Making Money From Your Website: Models For Success
In this bonus sidebar we didn’t have space to print, Jane Friedman offers up concrete examples of authors succeeding by putting the various revenue models into action.
In her comprehensive article “8 Ways to Make Money From Your Website” in the November/December 2016 Writer’s Digest, digital media consultant Jane Friedman offers up eight detailed strategies, with advice for each: 1) Reader support, 2) Affiliate marketing, 3) Advertising and sponsorships, 4) Native advertising, 5) Digital product sales, 6) Consulting or coaching, 7) Online courses, 8) Digital subscriptions.
In this bonus sidebar we didn’t have space to print, she offers up concrete examples of authors succeeding by putting the various revenue models into action.
- Kristine Rusch kristinekathrynrusch.com
donations - The Book Designer thebookdesigner.com
online courses, digital product sales, consulting - ProBlogger problogger.net
digital product sales - Writer Unboxed writerunboxed.com
advertising, donations - Farnam Street farnamstreetblog.com
sponsorship - Brain Pickings brainpickings.org
donations and affiliate marketing - The Creative Penn podcast patreon.com/thecreativepenn
recurring donations - Jeff Goins goinswriter.com/resources
affiliate marketing - Amy Lynn Andrews amylynnandrews.com
affiliate marketing, digital product sales,
online courses - James Altucher jamesaltucher.com
digital subscriptions, digital product sales
To read the full tutorial about how to make the most of these strategies, download the November/December 2016 Writer’s Digest now or find it at your favorite library or newsstand.
Jane Friedman is a full-time entrepreneur (since 2014) and has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. She is the co-founder of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and is the former publisher of Writer’s Digest. In addition to being a columnist with Publishers Weekly and a professor with The Great Courses, Jane maintains an award-winning blog for writers at JaneFriedman.com. Jane’s newest book is The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press, 2018).