How to use your blog for huge profits

There are several ways to monetize your blog . If your blog has some quality content then it is highly favorable for monetizing your blog . Here are some of the ways to make money from your creation.

1. Google Adsense : - This is one of the easiest and commonly used way to earn from your blog . All you need to do is to signup for an adsense account with Google. Once you are registered , you can start displaying ads in your blog and when a visitor searching for the content clicks on those ads , you get paid. Many people are earning thousands of dollars each month using Google Adsense, But this is possible only when you start getting hundreds of visitors daily to visit your blog. Also keep in mind that Google keeps tracks of all the clicks . So do not try to cheat and click yourself or your account will be banned. Read their terms and policies before start displaying ads.

2. Other advertisements :- Apart from Google Adsense , there are other networks to which pay your for clicks on your ads. Like chitika , adbrite etc. You can opt for them too.

Tagging is one of the most commonly ignored aspect of blogging. Tagging your posts with important tags and keywords has substantial effect on the SEO and traffic to your blog. Many search engines including Google does give some weightage to tagging. Infact tags give your readers some idea about what your content is going to be about. It helps in proper categorisation of your blog by the search engines. When a visitor types a keyword in the search engine and you have included that tag in your posts , chances are there that your post or blog might appear in the search results. Otherwise your content might be left out of the results. Some blog directories specially Technorati gives tagged posts higher authority in its list . These are my experiences.

Each time you update your blog , just ping your blog using some pinging service like Pingomatic . Pinging helps in informing the search engines and other directories that your blog has been updated. An alternative is to submit an RSS feed of your blog but it is not available with all search engines. Hence pinging is the easiest way to update search engines that new content has been added to your blog. Search engines specially , Google loves blogs which regularly updated.

Writing articles to bring traffic has been one of the oldest and most successful method of marketing and promotion . Submitting quality articles to directories can give a lot of exposure to your blog to the audience all over the world. All you need to do is to write a unique article with some informative content related to your blog and submit it to major article directories like Ezinearticles , Goarticles , Article Alley , Hubpages etc. And include a link to your blog in the resource box of your article. Once your article is reviewed and published , you will start receiving a lot of traffic. Make sue that the title is eye-catching and descriptive . Do not copy from anywhere else on the web. Besides bringing a lot of traffic , it also helps in building backlinks to your blog which improves it's search engine rankings and SEO score. Also , the articles you publish remain on the internet forever thus you and your blog can gain some authority over the web for your niche just by writing articles.

Technorati , Digg and Stumbleupon are the three most essential bookmarking sites to which you must submit your blog. Stumbleupon and Digg can be used to bookmark your blog and interact with audience of your interest. Technorati on the other hand is a blog directory which gives you a rank and authority based on the content and number of links to your blog. Millions of people daily search for content on Technorati. When your blog has gained some authority , you will start receiving a huge and targeted traffic to your blog. All you need to do is to sign-up and start submitting. As you update your blog and build links to your blog , your authority and rank keeps on increasing .

There cannot be anything better than Squidoo for your blog to gain some recognition and popularity. Squidoo is one of the most used web 2.0 services . Squidoo is a collection of millions of lenses having unique and informative content on almost everything you see. Thus , you can use Squidoo to spread the content of your blog to the ones looking for it. Just sign-up for free with Squidoo and start a lens with a theme related to the theme of your blog. Write informative and unique content . Include as many images and videos as possible and in between somewhere of the content , include a link back to your blog so that a visitor browsing through your lens can visit your blog too. You gain rankings in Squidoo for as much more and useful you write. Once your lens is popular enough in the community , your blog will gain some popularity as well. Further , you can monetize your lens by using various modules like amazon , Google Adsense , eBay , Zazzle and cafepress. You can also include an RSS feed of your blog in the widget are to keep your lens updated and syndicated with your blog.

Backlink juice is everything a blogger wants to bring a lot of traffic and hence money in his account from the blog. You can easily create backlinks to your blog by commenting on other do-follow blogs related to the niche of your blog . You can use DOFOLLOW DIVER to find some do-follow blogs related to your blog. Just find some and start commenting but with the right technique. Do not spam. Include the link of your blog in the WEBSITE section only and nowhere between the content. Do not write short comments like "nice post" etc. Comment in context with the post only otherwise your comment will land into spam. Better read the post before commenting. Instead of using your real name . You can use the name of your blog which will serve as the anchor text of the URL of your blog. Find high pagerank blogs and comment on as many as possible. This helps in building links back to your blog and brings some traffic back as well. Make sure you are always providing useful information in your comments.

You can create link wheel to extract the backlink juice which will help you to gain top rankings in Google and other search engines. It will also increase traffic to your blog or website.

Web 2.0 services like Squidoo and Hubpages can be used to create link juice for your blog which will help it to rank higher in the search engines. After Google Panda update 2.0 this year , article directories suffered a lot in terms of pagerank due to low quality content. Web 2.0 services emerged to the rescue of internet marketers after that. Google gives a lot of credit to the backlinks wiht informative content on these sites. Here are some of the major sites which you must use in your backlinking process : -

1. Squidoo
2. Hubpages
3. Blogger
4. Blogsome
4. Weebly
5. Yola
6. Wordpress
7. Youtube
8. Metacafe

Guest blogging is gaining huge popularity nowadays and there has been a significant increase in the number of people using guest blogging to increase traffic and backlinks to their blog. Here are some important things about guest blogging.

1. Guest blogging is writing guest posts on someone else's blog . The host asks you to write informative and useful content on their blog and in return you can leave a link back to your blog. Though you have to follow certain guidelines and terms of conditions laid by the host.

2. Once your guest post has been reviewed and published by the host on their blog , people read your post , comment on it and even visit your blog through the link in your guest post.

3. Your guest post might even be published on someone else's blog and in this way you can gain some link juice and quality backlinks.