How to Monetize a Newsworthy Content Site

One of the best ways of making money online is through newsworthy content sites. All it takes is choosing a topic, creating a website around it, and then marketing the site to a specific niche market which would be interested in that particular topic. As long as your topic is popular, you will soon see money starting to come in.

So how do you get started with building a newsworthy content site? First, you need to select a perennially popular subject. Carry out some research on the internet. Check different keyword subjects and find out the number of searches each received in recent weeks.

By focusing on these keywords, you can come up with a great domain name. Once you pay for the domain name and hosting, you can then begin creating your website. Since people will be looking for information, make sure you write great and relevant content covering all aspects of your subject.

There are several ways of monetizing the website, and thus making a profit from it. The Google AdSense program allows you to place targeted ads on your web pages. When someone clicks these ads and buys a product, you are paid a commission. You could also join one of the major affiliate programs such as Commission Junction and ClickBank. Affiliate programs pay you a commission for promoting and selling their products to your target audience.

You could also consider creating an email newsletter which people sign up to receive. On your homepage, invite people your audience to sign up for the newsletter. You could offer a free report or eBook to encourage them to do that. Once you have built up a significant list of subscribers, you can then start using your newsletter for offering useful information and articles, as well as promoting your commission-based products.

Once your site has been launched, make sure you work at developing it, adding more content and sections as necessary. Building newsworthy content sites can be a great way of making money online, as long as you choose topics and niches that will attract customers and visitors.

12 comments

Aanchal says:

Nov 9, 2011

It always better to create a good site with informative and interesting content so that your audience like it, only after this you can start making some money. If you visitors are not sticking on your site then you can’t earn money. So it’s necessary to wrtie user friendly content and site.

Thiru says:

Nov 10, 2011

Well said zubin, selecting the right niche is the place where everyone failed to earn money. Do select the topic you passion about to make contents, it will bring us quick money by the ways you suggested . Great reading.

Jeanie@Facebook Templates says:

Yes, of course, first of all we should establish a reputation as owners of a top-quality, interesting and informative website, and only in some time we’ll have an opportunity o make money on it.

Pete Goumas says:

Hi Zubin,
Nice tutorial.You well explained how to monetize a newsworthy content site.This post is especially helpful for those who are new in this field.Thanks for sharing!

Sharon Sayson says:

Nov 11, 2011

This is somewhat a wonderful information.it is very useful in creating quality content to your blog.

isabella says:

Thank you for this wonderful advice! Learned a couple of things!

kingsley says:

I agree, in my opinion With Good SEO, you’ll get good traffic and make really cool money online by displaying ads and lots more. traffic is very vital to internet wealth.

ZK@Web Marketing Tips says:

Nov 13, 2011

Thanks people for all the responses …I hope your sites have got a good ranking after the recent PR update

Steve@Internet Lifestyle says:

Nov 14, 2011

Zubin,

Also I would think that doing a lot of Press Releases would be a huge benefit to getting those newsworthy sites/posts linked and trafficed.

Ptctrusted says:

Blogging can combine very well with affiliate marketing and clickbank as you said to your post the key is to provide to your visitors very quality content and you will see that products will convert.Nice tips here Admin,keep up

Tessa says:

Nov 18, 2011

It is important to select the profitable niche which helps to earn money through affiliates. Next contents are very important to make your visitors to but your product.