of Commissions from Google Ads


1.  When your first total commission from Google ads reaches a certain amount, say ten dollars ($10), Google will send a message to your Google email account.  When you open your email, Google will direct you to its web page where you will fill out the following information:

1.a.  Confirm your name, address, and telephone number
1.b.  Choose method of payment (either by checks to be mailed to your mailing address or direct electronic deposits to your bank account).  If by electronic deposits, you have to enter the bank information such as bank name, bank address, and bank account number.
1.c.  Fill out the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification) for income tax withholding purposes.

You will enter the above information only once to update your account settings when your first total commission reaches at least $10.

2.  After you have verified the accuracy of information you entered in 1.a. through 1.c. above, you click the "Submit" button to update your Google account settings.

3.  Everytime your accumulated total commission generated from your blog's Google ads reaches at least one hundred dollars ($100), Google will send your commission payment either by check or direct electronic deposit into your bank account based on the method of payment you selected on 1.b. above.

Tips

To increase your blog readership and commissions from Google ads:

1.  write and post relevant blog articles or information that will interest more people to read your blog; and

2.  advertise your blog by telling your family members, relatives, neighbors, office co-workers, and friends.

Appreciation

Thank you for visiting this blog.

Please write http://moneypera.blogspot.com/ in a piece of paper and give the web site address to your family members, relatives, neighbors, office co-workers, and friends to read all the articles in this blog.  They may get some ideas on how to make extra money and save on some expenses.

Free Blog to Make Money While Sleeping

The economic recession that is happening in different countries increased unemployment and underemployment.  Self-employed business owners closed their establishments for lack of business. Many people have no income or less money to buy food and pay bills.  Others filed for bankruptcy to wipe out their unsecured financial obligations.  In the absence of available jobs, people are trying to discover how to make money in order to survive.

One way to make money is to create a free blog or blogs.  The first question that one will ask is: how much will it cost me to create a free blog?  The answer is: NOTHING!  How will I create a free blog?

Let me share with you when, why, and how I created this free blog.

It was December 26, 2011 about 8:00 in the evening and I was alone in my computer room.  Since I was underemployed or a part-time worker, I was brainstorming how I can make additional money.  I searched the Internet and came across Google and Blogger websites.  Then, I went to YouTube website and searched for audio blogging tutorials.  They were easy to understand and I followed the instructions.

How to Create a Free Blogger Blog


1.  Go to YouTube website and type create blogger blogs on the search box.  Click on any video blogging tutorial you like, write some notes on a piece of paper, and understand all the instructions.  If you are ready to create a new blog, then go to the next step below.

2.  Go to Google website to create an email account. Prepare the following information and type them on the appropriate boxes or spaces:

a.  Login name (ex. anyname123@gmail.com)
b.  Name (ex. Abraham Conhagen)
c.  Security question (select one from several questions - ex. What is the name of your dog?)
d.  Answer to security question (ex. doggies)
e.  Password (ex. 28mary853jane549)
f.  Recovery email (your alternate/other email, if any)
g.  Voice call (either text or voice mail type where to send your Verification Code)
h.  Country (ex. United States)
i.  Phone type (mobile, landline, others)
j.  Mobile or landline telephone number (ex. 902611947 [no dashes])
k.  When your mobile or landline phone rings, a voice will dictate your "Verification Code" (ex. 833947).  Write down the code in a piece of paper and enter it on the "Verification Code" box.

3.  After you have successfully created your Google email account, go to Blogger website to establish another account for you to create a free blog.  Fill out the following requirements:

a.  Email address (use email address you entered on 2.a. above (ex. anyname123@gmail.com)
b.  Password (use password you entered on 2.e. above (ex. 28mary853jane549)
c.  Display name (ex. HardworkingBlogger - this is the name that will be appended after each blog you created and posted)
d.  Gender (male or female)
e.  Birthday (mm/dd/yyyy - ex. 10/25/1962)
f.  After you have submitted the above information to Blogger and Blogger accepted your application, you can start creating your free blog.

4.  Inside your Blogger account, you have to choose your Layout, Template, and Settings, in that order.

a.  Layout - You can choose one of several layouts presented in your computer screen.  You can change the layout anytime even if you have already written and posted several blog articles without losing any of them.

b.  Template - You can also choose one of several templates offered by Blogger.  Also, you can change the template design anytime you want without losing any blog article or information.

c.  Settings - You have to create your Title (ex. IWant2Blog - no spaces) and Description (ex. Entertainment : Scholarship : Blogging - this information will help your reader to know about your blog) for your blog.  The name of your Title is mandatory or required while the Description is optional.  You can change the Title and/or Description anytime you like without losing your blog articles or information.

d.  Compose - Once you have selected your layout, template, title and description for your blog, you can start drafting or writing your first blog article.  The Blogger blog writing page is similar to Microsoft Word or any Word program or software.  After you have written, reviewed, and corrected the spelling of your blog article, you can click the "Preview" button to view your blog.  If your blog is already final, you can click the "Publish" button to publish your first blog on the Internet.