Blogging, blogging, blogging. Everyone likes to talk

about blogging when they talk about how to make money from home. It\\\'s

the basic foundation for everything, but how do you even make a money

making blog? You\\\'re going to learn very quickly that while blogging is

a great way to leverage extra money online, you\\\'re going to need to

work at it and do quite a few things to build the ultimate money maker.

Building a Blog That People Want to Read

To

make extra money from your blog, you first need to make a blog that

people will want to read. The equation is simple - traffic equals

money. Without traffic, you have no money. Here are a few ways that

bloggers everywhere build traffic with their blogs:

• Original
  
  Content - Write things no one else is writing. If you are just another
  
  blogger in a crowded niche, finding someone to read your stuff is going
  
  to be hard.
• Free Stuff - Offer people free things that they
  
  will be interested in. This can be how to articles, free downloads or
  
  videos.
• Ongoing Series - To make extra money, create
  
  ongoing series that will bring people back. If they see part 3 after
  
  reading part 1 and 2 they will feel obliged to read the new installment.
• Active
  
  Commenting - Comment on other blogs and reply to your own comments.
  
  This is the best way to engage your readers and create a community
  
  where they feel involved.
• Advertising and Link Swapping -
  
  You can buy ads on other sites or you can swap links with other
  
  bloggers - either way, start getting more web time and you\\\'ll see a
  
  spike in traffic.

Making Money From That Blog

Now

that you have traffic, you need to know how blogs can make extra money

online. First off, advertising on your page creates huge revenue. You

can make money by posting Google AdSense or by selling banner space. If

you get more than 500 hits a day, your banner space becomes very

valuable very quickly.

You can also use your platform as a

blogger to start selling products - either of your own or of other

people. Writing to a captive audience makes you more powerful than you

can imagine - if you can effectively leverage that power and interest

them in the products you are selling, you will make extra money online

in no time flat.