Tim Christie

Since I spend so much time on the computer and kicking around the internet I thought that while I was rebuilding the blog I would monetize the thing as well. There are so many income streams out there that its hard to choose which one to go with. So while I am here, being the open and moral blogger that I am, I am just letting you know that I receive income from my blog. There you go, I blog and I disclose.

When starting out with monetisation it is easy to get caught up in the hype and potential all the big blogs go on about but one thing to keep in mind with making money from your blog is that it takes time to build traffic streams and not all visitors are interested in clicking on links from your site. Dont lose heart, keep everything out in the open and dont appear to be a shifty money maker or people wont trust you.

I currently receive a small amount of income from 2 different streams, adsense and affiliate sales. Adsense sends ads to my site that match the content of my articles( welll most of the time it does) and the affiliate ads are only for products that I use, have used or know are good quality. My main aim of this blog is to show people my photos, not to make a fortune so I dont heavily advertise websites here anyway. Keep it simple and not too crowded and if you get a visitor who is interested in the links you provide they just might click your ads.

A third income stream I am looking at implementing soon is direct advertising on the blog where people can deal directly with me for adspaces. I am not sure how I will implement this one yet.

For simple easy to manage income streams you cant go past Afilliate marketing where you direct people to a certain website and you can be paid per click, per lead or per sale. For each style of visit you are paid a predetermined amount for your traffic. Some affiliate programs worth checking out are:


Clixgalore have a great range of programs with varying commissions and reliable payouts.

Commission Monster have easy to use banners and a great range of easy to join programs.