I promise I will get back to the domain give away. And I will be giving away one domain for every day of December until Christmas.  So keep commenting! But for right now I want to let you know about another contest/opportunity I have for you!

If you read this blog I think I can make a a few assumptions about you.

1. You like to blog.
2. You like to make money.
3. You don’t really like to pay for hosting or for domains.
4. You don’t want to pay for the “opportunity” to make money.

So what if I tell you about a way that you can have a blog that costs you nothing. You don’t have to pay for a domain or hosting or for the “opportunity”.

• You will earn at least $1 for every post you write. (Up to one post per day.)
• You will get paid $2 for every 2000 uniques.
• You will have the opportunity to make even more money.
• You will help me earn more money so I can keep giving away domains, even after December!

Does this sound good to you?  Then please use my affiliate link and sign up for a free blog at Today.com.  Then make 10 posts of at least 100 words each.  When you do that, I will earn a commission and you will have earned at least $10!

Now, let’s make it even better!  If you sign up for today.com, using my affiliate link, and you make at least 10 posts then I will give you a few extra bonuses!

1. If I win a bonus for most referrals for the month of December, I will share that bonus with everyone that signed up with me!
2. I will give you a 90 day blogroll link to your today.com blog on The WebMaster Blog
3. I will write a review of your today.com blog on my blog Review Me Today!
4. I will visit your Today.com blog frequently, which will increase your earnings!

So what more do you want? (Seriously let me know!) Then click on the banner and get yourself a free blog!

Don’t like banners, can’t see the banner? Then click here for Today.com.

Then, once you have your free blog from Today.com leave a comment here with a link and we will all go and check it out!

The world economy is at a downfall, and while the prices of goods and services continue to rise, many people receive the same salary; or at the worst case lose their jobs. Many of us are desperate for more money, and as a result, turn to the Internet for revenue. Unfortunately, it is easy to fall victim to numerous online scams.

Enter the blog. Admittedly, making money online is getting more difficult because of the sheer volume of people who already do it. But it CAN be done. The blog is a great money-making tool. You can choose to start a blog for free, or, you may choose to spend a modest amount on hosting, design, etc. ( See our previous series on Free Hosting) Either way your are opening doors of opportunities that were not previously available to you. Blog monetization comes in several forms, from advertisements to sponsored posts to affiliate marketing. Problogger is a perfect example of a monetized blog.

One small thing for the upstart to avoid scams: you do not have to pay anything to make money! Find a suitable niche, start a blog, create great content, and optimize; pretty soon you’ll be earning money to augment your resources.

One of the big errors that bloggers make when they set up their blog is to solely use Adsense for their earnings. I have been guilty of that same error. They see these people that are making $50,000 a month or more from Adsense and they get excited…Downright, overly, incredibly excited. So, they stop after adding Adsense and then start writing article after article, hoping they will make money. And they don’t. Or, if they do make money, it’s not nearly as much as they were hoping to make from their blog.

I’m not trying to say don’t use Adsense. As you can see, we use Adsense right here on this blog. What I am trying to say is that you can’t use only Adsense. If you rely entirely on Adsense, you’re missing out on a huge stream of profit. I am not anti-Adsense; however, I am anti-ONLY Adsense. There are so many other ways to make money that if you tap into them, you can really make a considerable amount of money.

I remember when I was reading John Chow’s blog, way back when, he used to only use Adsense to bring in money. Sure, he was bringing in about $500 a month. And sure, he was writing about a topic that he loved. However, when you think about it, was it really all that fantastic? Of course not. The amount of money that he was bringing in was just not as great as the amount of money that he is bringing in now. When he started to bring in different streams of advertising, suddenly, he began to bring in more money. He raised is ECPM enormously and that is why he is making so many thousands of dollars a month.

Other bloggers have all had similar success. When Adsense came out, it was the dream for all webmasters. We could just put up some code and voila, we would make money if people clicked. No longer did we need to go out and find advertisers. However, the real problem was that Adsense started to demand more. They took a heftier % as time went on and people’s earnings went down. Adsense, though, still was a great way and still is a great way to make money.

Now…Some bloggers will swear on a Holy Book and back that Adsense is the way…Some will say that there is no other way to make good money. I am going to tell you straight up that you are 100% incorrect bloggers. There are tons of other ways to make money blogging. You can…Well…How about I just save that for another day.

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Jacob is an avid guitar player as well as a biology major in college with hopes of becoming a professor. When not blogging on The Webmaster Blog, he is over at his political opinion blog.