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Donations
Another thing you can consider to make
money from your blog is to ask for donations. This method is
not for everyone, but if your blog provides information to
readers, especially if this information is not readily
available in a free format, readers will not have a problem
donating.
If your blog is opinion based, you may not get as much of a
response, but it can still be worth a shot. Likewise, if your
blog is monetized with many other advertising and affiliate
opportunities, readers will be less inclined to make
donations.
You may want to consider giving readers a way to donate if your
blog is just starting out and you offer information of value to
your readers. If you do not have a huge readership, donations
may be a good way to make enough income to continue your blog
until you can utilize other monetization methods that require
more traffic.
You may have dismissed donations on your blog because it seems
tacky or dishonest, but many bloggers rely on donations for all
or part of their income. Your time is valuable, and unless you
are happy to write simply as a hobby and not get paid, you have
to start somewhere.
Not everyone will donate, but those who do will do so from
their own free will because they enjoy reading your blog and
wish to see it continue. Most readers will not be put off by a
donation button, those who do not wish to donate will not and
those who do will. Very few blogs end up loosing traffic as a
result of adding a donation button.
There are a few places you can go to set up an account to take
donation. Companies such as Pay Pal and Amazon make collecting
donations easy and only take a few minutes to set up.
If you already have a Pay Pal account, you can go to their
website and look into setting up a donation request. It doesn’t
take long and you simply insert a button into your blog that
users can click and then make donations via Pay Pal.
Amazon also has a similar donation program called the Honor
System where bloggers can sign up and insert a button in their
blog to accept donations. You can get the information you need
from amazon.com by clicking the Honor System link at the bottom
of the home page.
Remember, like any monetization method having a good amount of
traffic and offering quality content is the key to being
successful. You will not collect many donations if you do not
have many readers or offer them something of value. This is why
your blogs content and traffic are important.
Make sure you give your readers a reason to come back and a
reason to donate, so they do not miss the next installment of
your blog. If readers value what you write they will not
hesitate to donate to keep your blog
going.
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