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Putting up a blog gives you the opportunity to brand your own business or product but can also generate an income stream from affiliate recommendations or AdSense. However, most people are unfamiliar with the process of creating a blog and monetizing it successfully. In this article we will talk about the easiest ways to start a blog and how you can begin driving traffic to it.

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If you want to earn money from your blog, you have a couple alternatives. Your first option is to buy a domain name and install a blog on your own hosting. The other option is to promote AdSense and other affiliate programs from a free blog created at blogger.com Nevertheless, you will not want to use a free WordPress blog since if you try to promote affiliate programs, WordPress will end up deleting your account. But as I mentioned earlier, you will be able to put up a WordPress blog on your own domain, if that is the way you would like to go.

If you decide to buy a domain, you can easily set up a WordPress blog with a pushbutton option in your cPanel hosting account. This alternative is preferable so that you build up your individual website and not something that is owned and controlled by Google. Go with the free option for starters though if money is tight and you don't have money for hosting and a domain name.

As sson as you decide how you want to start, you will then be able to add Adsense to your blog and start blogging about many affiliate programs. Try to begin blogs that cover subjects you love so you will not have any troubles adding posts daily. This will be helpful in attaining first-page rankings in the search engines. Something else to keep in mind is to soft sell when you advertise affiliate products. Tell people what the product can do for them and leave a link for the product, but never, ever try to push people into purchasing since you will end up turning them off.

You also have to promote all of the blog entries you have on your blog. Article marketing is the most effective way to accomplish this because you can create links to each blog posting; alternately, you may choose to use social bookmarking to obtain links. Sooner or later, you will be regarded as an expert in your specific area which will give you required credibility when it concerns affiliate promotions. Just follow these easy steps and you will be a successful, moneymaking blog owner before you know it.