Showing posts with label Monitize your Blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monitize your Blog. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Add Adsense ads between blog posts or inside blogger blogspot

Adding adsense ads inside blog posts is a very good thing to do to increase your CTR.CTR means"(the number of time your ad clicked) divided by (number of times it is shown).So,the more CTR you have,the more $$ you get.As we know,there are more chances for the ads to be clicked when they are in the middle(blog posts) rather than at the sidebars(especially the right sidebar),footer,etc.So,How to place adsense ads between Blog posts:By doing this,the adsense units will be displayed between the blog posts in the homepage,archive pages and permalink(individual post pages).Follow the procedure to do this:


1. Sign In your Blogger Dashboard and click on Layout

2. Click on the Edit link in the "Blog Posts' column[look at the below screenshot]


3. Check the box next to 'Show ads between Posts'




4. Next,configure the ads,choose the format,colours,etc and SAVE THE CHANGES.



And this step is over! wasn't that simple.

If you want to know how to add the adsense ads inside the blog post rather than between the post, follow this:-


1. Sign in to your blogger dashboard>layout>Edit html
Check the box next to 'Expand Widget Templates



Click here to get the Code:

Thats all! there is to it. Please feel free to comment or ask any questions!

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Top 10 mistakes all new bloggers must Avoid

  • Repeating what other bloggers are saying - I believe that if you have something to say about a subject you should write about it on your blog however i?ve noticed a lot of new bloggers do nothing but just echo and repeat what other bloggers in their genre have said. It?s good to give your opinion on a subject but if you only post about topics which began on other blogs your blog is never gonna be successful.
  • No Opinion / Scared to rock the boat - A lot of bloggers are scared to go against the crowd and take a stance that is against what everyone is saying. If you disagree about something then say so in your posts :)
  • Link Trains - Bottom line, there is no quick and easy way to get traffic to your site other than writing good articles on a consistent basis. If a traffic scheme seems sounds to good to be true it most probably is.
  • Spamming other blogs with comments - So many new bloggers think that it?s a good idea to cheat their way onto the top commentators list of a blog by posting lots of small and pointless comments just to get their number of comments up on the blog. This won?t make you too popular with the author of the blog and may even discourage others from reading your blog. For someone to want to visit your blog from a comment you need to write something worth reading! A good comment is an indication of a good author.
  • Spending more time commentating that writing posts - If your launching a new blog, spending some time commentating on other blogs is a great way to bring your site to the attention of people. However, readers need a reason to come back to your site ie. you need to keep writing good content. I see so many bloggers who are spending more time commentating on other peoples blogs than writing on their own one!
  • Promoting their blog before its ready - This is a very common mistake which i see time and time again. I really don?t believe that a new blogger should do any major promoting until the blog is about 2 months old. You clearly still need to do some promoting at the start but more time should spent on writing posts. It?s like advertising a new shop before its got any stock in to sell!
  • Blogging about too many subjects - The top blogs on the net are all focused on one topic of genre. So many new bloggers are blogging about a very wide range of subjects. For example, ive read blogs that post about blogging, music, their pet dog, movies, computer games, their favourite sports team etc. It?s hard to buld a steady readership with categories and posts so random.
  • Erratic posting frequency - It?s very important to update your blog on a regular and consistent basis. Posting like crazy for a while and then not posting for a week is a sure way to lose you readers.
  • Trying to make money instead of just concentrating on running a good blog - Too many bloggers are putting all their efforts into making money instead of trying to write good posts and develop a good blog. Dont worry about the money aspect at the start of a blogs life, if you build a successful blog the money will come with it in time.
  • Expecting to have a successful blog within 3 months - It takes time, a lot of time, to build a successul blog. I?ve noticed a lot of new bloggers lose interest in writing after a few months. The time it takes for a blog to be successul isn?t always the same but if you continue to update it and work hard on the blog it will do well. It?s a hard long slog but it?s worth it. Don?t kid yourself that you can get to the top so quickly.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Monitize your Blog or (website)

Notice that ways to make money with a website are different form ways to make more money from it. Methods to increase your traffic or click through rate will help you make more money, but they do not represent a method of making money per se. For example, money people believe that Adsense is the only way to make money but that isn't the case. In reality it's just a way to make more money by improving your ad click through rate. The real monetization method behind it is a PPC ad network.

  • Contextual Advertising
Google AdSense is the most popular option under this category, but there ae also others. Basically you need to sign up iwth the network and paste some code snippets on your website. The network will then serve contextual ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and you will earn a certain amount of money for every click.

I?m going to assume everyone reading this is familiar with it, but I think it should be mentioned that too many bloggers assume that Adsense is the best solution for their blog. For some blogs and topics it works great, for others, not very well at all. The source of traffic an also affect the overall click-through rate (CTR). The CTR depends on the design of the website. Ads placed abode the fold or blended w ith content, for instance, tend to get higher CTRs.

List of popular CPC advertising networks:

ADsense
Yahoo Publisher Network
Chitika
Bidvertiser
Clicksor

  • Displayed Advertizing
As I mentioned above, contextual networks aren?t always the best solution for blogs. In some cases there aren?t enough advertisers in niche topics, and in others the users just isn?t likely to click. In this case, you want to be working with ad networks that provide CPM display advertising. This means you get paid something for every ad viewed, opposed to only getting paid per click.

Selling Your Content (Ebooks, Videos, DVDs)

If you?ve got great content, another option is to package it and sell it. There are numerous bloggers who have created ebooks and even real books based on their blog content and made great income selling them. You can also expand to infoproducts like videos, DVDs, audio CDs, and printed books on demand.