Top 10 methods to earn extra income in advertising

The most efficient way of earning extra pocket money is through the advertising field. Especially with the economical impact due to COVID-19, extra income became extremely helpful. Majority of the companies are willing to pay for advertisements in order to increase traffic and recognition for their brands or products. It can be done in two ways, either online or offline. Long story short, here’s few of the legitimate ways to earn cash through advertising. 

How to earn money through digital marketing?

The key to earn money in digital marketing is to attract the audiences to the posted advertisement by building a rapport and trust with them. It will take time and there are several ways of doing it. 

1. Runs a blog or website 

It can be one of the most profitable ways of earning extra income through managing a blog or website as long as it attracts sufficient required traffic. It is definitely time consuming and the results won’t show unless time and effort has been put in it. There are advertising networks companies that specialize in connecting advertisers and consumers together. However, there are requirements to be fulfilled when it comes to advertising networks, mainly based on the website’s traffic it has. Here’s a few of the recommended advertising networks. 

Advertisements network	Overview
Google Adsense	– No traffic requirements- Less earning compared to other ad networks- It might not be beneficial for beginners, users can focus on website growth until it meets the requirements for other ad networks.
Monumetric	– Require min 10,000 monthly page views- Set up fee is USD 99
Mediavine	– Require min 30,000 monthly page views- Good income
Adthrive	– Require 100,000 monthly page views with the majority from the United States. – Better income

What is a sponsored post?

People that are interested in earning extra income can consider creating and uploading sponsored posts in their personal blog or website. You’ll get paid by the companies for the content in the sponsored post mainly about specific product’s information or service of the advertiser. It can earn at least $250 for a single post by having a larger audience. However, it is not advisable for new bloggers as those merchants will only approach bloggers with a large amount of audience. 

2. Affiliate marketing 

It involves promoting certain products or services of merchants, in return a commission will be given for every sale you made. It is a form of passive income and affiliate marketers can advertise the products on whichever channel they see fit such as social network, digital billboards or via search engine with content marketing on a blog. It’s not an easy task but once it has built up, it will be major. It requires strategic actions and planning for it to work, beginners can learn more about it through online workshops, especially those who are already dominating this field. 

3. Advertise on social media platforms 

Facebook:

Everyone is familiar with facebook, it is one of the largest social media platforms in recent years. Users are able to make extra money in 2 ways. 

• Get paid to advertise on facebook for other companies 
• Earn money with own business by posting facebook ads 

The first option is rarely considered by merchants these days since facebook has developed its own advertisement option for its users. As for the second way, merchants are able to build their own facebook page and use facebook ads to target specific or potential consumers on the platform. It will cost the advertiser for advertising fees but it was a good investment of money as it attracts more customers, hence more business opportunity. 

Instagram:

This mainly works for those who are already an influencer or have thousands of followers on this platform. It is often noted that celebrities, artists or influencers use this platform with collaboration of merchants to promote their products or services. In return, they will get paid as a form of advertisement investment or expenses from the company.  For examples, it is reported that Kylie Jenner earns up to 1.27 million for each advertisement post. 

Pinterest:

The platform offers users to earn money through sponsored pins. It works similarly as the search engine marketing. The higher the number of clicks on the post, the higher the number of views, the higher the commission earned. Just remember to follow the platform rules and regulations before posting!

Youtube: 

It is lucrative to do advertisements on Youtube especially when you have gained enough subscribers to your channel. There are several ways of doing it. For examples:

• Includes affiliate links in the video description for products you promoted in the relative video 
• Get paid with posting advertisements at your video

• Create sponsored videos where the company pays you for the promoting videos. 

However, there are certain requirements to reach on the platform before you can see the money. Youtubers need to have a min of 4000 view hours with at least 1000 subscribers over the past 12 months before they can get paid by Youtube. For more information,  please look into Youtube ads before deciding to post a promotional video on Youtube. 

4. Apps that pay users for advertisement 

It is the easier way of earning extra income. Many apps pay the users when they refer to their friends and family to register the app. Merchants or companies often use the referral payment method to ensure a win-win situation for both the users and the company. For examples, when you sign up for Swaybucks with valid email verification, you will receive a $5 sign up bonus. You will then be able to access a special referral link in your account menu or email. For every person that clicks on your link, you will get approximately $3 and 10% of their subsequent referral earnings.

5. Freelance as an ad specialist 

Majority of the companies are still new to digital marketing. Those companies are willing to pay for the advertisement services if you know the different ways of digital marketing, how to perform and monitor and the ability to advise companies on what’s the best for them. Website like Freelancer is an ideal place to promote your own services or others who have advertising needs for their products or services. 

6. Earn money with offline advertising: 

There are several methods on earning extra bucks with offline advertisements. It is definitely less passive than online marketing. Offline advertisers generally paid with an upfront payment for the advertisement services rather than based on the traffic. 
Earn money via car advertising 

It has been around for years now and it’s easier when you have your own vehicle. Car advertisers will get paid by companies through sticking advertising stickers on the car and driving around. This is to attract potential customers upon seeing the ads. A famous company that pays for car advertisement is Wrapify. This company acts as a middleman to connect merchants to advertisers. A lot of companies hired Wrapify to distribute the car advertising wraps on their behalf. 

Money earned varies from company to company. For example, a car advertiser can get $450 by having one of the ads wrapped on the car. 

7. Earn money via clothing advertisement 

This is advisable when the advertisers have attained fame or high numbers of followers in their daily life. Many companies are willing to pay for people like that for wearing the company or brand’s clothes and having a photo taken while wearing it. Sometimes, the company will also require the selected advertiser to share the photo in their social media platforms. Cracked is a platform that often holds contests to give prizes to best photos taken with one of their shirts. 

Interested advertisers can also provide this service on platforms such as Fiverr to earn another few extra bucks. 

8. Advertise with body tattoos 

This is quite an extreme way to do it as tattoos are permanent. However, it could still be considered as one of the ways to earn extra money. The payment varies with company and the advertiser’s will. For example, a cigarette company offers $1500 to those who tattooed the company’s logo on any parts of the body. A lady has also auctioned her forehead space for $10,000 to advertise for a casino. Make sure you get the desired amount of money if you’re doing this! 

9. Advertise through hosting an event 

It works when you are in the business of hosting events or large conferences. Companies are  willing to pay a large amount of money to have their brand or name displayed in the event. They will pay on all sorts of advertisement services in the event such as freebies giving, displaying the company’s logo, adding sponsored merchants to the event booklets and many more. It can be extremely profitable if the event is big enough, sponsored companies will easily pay in excess of $10,000 as the advertisement fee. However, it requires a lot of work especially the logistic part. 

10. Earn money via house marketing 

There are few requirements to be fulfilled if you are interested, which are:

• Must be your own house (no rentals given) 
• Allow the company to paint the entire exterior front of your house except the roof and windows. 
• 3 months period is needed to display the ads through your house, it can be extended up to one year depending on the collaborated company 
• The company will pay you to repaint the house at the end of the agreement 

This is quite an easy way to earn a few thousands of dollars if you do not mind hosting a bit of an eyesore for a while.