Ok, not everyone wants to monetise their blog - some people equate money and blogging as some kind of dirty word almost. Some people still like to write for the hell of it and couldn’t really give a rats arse for any kind of monetary payback. Their payback is the reward that comes from getting people involved or simply venting their spleen on a topic near and dear to them.
Quick short post. As part of this blogs monetisation experiment, Ive decided to trial Kontera. Visitors will notice that there are double underlined links which feature a little advert when a cursor is placed over an identified link.
Generally, I think they are fairly unobtrusive and most savvy users should notice a differentiation between normal links and these advert type links. An example of a typical ad can be seen below.
Im using the <div class=KonaBody> tag to ensure that its only my blog posts that are affected in this way. I don’t think its right that my commenters comments should be used in this way, so rest assured that whatever you say will not be advertisizied!
This piece isn’t aimed at the uber serious long toothed web marketer, its aimed at people new to it all, people who are just seeking new or different perspectives on monetising their websites.
Adsense - Most of us know what it is, some of us do exceptionally well with it too. The stories about people commonly earning in excess of $10,000 dollars a month really are very true. Trust me, I know, Ive been there and worked with single domain sites that pulled in figures above and beyond,in the right niche its very much achievable.
I’m not going to go into the fine specifics of how its done as there are already lots of little tips and sites out there discussing this.
I like Michael’s videos not only because he knows what he’s talking about but because he presents in a non hyped up way. He also has a great balance between showing the potential that someone using AdSense can earn with it but also making it clear that it’s not ‘easy’ money (ie it takes hard work).
Darren Rowse was refering to Michael Cheneys adsense videos , a product I haven’t looked at personally, but as I trust Darren’s judgement I’m happy to go with what he says on it. I’m not going to purchase them though, because well, besides the bighead view of I doubt it would show me that much more than what I already know, I just don’t have the time right now either, Im too busy blogging and doing other day to day work stuff.
If you really really liked this post you might even want to buy me a Stella Artois :Dmonetization related auction ending soon on ebay...
Feedburner is Google's company to publicize and monetize your blog feeds. The advantage of channeling your feeds through Feedburner is you get to modify your blog feed and count your feed subscribers. So as soon as you create a blog be sure to burn the blog feed.
One method of free online marketing that exceeds all others is writing for the HubPage site. A rich content sharing site for your blog, press release & videos. Here I describe one of the methods you can use for working at home while using the internet to make money. Hubpage makes it very easy to monetize your writing using adsense, amazon and ebay!
In the latest Google Blog post, the search engine is claiming to have solved the video monetization puzzle that has been plaguing the advertising industry.In the post, Google claims that, through its implementation of its Video ID service, they have been able to not only identify, but also allow copyright holders to capitalize on infringement:
I have some good news to tell those who uses Adsense to monetize their blogs! You will soon be able to track visitor clicks on your AdSense ads using Google Analytics reports.
Stephen Baker of EveryZing discusses Video Search Engine Optimization and current trends in online video consumption. Hint: UGC is hard to monetize...the majority of users are seeking "infotainment": sports, news, financial information, political coverage, etc.
Review of ViralBlogAds that pay you to advertise in your empty ad slots.
Of late a lot of people have been talking about charging the readers for what they consume. Here is a look into the history of blog monetization and check if it's ethical to charge your blog readers for what they consume!
With AdSense for feeds you can now earn by placing Google Adsense ads on your blog feeds. In this video Google product manager Steve Olechowski introduces AdSense for feeds, Google's new monetization solution for RSS feeds - which is now available in your AdSense account.
Some easy and very good tips on monetizing your blog that will help you earn the money you deserve!
AdSense may be one of the fastest and easiest ways to monetize traffic to your web site whether you have products or services for sale or you simply provide free content to your visitors.
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