Dec | 22 | 2007

My {Dummy} Elementary Analysis on the Google Ad System :p

Posted by BloggurlNeedzRehab as Monetization Warning, this is a Dummy(GeekGurl)’s elementary analysis of the Google Ads system. Feel free to correct me. :p Of my favorite things about Google, it must be the Google Ads system that made me most impressed about Google as a company. Though Yahoo has Yahoo! Search Marketing, it has never approached the relevance and the importance of Google AdSense in the field of Search Engine Marketing. Through Google AdSense, Internet Marketers were able to gain a passive income stream that augments their online income. In fact, it had become the bread and butter for some other Internet Marketers.

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Dec | 16 | 2007

Blog Themes: Examining Your Capabilities and Motives

Posted by Guru as Design and Themes, Monetization, Writing One of the main considerations when choosing your blog theme is your motive. If your motive for blogging is your own pleasure and don't care whether your blog becomes popular or not, whether your blog earns you profit or not, and whether people will love what you write or not, then choosing a theme is not a problem. You can choose whatever theme you like or not even stick to anything at all and you will still have accomplished your goal - blogging and enjoying it. However, if you are conscious about the numbers or blogging for monetization purposes then ...

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Dec | 14 | 2007

What Should I (Not) Write About: Topics in an Oversaturated Market

Posted by Guru as Design and Themes, Monetization, Writing Last time I mentioned how important choosing a topic is. I also mentioned that on my next post, which is this one, I'll be discussing how to find a blog theme that suits you. However, after having reread an old blog post on Blogging in an Oversaturated Market I realized that summarizing the flowchart he gave on whether you have what it takes to blog about certain topics will be more useful. According to Randfish of SEOmoz there are certain topics that your should NOT even consider blogging unless you pass certain requirements. So before I start explaining ...

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Dec | 11 | 2007

Why Your Blog’s Theme is Indispensable to Blog Monetization

Posted by Guru as Monetization, Monetization Features, Writing If you are thinking of starting a new blog for monetization purposes finding the perfect theme or topic to blog about is of utmost importance. Undoubtedly you have been reading plenty of advice (or at least plan on reading them) about blogging and monetization. With all the advice found in the internet you would think that making money through your blog is an easy thing. However, if you really think about it you will find that the vast majority of blogs do make money but not enough to really be relied on as a consistent and sole source of income. ...

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Dec | 10 | 2007

Blog Economics 101: Cutting Costs

Posted by BloggurlNeedzRehab as Blog Tutorial, Monetization Today, I blogged the entire day away.. Literally. From 10 in the morning down to 7 in the evening, I had blogged away. Well, I didn’t write all that much as much as I was setting up blogs like crazy. I had seen how my AdSense revenue had shot up when I added AdSense to my long-time personal-turned-monetized blog. Well, “shot up” in my definition is jumping from $0.56 up to $9.10 in a little over two months. My AdSense credits had stayed in the cents level since I set up my Google AdSense accounts in October 2006. It was only last week when it had reached $9.10. Small feat it may be to the blog veterans on here, but to me that was already an achievement! And my milestone has inspired me to do more. My AdSense journey is just beginning, and I am looking forward to applying the ideas I have learned in this past year of just observing my bosses and taking in everything I have been exposed to so far. But I digress from what I intended to write on. Today, I will discuss ways in which you can cut blogging and advertising costs.

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Sep | 05 | 2007

Gaining Traffic and Earning thru Blogs

Posted by Jaren as Blog Tutorial, Linking, Monetization, Promotion, Tips My blog : the QuickStop has been receiving steady traffic for the past few months and lately I've noticing that my Google Adsense clicks have been receiving a steady amount of clicks a day. I now I earn about $2-$5 a day at my blog it's small compared to the big players but heck it's a start... It's better than $0.13 a week or about $0.92 from the previous months since I started the QuickStop Project... hehehe. What you need to do to make people click your ads is a steady flow of traffic and commitment. You may ...

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Aug | 16 | 2007

Marketing Your Blog: The 4 Ps Continued (Pricing and Placement)

Posted by Guru as Design and Themes, Marketing and Search Optimization, Monetization, Promotion Pricing - Pricing is not an issue when it comes to blogs. We all know that blogs can be read by anyone for free, which is one of the reasons why they are so popular. What you can do though is offer value added services to those interested. You can offer special articles that tackle specialized topics in depth and make it accessible to subscribers for a fee. Make sure though that you always price everything reasonably and give your subscribers their money's worth. Placement/Distribution - Placement, in the traditional sense, is not really pertinent when it comes to marketing blogs. ...

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Jun | 06 | 2007

More Opportunities To Earn Adsense Income With Link Units

Posted by Brix as Blog Tutorials News, Monetization The Inside AdSense group announced on their blog some important policy updates today: now you can place up to three link units on a page. As we've noted in the past, link units are a great way to provide relevant, user-friendly ads in hard-to-fit locations on your site. With the new opportunity to place three link units -- and the plethora of link unit formats -- we hope you'll find great ways of incorporating this unique ad format on your site. Posted by Julie Beckmann - AdSense Publisher Support This is a good news for bloggers. Ad link units ...

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May | 23 | 2007

Who Clicks Them Anyway?

Posted by Benj as Monetization, Opinion We all know that Google AdSense holds a huge potential that is waiting to be tapped as far as monetization goes. In Brix's previous article, he tackled the basic game plan on how to make money off Adsense. My colleague was right in stating that the basic idea is to: 1) get visitors to go to your site and 2) make them click your ads. If you're like most people, you would soon realize that Google Ads just don't click themselves.When you're just starting out, chances are, most your visitors are people who behave like average Joes - i.e. they're the types who consciously ignore the ads while reading your blog. Since a majority of people are likely to purposely block out ads - let alone click them --- have you ever stopped and wondered? Who clicks them anyway?!

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May | 18 | 2007

2 Basic Principles To Get Adsense Blog Income

Posted by Brix as Blog Tutorial, Marketing and Search Optimization, Monetization The basic principles that bloggers have been following to get passive income online: 1. Get many people to come to your website 2. Get them to click on your Adsense links Sounds simple enough. Get people into your website from Google search, then link out to an Adsense Ad. Search In - Adsense Out. If you don't know adsense yet, read about it. It's a way to make money fo Practically applying it to get sufficient commendable income, however, can be quite a challenge. The first problem is how to get many visitors to your website. That's where web marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) comes in. SEO is the ...

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