Profitability of Blogs and Web Videos

With billions of people flocking to the Internet for shopping, news, entertainment and communication, users have taken to the Web at an incredibly fast pace. This technological revolution has changed the way people work as well. Many Internet users have found ways to make money with their websites and create businesses of their own.

Making money with blogs and web videos

Websites who are successful have been creating a slew of great content that compels readers to come back every time they update their site. This type of content is valuable and useful to the reader of the site. It can be easily shared and distributed amongst a network of friends, family members and colleagues.

Readers of these successful websites tend to consume useful and entertaining content on a regular basis. By giving content away for free, the owner of the website is building an audience who digests and expects more content in the future. There is a relationship between the content consumer and the content creator that is strong and secure. This can quickly turn into a string of revenue if the website owner knows what to do.

Successful websites that begin collecting revenue tend to have advertisements on their site. They will also try to use affiliate links. The website owners may recommend specific services or products to their audience. When the reader buys the product, the website owner will receive a cut of the profits.

Website owners who monetize their business will also create their own products and services for their audience. Since the readers already know and trust the website owner, they are more likely to buy from them.

Making a sustainable business

Bloggers and website owners who make their living this way plan their strategy carefully. Creating a balance between free content and paid content, they give back to their readers generously before asking them to buy a product or service.

These creators pursue partnerships with businesses, and businesses ask to partner with them as well. From large to small corporations, the website owner takes their relationships with companies seriously. They tend to partner with companies their readers will like.

Website and blog owners who are successful will also go on to sell books, membership sites and high-end services. They may also be featured in blogs, magazine and television shows.

Websites that create revenue

With this business model, many websites have found a way to make the projects they’re passionate about into a lucrative company. Here are a couple of websites that made their hobbies into a business.

The blog “Oh Joy!” has made its own success with partnerships and products that celebrate color and artistry. Joy Cho is a graphic designer, author and blogger, and posts free content regularly on her blog and video channel.

Collaborating with companies, she creates products, recipes and party ideas for them. She sells items like bowls, serving plates and cake platters for celebrations. She has also written the books, “Blog, Inc.” and “Creative, Inc.”

Pemberley Digital is a digital media company. It produces popular web video series on their website like “Emma Approved” and “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.” Allowing the videos to be free online, these videos have gained an incredible amount of attention from their avid fan bases.

Now both of these web series shows are featured on larger sites where fans can buy episodes of the series whenever they want. Pemberley Digital also gains money by selling merchandise affiliated with their web shows.