I know a lot of people who are interested in making money online through legitimate avenues. From stay-at-home moms to burned out office workers to folks with debilitating illnesses, there’s no shortage people looking to earn a decent income from the comfort of their own homes. Since I’ve been working from home for a couple of years now, I’m often asked for advice on how to get started. My usual response is, “Start a blog.”

Blog advertising is one of the fastest growing online marketing trends around, and as such, articulate bloggers are in great demand right now. That means you can get paid to blog by signing up with companies like Smorty. Once your blog is approved, you simply choose which products or services you’d like to write about, make a post on your blog, place a link, — and get paid via PayPal. It’s fast, easy, and fun!

A year ago, I thought the only way to get paid for blogging was to put Google ads on my site and wait for the pennies to add up. But now I know better, and am making more money each month than I ever thought possible. Finding companies like Smorty and others has truly been a blessing, and my family is much better off today than we were before I started to blog for money!