FLBlogCon 2015 presented by Ford

Monica Stone of MonicaDawnStone.com will break down the basics of getting started monetizing your blog. She will explain the ins and outs of affiliate sales, banner ads, ad networks, sponsored posts, as well as creating and selling your own services. She will also provide extras like sample media kits, email pitches, and more.

Christie Cronan of RaisingWhasians.com will discuss the finer points of pitching and working with multiple brands. She will include how to make sure your blog is ready to work with brands, creating a stellar media kit, the legalities of disclosure, ways to stand out from other bloggers, how to close the deal, and then how to keep working wit a brand for the long term.

Dan McGaw of Effin Amazing will walk you through 5 ways to monetize your email list. After first discussing strategies to capture emails and grow your list, Dan will then discuss different monetization models ranging from donations and subscriptions to affiliate marketing. 

East End Market's founder John Rife discusses how you can profit from webinars. He first tells how he started doing webiars to connect the farm-to-table community and then the secret formula (pre-pre launch, pre-launch, and then launch) of your webinar. John shares the channels he has used to successfully funnel peopel (and profit) through his webinars. Finally he tells how to structure your advertising to a capture page just for your webinar, plus the online tools he uses.

Jamie Nestrick of StarfishConfidential.com and FosterMomCfl.com will lay the basic groundwork for a blogger considering their taxes. Is you blog a hobby or a business? Sponsored posts, freebies, affiliate revenue - what do you have to report? And what kind of expenses can be deducated? All of these questions and more will be covered in this important session.