Having a mailing list for your blog can help to generate traffic on demand to your site. Be sure to offer your blog readers a chance to sign up for your newsletter. Generally, your newsletter will be related to the topic of your blog. For instance if you’re blogging about the latest electronic gadgets such as MP3 players, you may want to have a monthly newsletter with reviews of the latest MP3 players in the market and offer tips on where to find the best deals.

Offer an incentive for people who sign up for your newsletter. Along the lines of the MP3 player blog, you could offer your subscribers a free report on the top 5 MP3 players that you have reviewed. This will be something of interest to anyone who visits your blog looking to purchase an MP3 player.

With the mailing list, you can earn additional income by including your affiliate links to merchant sites where your readers can buy the product. You can also include in your free report suggested online sites where readers can purchase the gadgets that you’ve reviewed. Once again, you’ll earn a commission if they buy after clicking on your affiliate links.

So while putting Adsense on your blog may serve as a nice income stream, be sure to think about other ways to generate revenue with your blog.

If you need a good company to host your mailing list, check out Email Aces which as you can see is what I use for this blog.

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If you have a blog or website related to online dating, be sure to take a look at the FriendFinder affiliate program. You can select different payout models either based on a percentage of the signup fee, fixed per member commissions or fixed signup commissions.

For the fixed signup commissions, for example, you’ll be paid $25 per order regardless of whether the person signs up for one month or more.

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If you don’t already have a subscriber list for your blog, you’ll have to seriously consider setting one up. The beauty of a subscriber list is that it lets you keep in touch with all your blog readers. Plus, you’ll be able to leverage your list to get repeat traffic to your blog.

There are many reasons to have a subscriber list. Among them are:

1. Promote a free newsletter - you can write about tips on the topic of your blog. For example, if you’re blogging about money saving coupons, you can start a newsletter that provides weekly updates on ways to save money.

2. Promote a paid newsletter - if you’re providing valuable information for free on your blog, you can also create a premium version of your newsletter which is by paid subscription. This is another way to monetize your blog aside from displaying ads.

3. Promote affiliate products - if you find a particular product that is of interest to your blog readers, you can join the affiliate program and promote the product to your list. Make commissions.

4. Not everyone has time to read your blog daily. You can send out updates on the latests posts on your blog. Something might catch the eye of your reader and remind them of your blog. That’s a way to get repeat traffic.

If you want to set up a subscriber mailing list, you can check out what I use for this blog. Just click on the “Email Aces” image below the subscription box on the right hand side.

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If you haven’t already joined, be sure to enroll in Commission Junction today. It’s one of the best and most extensive affiliate networks. You can find many affiliate programs that will pay either based on commissions on sales or leads.

There are many well known companies that use Commission Junction to manage their affiliate programs. Ebay, New York Times, The Home Shopping Network, ING Direct … just to name a few.

Some of the pay per lead programs can be extremely lucrative and convert well. It’s generally easier to get a visitor to your site to sign up for information than to purchase a product.

Another advantage of Commission Junction is that you get paid with a single check every month even if you earn commissions from different vendors. This will greatly simplify your book-keeping.

There are other affiliate networks out there but you should definitely start with Commission Junction right away.

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