Archive for Advertising
Written on February 7th, 2010 at 01:02 am by Darren Rowse
How I Got Some Paying Sponsors Without Really Meaning To
A guest post by Josh Hanagarne.
World’s Strongest Librarian was about four months old when I got interested in sponsors. I’d read the articles about how to do it, and none of them sounded that plausible for me and my situation.
For one, my traffic wasn’t impressive, certainly not to the point where sponsors were approaching me. [...]
Written on December 14th, 2009 at 01:12 am by Darren Rowse
The Parable of the Lemonade Stand: Is AdSense Costing you Money?
A guest post by Kevin from BeginnerBloggerTips.com (with some comments from me below too). Image by Shawnson.
My journey into affiliate marketing.
Before I start, I’d like to make two disclaimers:
I don’t hate google or AdSense—this article isn’t a rant against either.
I recognize that every blog is different—what I’m about to say may not apply to your [...]
Written on November 16th, 2009 at 12:11 am by Darren Rowse
Does Your Blog Look Like NASCAR?
In this post, Jack Gamble from Babeled talks about ad placement and the risk of overdoing it.
Are you responsible for a website that has so many ads that it looks like Dale Earnhardt Jr. should be driving it in circles at high speed with a strange aversion to right turns?
That is because your advertisements are [...]
Written on October 17th, 2009 at 01:10 am by Darren Rowse
Learn From My Mistake – Don’t Leave Money on the Table!
Have you ever found that you’ve been leaving money on the table? It’s a frustrating feeling and one that many of us can relate to. I discovered that I’ve been doing it for the last few months – here’s my story.
I run Chitika Premium ad units on some parts of my blogs – particularly at [...]
Written on March 7th, 2009 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse
5 Ways to Make Money Blogging (Once You Have Traffic)
This is the last post in our series of tips for bloggers who have gone through their launch phase and want to grow their blog to the next level. In it we’re going to talk making money from your blog.
Making Money From a Blog – Moving Past AdSense
While it is possible to make some money [...]
Written on February 19th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse
5 Ways to find Direct Advertisers for your Blog
It is the goal of many bloggers to move from monetizing their blogs with ad networks like AdSense into selling ads directly to advertisers. But getting into this game can be difficult – particularly in the early days while you’re still growing traffic.
Below are 5 ways that I secured direct ad deals with sponsors in [...]
Written on February 16th, 2009 at 01:02 am by Darren Rowse
5 Ways to Make an Empty Ad Slot on Your Blog Work For You
Yesterday I published a guest post here on ProBlogger that gave 7 Reasons to not have Empty ad Spots on your Blog. Today I want to build on this post and give you 5 alternatives to simply removing an empty ad slot from your blog.
Removing the ad is one valid option (especially if you already [...]
Written on February 15th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse
7 Reasons not to have Empty Ad Spots on your Blog
This is a guest post written by Ben Barden, developer for the CMF Ads advertising network, which offers low cost, no-nonsense advertising.
Blog advertising is an excellent way to reach a wide audience without breaking the bank. It can also make money for your own blog. There is a mistake that quite a few blogs make [...]
Written on December 24th, 2008 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
How to Secure an Advertiser for Your Blog
How do I sell advertising on my blog? It is a question that I’m asked a lot so when Brandon J. Mendelson asked if he could write a post on this topic as someone who has sold a lot of advertising online and in TV I thought it’d make a great guest post.
Putting together a [...]
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