There does seem to be a lot of websites that are more ads than content. Perhaps there is a strategy to drive tons of traffic to such sites for the ad impressions, but I wouldn't think there would be many visitors that would click through their ads. Even if there is a successful strategy to do this, it just isn't something I would be interested in doing.

You will not find much information on my site on how to monetize your blog. It's just not something that I focus on, but there are some regular commenters that do. I would suggest checking out Keller Hawthorne's blog, FresheVenture.com.

Hope this helps.

Brad

I did sent this on to my church leaders (who also happen to be my husband and our really good friend).

I'm kind of in this dilemma now. I love to write. I've written all my life. And many people have told me that I should write (during the two decades I stopped writing as a profession). So I started blogging partly as a ministry to parents of special needs children. The birth of our middle son thrust us into this community, that is quite frankly filled with a lot of hopelessness.

So the more I learned about blogging, the more I felt led to improve my blog and platform (which costs money). I don't feel the call to make a lot of money or even to add financially to the household income. I do feel called not to burden the household income with my ministry. I also desire to enrich my children. My children are very gifted. And while we belong to a very good school district, the school district does not subscribe to the idea of Gifted and Talented programs. The school continues to invite us to pay for outside enrichment (while not giving our children credit for their achievements “because you can afford to pay for it while other parents cannot.” But this is an whole different rant.)

In some ways, I feel enhancing my children is building them up to glorify God. Before the birth of my oldest, I've felt he's called to a global ministry. Since a very young age he's been interested in the world and has traveled to Australia, China and Hong Kong as a teenager. He'd like to go to Spain next. I'd like to help him raise the money. My daughter is a talented artist. My other son is incredibly creative and sensitive to the Spirit.

So, ministry, covering the expenses of providing a quality blog and a little extra to enhance the education of my children…these are really my only goals. (Of course, if God wants to bless me beyond, I'd love to have floor to ceiling bookshelves built in the basement to house all our books).

I'm trying to figure out how to do this “tastefully.” I personally hate going to blogs where all their sales are up front and the content is very hard to find.

This is why I'm on your site reading through your posts and why I'm on Martin's site reading through his blogs.

Thanks,
Corrie