Making Money with WordPress: Easy-Peasy Lemon Squeezy

Exploring the Various Strategies and Tools to Monetize Your WordPress Website or Blog

Cameron Eittreim
6 min readMar 13, 2023
Photo by Justin Morgan on Unsplash

WordPress has come a long way since its launch in 2003. It’s no longer just a blogging platform but a full-fledged content management system that can power any kind of website. Today, WordPress powers over 40% of all websites on the internet. This popularity has opened up a world of opportunities for those looking to make money online. In this article, we will explore various strategies and tools to monetize your WordPress website or blog.

Display Advertising

Display advertising is one of the most popular ways to monetize a website. It involves placing ads on your website, and you earn money every time a user clicks on an ad or sees it (impression). Google AdSense is the most popular ad network for display advertising. It’s easy to set up and offers a wide range of ad formats, including text, image, and video ads. AdSense also uses an auction-based system to ensure that you get the best rates for your ad inventory.

To get started with AdSense, you need to sign up for an account and paste the ad code on your website. AdSense will then start serving ads on your site, and you’ll start earning money. The amount you earn will…

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Cameron Eittreim

Podcast host, traveler, published author. Editor of MindProse. Contact at arkietraveler.com