Just about anyone can make money blogging online. There are many bloggers who consistently generate thousands of dollars each month from their blogs. These guys are blogging seriously. Blogging is their only job and they work at it for at least a couple of hours each day. Here are just two of the ways they make money blogging online.

Advertising sales accounts for much of the income of those who make money blogging online. A large part of this advertising is exactly the same monetization model that newspapers and magazines use in the brick and mortar world. If your blog is focused on the right topic and attracts a large enough audience, one of the giant corporations related to your niche may purchase advertising.

For the smaller, more tightly focused blog, there is plenty of revenue to be made running Google Adsense, Yahoo or MSN ads. Smaller blogs often publish Chitika or Bidvertiser which not are search engine related, but still contextually relevant ads. Banner and text link space are brokered on large and small blogs.

A recent advertising innovation, increasing the opportunity to make money blogging online, is the inclusion of advertising with RSS and Atom feeds. People who wish to read your posts regularly can subscribe to your posts and read them on a newsreader. If they click on one of the ads included with your feed, you get paid.

Affiliate programs such as Clickbank, Amazon, or Linkshare also offer commissions on products sold via unique URLs that you place on your blog. There are literally thousands of other companies offering affiliate programs, so no matter how unusual your central theme, you will probably be able to make money blogging online as an affiliate.

These are just two of the countless ways you can monetize your blog. The important thing you must realize is that the amount of money you can make is directly related to the number of readers you have and the amount of money they are willing to spend. You must choose a topic that is commercially viable. You must do the research and determine if their are enough people interested in this topic to make it worth your while.

People interested in your theme must also be willing to spend their money on products related to it in order for you to profit. Most of all, your information must be of the highest quality to retain their interest and gain their trust. Become an authority in your niche. Attract a large readership and you will undoubtedly make money blogging online.