Sunday, May 19, 2013
How to Make Money From Commission Junction
1. If you do not have a website or blog, it's not hard to get one. If you want to create a website, you can purchase a domain and a web host for your site. GoDaddy and Hostgator are a couple that have reasonable prices. The first step is to get a blog or website up and running, if you do not have one already.
2. Go to the Commission Junction website and sign up.
3. Once you are signed up, browse through the different advertisers. Commission Junction has over 1,000 from which to choose. Browse by categories that complement the audience of your website. Click on a category to look at the advertiser list. To find out more details about a particular program, click on the advertiser that interests you.
4. Look for advertisers that sell a product or service that is associated with your blog or website, so you have a better chance to earn some money. When you find an advertiser that interests you, click on the 'join program' button. Agree to the terms and conditions after reading them carefully. Some programs approve you automatically, and some approve you manually, which takes time. When you are approved for a program, it is added to your link relationship list, which is a list of all the advertisers that approved you to post their links on your website or blog.
5. To get the link for the advertiser that approved you, click on the 'Get links' tab from the home page of Commission Junction. If you choose to post a link from an advertiser that is not active or has not approved you yet, you do not collect a commission on the sales or leads.
6. Choose a link or banner. When you click on 'View links,' a list pops up for all the links that you can post on your site or blog. When you find a link you like, click on it, and from there you can copy HTML or JAVA for that link and paste it to your website or blog.
7. Click 'Publish,' and the link appears. That's it; you're done. Now your site is monetized by Commission Junction.
Google Adsense Ad Types
Content Ads
Website masters and publishers can insert AdSense code within the content of a website or blog to display ads based on the site's content. The more targeted and centrally focused the content, the better targeted the ad. You can choose between several different ad sizes and shapes, customize the colors and fonts, and even select what you want to appear if a relevant ad is not available.
Domain Ads
This allows you to use an unused domain with no content for AdSense. Instead of leaving the site blank with an under construction sign or an error, the site virtually becomes one huge ad list. The ads relate to the domain name only as there is no content on the site.
Feed Ads
This type of ad appears when you have AdSense ads show up in the RSS feeds of your blog. RSS stands for 'Really Simple Syndication' and allows someone to subscribe to a website's updates. It is within that update feed that publishers can insert code for AdSense ads.
Mobile Content Ads
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These are ads particularly designed for mobile content, or mobile-only websites. Now that many more people are accessing websites via their mobile phones, many businesses, non-profits, etc. are building parallel sites for phones. These are sites specifically designed for compatibility with the programs and software (or lack thereof) of mobile phones. Obviously, you can only take advantage of this ad type if you have a mobile-only website.
Mobile Application Ads
With the influx of Smart Phones and the thousands of applications, or apps, that run them, Google has introduced AdSense for apps. It is now in beta for free apps only and for Android or iPhone. In October 2010, one must meet Google's requirements, apply and receive approval to use this.
Search Ads
Another way to display Google AdSense is by adding a Google search tool on your website or blog. Use of the Google search tool will pull up relevant posts on your own blog as well as Google search results--and the AdSense ads.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
How to Make Genuine Money With Google Adsense Click Bank
1. Create a website devoted to a topic or niche of your interest. Select a topic you're knowledgeable about to ensure you have lots of information to create content and maintain an interest in the site over time.
2. Sign up for a free AdSense account by completing the online application. Wait a few days up to a week to receive an acceptance email from the Google AdSense team. Sign into your account and click the 'AdSense Setup' tab, then press 'Get Ads.' Here you can select the size of the ads you want to display on your website and customize their appearance to blend in with the color scheme of your site. When you are done setting the desired customization options, copy the AdSense code and place it into the HTML source code of your website.
3. Place AdSense ads above the fold on your web page, which is the portion of your website visitors see without scrolling down. According to AdSense's start-up guide, this area is fairly popular for generate more clicks, which translates into larger earnings. However, consider your audience first before placing ads on your website. Position ads according to the information on each page and where the reader's attention will be focused on each page. For example, it's much more useful to place an ad unit at the end of an article, than to place the ad in the middle of the article, interrupting the reader's flow.
4. Join ClickBank by completing the online registration form. Include details such as your name and contact information, and include the address of your website. Wait a few days up to a week to receive a confirmation email of your acceptance into the ClickBank program. Log in to your account and search through the thousands of digital products to find one or a few you want to promote. Choose products within your niche that you will actually use to give your reader's a fair assessment of the product's usefulness.
5. Write a review of the ClickBank products you choose to promote and place your affiliate link at the end of the review. Include honest and pertinent details in each review to convince your visitors that the product is valuable and you aren't simply trying to push products you wouldn't use yourself.
6. Drive traffic to your website via social media tools like Twitter or Facebook, and increase your website's search engine rankings with a bit of SEO optimization to increase your earnings, says Inc. Magazine. The key to making a full-time or even part-time income with AdSense and ClickBank is volume in numbers. The more people who visit your website, the more people who are bound to click on your AdSense ads or purchase ClickBank products you promote. The greatest way to increase your earnings is to increase your website's visibility by gaining quality backlinks from high-ranking sites within your niche to optimize your website's search engine rankings, and reaching highly targeted traffic on sites like Twitter and Facebook.
Friday, May 17, 2013
How to Embed Google AdSense in WordPress With a Widget
1. Log in to Google AdSense with your AdSense credentials. Click the 'My Ads' tab. Click 'Get code' under the ad unit you want to use, or click 'New add unit' to make a new one. Follow the prompts to create the ad. Select and copy the ad code.
2. Sign in to your WordPress blog. Click 'Appearance' on the left. Click 'Widgets.'
3. Look to the right to see the available sidebars. Click the arrow symbol on the sidebar you want to insert the AdSense ad in. This will display the sidebar contents.
4. Hover the mouse over the 'Text' widget in the 'Widgets' section. The mouse cursor will change into four arrows that resemble a cross. Click the widget and drag it to the open sidebar. When a dotted rectangle appears, drop the widget by releasing the mouse button.
5. Click the arrow on the 'Text' widget to open it. Right-click on the blank text box and click 'Paste.'
6. Click 'Save,' and then click 'Close.'
7. Wait for a few minutes. It may take a little while for the AdSense ads to appear. Type your blog's address in the browser's location bar. You should see the AdSense ad unit on the sidebar.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
How to Make $100 A Day Or More With Yahoo Answers
1. Register an account with Yahoo Answers. You will need to have a Yahoo account to ask or answer questions. Yahoo Answers rates users by how many legitimate answers they have provided. You can't post live links in your answers until you have reached level 2 in Yahoo Answers.
2. Find questions related to your niche, and provide useful answers. If you have a blog about personal finance and you're promoting finance ebooks on your website, find questions in Yahoo Answers that relate to finance. Provide quality answers without including your live link.
3. Sign up for a Google Adsense account. Google Adsense allows you to place ads related to your niche on your website. You are paid a certain amount of money each time a visitor clicks on an ad.
4. Apply to participate in a CPA program. CPA stands for cost per action. Once you are accepted, you are allowed to place CPA banners on your site. When a visitor clicks on a CPA banner, he is asked to fill in his personal information, such as name and email address. Each time a visitors submits information, you are paid.
5. Sign up for an account with an affiliate product marketplace. Click Bank is an online company that allows individuals to sign up as affiliates to promote digital products. Commission Junction and Amazon allow affiliates to sign up and promote physical products. You earn a commission each time a product is sold that you're promoting.
6. Create an affiliate link on your website. When you sign up with Click Bank, Commission Junction or Amazon, you are given a link to the product you've chosen to promote. You must add the link to your website. When people go to your website, they will have the opportunity to purchase the product you're promoting.
7. Search in Yahoo Answers for questions that are easily answered with the suggestion of useful products. For example, if someone is asking about the best book on investing in stocks, you can provide a useful answer containing a link to your site that promotes books on stock investing. This is done after you reach Level 2 in Yahoo Answers.
How to Place a Google Ad on Office Live
1. Log in to your Google AdSense account. Click 'AdSense Setup,' followed by 'Get Ads' in the main navigation menu. Select the size and appearance of the Google ad by clicking the relevant options' check boxes and using the ad color-picker tool. Click the 'Continue' button; then select 'Submit and Get Code.'
2. Copy the HTML code for the Google AdSense ad from the code field.
3. Launch Microsoft Notepad. Paste the code copied in the previous step into the Notepad document. Save the document as 'myAdPage.htm.'
4. Launch Office Live. Click 'Document Gallery' in the main navigation menu. Click 'Upload' in the Document Gallery actions menu bar.
5. Go the location of the 'myAdPage.htm' document you created earlier. Click the file to highlight it; then select 'Open.' Click the 'Add' button to add the file to the Document Uploader list. Click and select the check box beside the file. Click the 'Upload' button.
6. Click 'Web Site' in the Office Live main menu. This opens the Page Manager dialog box. Click 'Edit' beside the name of the Web page on which you want to include the Google AdSense ad. This launches the Page Editor dialog box.
7. Click on the Web page zone in which you want to include the ad. Click 'Module' in the 'Insert' group on the main menu. Select 'HTML.' This opens the HTML dialog box.
8. Paste the following code into the text input field:
9. Highlight and change the height and width dimensions to the sizes that you selected when you created the Google AdSense ad.
10. Click the 'OK' button. This saves your changes and adds the Google AdSense ad to your Office Live Web page.
How to Make an Internet Magazine
1. Create a concept for your Internet magazine, and be as specific as possible. If you want to create a fiction magazine, decide on a genre and a focus. For example, you might decide to run a romance magazine focusing on vampire romance. Nonfiction magazines should be even more specific: a magazine focusing on tools for beading jewelry crafters, for instance. Sharply focused magazines are easier to run and market.
2. Choose a title, and at the same time, buy a domain name. Don't agonize over 'the perfect' domain name; just pick something close to the title of your magazine. The vampire romance zine above, for instance, could be www.love-bytes.com or www.dark-love.com.
3. Choose a commercial (not free) web host that offers unlimited storage and bandwidth and that has received excellent reviews. Your website should have, at minimum, a cover page home page, a table of contents linked to stories and an archive section. Many online magazines also run forums for writers and readers, and some also offer an email version of their magazine that readers can subscribe to. You may not know everything you will want to do with your ezine yet, so try to keep your options open.
4. Decide how you're going to monetize your magazine. Even if you're just running your zine for love, it's smart to try to turn enough profit to offset expenses and maybe even pay your writers a little bit. The simplest and surest way to make money from your magazine is by running advertisements provided by Google's Adsense program and by signing up to do affiliate sales for Amazon.
5. Create your website template and the logo for your website. Keep it simple for your first launch: home page, story/article pages, advertising slots, a table of contents.Develop a writer's contract. Writers will need to assign you electronic rights to publish their stories, and you will need to inform them of exactly how long their stories will remain electronically available, as well as what your future plans for their stories are. You will also need a page outlining submission guidelines. The easiest way to develop both these documents is by visiting online magazines that are similar to yours and using their guidelines and contract as samples.
6. Advertise for submissions to your magazine. Post advertisements at writers' websites and on Craig's List. If you offer to pay for published stories, you are likely to be swamped with submissions. Give yourself plenty of time (ideally, about six months) between requesting submissions and launching your first issue, as it will take time to wade through manuscripts.Before you're ready to launch your magazine, you should have enough submissions lined up to fill two magazine issues. Generate, acquire or find graphics for your magazine, as well.
7. Once your first magazine is in place and you have user-tested it to ensure your links work, you're ready to launch. Have a marketing plan in place so you'll have good traffic from the very beginning. Advertise using Adsense or Yahoo! ads (many web hosts give away a limited amount of these when you first sign up), and create a Facebook page so you can advertise there, as well. If you have any famous writers publishing in this issue, write and distribute a press release to the appropriate industry media. Put up fliers in your local bookstores and libraries. Ask friends and family to advertise your ezine, and ask writers in the issue to advertise, as well.Then start preparing your next edition.
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