Though I am far from rolling in the dough and becoming a six-figure incoming blogger, I have managed to squeeze some dollars out of Pulpconnection through advertising and affiliate programs. Here’s my list with short rundowns.

Google AdSense. After years of displaying Google ads, I finally got $100 minimum to warrant a check. While I do play around with locations of ads, I don’t really track trends coinciding ad locations with earnings. I mostly set Google Ads on cruise control and get what I can get.

Amazon Affiliate. The Amazon Affiliate program has a lot of money making potential… if you have Amazon shoppers visit your site. As an affiliate, you make money when someone buys an Amazon item you promoted. If you promote expensive items, then you can rack up earnings quickly. Amazon earning are not consistent like Google AdSense and come in spurts. The more items you sell, the higher your return referral fee. Currently, I’m still at the starting 4% referral rate, closing in on enough sales to get 6%.

In total, I’ve made $160 as an Amazon Affiliate with popular sales going to the Zojirushi EC-DAC50 Zutto 5-Cup Drip Coffeemaker and the Sennheiser MX75 Twist-To-Fit In-Ear Stereo Sport Headphones.

Linkshare. Linkshare is the service handling affiliates for iTunes. I’m a member of iTunes and Footlocker, but there are many other programs (aka vendors and companies) you can apply for. I’ve sold over 100 items through Linkshare, all via iTunes sales. But do the math. At a buck a song, 5% commission on 100 songs doesn’t equate to much as seen in my Linkshare checks.

Text Link Ads. My newest money maker is Text Link Ads which took some time to get membership in. I had heard of TLA awhile back, submitted for a publisher account, and actually forgot about it. To be a TLA member, your blog needs a high enough rating on Alexa and somewhere along the way Pulpconnection met the criteria. Now, TLA could be the most consistent revenue generator with projected monthly earnings around $28.

So there you have it – how I’m on my way to financial independence due to blogging. 😉 Yeah, I’ll take whatever I can get, and it’s been a long road just to get to this point. Maybe one day, my earnings can actually cover all my Internet hosting bills. Until then, keep clicking those Google Ads, buy stuff from Amazon and iTunes, and check out my TLA ads in the Sponsors sidebar.