Sponsored Article or Post

I was thinking lately of other ways how I can use a blog in making money online. Displaying Adsense ads and other Adsense alternate ads is already common and it is a well known method in monetizing a blog.

While thinking, it happened that a newspaper boy passed by me. So I decided to buy an Inquirer news paper. I opened every pages of the newspaper checking only the titles of the news articles without reading the content of it. That's the fastest way of reading a newspaper.

Now, in the middle part of the newspaper, I found articles featuring restaurants. My mind screamed, and said "Oh yes, this article is a sponsored one."

I know that an article posted in a newspaper featuring a business establishment or any products is most likely paying the writer or author of that article. It might also be true that the product or business being featured in that particular article is paying the newspaper itself because it's the newspaper that will bring the article.

I tried asking the the local newspaper here about the price of advertising. Their prices is quite affordable but the fullpage is quite expensive. I also asked them if they accept sponsored news article. And they newspaper personnel confirmed that they are accepting sponsored news article.

In other words, it can also be another way of making money online by blogging.

For example: I will approach a beach resort here in our place and ask them if they are willing to sponsor an article. It however needs a PR skill because I will be talking managers of the business establishments that might sponsor an article for the blog.

Anyway, only the first step is difficult. Once I can mange the first step, the following steps will just be easy to accomplish.

I can start at a lower price first. Of course it is a good way so that business owners will become interested in sponsoring a post. 100 Pesos per post is I think affordable and reasonable. Anyway, time will come that I can increase the prices. But it will depend on how popular is my blog of course. The more visitors visiting my blog means higher prices too because it has a higher chances of exposure.