subject: Use Advertisements To Make Money On Your Blog [print this page] More and more people are finding out that blogging is a profitable endeavor. You can earn a few dollars a week, put yourself through college, or maybe quit your day job. There are many ways to make money blogging and every blog is unique on how it can make money. Most ad services pay on a pay per click basis.
AdSense is an effective way to make money. The 250 by 300 pixel ads seem to work the best in their text based ads. Set your page to show images. You can enable video, text or image ads with AdSense.
Chitika has a new program called the Premium ad unit which offers ads with a non product focus. There is potential to get $28 CPM with this type of ad unit. You may want to try their eMiniMalls and Related Product Units for good success. Shoplincs does not perform as well as it has in the past. Success with Chitika has been proven over time. Chitika can be used along with AdSense or as an alternative.
Private Ad Sales and sponsorships are a growing area in advertising. This method may overtake all other methods of income to be generated from blogging.
Amazon affiliate program is a great way to earn money from referrals and recommendations on an infinite variety of products that Amazon has to offer. Other affiliate programs include Digital Photography Secrets, Pro Photo Secrets, Yaro's Blog Mastermind Mentoring Program, and Teaching Sells course. These programs practally sell themselves as they are quality programs.
Shopzilla ads are similar to Chitika but generally have higher click values. Shopzilla does not offer as many options as Chitika. Shopzilla is a price comparison service that used the pay per click model.
ProBlogger Job Boards continue to grow each month in the ads that are bought. They require low maintenance to run. They offer a service to readers and their overall blog adds value. Currently the number of job seekers exceed they supply which is an issue.
WidgetBucks is relatively new and is similar to Shopzilla and Chitika and works best with product related sites. Generally there is more traffic from US markets.
There are other miscellaneous ad programs that include Feedburner RSS ads, ShoppingAds, Vizu, Bidvertiser and Kontera. TextLinkAds was popular with bloggers as a way to make money but Google has been cracking down on them. You may have success with TextLinkAds but use with caution.
With these sources of potential ad revenue you can experiment and play until you find the combination that works best for you. Be careful not to overfill you page with ads. Monitor your success with each method and develop an implementation plan. If your blog theme allows you to customize and change your page frequently you can try to maximize your ad revenue through a variety of methods. Also, you want to choose ads that compliment your blog. When you are writing about products you can embed links to where readers and learn more and purchase the products. Be sure that these links are making you money!
