When you are a brand new blogger it can get very frustrating the amount of information and research you put in and still have no clue how to build your blog and start making money from it.
That’s why today I’m going to explain the 15 blog monetization tools which will help you grow your blog.
This post is for people who are having hard time to grow their blog, brand new bloggers and for those who are planning to create their blog.
If you haven’t created your blog yet, here is my step-by-step blog tutorial which will help you set up your blog in less than 30 minutes.
I remember when I first started my blog I worked for sooo many hours trying to grow my blog overnight!
But you know what?
That is impossible, if you think having a blog will make you rich overnight then I’m sorry to break it down to you,
it is an impossible dream.
Some bloggers don’t see real results up-to 9 months or even a year.
Blogging is a lot of work, for those who keep saying earn your first $5,000 in one week of blogging,
I’m happy to tell you they are just giving you false hopes.
Cause honey that is just an impossible dream like I said.
But I’m here today to give you the tips and tools to help you with growing blog.
It reached a time I wanted to give up, because I wasn’t seeing any fruitful results.
Anyways, without further ado lets get down to the main reason why you are here.
BLOGGING TOOLS
1. Bluehost
First thing you need before getting started on your blogging journey is looking for the best web hosting provider.
I use bluehost to host my blog, they are very affordable with their hosting plans with a minimum of $2.95/mo*.
They are no.1 recommended by WordPress, to get started on your blog follow my step-by-step tutorial how to get started with bluehost
2. Namecheap
Namecheap is a domain company which will help you create your domain name.It is one of the leading domain sites, I love their services and they have a 24/7 customer support.
3. Grammarly
Grammarly is the important key to you blogging career, if you are the one who will be writing your own blog post.
It will help you with all kinds of mistakes.
I struggle alot writing blog posts with alot of spelling errors, I had to proofread almost 5 times every posts to check on grammar and spellings.
It has helped me alot and made my work very easy as a blog writer.
4. Canva
Canva is an online graphic tool which help you creating all kinds of social media posts.I use canva for my pinterest posts and also Instagram.
This kind of tool will help you get started with your blog monetization.
Don’t worry will get into details and more ways to monetize your blog to explode your income.
5. ConverKit
This is an email marketing tool helps bloggers to collect emails of their visitors and help them later to connect each other.
Email marketing is the key for your blogs traffic, I know you might be thinking I’m still a new blogger who will subscribe to my blog?
Trust me when I say out of 1000 visitors you will definitely collect atleast 10 emails.
That’s enough as you go on.
6. Consumers Advocate
Consumers Advocate is one of the best tools you will ever need starting your blog. With this site it analyzes web hosting, web builders, insurance and many other services you name it.
It is a group of people working hard to test and analyze all these things to give you the best review so that you don’t have to keep researching on your own.
They break down through performance, user experience , prices and models so that you can choose what would work for you.
I highly recommend to check them out before starting your blog, they will guide you every step of the way.
7. Tailwind
Tailwind is just the gold to your blog monetization journey, I mean without this tool I would not have been able to reach the amount of visitors that I get every single day!
How frustrating is it spending all those hours creating content and no one sees it?
I know!been there, done that.
And now I would highly suggest you get your tailwind account setup right now because I’m giving out a special gift to my readers, a one month free subscription to Tailwind
You have nothing to loose, if you like it then wait for next month and choose your monthly plan if you don’t like it all you have to do is cancel with no any amount charged.
8. Yoast SEO WordPress Plugin
Yoast is a free plugin and I love it soo much, ofcourse not because it’s free but guides someone when writing a blog post.
It helps creating SEO friendly blog posts, it guides you how many keywords you should include in your post.
9. Social Media Accounts
Social media is the main important part to blog monetization, it plays a very big part bringing traffic and our blog gets exposure.
You will need atleast to accounts for facebook and twitter.
BLOG MONETIZATION METHODS
Advertising Networks
Advertising networks are companies like Google Adsense, If you are a new blogger you should have atleast enough posts before applying to Google Adsense.
This is the most common blog monetization method with new bloggers.
I highly suggest before applying you should have atleast 5 blog posts published.
Mediavine is another company just like Google Adsense, requires a blogger to reach 25000 session to be accepted into their program.
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is my go-to way to make money from your blog. So how does it work? First things first, you need to enroll in affiliate program and once accepted you will be given unique links.
Those links can be placed on your blog as you give a review or referal to one of your readers.
I’m enrolled with bluehost as their affiliate I get a commission if you purchased using any of my links.
Sponsored Posts
These are promoted posts that you will get paid to place then on your blog as an advertisem*nt.
The larger the audience the higher the amount per post you will be charging.
Amazon Associates
Most bloggers sign up with Amazon recommending products to their readers through their link.
I have a friend who is a blogger aswell and she is making upto $5,000 a month just from Amazon Associates.
E-book
Create an e-book on a topic you are passionate about and sell it on Amazon Publishing, as well as it you will link your blog link and clients will come back to your blog therefore receiving new eyeballs on your blog.