I used to have a problem with affiliate marketing until I found useful products that were relevant to my blog topics (one’s travel, one’s writing). They are products that I don’t have the time, skills or resources to make myself.

I think if you’re going to make money with your blog it’s a lot about being creative with your marketing. Like Shannon, she has a blog where she hosts her press releases.

Sometimes it’s a lot about just thinking outside the box. I’m not a great ‘think outside the box’ person so that’s why I love your blog so much – lots of great ideas here!

I use to give up on sites that didn’t make much money but now i just keep adding content to them, using PLR of course 😉 and I use Adsense ads, 3 or 4 sites like that and it adds up every month.

To that I say phooey! Just like any hobby, when the hobby starts taking up a lot of time and money, the hobbyist looks for ways to afford to continue doing what they love. Maybe you knit baby clothes for fun… sooner or later, you’re going to be on Etsy, right?

I don’t think you should have to blog about making money online to make money online. I think any blog should be a vehicle for selling products that the blogger believes is worth promoting. My blog is not about teaching people how to make money online, but I sure can use my blog to promote stuff, and make money doing it! You might say blogging is my hobby and I’m trying to find a way to continue to do it. It costs money to blog (believe it or not purists!) and selling products on my blog is just dang fun!

Thanks, Nicole and Experts, and forgive me for ranting. I guess I just recently got my fill of people poo-pooing making money on a blog.

Ha! It was so funny to read this! Just today, again, for the 1,000th time I was thinking, “That’s it I quit!” LOL

Of course we’ve invested too much into it to do that but I just had to laugh when I saw that!