Every now and then many people get banned from Google Adsense for whatever reason. I am still a believer of the view that Google will ban you only if you have yourself done something wrong. Not otherwise. But many people have different views on it. Anyways, this post is not about how not to get banned from Google Adsense but on what are the alternatives if you get banned from Adsense. This is one of the most common question asked through email that what are the alternatives to monetize a blog or a website except Google Adsense.
Here is the list of few Google Adsense alternatives:
- Kontera – Kontera is not exactly the alternative of Google Adsense, but its something with works best with it. This is my second best choice after Adsense.
- ValueClickMedia – ValueClickMedia is one of the two best CPM/CPC based network (other being CasaleMedia). It is difficult to get accepted into it. But if you get into it with a quality site, nothing like it.
- CasaleMedia – The second best CPM/CPC based quality network which can make you good money. Not that difficult to get accepted and have many quality campaigns for good CPM and CPC.
- ClickBank – If you are new to affiliate marketing and want to try selling digital products, this is the best network available for you. You get auto accepted. They have digital products for most of the niches on the net. So whatever the niche of your website, you will find a product to sell on it. Read more…
While the rest of economy struggles under the weight of a world wide recession, affiliate marketing is partying like it’s 1999. If you were at the recent Ad:Tech show in San Fransisco, then you saw how completely packed it was. I’m not surprised by all this. During bad times, people are looking for other ways to make money because they fear they might lose their jobs. And one of the best way to make a little, or a lot, of extra cash is with affiliate marketing.
Tatto Media is one of the fastest growing affiliate networks. Currently ranked the 23rd largest ad network by reach, Tatto Media achieved their high level growth by offering affiliate services and technologies that cannot be had with any other affiliate networks.
Proprietary Tracking Technology
Tatto Media is one of the very few affiliate networks to invest the money to create their own offer and tracking system. Most affiliate networks make use of DirectTrack to save money. It takes a major financial commitment to create your own system.
The tracking system Tatto Media created is state of the art. The system is the only one that gives you an up-to-the-minute snapshot of your performance allowing you to optimize any element in real time. There’s no need to wait a day or more to find out if your offer is making any money. You can see it happening right on the screen. If you’re using a third party tracking service like Tracking 202 or Stats Junkie, Tatto Media’s SOAP interface will integrate live reporting in any application.
Self Serve Interface
This is my favorite feature of Tatto Media’s affiliate interface. The self serve system allows you to place your own cookies and tracking pixels on the conversion page without having to call your affiliate manager. This is a huge time saver. Add in the real time reporting mention above and you’ll see instantly if the stats/conversions are off between what Tatto media is showing and what your tracker is showing.
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In the morning I was reading this very interesting story by Melvin, he explains how Big Daddy Google banned him for violating Terms of Service of using their most popular advertising program Google AdSense. I know him very well, He is a great guy but some how he did it unintentionally, well he is not the only person who breaches the AdSense Terms of Service, we always overlooked reading terms and conditions in a hurry for signing up to the best money making tool available for bloggers.
Let me produce here few common mistakes which bloggers generally do and get banned by Daddy Google. One should avoid these mistakes in order to protect AdSense account from getting banned by Google.
[1] Never try to click your own AdSense ads
This is actually what Melvin did and got banned. He was clicking his own Ads. Clicking your own ad inventory is a sin (and I mean it). If you are doing this then you are inviting Google to throw you out of their AdSense Program. Also do not ask your office partners, associates or friends to click on them. Don’t even think of offering incentives for clicks, using automated clicking tools, or other deceptive software. Google is very smart to detect fraudulent clicks
[2] Don’t change the AdSense code
This is the second most common mistake people do. There are enough means of AdSense optimization and customizations available to change the color, background or border to suit your website needs. Do whatever you want to do leaving aside the code, never fiddle within the ad or the search code. They know it when you do it. Read more…
Selling an eBook via a sales letters has literally become an art form. It is one of the oldest forms of making money online and many small details, most of which are listed below have been proven time and time again to work well.
Below we will go over many details that can help take your eBook to the next level and remember to always to test changes, you would be surprised at how making one tiny change can double your sales!
How to Sell eBooks With the Perfect Sales Letter
1. Create a ONE PAGE sales letter so reader’s eyes can only go one way, DOWN to buy.
2. Remove any navigation or links to other pages on your sales letter that could drive away readers
3. Format your sales letter nicely using subtitles, bullets, small paragraphs, bold, highlighting and borders around testimonials
4. At the very top of your sales letter write a powerful sentence to hook readers in ( This first title is said to be the most important part of the page )
5. Create a sub title highlighting more benefits right under the important main title
6. Start the sales letter with “Dear Friend” or something similar to warm up to the reader Read more…
1. Standard Banner Ads
Banner ads are my favorite way to make money via blogs and can provide a large steady stream of income for you. Once you start getting 1-2k + visitors a day you find it easier to attract sponsors. As your blog grows in traffic you can start increasing your advertising rates. I recommend not locking up sponsors for more then 3 months when you start, because of you grow fast you won’t be able to raise prices on sponsors who are already locked in.
It is important to use standard size banners on your site or you will make advertising on your site a hassle for sponsors, which can be enough to see sponsors pass by. You also need to make it clear you are accepting sponsors, what your traffic is and what your rates are per month.
When it comes to actually getting sponsors, many blog owners just sit around for months hoping sponsors find their site to advertise on. Many will, but you can make a lot more money if you are aggressive about filling your banner spots and contacting potential sponsors directly!
2. Text Links
Selling text links that are “follow links”, meaning they help sites rank better in the search engines is against Google terms of service, but many blog owners still resort to this as a way to make money online. I personally do not like to sell text links, but many blog owners do so quietly. You could add “nofollow” tags to the links, which tells search engines not to count the link, but you need to make this clear to sponsors, because many are seeking the potential ranking benefit and do not just want traffic. If you are going to make your links “nofollow” you should place the links in a high visibility zone so that sponsors actually get a decent amount of traffic.
3. Product Reviews
Product reviews have been gaining in popularity, due to the fact that its an easy way to tap into a large reader base of a blog. Not only can sponsors get “follow” links to their site which relates to #2 in our list, but the post will be seen by a majority of the active blog readers, which makes it superb for brand awareness. Read more…
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