One of the easier ways to make money on the Internet, or with blogging, is by giving some 'useful' information away for free.In a way I guess that this is really what all of us are doing when we monetise our blogs. We can, however, take this a step further.
As an illustration I saw someone doing this a few weeks back, unfortunately I've no idea who it was now. It was just something I jotted down for future use when I was surfing about.
Anyway, this bloke was advertising on Google Ads that he knew of a way to make easy money and would give the info for free - if an email address was provided.
The free details was in fact a roulette system that he claimed worked - it was actually something quite old whereby you double up losing bets on red or black and then switch colours when you win.
The point is though that he suggested joining one of about eight gambling style websites he had listed. He also suggested that the reader deposited a small amount of money with them to prove that the 'mathematical system' did in fact work.
Quite simply he made his money by being an affiliate for each of the gambling sites he asked his prospective punters to consider joining.
So he made money by giving away free information.
There are dozens of variations that could be done on this theme and all using free blogs. All you need is some info, that others may want, and link this with relevant affiliate programs.
You need a good 'sales pitch' within the info and also give a convincing reason as to why the reader should click on one of the affiliate links.
It's not a something that needs to be continuously updated. It's a 'one off' single page item placed on a blogging host and then advertised using as many ways as possible.
It may not bring in a lot of money - though it could - but what if you had dozens of similar blogs/sites - then it could get interesting. It's also a way to build a list of email addresses.
Good luck,
Mike.
