Add Affiliate Advertising to your Blog

On your dashboard, you'll see a number of options, as well as some useful information.

If you have multiple blogs, this is an easy place to see when each of them were last updated (frequent updates are pleasing to the search engines).  Clicking on the "Stats" link will show you how many visitors you've had, what posts they're viewing, and from where they came.  Exploring your "Traffic Sources" will give you an idea of the keywords people are entering to find your blog.  Since you're trying to maximize traffic by improving your rankings, you may benefit from using these keywords as ideas for future posts.  This is known as leveraging your strengths, and taking advantage of those areas where you're already doing well.

Once you begin getting a decent amount of traffic, consider adding Affiliate Advertising to your blog.  Blogspot will show only three AdSense blocks per page, so you can increase your revenue stream by placing other ads on your blog.  Now I'll be honest and tell you I have no idea where Google stands on this issue.  They may not like you showing competing ads, and destroy your blog (and months of hard work).  But if you want to try it, it's so easy to do.  Among the gadgets you can place on your blog is one that lets you use HTML and Java.  The links and linked images that advertisers use are written in both HTML and Java, and this is the way you'll fit more ads on your blog and get more ad revenue.

Joining an affiliate network is an easy way to find advertisers.  Sites like Associate Programs and Affiliate Tips can show you where to find hundreds of advertisers too.  If you have a high quality blog about a specific topic, you will often find advertisers whose products are closely related to that topic, and they'll be eager to advertise on your blog.