Blogging to the bank is actually the name of a successful blogging guide online. However, a lot of people online are making a part-time or full-time living as a niche blogger. I'm going to define exactly what it is and how you can quickly get started.

Some people claim that you can even become addicted to it and that there are thousands of stay at home moms addicted to it in one form or another.

It's Easier To Create A Long Term Business Than You Think Even those who consider running a weblog as a simple hobby can turn their blogs into money making websites. The better your weblog the higher return visitors you will receive and the higher potential income you can create.

What Blogging Can Be Used For One of the more popular and lucrative ways to earn from a blog is by becoming an affiliate and sell other people's products. There are many benefits to promoting other people's products:

* no expensive research
* no expensive start up costs
* no products
* no overheads
* no stock
* no customer service

How To Become An Affiliate

The only thing you need to do to become an affiliate is to sign up for an affiliate program (usually free) and put a link for an affiliate product on your site. Highly recommended affiliate products can be found at:

1. Clickbank
2. CommissionJunction
3. ShareaSale
4. LinkShare

How To Earn Money As An Affiliate Through this, you will earn a commission every time someone clicks on the link and purchases the product being sold. The number of affiliate programs you can sign up for is unlimited. It is advisable though to promote products that are related to the general theme of your website. It doesn't make much sense to promote a product about divorce if you're site is about dating....however a product about dating AFTER divorce would be ideal.

Analysing Desperate Buyers For maximum profit, you should choose an affiliate product that appeals to the target market of your site. If your readership base is made up mostly of young individuals then make sure that the products that you will promote are something that they would be interested in such as dating products or products related to technology...like ipods, iphones, downloads etc.

Paying For Site Reviews You can also get a lot of targeted traffic to your site by paying for site reviews. Recommended Sites include:

* ReviewMe.com
* SponsoredReviews.com

How To Start A Blogging Business If You Have No Experience As with everything in life, it can be extremely difficult to know how to start a new skill. That's why I highly recommend that you spend some time researching how to do it from people who are successful at it. Getting the right guidance from an early stage can put you way in front of other bloggers - and blogging to the bank may become more of a reality for you than a pipe dream.