Alright, so you don’t have any digital products to offer, you don’t have any tangible goods to sell, you don’t have any special skills you can lease out (you actually do, but that’s another story), you don’t have any useful resources you can offer.
All you have is a blog?

Yes, a blog!

An online journal originally meant to serve like a diary. Only, this diary is published on the internet and every person in the world, from North America to Tibet, can access what you publish on its pages.

The challenge is: can you earn by using your blog, and JUST your blog?

If you answered you can’t, well, you may want to rethink your position!

The fact is, you can earn by using your blog, and JUST your blog. And you are not limited to a single earning opportunity when it comes to blogs or blogging. There is a great deal of potential to be found in those little web logs which are actually simplified and highly efficient content management systems possessing an interconnectivity that will generate direct traffic and some features that promise prominence in search engine results.

Here are some potential earning opportunities, for your consideration, to fully monetize your web log.

1. Audio books are a great area to promote. Whether for business or pleasure many people purchase audio books to use while driving or work or just relaxing.

2. Sign up with ClickBank, a well established affiliate network that boasts thousands of products you can choose from. Simply survey the selection of products appropriate for the subject of your blog, and acquire your affiliate link. Whenever you’re recommending something in your blog entries, mention the products you have chosen and hyperlink the same with your affiliate links. This will lead your readers to the affiliate programs’ sales pages. If they decide to buy, you’d earn a commission per sale from your referal. Pretty cool, isn’t it?

3. Now, you’re not limited to ClickBank alone. There are other affiliate programs out there, such as Commision Junction. There are millions and millions of affiliate programs on the World Wide Web, and some of them have commission rates as  high as 80%. Affiliate programs are amazing ways to earn some serious cash through your blog.

4. Want to promote books? Amazon.com likewise has an affiliate program that you can choose to enroll with. Simply select the books most appropriate for the subject of your blog, and garner the corresponding affiliate links. Or you can copy and paste a code from Amazon and implement it on your blog. This will display contextually relevant products on your blog which your readers will be able to see. Books are sure sellers. And though Amazon does offer a relatively low commission rate, you’re sure to sell a lot of books through your blog.  Everyone loves books! And Amazon is the internet’s most reliable digital bookstore!

5. Enroll your blog with Google AdSense or other Pay Per Click (PPC) programs. This will allow the PPC programs to display contextually relevant ads to your blog. Every time a reader of yours clicks on an ad, you receive a certain amount of money. Imagine how much you can earn if your blog is generating thousands of visitors per day!

6. Once you are established a bit, you can sell advertising space on your blog. Whether they’re banners or simple text links, you can command a hefty price for your blog real estate. Thinking of your blog as ‘real estate’ gives you a different perspective on the Internet, and like physical real estate, your blog real estate is valuable. You need to increase your readership, which can be measured by the volume of traffic you receive per day. A daily traffic of 10,000 visitors will surely take you places!