by Peter Pelliccia

Created on: June 21, 2009   Last Updated: June 22, 2009

Once you've been surfing the net for a while, you tend to notice that just about everybody is trying to make some money and they are usually trying to con people like you and me out of our hard earned cash. There is one simple rule that I go by and that is: if it sounds too good to be true, it generally is. The thing is that you can make money on the net and you don't have to rip people off to do it.

An honest way of earning some spare cash on the Internet is by blogging, and you only have to look at bloggers like Darren Rowse who is bringing in over $100,000 per year to know this to be true. Before you get your hopes too high, very few of us will get to see that sort of money, but that is no reason why we shouldn't strive for those heights and take whatever falls in our lap.

In your efforts of trying to get your hands on some of that blogging cash that's circulating around the World Wide Web keep in mind that it is not an easy road and it will take a fair bit of hard work. Most bloggers become disillusioned when the money doesn't start rolling in straight away and give up before they have even given blogging a decent chance.

The first thing I recommend when starting your blog is to host it on your own domain as this will give you more control, security and freedom as to what you can write. When starting your first blog it is important for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) reasons that you think carefully about the name you choose. Something short, catchy and that can be easily remembered is always a good idea.

So, how do blogs produce money? One thing that just about every blogger incorporates on their blogs are things like Google Adsense, but unless you're pulling in thousands of daily visitors you're only going to get pocket change. Many bloggers will also promote affiliates that have joined and some will do quite well at it. For this particular post I want to concentrate on paid posts.

Many companies recognize that because of the myriad of bloggers that are out there that they represent a huge advertising medium, one that is very affordable. These guys are willing to pay bloggers to do posts that promote either a product or a service and the amount can range anywhere from $5 to hundreds of dollars per post. Don't expect to get the big bucks though unless you blog as a PR7+ ranking.

Some sites that you can join that act as a mediator between bloggers and advertisers are.

1. Blogitive.com This is a fantastic site. Unfortunately they will not accept new blogs so

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