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, PayPerPost.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 BreastCancerVictory.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.