In today’s blogging market, even relatively new sites with limited traffic can earn their owners some big bucks should they decide to cash in the opportunity to sell.

Like any other group of entrepreneurs, professional bloggers have bills to pay and need to find ways to monetize their online efforts.

Although I’ve had a couple of real day jobs over the past dozen years, I’ve always maintained an office at home. And since I’ve settled into freelancing fulltime, my writing sanctuary has really blossomed.

There are many ways you can make money from blogging, with new streams popping up all the time—some worth their weight in gold and others … well … not so hot.

Until fairly recently, if you no longer had the time or interest in blogging, your only option was to stop posting and let it die a natural death.