Discover Direct and Indirect Income Methods

For many bloggers their income focus is based on direct methods only and for many new bloggers it is AdSense and that is about it.  However when implemented properly there is a massive potential for revenue generating through both direct and indirect methods. Below I have listed both direct and indirect methods that can be taken into consideration when looking at the overall blogging revenue potential. 

Direct Methods:

  • Adverts: AdSense, Direct Ad Banners, Yahoo Ads
  • Affiliates: Chitika, Amazon, Auction Ads
  • Reviews: ReviewMe, Direct Review Requests
  • Sponsered: Graphic Ads, Text Links
  • Gifts: Products in Return for services

Indirect Methods:

  • Employment Requests
  • Professional Consulting
  • Public Speaking
  • Book Deals
  • Online & Offline Writing Ventures

I wanted to keep this article short and to the point and the categories above are self explanatory.  Remember building a blogging profile does not happen over night and those of you that are thinking a blog is the answer to quitting your day job should think twice.

My experience so far a total of 13 months counting the 2 months for this blog is that the opportunities are only now starting to come in for us. Opportunities will come but they come to those that are very persistence in this industry. Definitely not over night or a get rich fast scheme (dream).

A note to the wise: those that are making a killing in revenue have been on the net in some way for many years not just a blog.

April 17, 2007 | posted in Make Money Online 

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10 Responses to “Discover Direct and Indirect Income Methods”

  1. Brian Heys on April 17th, 2007

    In a recent post on my blog, I asked Robert Scoble and Dave Winer (both A-list bloggers), why they don’t run ads on their sites. Their response was that they prefer to make money indirectly. Check out the post, it’s called ‘Is it wrong to blog for money?’.

  2. TeamTutorials on April 19th, 2007

    Employment request is actually one of the reason I make blogs. I don’t make much money but I am hoping it will help in a job interview.

  3. Sumesh on April 20th, 2007

    Nice article…..enjoy your day in the beach

  4. Daniel McLean on April 20th, 2007

    Your indirect methods seem too much like work to me ;-)

  5. digitalnomad on April 24th, 2007

    I have not been blogging too long, about 60+ days. My take on it is that anyone that sticks with will probably do alright.

    The whole SMO thing is just starting. I am seeing opportunities to build small niches around business blogging.

    I recently was approached be someone in a biz segment where none of the players even have blogs. I think it is still wide open and will continue to evolve rapidly. And yes Dan is probably right, it will be work…still beats 9-5 in my book.

  6. Jason Neuman on April 24th, 2007

    Blogging is hard hobby direct or indirect, so if you can make income I say take it in what ever form it is paid.

    ….and my week in Maldives was great..

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  8. Negotiation Expert on January 14th, 2008

    “Opportunities will come but they come to those that are very persistence in this industry.” True, if only persistence was all that it took. Good quality is important too.

  9. Nouveau Riche on February 25th, 2008

    Thanks for the resources - these are helpful. I would like to comment that from my point of view, finding income sources that are residual: ie. they keep paying over time, are a great way to establish a steady income. Thinking of creating an e-book to sell? Consider instead creating a membership-only site where people pay a monthly fee to access the information instead of a one time fee.

    Adsense can also be a good source of residual income. Once you have built a site up so that it gets traffic, it usually continues to generate revenue on an ongoing basis even if you don’t attend to it every day. Of course you have to keep improving the site, building new content and links to it, etc. , but at least you get regular income whether you work on it each day or not. .

    Brian Heyes - I thought your comment was very interesting about bloggers who do not use ads on their sites. It seems counterintuitive to me, but your examples are telling. I guess those folks have managed to work out better streams of income than if they used ads. It’s an accomplishment on their part for sure.

    Anyway, thanks again for the post and the resources!

    Sincerely,

    Rob

  10. PS3 on March 24th, 2008

    I think people get fed up seeing ads littered across the ‘net. Some resourcefulness will pay off far better in the long run.

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