Dear
Tricia:
You can monetize a content based website in several ways:
1. Advertising - whether by joining banner ad networks such as Tribal
Fusion, BurstMedia or Fastclick and display the banners on their site; or
through contextual advertising such as Google Adsense or Intellxt. You can
also sell your own advertising and sponsorship, both on your website or your
newsletter.
2. Subscription model - members only content where subscribers pay
monthly or annual fee to access your website
3. Sale of content - you sell access to your articles piece by piece
(unlike subscription model which is a blanket approval to access your
content)
4. Affiliate programs = you sign up to sell other people's products or
get paid by other means (for every signup, leads) or however the program is
designed
5. Sell ebooks or CDROMs containing your content - you can package your
entire content in one ebook or CDROM and offer it for sale.
6. Content syndication - you sell your content to other websites (example
is Associated Press)
About the PowerHomeBiz.com Guide:
Isabel Isidro is the
co-founder and VP-Managing Editor of PowerHomeBiz.com, an online magazine
for home business entrepreneurs that provides guidance on starting, running
and managing a home-based business.
The opinions expressed in this column are
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