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With a camera on every smartphone and digital SLRs opening up professional-level photography to the masses, photography has become a very popular hobby. That’s created a thriving niche of photography blogs (like my friend Andy’s), which review the latest gear, offer tutorials, and share inspiration.

Photography Blogs (Examples of Types of Blogs to Start) This Year
Although the photography niche isn’t as big as some of the others on this list, it’s a great one for monetization. Most photography blogs make money through affiliate links to cameras, gear, and accessories. Since these tend to be quite expensive products, the affiliate commissions can add up if you can tap into quality traffic sources.

Many photography blogs also sell eBooks or courses, run ads, and partner up with camera companies. Popular photography blogs will often receive free cameras and accessories to review. Here’s a guest post Andy wrote recently about his experiences monetizing his photography blog with the Amazon affiliate program.

Bonus: 7 Blog Monetization Ideas (for All Types of Blogs)
Let’s look at some key ways you can monetize your blog, regardless of your niche and audience.

1. Advertising
One of the simplest ways to make money blogging is through blog advertising. You can sign up for Google AdSense and put a widget in your blog’s sidebar to show ads to your readers. You get paid based on the number of austria phone number library your ad gets. (Note that you’re not allowed to click on your own ads.)

While running ads is simple, there are a few key drawbacks you need to consider:

You won’t make much money from ads unless you have a huge amount of traffic. Most people won’t click on an ad, so you may need hundreds or even thousands of visitors for just a single click — and each click may pay only a few cents.
When someone clicks on an ad, they’re directed away from your site. You might get a few cents, but they may never return. That means you’ve potentially missed out on money you could have made if they bought a product or service from you.
Ads can make your site look less reputable. Some people are less likely to trust your blog if it has a lot of ads — and if you’re using a network like AdSense, you may find that your blog ends up advertising products you don’t particularly want to be associated with.
Advertising is certainly worth considering as a monetization method, but it’s important to think it through carefully. One of the methods below might better fit you, especially if you don’t have much traffic yet.

2. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is when you promote another company’s products or services. You use a special link to do so, and if someone buys the product or service after clicking on your link, you’ll get paid a percentage of the commission.

Affiliate commissions can be very generous — some digital products pay 50% or even more. You can also promote physical products through affiliate programs run by huge online stores like Amazon. You won’t get such a large commission (5% is more typical here), but if you’re promoting expensive products like digital cameras, your commission will soon increase. There are loads of different affiliate programs out there that you might want to take a look at.

It’s important to stick to the legal rules around affiliate marketing, mainly because you need to disclose to your readers that you’re using affiliate links. If you’re in the U.S., that means following the FTC’s Endorsement Guides.