Do you have a blog ? Do you have some readers ?
You can make some money by reviewing products on your blog.
How much ?
It depends on the topics your blog covers and on the visitors that you get, but reviewme.com explains that you can get from $20-$200 per review.
How does it work ?
First send you site for inclusion to the appropriate category. Reviewme explains in its FAQ's that to be included your blog needs "citations, subscribers, and traffic."
After you are accepted in reviewme.com network, you can start receiving requests for reviews.
The advertisers will have the option to select YOU (for their review) from a list of blogs categorized by topic and traffic and cost of review.
You receive the review request and if you chose to accept it you write minimun 200 words about the product and you post it on your blog and you notify reviewme.com about the completion of your review. You get paid in the beggining of each month according to the reviews you have completed.
So if you have a blog that has a nice design and some decent traffic then you can register to be a part of the reviewme network and start writing reviews for money.
Ok!!! you are convinced that blogging is for you and you probably want that extra money that it can give you.
You can create your own blog and put adverting on your blog so when people click on it you get paid for the referral. Creating your own blog means that you have to have your own domain name and host (that would cost around $10/month) and then you have to generate some traffic to you site, well believe me its not easy.
A free alternative would be to get a blog from blogger.com or wordpress.com and you can eliminate the costs of hosting and domain name registration. But you still have to put your own advertisements on the site and drive traffic to it. It is still hard to do.
A better alternative for the begginer blogger is to start with a service such as writingup. With writingup you sign up and start blogging without worrying about setting anything up. The catch is that they give you a percentage of the money they are making from the advertising on your blog pages - which at the moment is 50%. Well, you can't have everything, after all they provide you with the comfort of not worrying about setting anything up and they pay for hosting. Everything is automated for you, you just sign up and start blogging.
Expected to launch soon blogcharm is another site that promises to share the revenues with the bloggers so keep an eye on it.
UPDATE: brand new blog hosting and setup for free can be found here, read the announcement on DP forums
What is a blog ?
A blog or weblog is a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.
Why get one ?
Well everybody has one (I just got mine) and some people make money on them, so why don't you just get yourself one. You can setup one for free with blogger or wordpress (the 2 most popular ones) and start putting your ideas down. You don't have to pay for hosting nor for a domain, its completely free.
How do you make money from a blog ?
Well the basic idea is simple, you write about your favorite topic and if you have some passion you get enough people to read your blog and hopefully click on the ads that are in your blog pages.
What ads ?
Most people have ads on their blogs (just look on the top and right side), so they can make a little money to support their passion which is writing about their favorite topic. Some people make decent money because they attract a big audience and a lot more people get to click on the ads.
How do you get money from ads ?
Well when people click on the ads the click is counted automatically from your ad provider and it is translated into a few cents (or a few bucks depending on the topic). When you reach a certain amount you can collect the money.
How do I get ads on my site ?
The most well know ad provider is google with their adsense program. This is a PPC (pay per click) program that means that you get paid only if someone clicks on your ads. They have wizards to help you setup the ads and give you instructions on how to include them on your pages, so it has become pretty easy to set up a blog to display ads.
Conclusion
So to round this up, find a topic, get a blog, and register with an ad provider. Chances are that you already have some sort of account with Google, probably gmail so just go to adsense and setup up your publisher's account. Then go to blogger (same as blogspot - part of the google services) and setup your blog. If you get into trouble post a comment here and I will try to help on the technical aspects.
