How This Stay at Home Mom is Making Money | Monetizing Your Blog

I’ve been home with my child (soon to be children) off and on since she was born. I mention that because I went back to work because I enjoyed making money even if it was just a small paycheck. It meant that the little perks in life like an extra day on vacation or an extra night of getting to eat out was ok. And who could forget those shoes that you’ve been eyeing for months.

So here are the ways that I have been making money here and there to help buy those shoes!

Twitter- Earn from Tweeting

Sponsored Tweets-This you can choose different topics or categories and advertisers choose you to help them tweet their message. They are always great campaigns and you have the ability to choose how much you want to be paid per tweet! Whether it’s $3 per tweet or if you have LOTS of followers $25 per tweet. They also have PPC (Paid Per Click) Tweets that you can make .20 per click of a tweet. Great program that I had forgotten about for awhile but am glad I went back to it.

My Likes- This is a PPC Tweet site that you can make a few dollars for sending out easy tweets.

Ad Networks- If you are a deal blogger or just looking for a few ads to place on your top posts /sidebar.

If you are a deal blogger or looking to become a deal blogger this is where you need to be.

Escalate Media- You can share coupons with your readers or free offers / samples. You get paid per conversion. They rotate everything so you’ll need to keep track of it but it’s worth it.

Logical Media-Same as Escalate Media except with more offers. Both have GREAT Affiliate Managers to help you keep up to date and answer any questions.

MySavings Media- Quality Offers – Top Payouts

Referred Media- Closed September 27th 2012

Panthera- Top affiliate program, more offers than any other.

Say Media-An amazing ad network with beautiful moving ads that only play of your reader hoovers over them. Big brands use them so as long as you have your targets set you’ll get good results

InfoLinks- Is a text link plugin that I can turn on and off whenever I like that randomly selects a few words in a post to create text links. It’s the top rated text links company and I’ve done really great with them and their customer service is amazing. Just for signing up I got $100!

Link Worth- A wide selection of Link Words, Link Ads and many more. Lots to choose from.

Glam Media

Sponsored Blogging-Doing sponsored posts is the #1 way to make good money from home. There are great sites that you can join that are communities such as Clever Girls Collective or Collective Bias but these are sites that advertisers are pitching to you.

Social Spark- Same company that runs the Sponsored Tweets runs this site. Advertisers will send you leads that you can either accept or negotiate the terms to make more money off it. It integrates right into your blog and once you have followed the terms it will even post it for you.

Blogsvertise- I’m new to this site but I’ve already started getting offers. They are coming in each day to the point I can’t keep up.

Gigcoin-  GigCoin is a platform that makes it easy to get and give gigs. Gig givers get quick access to a motivated group of testers, survey takers and brand ambassadors. Gig Takers can get side gigs and be paid quickly.

Affiliate Marketing- Commission based marketing that you only make money if the person that clicked your link makes a purchase or in some cases registers for a website.

Commission Junction-This is the largest affiliate marketing site you will find. Companies like Groupon and CafeMom use them. They offer links, widgets, and text links.

LinkShare-Another big site that has Apple iTunes / App store affiliate marketing.

Your Daily Deal Site- You local deal sites probably all have affiliate programs. I’m not talking about Referring someone and you getting a $5 credit in your account, I’m talking about actually making a commission of sales that you brought them. Having Groupon credits is great and all but mine normally expire before I get to use them and redeeming them when they are expired is so hard. So scroll to the bottom of your local deal sites and see if they offer an affiliate program. Make sure you have a valid email because they will email you about awesome national deals or discounts they are offering so you can let your followers and readers know early and use you!

Points / Surveys- Earn Points that you can redeem for Gift Cards or PayPal transfers.

MyPoints- This site is the one I’ve earning the most points from. Through being a BzzAgent I earn MyPoints and simple tasks like opening an email or a survey you earn very fast. You can also earn points from installing their search bar and shopping online. Earning points like 10 points per dollar on purchases. I’ve redeemed for many Amazon gift cards that have help with lots of purchases.

SuperPoints- This is site is by invitation only. You can earn points from doing surveys and opening email. They also have a Super Lucky Button that you get to click a few times and win points. I’m still new to this site but so far I’ve earned a lot and the rewards catalog is low to redeem!

Swagbucks-I think everyone knows about Swagbucks but I’m actually not on this site as much as I am MyPoints. I’m still giving it a try because earning is easy and eventually it adds up and I’m sure I can redeem for something great.

Mommy Talk Surveys-Aren’t you sick of getting through the beginning of a survey and then they give you the old “You don’t qualify”? Well this site is geared to Moms so you are more liking to qualify for all of the surveys making it easier to make money. Plus they give you $5 just for joining!

Paid Viewpoint-Easy surveys that are much faster than any other site with surveys! This is one of my favorites.

GOOGLE!!!!

If you don’t have a Google account you need to get one. Then you need to join Google’s AdSense network and Google’s Affiliate Network. These are the places I make the most each month.

So those are the sites that I make a few dollars here and there on. Those few dollars add up though. Also find some great Blogger communities to join so that you can apply to their blogging opportunities. They are going to be your biggest sponsors.

Track all your great earnings with my Blog Earnings Template. It’s a handy way to keep track of all of these sites each month even if you have multiple blogs!

This post contains some affiliate links. If you plan to take advantage of the program that I’ve shared with you please send a little love my way and use these links. If you ever need help with or have questions about any of these programs please Contact Me and I’d be happy to help!