Comments on: 8 Bits On Making Money From Your Blog http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/ Knowledge comes from inspiration - one bit at a time Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:13:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: LGR http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2809 LGR Sun, 27 May 2007 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2809 Joey, Your blog is a perfect fit for AuctionAds, exactly the type of site I was talking about. You talk about sports cards and can show ads from AuctionAds that fit the content perfectly. I imagine Google Adsense would not do near as well as AuctionAds. Joey, Your blog is a perfect fit for AuctionAds, exactly the type of site I was talking about. You talk about sports cards and can show ads from AuctionAds that fit the content perfectly. I imagine Google Adsense would not do near as well as AuctionAds.

]]> By: Joey http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2808 Joey Sun, 27 May 2007 03:27:19 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2808 Auction Ads has been very successful for my infant blog. It helps that it is in a tightly definable niche. The beauty of Auction Ads to me is I can directly tailor the ads shown to the subject matter of the post. Auction Ads has been very successful for my infant blog. It helps that it is in a tightly definable niche. The beauty of Auction Ads to me is I can directly tailor the ads shown to the subject matter of the post.

]]> By: LGR http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2785 LGR Sat, 26 May 2007 15:25:48 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2785 I agree most people subscribe to RSS to get rid of ads. I have not tried Text Link Ads in an RSS feed yet, personally, but it seems to me that actually might be the better solution for RSS feeds. I agree most people subscribe to RSS to get rid of ads. I have not tried Text Link Ads in an RSS feed yet, personally, but it seems to me that actually might be the better solution for RSS feeds.

]]> By: Shankar Ganesh http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2772 Shankar Ganesh Sat, 26 May 2007 05:07:08 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2772 Nice article. Out of all these programs, my favourite is Text Link Ads. Though my blog's still not accepted ;) , I love the concept - Link Trades. And I think RSS Ads are not worthy because people subscribe to a blog only to get rid of ads and stuff, and read the content, IMHO :) Nice article. Out of all these programs, my favourite is Text Link Ads. Though my blog’s still not accepted ;) , I love the concept - Link Trades.

And I think RSS Ads are not worthy because people subscribe to a blog only to get rid of ads and stuff, and read the content, IMHO :)

]]> By: LGR http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2763 LGR Fri, 25 May 2007 20:59:31 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2763 Thanks Rhett. Nice to see you came and checked it out. Thanks Rhett. Nice to see you came and checked it out.

]]> By: Rhett http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2759 Rhett Fri, 25 May 2007 17:53:42 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2759 Nice article Lee. I love this community building! (I also really like your design here. Very neat.) Nice article Lee. I love this community building!

(I also really like your design here. Very neat.)

]]> By: LGR http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2757 LGR Fri, 25 May 2007 16:36:50 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2757 Ronald, That is an excellent article on PayPerPost. They just recently released their new PayPerPost Direct and I will have to do some looking in to it. Regarding a certain threshold of traffic before monetization, I would say yes if your blog is your only site that you are monetizing. Most, if not all, programs have traffic or other requirements that your site should meet. If your blog is one of several sites that you monetize you can start to monetize your blog sooner. For example, my blog has Google AdSense ads on it, but it is not the only site I run that I monetize so I started using AdSense on it sooner than if it was my only blog. Every program is different and some programs it can be difficult to even find the requirements. Google AdSense for example might terminate your account if you have "not generated a sufficient number of valid clicks on Ads or Referral Buttons or valid impressions of Ads (in each case as measured by Google) for a period of two (2) months or more." The statement of course does not even tell you what the number of valid clicks or impressions of ads are. Another example is Text Link Ads. You can join the program, but your site probably will not be accepted to sell links unless it has a Google PageRank of 4. I have never found that written down anywhere officially on the Text Link Ads website, but that has been my experience. Regarding paid reviews, I would wait even longer before starting to do them to build up a loyal readership. You need to know your readers in this case. Some do not appreciate paid reviews and will stop coming, others will take it in stride and continue to visit. I think frequency is important. If every other post is a paid review you risk losing your readers no matter how good the reviews are. Ronald,
That is an excellent article on PayPerPost. They just recently released their new PayPerPost Direct and I will have to do some looking in to it.

Regarding a certain threshold of traffic before monetization, I would say yes if your blog is your only site that you are monetizing. Most, if not all, programs have traffic or other requirements that your site should meet. If your blog is one of several sites that you monetize you can start to monetize your blog sooner. For example, my blog has Google AdSense ads on it, but it is not the only site I run that I monetize so I started using AdSense on it sooner than if it was my only blog. Every program is different and some programs it can be difficult to even find the requirements.

Google AdSense for example might terminate your account if you have “not generated a sufficient number of valid clicks on Ads or Referral Buttons or valid impressions of Ads (in each case as measured by Google) for a period of two (2) months or more.” The statement of course does not even tell you what the number of valid clicks or impressions of ads are.

Another example is Text Link Ads. You can join the program, but your site probably will not be accepted to sell links unless it has a Google PageRank of 4. I have never found that written down anywhere officially on the Text Link Ads website, but that has been my experience.

Regarding paid reviews, I would wait even longer before starting to do them to build up a loyal readership. You need to know your readers in this case. Some do not appreciate paid reviews and will stop coming, others will take it in stride and continue to visit. I think frequency is important. If every other post is a paid review you risk losing your readers no matter how good the reviews are.

]]> By: Ronald Huereca http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2742 Ronald Huereca Fri, 25 May 2007 05:37:59 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2742 For the paid reviews, Andy Beard wrote about his experience with <a href="http://andybeard.eu/2007/05/payperpost-direct-review.html" rel="nofollow">Pay Per Post</a>. It is quite interesting. These are some great tips. Should a blog reach a certain threshold of traffic before monetization, or is it never too late or too early? For the paid reviews, Andy Beard wrote about his experience with Pay Per Post. It is quite interesting.

These are some great tips. Should a blog reach a certain threshold of traffic before monetization, or is it never too late or too early?

]]> By: Simonne http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2739 Simonne Fri, 25 May 2007 05:10:10 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/8-bits-on-making-money-from-your-blog/#comment-2739 Hey, Vivien, I was not surprised by your title, but I expected something else. Lee, I'm glad you published this article here. It contains good information. I can endorse no 2 and 3 with my example: my blog is not product oriented, and I was not able to make a single cent out of affiliate programs, although I tried to pre-sell some products. Hey, Vivien, I was not surprised by your title, but I expected something else.
Lee, I’m glad you published this article here. It contains good information. I can endorse no 2 and 3 with my example: my blog is not product oriented, and I was not able to make a single cent out of affiliate programs, although I tried to pre-sell some products.

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