These include recommending quality products like these here on ProBlogger: Thesis WordPress theme<\/a>, Yaro\u2019s Blog Mastermind Coaching Program<\/a> and How to Launch the F*** out of your E-Book<\/a> (and others) as well as some great products on my photography blog including 123 of Digital Imaging<\/a>, David DuChemin\u2019s amazing Photography E-Books<\/a> and Mitchell Kanashkevich\u2019s great ebooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n The great thing about many of these programs is that they are of such high quality that they sell themselves and I am being emailed from readers who sign up to them thanking me for the recommendation!<\/p>\n A continuity program is a site where you earn a recurring income from people who subscribe to a service you offer.<\/p>\n For me this includes two sites \u2013 ProBlogger.com<\/a> and Third Tribe Marketing<\/a>. Both programs are membership sites and generate monthly income from the thousands of members that they have as a part of them.<\/p>\n This includes ad sales of the 125 x 125 ads here at ProBlogger<\/a> as well as a campaign or two at Digital Photography School<\/a>.<\/p>\n While I\u2019ve focused a little less on Chitika in the last 6 months (mainly as I\u2019ve released my own products and moved a little away from advertising) they do continue to perform well where I use them and over the time I\u2019ve been using Chitika they\u2019ve now earned me over a quarter of a million dollars \u2013 as a result I can\u2019t recommend them enough!<\/p>\n![\"Adsense\"](\"http:\/\/www.problogger.net\/wp-content\/adsense.gif\")
<\/a>Despite not using it here at ProBlogger any more (here\u2019s why<\/a>) I continue to use AdSense<\/a> with amazing effect on my other blogs. I have them all set to show image and text based ads and find that 250\u00d7300 pixel ads work best (usually with a blended design). I don\u2019t have much luck with their \u2018referrals\u2019 program but their normal ads work a treat and continue to be the biggest earner for me.<\/p>\n2. Affiliate Programs<\/h3>\n
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I run a variety of affiliate programs on my blogs \u2013 most of which bring in smaller amounts of money that don\u2019t really justify a category of their own (but which certainly add up).<\/p>\n3. E-Book Sales<\/h3>\n
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Last time I did a wrap up of how I make money blogging this category did not exist for me \u2013 I didn\u2019t really have any of my own products to sell at all. However in the last year or so I\u2019ve released 3 E-books \u2013 31 Days to Build a Better Blog<\/a>, The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography<\/a> and Photo Nuts and Bolts: Know Your Camera and Take Better Photos<\/a>. While these products all only sell for under $20 they certainly add up and some months this has been my biggest category of income. The reason they were only ranking at #3 in the last month was that I didn\u2019t do a product launch (I wrote about one launch which brought in $72,000<\/a> in a week here). This is an income stream I see growing as I add more E-books to my range (expect 3 in the coming few months).<\/p>\n4. Continuity Programs<\/h3>\n
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This is another newer category for me but one that continues to grow.<\/p>\n5. Private Ad Sales\/Sponsorships<\/h3>\n
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Private ad sales directly to advertisers have fallen for me in the last year (they previously ranked #3 on this list). This is partly due to a change in my own focus but also partly due to the economy as it is. I should note that this area does vary a little from month to month depending upon the campaigns we\u2019re asked to run \u2013 we\u2019ve had a couple of months where it actually ranked #2 in the last year.<\/p>\n6. Chitika<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Chitka continues to be a great performer for me on my blogs. They traditionally have worked best on product related blogs although their Premium ad units<\/a> now convert well on a larger range of blogs.<\/p>\n7. Amazon Associates<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nAmazon\u2019s affiliate program<\/a> has been one of my big movers in the last 12 months. I used to make a few odd dollars from it \u2013 however in recent times it has become a significant earner for me (in fact it\u2019s now earned me over $100,000 since I started using it<\/a>). Christmas time (and the lead up to it) is a particularly good time for Amazon \u2013 last December it would have ranked #2 on this list.<\/p>\n8. ProBlogger Job Boards<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a> The job boards here at ProBlogger continue to grow each month in the number of advertisements that are being bought. This enabled me to invest most of the money that they\u2019d earned a while back into getting a new back end for the boards and to redesign them. These job boards now bring in over $1000 a month in revenue which is pretty nice considering that they are so low maintenance to run. They also offer a service to readers and add value to the overall blog.<\/p>\n