First off, this post is in no way com­pre­hen­sive. There are many dif­fer­ent ways to mon­e­tize your blog.

Of course, there’s sell­ing ad space on your blog, such as through the use of pay-​​per-​​click net­works like Google AdSense — which is the most popular.

But offer­ing will­ing adver­tis­ers to directly spon­sor your blog by buy­ing a post, an ad, or a link is one area that’s becom­ing increas­ingly popular.

Sites like ReviewMe​.com, PayPer​Post​.com, and Text​-Link​-Ads​.com are effec­tive in allow­ing blog­gers to get paid for sell­ing con­tent or links on their blogs. Basi­cally, these net­works bring both blog­gers and adver­tis­ers together.

Granted, this has been the sub­ject of a lot of con­tro­versy lately, par­tic­u­larly about dis­clo­sure. (And yes, all the links above are my affil­i­ate links.)

But what if you want to make money directly? What if you want more con­trol over how you mon­e­tize your blog? What if you want to make money based on sales (like an affil­i­ate com­mis­sion) and not just ad clicks or views?

Well, here are a few cool Word­Press plu­g­ins I found.

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Sylvie is so upbeat and pos­i­tive about her breast can­cer — and her upcom­ing mas­tec­tomy on Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 11 — that she decided to make the best of it in the only way she knew how… “Mar­ket and mon­e­tize it!”

She decided to start a blog about her jour­ney, com­plete with AdSense, affil­i­ate links and more. Cre­at­ing and writ­ing on a blog is part ther­a­peu­tic (she feels lib­er­ated by writ­ing about it), part edu­ca­tion (she wants to use her “adven­ture” to increase aware­ness), and part profit (breast can­cer key­words are very profitable!).

Nev­er­the­less, it’s part of the heal­ing process and great med­i­cine for her soul. As she says so fer­vently: “Life gave me lemons, so I might as well make the best of it. Lemon­ade? Heck no… I’m going to turn lemons into lemon merangue pie!”

Go take a look at Breast​Cancer​Vic​tory​.com and post a comment!

I’m not sup­posed to be in the office today.

But Robert Puddy, who’s putting on one heck of a sem­i­nar in the UK in Sep­tem­ber, man­aged to drag me and my bride-​​to-​​be away from our wed­ding plans long enough to con­vince us to talk over the phone.

I’ve stopped tak­ing calls form clients, aban­doned my blog for the rest of August.

You can join Sylvie, me and Robert Puddy on a very spe­cial call, and see why we had to put our wed­ding plans on hold for this one call.

Edit: because we have to go to the hos­pi­tal today for an emer­gency surgery, the call has been resched­uled for next Tues­day, August 15th, at 8pm BST (3pm Eastern).

(And no, it has noth­ing to do with copy­writ­ing. It’s more about how to cre­ate a money mag­net empire… effort­lessly and automag­i­cally!) And the call is free!

Click here to sign up for the call.