Revenue sharing is a very clever concept that many companies have adopted. Basically, you sign up with a site, publish content (article, video, eBook, etc), the site displays ads with your content, then the earning from the ad is shared with you.Some sites split the profit half and half, others give you 70%, and there are a few that let you keep 95% of the earnings.
This is a great way to supplement your income without having to worry about building and maintaining a website, promoting it, driving traffic, etc. All you need to do is create and submit your content. And since most of these sites are usually huge and popular, you don’t have to do much to get traffic to your content.
The flip side here is that you are building a business on someone else’s land. If one day they decide to close the shop, all your hard work (i.e. content) is gone.
There are some who say it’s best t put content on your own site, so you can have a website of your own with lots of content in the long run. But again, if you don’t want to deal with building and maintaining a website, working with revenue sharing sites is a great option.
YouTube: You could earn money through the good old fashion Google Adsense, or you could insert your affiliate offers below you videos, though make sure that these offers can connect to your content somewhat to maximize its impact.
Squidoo: First pages called “lenses” have to be created and you then embed affiliate links or Google Adsense to monetize your pages. I include here a detailed description on how you could earn money with Squidoo and also on how you could maximize your time there.
Hubpages: If you enjoy writing, try your luck on this arguably biggest and most popular revenue-sharing article websites.
InfoBarrel: Make available your content (can be articles, videos, reviews and how to guides) and make money.
WebAnswers: It’s a question and answer site where ads are displayed on your answer pages. The revenue generate from those ads is then shared with you.