13 Feb 10 When someone says Adsense, now you’ll be able to reply back
Google’s AdSense is perhaps the most widely users, simplest and fast way to generate income from your web site.
If you’d like to see an example of Google AdSense in action, visit our homepage you will see AdSense at the top left of this article, at the bottom of the ad, you’ll see “Ads by Google”. The ads themselves are called “Google AdWords” which is a Pay-Per-Click PPC program that lets advertisers purchase advertisements to be displayed on the Goodle network (more on that in a future article).
Here is how Google answers the question — what is AdSense — in its frequently asked questions (FAQ):
” Google AdSense is a fast and easy way for website publishers of all sizes to display relevant, un-obtrusive Google ads on their website’s content pages and earn money. Because the ads are related to what your users are looking for on your site, you’ll finally have a way to both monetize and enhance your content pages.”
“The program is free, and combines pay-per-click and pay-per-impression advertising – meaning you get paid for valid clicks on the ads on your site or search results pages as well as impressions on your content pages. So go ahead and try this program.”
A Brief History
Initial incarnations of Adsense were outgrowths of the Google Content-Targeted Advertising program which was launched in early March 2003.
This early program let large web sites integrate Google Content-Targeted Advertising into their websites. Each deal was independently negotiated with Google, and sites with less than 20 million page views couldn’t participate.
Realizing they were onto a good thing, Google invented the AdSense program which was aimed at letting a wider number of smaller web sites the ability to play in the advertising game.
Today
So, due to this even if your web site only gets a few hundred page views per month, you can now apply to the AdSense program and make some income.
Google AdSense is currently open to any English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Hungarian, or Turkish language web sites, and new languages are being added all the time. You can also receive your income in multiple countries.
Google AdSense offers payment to publishers in US dollar checks, and also offers local currency conversion options for publishers in 43 countries.
Applying to the Google AdSense program is extremely easy and just takes a few minutes. Simply visit the Google AdSense home page.
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31 Jul 09 Some 10 Alternatives to Google Adsense
Google AdSense is the leader in content-sensitive web-based marketing. Web site owners place Google AdSense JavaScript code on their web pages in order to allow Google’s ad servers to show context sensitive advertisements on your site (Google Adwords).
Google’s T+Cs can very strict such that many web sites cannot use adsense adverts at all. They are either denied from joining the program, or in a circumstance that is becoming more and more common some people do not wish to do business with Google. A number of content publishers are also finding their Adsense accounts are being disabled for reasons that are completely beyond their control. The problem is that most of the alternatives to Google’s Adsense aren’t suitable. Most of the good ones (such as doubleclick) are only interested in very large volume customers and so are not interested in the little web site publisher with his blog or forum who wants to earn a small income on the side. But never fear, I have compiled my Top 10 alternatives to Google’s Adsense that are ideal for the small time publisher.
Try these top 10 alternatives to Google Adsense:
1. AdBrite
2. Clicksor
3. Bidvertiser
4. Chitika
5. AdToll
6. Exit Junction
7. Yahoo Publisher Network
8. Target Point
9. Fastclick
10. ClickThruTraffic
23 Jul 09 Web Admin Chat – a new website administrator forum
I’m always looking for new sources of information on managing my website, link building or how to market my site to attract new readers.
I recently came across a new Website Administration forum that allows you to chat with your peers. It met all my needs, including a marketplace to buy/sell websites.
So, if you are a Webmaster, website administrator or just interested in sales and marketing on the Internet, this site is for you, visit Web Admin Chat here.
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18 Jul 09 Internet Marketing – Quick Tips
Finishing up my series of articles on Internet Marketing, I’m going to cover the hype around internet marketing these days, the result being tons and tons of articles and guides on internet marketing which you are too lazy, busy or muddled to read through. So, here is the shortest guide to help your business pick up with the help of internet marketing. Ten short and sweet sentences that will change your life (at least your internet marketing campaigns!) for sure.
1. No black hat search engine optimization techniques, stick to white hat SEO techniques if you want to be in the search engines’ good books.
2. Use emails to your advantage. Creating and maintaining email lists could seem tedious and fruitless initially but with time you’ll learn that you have more business and publicity coming your way through these lists than you had expected. And the most important thing about bulk emails…do not ever spam! That’s a killer. The lesser and better emails you inundate your contacts with, the more valued and read your mails will be.
3. If you have a large base of products or services and aren’t too hung up about sharing a small percentage of the profit, then you might initiate an affiliate marketing program. Signing up with biggies like amazon and ebay is also a good idea if you only want associates and reseller campaigns.
4. Signup with a good web analytics program. Most of the good ones are free. This will help you analyze what’s happening with your website and your internet marketing campaign down to the last customer’s geographic location.
5. Signup with a Search Engine Marketing or Search Engine Optimization program. These folks will help you identify the glitches in your internet marketing strategies and also smoothen them out. Don’t forget to use coupon codes to avail of special discounts and freebies when you are purchasing anything online.
6. Keep updating your email list contacts. Having a million contacts that trash your mail without a glance is as good as having zero contacts. Do not buy mailing lists from trashy mlm websites and fakes on social networking sites selling them by dozens!
7. Write a few good articles about your site/product, or commission people to write them and publish them on well known portals. Join forums dealing with your topic, become an active participant and point people in the direction of your products!
8. Press releases online or getting into the news even for a short while will work wonders for your internet marketing campaign. Once people know about your site product, generating more following should be relatively easier provided your product, service is up to scratch!
9. Freebies attract people and also generate more publicity. You might want to organize small contests, quizzes with prizes for the winners. This is an established internet marketing ploy.
10. Lastly, blog or tweet about yourself and your product, get interactive with your customers, audience…nothings works better than the personal touch!
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09 Jul 09 Internet Marketing Tips
So, if you read my previous article you are already aware of this phenomenal phenomenon called internet marketing. In his article, you’ll learn a few easy tips and tricks to add that much needed zing to your internet marketing efforts.
For the uninitiated, internet marketing is the advertising, publicizing and doing similar stuff for your products, services, or yourself using the internet. Most of you would think you need a website for it. A modern day myth if there could be one! Having a website is definitely a plus but you need not worry if you don’t have one. You are as good without it too.
For starters, get your presence online. If you only have on youtube video or a couple of images or a bunch of books to market/sell, just register or any of the popular video, images or online book merchants.
A good way to let people know about what you are doing is to commission people to write articles about your initiative. You can ask them to upload these articles on popular articles websites like ezinearticles or associatedcontent. Identify a few good bloggers by page rank and readership, especially blogs related to your product/topic. You could pay them to blog about your product with a link to your video, ad, site, campaign etc in the post. However, keep in mind that search engines do not approve of this practice and it also happens to be a blackhat SEO technique. A better way to pull of the same stuff is to search for forums and websites dedicated to your topic. Signup and share your knowledge. This way you also affirm your authority on the topic, earn people’s trust while also garnering a lot of positive publicity for your online marketing campaign.
Viral marketing is the order of the day. Rope in your friends, family and everyone else you know to view your website, video, ad campaign (not if it’s a pay per click or campaign…you obviously do not want to waste money on so many non-productive clicks!) and ask them to spread the word to increase page views.
Social bookmarking is another phenomenon that follows closely in the footsteps of viral marketing. Signup on facebook, orkut, myspace, twitter, and link to your website, webpage, ad campaign or wherever else you want the public to go! Also, signup on delicious, diggg and similar sites with the keywords of your choice to let people know of your existence. These also count as back links to you webpage giving you a solid page rank boost.
Now what are you waiting for, go ahead and make more money!
Tags: Internet Marketing
05 Jul 09 Internet Marketing Advantages
After a short break, I’m back…. and straight into a small series on Internet Marketing.
Everyone is already hopped on the new bandwagon called internet. While some are beginners and only use chatting and mailing services, the experts are already raking in dollars in thousands via internet marketing. And it is so lucrative, that even novices are aware of the phenomenon even if they haven’t jumped into the pool. Wonder why has internet marketing caught on like wild fire? Here is why…
Scalability
You put up a post on your blog or tweet about something and even a monk in the Tibetan monasteries would know in second what you are upto! How cool is that? If you want to gather people for a cause, market your business/self, want to reach out to that dance academy as a choreographer, grab Hollywood’s attention as an actor or graphics designer or whatever, internet marketing, done the right way makes sure you reach those nooks and crannies you never had access to before.
Usability
Internet, unlike other tech bangs, isn’t a hard technology to understand. People from the age of 5 to 500 can use it with equal ease. A huge advantage to broaden the user base, this also happens to be the reason why the www has sites, ads, marketing campaigns, services and products aimed at just about every age group earth.
Instant Connectivity
Its official…Internet is faster than rumors! Haha! It definitely is and also may be faster than the speed of sound! The instant you upload an ad, a video promoting your product or marketing anything online, it’s available to 6.1 billion people the next second. No bureaucracy, no bottlenecks, no access/permission rights to obtain…you are the one man show here. From conceptualizing to executing and the launch of a campaign, you are the boss and the world, your field!
And the best one yet…Targeting
The biggest advantage Internet Marketing has over the rest of the marketing media is reaching out to the target audience. How does this work? Well, internet marketing is mostly search engine based. When users search for a particular product, thing, person or news, websites, ads, videos, images, etc turn up accordingly. So if you are selling bottles, every person looking for a bottle would be delivered your ad on bottles, provided its top of the charts! A little search engine marketing and search engine optimization and good content is all that is required to be at the top.
So…how far are you from making internet marketing your new resolution for your business?
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20 Jan 09 Quick Tip: Write an Interview Thank You Letter
I’ve been applying work recently and I found this technique that may increase your chances.
So you’ve just had an interview and it went well. Now you what to make a lasting impression on your interviewer?
Send them a letter thanking them for the interview.
While sending a thank you letters isn’t required or expected (most people don’t send them), it’s very courteous and shows the interviewer you were interested in them, their company and what they had to say if you write post interview thank you letter and send them to all your interviewers.
In today’s highly competitive job market where not many jobs are around, your thank you letter will signal that you are courteous, professional and that you are really grateful for the employer taking the time to interview you.
With a quick search online, you can find lots of free thank you letters, or sample interview thank you letters. Use these examples as guides on who you should structure and what you should say in your interview thank you letter. No matter how busy the potential company is, it’s always nice to receive a genuine “thank you.” from someone.
Just make it a habit of sending out job interview thank you letters and you should see how quickly you find yourself on the short list of top candidates.
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14 Jan 09 How to make a solid and regular passive income from Adsense
As you are aware, Google offer publishers a tool for placing adverts on your site, Adsense. By tuning your approach to search engine keywords you can make a regular Passive Income from the Internet. Over the years, studies by internet marketers have been performed into how they can maximize their income with Adsense, bellow are my tips on a proven approach.
Many web site owners spend lots of effort searching high and low for that magic list of high paying keywords that no one else knows, it’s quite common to see these “High Paying Keywords” questions in Internet forums, however successful publishers use the follow formula:
Your Web sites Income = Visitors x CTR x Click Value
Where,
1. Visitors – The most visitors, the more page impressions and the more chance you will get a visitor clicking on ad within the page
2. CTR (Click Through Rate) – The more visitors click an ad on your site, the more Google counts towards your income
3. Click Adsense Value (High Paying Clicks) = Keywords – The higher the value of an ad keyword, the more income you will receive.
When Internet advertising was new, it was common to get high paying ad clicks of $30 – $50 from Adsense, but these days are long gone. There are still high paying niches, such as Cancer, Debt, Insurance, your limited marketing budget doesn’t challenge rival large players websites to get traffic. Whilst not impossible, my suggestion is not to focus on these niches.
So what niche do you focus on? Well, there are lots of good paying keywords which have a lot less competition from other sites which you can rank more easily rank higher in search engines and enjoy link traffic within an acceptable Internet marketing budget.
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11 Jan 09 Eight easy ways at no cost to Market Your Business
Are you trying to promote your business with a tiny marketing budget? Opportunities are plentiful for low or no cost marketing. Here are a few that won’t cost you a cent.
1. Publish articles about your area of expertise. “How-to” articles are always welcome. Ensure you include your web URL, email address and other contact information.
2. Write articles and letters to the editor of publications your target market reads.
3. Get involved in an community or organization project.
4. Build complementary alliances with non-competing businesses and partner with them to cross-promote each others businesses.
5. Write a unique report. A “super how to” list for your area of expertise. Distribute the article freely. Ensure that your web URL, email address and other contact information is included.
6. Speak at groups and organizations events. Make sure that the audience is your target market otherwise you are wasting your time.
7. Carefully target relationships with various media sources, online and offline.
8. Write press releases that are newsworthy and distribute to your special contacts.
The more active you can be, the more interested you will generate for your business.
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07 Jan 09 SOLD: Re-use and Recycling site
My site has sold, I’m sure it’s gone to a good new owner that will grow it too the next level. Make sure you drop by and see what exciting changes are occurring there – reuseandrecycle.info.
Thanks for all your interest, if I have any future blog sales I’ll let you know.
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