How to make money with a blog isn't as simple a task as it may seem.
A lot of people fail, even though they try a lot of things.
And then they start asking questions...
Are any of those questions stupid? I don't think so.
Read on, and decide for yourself.
Q: How can I make money? I have been trying to make money for a LOOONG time now.
I just can't make any money.
I have tried with CPA (got banned), AdSense...
I didn't make anything.
My own product...
Couldn't make one sale.
I tried many things, but just can't get money.
A: Without knowing more about what you've tried, and how you did it, I cannot go into details about what you should do.
However, I can tell you two things for certain that you are doing wrong.
1: You are "trying".
2: You tried many things.
Let me be specific: If you are trying, you're not doing.
Try to open that door over there.
Or try to close it, if it's already open.
What happened? Did the door open? If so, you didn't try.
You actually opened the door.
You put your hand on the door knob, and you pushed it down, and pushed the door outwards, so that it opened up.
If you were only trying, nothing at all will happen.
There's a world of difference between "trying" and "doing".
This goes for blogging as well.
Your second mistake is that you've tried a lot of things.
This means that you've probably started out in one direction, given it a "try", and after a few days, you went in another direction.
Instead of running around like a hen without its head, you should focus on one thing at a time.
Let's take AdSense, for instance.
Why didn't you make anything? First question to ask yourself is: Do I get traffic to my blog? Without traffic, you will not make any income.
That's for sure.
If you get traffic, then why aren't your visitors clicking on your ads? Are they relevant for your content? Are they placed above the fold? Do they blend in with your blog? Have you chosen the right formats? With the right amount of traffic, and with AdSense correctly placed on your blog, you should be making money.
If you're not, then maybe nobody is spending money in your niche? You have to analyse and break down every single step of the money-making process, before you should raise your hands and say: "Okay, this doesn't work - now what?" Only at that moment should you try something else.
Because one thing is for sure.
A lot of people know how to make money with a blog, and they make a steady income from one or several blogs, they run.