The Why and How of Monetizing Your Blog

Do you have a well-trafficked blog that's ready to make money? Are you wondering exactly how to monetize your site? Do you need more technical knowledge about setting up monetization?

Come to The Why and How of Monetizing Your Blog and learn about the many ways a successful web site can pull in the dollars and let you quit your day job.

This Meetup will feature two parts: The Why of Monetization will be presented by Daddy Blogger Ricky Shetty.

In addition to discussing brand building, reader identification, readership growth and use of social media marketing, Ricky will explain ways to take advantage of your site by:

• Creating a Membership Site and eCommerce Store on your Blog

• Creating Products & Services to sell on your Blog

• Adding Affiliate Marketing to your Blog

• Getting Sponsors for your Blog

• Turning your Blog into a Book to sell on your blog or Amazon.com

In the second part, you’ll learn The How of Monetization from web designer and blogger, Mari Kane.

Mari will give you the best tools and resources to set up monetization features on your WordPress blog and accomplish each of the above goals.

About Ricky

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Ricky Shetty is the owner and operator of the popular family-friendly DaddyBlogger.com (http://daddyblogger.com) website and the founder of the YVR Media Group (which includes YVR Bloggers, YVR Foodies, and YVR Dads).

This year, Ricky also launched Family Travel Bloggers, YVR Travellers, and the Travel Mastery Workshop. Ricky's passions include fatherhood, family, community building, social media, and travelling with his wife and two young kids.

You can find out more about Ricky at DaddyBlogger.com (http://www.DaddyBlogger.com/About)

About Mari

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Mari Kane is a writer, blogger and WordPress consultant in Vancouver. She blogs about blogging at her site, Blogsite Studio (http://blogsitestudio.com), where you can get her latest ebook, Escalate Your WordPress Website, free with subscription. Her first ebook, Create a WordPress Website in Ten Easy Steps, is available there too.

Mari also blogs about drinks at Tasting Room Confidential (http://tastingroomconfidential.com) and about travel at the BC Association of Travel Writers (http://bcatw.org) site. In addition to blogging and designing sites, Mari tutors business people and creatives about WordPress. She is the organizer of WordPress Workshop.

Read more about Mari at BlogsiteStudio.com (http://blogsitestudio.com/about-mari/)

Both Ricky and Mari are members of the BC Travel Writers Association and Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/BC-Association-of-Travel-Writers/).

About Big Rock Brewery

Big Rock Urban Brewery (http://bigrockurban.com/) at 4th Avenue and Alberta Street in Vancouver is the new home for WordPress Workshop Meetups. They offer great beer, a full bar and table service to sate your dinnertime needs.

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About RSVPs

Please RSVP now, but as usual, please respect the RSVP process by canceling promptly if you are unable to attend. To learn more about WordPress, please subscribe to Blogsite Studio (http://blogsitestudio.com/).

See you at WordPress Workshop!