Do You Make Money Blogging?

I started blogging almost two years ago. At first, it wasn't a thing that took much of my time. I just loved giveaways and opened this blog to participate even more. But as the time passes by and as I get more and more followers, I like the idea to move this blog forward.

I was thinking what to do. And I decided to use my blog to get extra cash. We are human and we need it to live, huh? This is no harm to anyone, isn't it? :) I started to put ads on my blog and write some paid posts; of course I always wrote my own ideas and thoughts. I even use my twitter and facebook accounts to earn more money. In the beginning, it didn't bring me anything. But slowly I saw that I could! People were reading my posts, clicking on what I shared and day by day, I had many more followers, so the number of people that I could reach increased. Also, my pagerank raised and Alexa rate decreased, so this attracted lots of sponsors. Thanks to this, I was able to do various reviews & host giveaways & write paid posts and so, I could and still can make money blogging! Maybe it's not so much, but I like the idea :) You do your favorite thing - blogging, and benefit from it. What a great thing!

Of course there are advantages and disadvantages of it, but the key is: don't exaggerate! Yes, if you consistently write paid posts, or just cover your blog/website with tons of ads, your followers may be distracted by it. So, you need to balance it.

What can you do to get extra cash through your blog? As I said, via some systems that you can find by searching on internet, you can put ads and text links, write blog posts, do reviews & giveaways, sell items by being affiliate, contact companies directly, and so on. There is no limit to what you can do.

I really want to know what you do to earn money with your blog. And how much does your blog earn to you? Please share your comments with me.

* I am participating in a blogger campaign by Bucks2Blog and was compensated. However, the views and opinions are my own.