In this post, I’ll say things that other bloggers advise against, such as, ‘as a beginner blogger you should not put ads on your blog.’

I say put ads on your blog.

Their reason to not put up ads: When you put up ads too soon on your blog it will be a distraction to your viewers. And as a beginner blogger, you will not make enough money anyway by putting up ads.

My reason to put up ads: We are used to seeing ads on blogs. Our eyes are not distracted by it so much anymore. Keep in mind to put the ads, not in the way of your post. If you put it in the middle of your post, that will distract readers, but if you put it out of their way, they will still have an enjoyable experience.

Second reason: You won’t make a lot of money with the ads you put up. How much? About 2cents. It will teach you to get excited about 2cents and then it will go up to 5cents, 10 cents, and 20cents, and when you hit that $1 you’ll feel like a boss. Also, 2cents is more than nothing. When the $1000, or $2000 starts coming you will appreciate it more because you know where you came from.

Third reason: You need to think for yourself. As I’ve mentioned the majority of people advise only putting ads on your blog after a year or two. Their reasoning behind it is valid and it has worked for them. But will it work for you? Your personality? The way you think and act. You are not them and they are not you. ‘Miracles’ can happen for you that did not happen for them. I received my first paycheck after only 3 months of blogging on WordPress. But then again, if you cannot get excited about your posts getting 2 cents in the beginning, then perhaps you can wait until after a year.

How to get ads on your blog as a small blogger?

Adsense: You create an account with AdSense. It’s free and easy.

When do you get paid? Many people just say when you’ve reached the threshold of $100. I found that that’s true if you are American.

But for other countries, you get different thresholds. Here are some:

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Something cool about AdSense: You can monetize (put ads) on your blog and other websites like Youtube. Then your threshold will be reached sooner because you have two places you put up ads instead of one.

How do you get paid? Check or bank account?

In the past, it used to be in a check like this 

dwords: When you upgrade your blog to premium, you can use AdWords.

Adwords places ads on your blog and when you’ve reached a threshold of $100 they deposit into your bank account or PayPal account. 

Note: You cannot have Adsense and Adwords. You have to choose one.

Promoted content

This is where you start seeing the dollars $$.
When a company approaches you to do a blog post for them advertising their brand on your blog. This can either be a post that you have written or a post they have written. Or advertising space on your blog.
This is an example of a company contacting me to advertise on my blog. This was after only 3 months on WordPress.

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How do you go about getting brands to sponsor you?

Finding brands that want to sponsor bloggers is not difficult. They even find you. Brands want to advertise their businesses.

  • Make sure that you:
  •  Have a contact page with your email address, and social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, etc. Preferably the ones that are doing good. No not Beyonce good, but your good.
  •  There are different types of companies, a lot that’s looking for smaller bloggers because they charge less (not cents, dollars) and often would work harder on a post and advertising.
  •  Don’t be afraid to turn down offers if it doesn’t fit well with your audience and blog. Other offers will come. Be patient.
  •  Know how much you will charge for sponsored content. How many hours do you have per day to spend on your post? Will you promote it also on your Facebook? Instagram? Snapchat? Other social media?

What are businesses looking for?

They are looking for a blog with interaction. Why? because if they are going to pay you to promote their content, they have to be sure your audience will check out their business.

That’s why it’s important to build up your audience. Just be sure that when you do accept a sponsor that it is something your audience will benefit from. You have worked hard for a relationship with your audience, don’t lose their trust.

Be honest and upfront. Your audience is human. They understand that you need money to live. So don’t try to fool them. Say straight up ‘I’m doing a sponsored post because I don’t live on comments alone, I’m getting money and I’m bringing something useful to you.’ 

As always, if you are interested in more beginner blogger tips like these, I wrote a bunch of them here.

Until tomorrow.

Happy living!

Chantal


61 responses to “How to make money as a beginner blogger (How I got my 1st paycheck after 3 months of blogging)”

  1. teresacreationsblog Avatar

    Great info! TFS :)Teresa

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      Thanks for reading πŸ™‚

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  2. Laura Cameron Avatar

    Not that I have lines of people waiting πŸ˜‰ but it would be cool to hear how to set up pricing for sponsored posts! Perhaps something to look forward too!

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      You soon might have line of people waiting πŸ˜‰ Sure, I’ll get to writing that post

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  3. anastasiagregory Avatar
    anastasiagregory

    Loved this! super helpful, I’m a new blogger πŸ™‚

    https://anastasiagregory.com/

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      Welcome! πŸ™‚ Will check out your blog now!

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  4. Ben Aqiba Avatar

    Hello Chantal,

    Great work. Thank you. Do you know how I can remove ads from my blog. They are from adsense and Chitika. Thank you in advance

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      hello ben!

      yes, for adsense you have to go into your adsense account, go to settings and remove it from there πŸ™‚ I haven’t used Chitika before. πŸ™‚ Hope this helps!

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      1. Ben Aqiba Avatar

        Thank you Chantal,

        You are always so helpful. I tried earlier but I failed. I will try again. I want to replace them. I am happy because you are making a money from blogging

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      2. Chantal De Geus Avatar

        Thank you! Yes I also replaced all of my ads to ones that makes money

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  5. foodzesty Avatar

    Chantal once again thank you so much for all your advice. I was thinking of upgrading my account in a few months due to the fact that I cant afford to at the moment. I will take your advice and once again thank you!! Sophie

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      Thank you so much for your words Sophie! Yeah it’s pricey! I only upgraded last year!

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      1. foodzesty Avatar

        I just started a few months ago…so it is a bit difficult…but I will absolutely take your advise and in the coming months I hope I will be able to upgrade. πŸ™‚

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      2. Chantal De Geus Avatar

        I’m happy you like my blog posts πŸ™‚ Yeah it’s not necessary to upgrade right away πŸ™‚

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      3. foodzesty Avatar

        Your posts have good information for us newbies….:) Thank you

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      4. Chantal De Geus Avatar

        Such a pleasure πŸ™‚

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  6. coffeepoweredmummy Avatar

    Thankyou for this informative post, I love your honesty and you explain things so well, I’m so hooked- I could definitely do with your help! 😊Can’t wait to read more x

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      I’m so happy you find the posts helpful! I do my best in cramping in a lot of information in one post πŸ™‚

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  7. InspiresN Avatar

    Thanks for sharing this wonderful information! It is really very useful!

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      I’m really happy that’s useful. I try to post useful content so thanks!

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  8. Kellie Avatar

    Hi Chantal, thanks for the follow. This info was so interesting. I would love to know more!

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      Thank you! πŸ˜ƒ Such a pleasure.I’ll post more

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  9. thesunshinetiara Avatar

    You know what, I am really glad I came across your blog. Its just so detailed and helpful. I need to learn a lot from you Chantal!
    Love you!!!
    xoxo
    Shahnaz

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  10. free57182 Avatar

    Thank you for your tips.like me new blogge very helpful.I need more to learn.

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  11. mistimaan Avatar
    mistimaan

    Thanks for this useful information πŸ™‚ I have just started my blog as free….Can I earn?

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  12. Carol // Aussie Mum Blogger Avatar

    Oh you answered my question!!! Thanks Chantal! I will check out the two that you’ve mentioned! I get excited when I get a follower, or when someone comments, so I’m sure I’ll get excited over 2 cents haha. I definitely would like to hear about pricing for sponsored posts! When does this usually happen? 3 months seems so out of reach! I have definitely taken everything in that you’ve mentioned! 😊😊😊

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  13. LJORahilly Avatar

    Thank you for an amazing post once again. This is something I need to look into, just don’t know where to start! Going to put it on my to-do list πŸ™‚

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  14. JodiGlamGirl Avatar

    Love the series you have been doing helping us smaller bloggers. Super generous of you as I know how time consuming doing this can be. Would love a post about how much to charge – struggling with that a bit. Thank you for all you do!

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      Your words touched me so much. It does take a lot of time writing the posts so to be appreciated is a great feeling. πŸ™‚ Thank you. The post about how much to charge will be up on Monday πŸ™‚

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  15. Emma Drayton Avatar

    I love this blog post and your blog! I’ve just started out blogging and this is really helpful x

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    1. Emma Drayton Avatar

      Forgot to add, this is the link to my blog cuppasandcocktails blog.wordpress.com

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  16. Thriftedluxe.com Avatar

    OMG, I was reluctant about setting up ads, but I dig this. The fact that someone saw you had ad space because of adsense, omg.
    And I do have ads turned on for my Youtube, so I may as well use that service. πŸ™‚

    I wonder if there’s any widgets for those of us using wordpress.org.

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  17. The Coral Peony Avatar

    I am still trying to understand how wordpress works 😦 maybe will improve eventually πŸ™‚ thanks! enjoyed reading this.

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  18. JodiGlamGirl Avatar

    Love the “Congrats you’ve read 1091 words, 5789 characters in about 4 minutes)” – LOL!!

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  19. profkaruoya Avatar

    A nice piece with great tips. Thanks Chantal.

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      I’m happy you’ve enjoyed it! if you have any questions let me know!

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  20. EuphoRHEA Avatar

    I’m a newbie in blogging. I hope i can gain more readers and would have more determination to continue blogging out of passion and perhaps monetize it in the future! Thanks for this post:)

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      Thanks for the kind words.Hows everything going so far? Sorry for getting back to you a little bit late!

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      1. EuphoRHEA Avatar

        So far, so good! My blogging journey has been pretty amazing❀️ thanks for being an inspiration!

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  21. wanderingformoney Avatar
    wanderingformoney

    I really love the end of your post – not many say it or do it but thank you for encouraging that

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      Yeah I know the feeling when I began blogging so I’m happy that you commented and said that. It really makes me smile. Thank you

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  22. Jojonut Avatar

    Thanks so much for this info ! It’s a bit overwhelming getting started up!!

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      I know the feeling and I hope this info helps! πŸ™‚

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  23. alexisicasillas Avatar

    Hi Chantal! I’ve seen some bloggers (some not necessarily artists) put Ko-fi links on their blogs. I was just curious about what your opinion was on that.

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      Hey! I think it’s great if creators (in which ever form) put links where their supporters can support them financially. It takes a lot of time and effort to create and most people don’t get paid for it. So if there are some people who would like to support someone, I think it’s great. However, if someone is committing fraud then of course, that’s wrong. I like Ko-fi because it’s actually a price of a coffee-it’s like you buying someone a coffee. I was considering doing that for my blog too. What are your views on ko-fi?

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      1. alexisicasillas Avatar

        I think its pretty cool. I like that you’re not obligated to give money but more so in appreciation of the content that the blog owner produces. I was thinking doing that too.

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      2. Chantal De Geus Avatar

        We should sign up! πŸ™‚

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  24. alexisicasillas Avatar

    We should! It definitely wouldnt hurt to give it a try!

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    1. Chantal De Geus Avatar

      Just letting you know I’ve put it on today and received my first cup of ‘coffee. It feels good to be rewarded for hard work! Let me know how it goes with you!

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      1. alexisicasillas Avatar

        Omg that’s awesome!!! I’ll be putting one up some time today as well! πŸ’•

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      2. Chantal De Geus Avatar

        So excited for usπŸ˜ƒ

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      3. alexisicasillas Avatar

        Yassss gurl! Me too! 😊😊😊

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      4. alexisicasillas Avatar

        I’m having trouble putting mine up 😦

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      5. Chantal De Geus Avatar

        I had trouble putting mine up too. Then I clicked on the text link in ko-fi. The website states that it goes well with email but I used it for my website. So I put it in the widget of my blog under text.

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      6. alexisicasillas Avatar

        Ahhhhh, ok. I think it’s up and running now! πŸ˜€

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      7. Chantal De Geus Avatar

        Perfect πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ

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      8. alexisicasillas Avatar

        I’ve noticed that some people have multiple blogs.. is that common? Like, they’ll have a wordpress, and a blogspot or squarespace site

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      9. Chantal De Geus Avatar

        Hey! I know people who do that. Some do it to get more revenue. Other do it because they found something better for them. Like perhaps moving from WordPress to wix like my friend did. It;s difficult to build one blog with a following, so building two blogs and growing it both is challenging. What’s your thoughts?

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      10. alexisicasillas Avatar

        I’ve been thinking about it lately, haha. I may try out like squarespace or something and maybe see which one I like best. I guess it depends on which one works best per person. I may also use squarespace for one my classes in January since they require students to use wordpress, squarespace, etc. I’ve used wordpress for an old class so i’ll just try and compare the two.

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      11. alexisicasillas Avatar

        weird question, but how do you put affiliate ads on your blog?

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