Bursaries (A – Z) : LEARNERSHIPS 2018-2019 Latest Available SA Learnerships

 

Bursaries (A – Z) : LEARNERSHIPS 2018-2019 Latest Available SA Learnerships

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Amathuba Learnerships

Amathuba Learnership is a learnership programme that offered by Old Mutual. Old Mutual is a company that concerns in investment, saving, assurance, asset management, banking as well as property. This learnership targets people with Grade 12 without any experiences. Go to this page for application detail and check available learnerships.

Anglo American Learnerships

Anglo American Learnership, also called as Anglo Platinum Learnership is a learnership programme that offered by Anglo American Platinum, one of The World’s Largest Mining Companies. For further information regarding this learnership programme, click here.

ArcelorMittal Learnerships

ArcelorMittal Learnership is a learnership programme that presented by ArcelorMittal, a metal company based on South Africa. This learnership targets Youth South Africans who have completed a Grade 12. For more information regarding to Mittal Learnerships, please visit this webpage click here..

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Barloworld Learnerships

Barloworld Learnership is a learnership programme that offered by Barloworld. Barloworld is a distributor of major international brands, the integrated rental, fleet management, product support as well as logistic solutions. The brands represent of Barloworld are Caterpillar Hyster, Ford, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, General Motors, Volkswagen, Toyota, Avis, Audi, Massey Ferguson and others. More information, visit this page click here..

BHP Billiton Learnerships

BHP Billiton Learnerships are designed to develop an artisan. The artisan can be specialized in any fields, such as Electricians, Auto Electricians, Fitters, Instrumentation Technicians, Diesel Mechanics and Boilermakers. Usually, this learnership requires people with N3 Technical or a Grade 12 or Matric with Maths and Science. To check available BHP Billiton career opportunities, click here.

BMW Learnerships

BMW is one of the most automotive popular brands in the world. BMW Learnership Programme is conducted by the BMW Technical Training Department. Applicants must have Grade 12 or Standard 10 with Math and Science, at least 50% (higher will be an added advantage). Learnership duration takes up to 3 year to develop a high quality artisan for BMW.

Bytes Technology Learnerships

Bytes Technology combines learning process and practical in the workplace for it’s learnership programme. Bytes Technology Learnership is available in many fields such as contact centre, information technology, business and management. Duration of this learnership is about 12 months.

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Capitec Learnerships

Capitec Learnership is designed for South African who want to get working experiences in Banking. Capitec Learnership is one of the most popular banking learnerships in South Africa. For further information about Capitec Learnership and available job opportunities, make a SMS CALL to 33004.

CETA Learnerships

CETA Learnership is presented by Construction Education and Training Authority’s. As stated in CETA’s official website, there is no cost or absolutely free to apply CETA Learnership. So, please be aware for people who’re asking you to pay some registration fees when applying for CETA Learnership. For valid information, you can make corresponces to CETA’s Head Office on: 011 265 5906/073 369 3552. Or simply send an e-mail to: [email protected] (Tlalane Tshetlo) or [email protected] 

Chieta Learnerships

Chieta Learnership is interested learnership programme from Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority. Chieta is a public corporation according to the Skills Development Act (1998). The chemical SETA (Chieta) is developing to enhance people skills in the field of chemical and to ensure that skill needs are identified and addressed by a number of initiatives by The SETA’s sector.

Coca Cola Learnerships

As the largest Coca Cola market in Africa, Coca Cola South Africa is always performing the best products and services in this country. Coca Cola Learnership becomes one of the steps to keep its vision to gives benefit and refresh the people of South Africa.

Correctional Services Learnership

This one is very special for us. That’s why we choose this learnership as our domain name. Correctional Services Learnership is the leading and most favourite learnership programme for South Africans. The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) offers this programme every year. DSC maybe offers Correctional Services Learnership for 2016. This page click here. will help you. Also, like our facebook page to get updates!

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De Beers Learnerships

De Beers is a diamond company in the world. They are operating this company in Worldwide, Canada, and South Africa. Limpopo Province is its center in South Africa. De Beers Learnership is one of the company responsibilty programmes to helps South African getting learning and workplace experiences. Besides learnerships, De Beers is frequently offering vacancies that published at their official website.

Denel Learnerships

Denel Technical Academy has a good performance in providing apprentice training. Denel Learnerships and Courses are approved and accredited by the Transport Education and Training Authority (TETA), the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) and the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Training Authority (merSETA).

Department of Education Learnership

Department of Education, South Africa consists of two departments. There are Department of Basic Education (www.education.gov.za) and Department of Higher Education and Training (www.dhet.gov.za). These department official websites were rarely updating with latest vacancies and learnerships. When career opportunities available at these departments, usually they published through DPSA website.

Department of Health Learnership

Nursing Learnerships may be offered by The Department of Health in Provincial Administration: Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northen Cape, KZN, North West, Limpopo, Free State and Mpumalanga. It looks like Department of Education, this department’s official website looks like outdated in updating their career page.

Department of Labour Learnerships

Department of Labour is frequently offering learnerships for unemployed people. Here are six steps to make you successfully in applying Department of Labour Learnerships. First of all, you need to decide what skills you want, second, register yourself as a work-seeker, then find employers that offer learnerships, fourth arrange your own CV, fifth prepare for an interview, and the last, always keep your details updated.

Department of Public Works Learnership

The official website of Department of Public Works (Head Office) doesn’t have career or vacancies page. We found learnership information at Limpopo Department of Public Works. If you’re unemployed, or feel as disadvantage people or even people with disabilities, then you need to join Department of Public Works Learnership at Limpopo Provincial Government.

Department of Social Development Learnership

Social Development Learnership is suitable for people with high social responsibility. Department of Social Development official website doesn’t give us enough information regarding Social Development Learnership. You need to stay update information of government learnerships through DPSA official website. Or find contact detail click here..

Department of Agriculture Learnerships

Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) offers DAFF Youth through Junior LandCare Programme. This programme designed to empower South African Youth especially disadvantaged youth in rural areas. Junior LandCare Programme concerns in youth unemployment issues, skills development, school nutrition and other environmental education.

DHL Learnership

DHL is one of the world’s leading companies in logistics, express services, freight transportaion and supply chain. DHL South Africa offers career opportunities at different levels. For students, usually they provides DHL internships.

Discovery Learnerships'

Discovery Learnerships give South Africans choice their field. The learnerships have some fields such as nursery, administrator, contact centre, wealth management and insurance. You can choose the field you want as well as suitable with your background. click here. for more information.

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Edcon Learnership

Edcon Learnership launched about 1,000 learnerships in 2007. About eight years ago. And now, this retail company is looking quite stopped its learnership programme. We hope it’s just a temporary and Edcon will comebacks with good news for Youth South Africans immediately.

Engen Learnerships

Engen is operating its petroleum business and related products in South Africa. This company is offering jobs in many fields and we don’t hear that Engen was offering Engen Learnership. However, we can always checking temporary on it’s career web page click here..

Eskom Learnerships

About 93% South Africa’s Electricity comes from this company. So, career in Eskom becomes a prestigious achievement for South Africans. Both Eskom Vacancies and Eskom Learnerships always have many enthusiasts. Eskom offers learnerships in Kriel Power Station, Duvha Power Station, Eskom Real Estate and various business units. Most of Eskom Learnerships require Grade 12, N2, or N3 qualifications. click here. for further information.

Exxaro Learnerships

Exxaro is one of the largest South Africa Coal Companies. In 2013, Exxaro invested about 6.8% of salaries and wages for Exxaro Training. This training targeted about 800 youth South Africans. Over 80% of them were historically disadvantaged South Africans (HDSAs). This training consists of Exxaro learnerships, internships, bursaries and various skills programmes.

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Fasset Learnerships

Fasset is the Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority. Fasset collects learnerships from any finance and accounting organizations. Here are some learnership providers in these fields, Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Chartered Secretaries – Southern Africa (CSSA), Institute of Administration and Commerce (IAC), Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Milpark, South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA), South African Institute of Stockbrokers (SAIS), South African Institute of Tax Professionals (SAIT) and Fasset itself. More information related Fasset or Accounting Learnerships.click here.

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Gijima Learnerships

Gijima is the leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company in South Africa. Gijima offers IT learnerships called as Information Technology Business Learnership Programme (ITBLP). This learnership has some choosen fields related to ICT such as Programming in Java/Microsoft.Net/Cobol, Mainframe, Databases (Oracle), ICT Networking and Security. The length of programme is about 24 months combines both theory and workplace.

Gold Fields Learnerships

Gold Fields. Everyone like gold. This company has a “gold” business. Gold Fields is operating gold mining in South Africa. Gold Fields was offering latest learnerships in 2017. According to their official website, they don’t have learnership programme in 2018. We hope Gold Fields will open their learnership programme, next years.

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Home Affairs Learnership

Department of Home Affairs South Africa is looking for potential individuals to join their leadership programme through Home Affairs Vacancies. How about the learnerships? Department of Home Affairs offers a graduate learnership programme to people with a 3 year National Diploma or Degree or an equivalent NQF Level 7. This programme takes about 18 months in duration. Successful candidates will receive up to R5000 of stipend per month. For more information, please visit Dept of Home Affairs official website (www.dha.gov.za).

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IBM Learnerships

IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company. IBM is offering career opportunities for South Africans through IBM Vacancies. So far, IBM doesn’t offer IBM Learnerships for South Africans. This company might be not familiar about this local name. But, as a big company usually it has a training programme.

Implats Learnerships (Impala Platinum Learnerships)

Impala Platinum (Implats) supplies about 22% of platinum products in the world. This number shows that this company is one of leading platinum company. Implats has corporate responsibilities. One of them is through Implats Learnerships. Implats Learnerships systems is a response to the call of the Deputy President to increase skills and also to tackle poverty alleviation through education.

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Kelly Learnership

Kelly is a leading in employees recruitment in South Africa. Even, Letsema Learnership and Kuyasa Learnership 2016 are using Kelly as their partner in recruitments. Kelly itself doesn’t offer any learnerships. This company is just a recruitment agency.

Kuyasa Learnership

Kuyasa Learnership is one of Bankseta Learnership besides Letsema Learnership. Kuyasa Learnership 2016 offers one year learnership programme for South Africans. This learnership gives R4 250 of monthly stipend. Application for Kuyasa Learnership 2016 is closed at 28 August 2015. Then, the next opportunities maybe available later. click here. for more information.

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Lancet Learnership

Lancet Laboratories is one of the leading pathology laboratories in South Africa and some Africa countries such as Botswana, Swaziland, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. You can join as a part of Lancet by applying its learnership or intership programme.

Letsema Learnership

Letsema Learnership is a learnership programme funded by Bankseta. This programme designed for unemployee South Africans. Successful candidates will be trained in about 12 months learnership with monthly stipend. Application for Letsema Learnership 2016 is closed at 28 August 2015.

Liberty Learnership

Liberty is growing as a financial service, insurance, and health products company in South Africa. This company has a special career programme called as Young Talent @Liberty. This programme targets young people to reach their education goals through bursaries or scholarships. For more information regarding to Liberty Learnership, please visit this page click here..

Lonmin Learnerships

Lonmin was frequently offering learnerships in engineering fields. Lonmin Learnerships require candidates with Grade 12, NQF Level 4 or N2 qualifications. For more information, please visit This Page click here..

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Metro Police Learnership

Metro Police Learnerships can be offered by any Metropolitan Police Offices in South Africa. For example, The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), Durban Metro Police, The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD), and Ekurhuleni Metro Police. You can visit this page for more information regarding Metro Police Learnership.

Microsoft Learnerships

Microsoft works closely with MICT SETA for training programme through learnerships and internships. This programme provides Microsoft Certification training for South Africa students. For more information regarding Microsoft Learnerships and Internships, simply visit this page.

Momentum Learnerships

Momentum helps families by providing financial advices, products and services. If you have a dream to get workplace experiences in Momentum, this company offers Graduate Development Programme (GDP) through learnership opportunities. This program runs in collaboration with INSETA and provides learnerships some fields such as finance, information technology and investment. Visit this page for more information.

Mondi Learnerships

Mondi is one of the world leading paper companies employing around 25,000 workers in over 30 countries. Working in Mondi, even if only through learnership programme, is a prestigious for every young person. You can apply Mondi Learnership by checking the further information click here..

MQA Learnerships

Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) is providing services to improve and ensure health, safety, increase productivity in mining industry. If you want to be a part of MQA. This authority may offers Non-Artisan Learnerships for people with disabilities. For more information regarding MQA Learnerships, simply visit this page.

MTN Learnerships

MTN South Africa is one of the leading GSM Cellular Operator in South Africa. Working in MTN becomes a favourite career for some people in South Africa. For youth between 18-35 years, MTN Learnership is one of their learnership list to applying for. For more information about learnerships or jobs in MTN, simply read detail here: MTN.

Multichoice Learnerships

Multichoice Learnerships are education and training about the connection between structured learning (theory) and work experience (practice) to obtain a qualification that is registered on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). For more information regarding career opportunities in Multichoice, visit this page click here..

Murray and Roberts Learnership

Murray and Roberts is about engineering, design, construction, and project management. Murray and Roberts offers 12 month graduate development programme to achieve a comprehensive and varied career in a world-class organization. If you are a South African citizen or permanent resident with B Eng, BSc and B Tech, then visit this page to join the programme.

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Nampak Learnerships

Nampak is a packaging company in South Africa. Nampak offers high number of careers for South Africans. Graduate Development Programme from Nampak offers a programme like learnerships and bursaries for young candidates. You can check available career positions at Nampak here.

NYDA Learnerships

NYDA or National Youth Development Agency is an established agency to offers challenges for South Africans. NYDA helps South Africans in getting chances and access to further educations or career opportunities. NYDA promotes and give us information regarding available learnerships and bursaries through it’s official website. For more information of available opportunities, simplyclick here.

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Rand Water Learnerships

This year, Rand Water offers about 244 learnership posts for unemployed. The requirements are Grade 12 with Math, under 35 years, and must be an unemployed person. Rand Water gives good monthly stipend start from R6 500 up to R8 500/month. Currently, Rand Water is offering War on Leaks Training to 15 000 youth. This programme will train youth people to be plumbers and artisans. For more information, visit this page.

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SAB Learnerships

South African Breweries (SAB) offers Youth Development Programme for unemployed. This programme consists of learnerships/in-service training or internships and bursaries. SAB is in partnership with FOODBEV SETA to ensure that all SAB’s learning programme adhere with the Skills Development Strategy within FOODBEV SETA sector. To see available SAB learnerships and bursaries, please refer to this link.

SABC Learnerships

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) offers learnerships and internships in broadcast engineering, radio production, television operations and other media and broadcast related qualifications. To apply SABC learnerships and internships, you need to contact Refilwe Kgamedi via this email address: [email protected]. Or click here for more information.

Samancor Learnership

Samancor Chrome is a privately company that has recently been a change in ownership: the former shareholders BHP Billiton (owns 60%) and Anglo American (owned 40%) sold the company to Kermas group in June 2005. According to the Samancor official website, there are available career opportunities through on-the-job development and learning (learnerships) as well as bursaries. Check this page for more information about the opportunities.

Sandvik Learnerships

Every year, Sandvik offers apprenticeship programme and learnerships. This programme budget amounts to about R20 million per year. Sandvik has formed a partnership with Merseta to conduct this training programme. The programme consists of the following trades: millwrights, earthmoving equipment mechanics, auto electricians, electricians and fitter. This review will helps you to learn more about Sandvik Learnerships.

Sappi Learnerships

Sappi is a company that concerns with paper and wood products. You can find your ideal job at Sappi through Sappi Learnerships. Sappi offers learnerships in the areas of process trainees and repairman. To apply Sappi Learnerships and further information, you can contact Lebogang Shabangu at Tel: +27 (0)11 407 8527 or email: [email protected]

Sapref Learnership

Sapref Oil Refinery offers skills development programme for South African through Sapref learnerships and bursaries. Applicants for Sapref learnership must be Grade 10, 11, or 12. Each learners (successful applicants) will receives R5000 to support them. To apply and further information regarding to Sapref development programme, you can ask to Cindy Govender, Communications Manager SAPREF at Tel: 031 480 1303 or 082 885 2909 or email: [email protected]

SAPS Learnership

The South African Police Service (SAPS) offers SAPS Learnership and Basic Police Development Learning Programme (BPDLP). Applicants must be between 18 and 35 years and must have Grade 12 certificate. For more information about SAPS careers, please refers to this page.

SAQA Learnership

South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) is an entity as a part of Department of Higher Education and Training, South Africa. SAQA collected and published information of any learnerships by SETAs. For further information on collected learnerships by SAQA, can be found here.

SARS Learnership

South African Revenue Service (SARS) offers learnership programme to students in Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges, unemployed graduates as well as matriculants. Some fields offered by SARS are forensic accounting, internal auditing, human resources and security studies. To check available SARS Learnership, you can visit this page.

Sasol Learnerships

Sasol offers learnership programme and career opportunities to South Africans. Some fields available in Sasol Learnerships are Chemical Plant Operations, Instrumentation and Control, Electrical operations, Fitting, Turning, Boilermaking, Welding and Rigging. To apply Sasol Mining Learnerships, you need to have Grade 12 or N3 certificate. This reference will helps you in applying Sasol Learnerships.

SASSA Learnership

South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is South Africa national agency to ensure the provision of comprehensive social security services against vulnerability and poverty. SASSA is under the Department of Social Development, RSA. For more information about available SASSA Learnerships and career opportunities, you can visit this link click here..

SETA Learnerships

Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) is a vocational skills training organization in South Africa. Some of SETAs Learnerships may be offered by the parts of SETAs such as Sasseta, Merseta, Services SETA, Agriseta, INSETA, LGSETA, W&R SETA, FP&M SETA, HWSETA, EWSETA, MICTSETA, CETA, MQA, FoodBev, Chieta, ETDP SETA and other SETAs. All of them have skills development programme through learnerships. For more information of available SETA Learnerships, click here.

Standard Bank Learnership

Standar Bank offers learnership, through its programme called as Banking Skills Academy. Standar Bank Learnership provides South Africans unemployed, matriculants as well as graduates to take financial services career experiences. This learnership has around 12 months of training and may be available in some cities such as Pretoria, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London, Polokwane, Cape Town, Kimberley, Nelspruit, and Bloemfontein. Learners will receive a monthly stipend of R2500 untill the end of programme. For more information regarding to Standar Bank Learnership, visit this page.

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Transnet Learnerships

Transnet has five core business in South Africa: Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), Transnet Engineering (TE), and Transnet Pipelines (TPL). Transnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet. Transnet offers career opportunities for South Africans. To apply Transnet trainee or learnerships, you need to register first at Transnet Career Portal. This reference will guides you.

Telkom Learnerships

Telkom South Africa SOC Limited. is a wireline as well as wireless telecommunication services provider in South Africa. Telkom is currently offering career opportunities for South Africans. Most of careers are in IT, sales, marketing, and project management. Telkom also provides internships and learnerships. For further information about available Telkom learnerships, simply visit this page.

Toyota Learnership

The career scheme that usually offered by Toyota is The Toyota Graduate Recruitment Programme. This programme is designed to graduate students. To apply this programme, you can go to this page. How about Toyota Learnership? Based on Toyota’s career page, there is available a learnership category. Toyota may have a learnership programme. Visit this page for more information.

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Unilever Learnership

According to the Unilever South Africa Career Page, they have three career programmes: Unilever Management Trainee Programme, Unilever Future Leaders Programme and Unilever Leadership Internship Programme. The last scheme basically is same with a learnership programme. To apply available Unilever Internship/Learnership, go to this page.

UTi Learnership

UTi offers learnership in some areas such as Project Management, Information Technology, Freight Handling, Freight Forwarding, Business Administration, and Bookkeeping. If you have a Standard 10 or Grade 12 Certificate, may you nee to apply this learnership programme. For more information, this post will helps you more complete.

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Vodacom Learnerships

Each year, Vodacom offers an internship and a learnership programme to up to 300 learners. A Vodacom Learnership Programme usually takes around 12 months. Vodacom Learnership Programme has some areas such as business administration, commercial, marketing, finance, call centre and project management. For further information regarding the Vodacom Learnership or Internship Programme, visit this page.

VW Learnerships

For many years, VW Group South Africa provides skills development in the motor industry. VW has a Graduate Trainee Programme in some areas. Those are engineering, sales and marketing, finance, information technology, human resources, purchasing, logistics, corporate communications and public relations. For further information regarding the VW Learnership/Trainee, go to the this page.

5 Extra Tips to Make Money Online Blogging 2018 / 2019

Cape Town - How much do bloggers make?

It varies widely. A few bloggers make millions of dollars a year. Others, like me, make a healthy full-time income. Some make less, and some make no money at all.

I think a better question than “How much do bloggers make?” is “How much can a blogger make?” No amount is guaranteed, and it’s not easy, but there is virtually no limit. That’s one of the reasons I love blogging.

Solid numbers about blogging incomes are hard to come by. For example, in the US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics lump bloggers in the very broad category of “Writers and Authors” which has a median income of $61,240 per year. It’s not an accurate measure since there are vastly different occupations included in that category. Information from small surveys and anecdotal evidence can also be found online, but much of it is outdated or taken from tiny sample sizes.

Some bloggers publish their own income reports, but again, it’s difficult to draw general conclusions since each blogger’s circumstance is unique. Many bloggers have stopped sharing income reports, such as Pinch of Yum, but one of the more well-known bloggers who continues to share his is Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income.

How long does it take to make money blogging?

It takes a lot of hours per week to build and maintain a quality blog. It also takes many months of blogging before you will see income from it.

I tell new bloggers to allow 3-6 months to make a decent part-time income and 1-2 years to make a consistent full-time income. There are always exceptions of course, but after being active in the blogging world for almost 14 years, these are reasonable averages.

The idea that you can start a blog today and make a full-time income within a few months is, for most, not realistic. There is simply too much too learn and too much to build (your site, your content library, your social media presence, your trustworthiness, relationships with readers, etc.). If you need money right away, building a blog may not be your best option.

But don’t be discouraged! I squeezed blogging into the cracks of life for a few years and it now brings in steady income. If you have some time, it is well worth the effort.

What are the ways bloggers make money?

These are income streams. There are 5 main ones, with many possibilities under each:

Advertising

Affiliate Marketing

Digital Products

Physical Products

Services

1. Advertising

Companies want to get their product in front of potential customers. They may be interested in advertising on your blog if your readers are their ideal customers. Here are ways to incorporate advertising into your blog:

Display ads – Graphics in your sidebar, header, footer or within your content.

Giveaways & reviews – Companies provide you with free product (and hopefully monetary compensation) and you highlight that product on your blog.

Sponsored or underwritten posts – Companies pay you to write posts mentioning them or their product.

Newsletter / video / podcast sponsorships – Advertisements in emails or mini commercials in videos or podcast episodes.

Advertising is easy to start making it a popular income stream for many bloggers. However, it’s not nearly as lucrative as it once was and it requires a lot of traffic to be truly profitable. Therefore, it’s not a top recommendation of mine.

2. Affiliate Marketing

As an affiliate marketer, you promote someone else’s product or service to your readers. You link to that product or service using your unique affiliate link. When, someone clicks through that link and makes a purchase (or completes a desired action set by the company), you earn a commission. There are thousands of affiliate programs to join. Some I participate in:

Amazon Associates – Get paid when readers purchase Amazon products through your links.

Genesis – The WordPress theme I use & recommend. More here.

Bluehost – The host I recommend to new bloggers in this post.

Amazon Influencer Program – A different Amazon program which gives you your own Amazon shop like mine here.

Affiliate Acceleration – An excellent ecourse by a blogging friend.

Target – I love Target.

Affiliate marketing is one of my favorite and most profitable income streams. You can highlight products or services you use and love without having to do the work of creating or maintaining that product yourself. I talk about affiliate marketing in much more depth in What is Affiliate Marketing? and My Top Affiliate Marketing Tips.

3. Digital Products

Many bloggers create and sell their own digital products. Digital products are great because they don’t require inventory and can be distributed to quickly and easily. There’s no overhead and low risk. Examples of digital products bloggers create:

Ecourses – Teach others what you know and sell it over and over again.

Online classes or workshops – Teaching, but in a live setting.

Ebooks – Self publishing is very profitable for many.

Premium Content – Content others must pay to access.

Membership sites – A mixture of teaching and community.

Photos – Many photographers sell their photos online.

Audio or video – Create music jingles, voice overs or video clips.

Apps, plugins or themes – Great for those who love code.

This is another favorite income stream of mine. My first digital product was my ebook Tell Your Time: How to Manage Your Schedule So You Can Live Free which still sells every month. Another digital product of mine is the Knowtbook, a form of premium content.

4. Physical Products

Some bloggers sell physical products. Some examples:

Books – Many bloggers have become traditionally published authors due to their blogs.

Handmade Products – Are you a maker?

Manufactured Products – Many bloggers find a manufacturer to make their idea a reality.

Retail arbitrage – Can you find great deals? Turn around and sell them at a profit on sites like Amazon.

In-person conferences, classes or special events – The exchange of something tangible (money) for a ticket to an in-person experience.

A surge of bloggers have started selling physical products the last few years. It can be profitable, but can get complicated with manufacturing, keeping inventory, shipping, returns, etc.

5. Services

Some bloggers use the expertise related to their blog topic and get paid when others hire them. Services can be offered locally or virtually (). Examples:

Speaking – Many bloggers find speaking gigs as a result of the platforms they build on their blogs.

Virtual assistance – Read my post How to Become a Virtual Assistant for my experience & lots of ideas.

Organizing, decorating, cooking – Some bloggers provide services to local readers.

Offering a service is an excellent way to make money quickly because startup costs are low, little to no inventory is required and you get paid for a skill you already have. The downside is, it’s not scalable.

How can I start my own blog and make money?

First, start a blog if you haven’t already. Next, focus on building up a solid library of at least 10-20 blog posts. Make sure they are helpful and meaty. Figure out which income streams are natural extensions of your posts. In the meantime, build relationships on social media, in Facebook Groups and wherever your potential readers hang out. Don’t just promote your own stuff, but be a helpful part of the conversation. People will eventually check out what you have to offer.

Can I start a blog for free and still make money?

The answer is yes. However, I would caution against it. The reason is, when you use a free service, you don’t have as much control over your blog—the free service does. This can be risky, especially if you will rely on your blog for income. A self-hosted WordPress blog is my recommendation and can be started very inexpensively. See my step-by-step tutorial here.

5 extra tips to make money blogging

Use as many income streams you can reasonably manage. Diversification is key.

Excellent content is the key to long-term success. There’s no way around it.

Each blogger has a different combination of income streams. There is no “right” way and that’s the beauty of it. There are endless possibilities. Find a combination that works for you.

Don’t be a clone of another blogger. Find a unique angle.

Successful bloggers don’t start a blog just to make money. Instead, they blog about a topic they truly enjoy and can write about for years. They let the money grow out of that topic organically.