ad networks - Blogs - Ning Creators Social Network2024-03-28T21:31:58Zhttps://creators.ning.com/blogs/feed/tag/ad+networksGoogle Adsense for newbies - 3 minute read...https://creators.ning.com/blogs/google-adsense-for-newbies-32011-05-05T03:00:00.000Z2011-05-05T03:00:00.000ZMark Flockharthttps://creators.ning.com/members/MarkFlockhart<div><p><span class="font-size-5">What to expect</span><br />
Google doesn't disclose what niche is better or what click through rate is on average. You need to test your own. There is very little averages with Google Adsense. Typically the average click through rate (CTR) is low. 10% is high. <br />
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<span class="font-size-5">Are you going to make money now!?</span><br />
Probably not. Don't expect to start a website or blog and put a handful of content on it and expect to be able to sit back and start making hundreds of dollars right away. Sure you can get a click here and there but until you start building a site that gets more than 200 visitors a day you will not start earning anywhere near what you would think. <br />
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All good things take time and if you are trying to make hundreds or even thousands of dollars <span class="font-size-5"> </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.learningtocreateawebsite.com" target="_blank">We</a> have a few things you need. Are there a few people out there that made it quick? Sure, there's always the exceptions, but plan for the long term and if your site explodes then be grateful. <br />
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<span class="font-size-5">What makes my site get more clicks?</span><br />
Content, content, content!!! We're not talking about you copying other peoples content, we're talking about you creating your own niche, new content. People follow you with your views and not copying others. Writing random events or talking about personal experiences in your life you will find with the average person they don't care. The only people that wants to know about your dog and your vacation or your new socks you got for Christmas are your family and friend. That's what Facebook and Twitter is for. <br />
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<span class="font-size-5">What do I do then?</span><br />
What you need to do is develop a product or a topic that will be interesting. Maybe you're making a blog following a movie star's career. Maybe it's about sports or fashion. things that you can learn with and grow with and add content to your site/blog every day, month, year, and 10 years. It needs to be unique where visitors will search for your site. <br />
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100 pages of basic content will lose to 20 pages of planned and unique content. Massive blogging isn't the answer. If it's not unique then it's not going to pull the traffic you want. If you could forget about the clicks and money you want to make from your ads and focus on your content and web design (flow) then you will do better than 95% of the websites out there.  Ask yourself a couple of questions each time your make a video or write a new article.  Is this quality content?  Would I watch/read this?  Is it better than the others posted online?<br />
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I know, this topic could be an entire book -- Chime in and let us know what you've found to work.</p>
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<p>By Mark Flockhart:  The best compliment you can give me is visit or join my network for designers <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.learningtocreateawebsite.com" target="_blank">LTCW</a></p>
</div>Making Money on Our Ning Network by Advertisinghttps://creators.ning.com/blogs/making-money-on-our-ning2010-06-14T20:30:00.000Z2010-06-14T20:30:00.000Zalicehttps://creators.ning.com/members/alice<div><p><i>My Modern Met has been running their own ads since 2008. By achieving high growth and traffic to their network, as well as creating high quality content, they’ve been able to secure deals with top tier ad networks and achieve CPMs in the double digits. Recently, these ad networks have brought to them site-specific buys and unique sponsorship opportunities.<br /></i><br />
Hi, I'm Alice from <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/">My Modern Met</a>. I was asked to share my story on how we've managed to make money on our Ning network. Though our story is unique, there are common experiences we as Ning Creators will all face. Particularly if you're going to try and make money through advertising, I'd love to share with you some things we've learned along the way.<br />
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There are a whole bunch of ways to make money on your Ning network by advertising which include banner advertising with Google Adsense or ad networks, contextual advertising, affiliate sales (cost-per-click, cost-per-action, cost-per-sale), direct advertising and sponsorships. CPM (or cost per thousand) banner advertising is traffic driven, the more people you have looking at your banner ad, the more money you can make. Cost per thousand means that for every 1,000 impressions (or eyeballs), you get a certain amount of money which can range from a few cents to double digit dollars.<br />
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When I first started My Modern Met, we focused our attention on building up the community and providing interesting content. We started as a private, invite-only site and we took off the Google Adsense ads immediately, though looking back we probably could have kept them on. The reason we took them off was because our site was a little too broad, meaning we didn't have such a specific niche that Adsense was working effectively. That being said, even if you're not making a lot of money in the early stages, you want people to get used to seeing advertising on your site and making some money is better than none. We decided that it was better to use up the web real estate with interesting content. We built up our core community through friends and family. After about three months, we opened up My Modern Met to the public. Our content started to spread virally around the web, bringing in tens of thousands of people a day. At that point, we knew we were big enough to approach ad networks.<br />
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Through our own research and by talking to people at conferences, we found a bunch of ad networks that would fit with us and found out their criteria for getting accepted. We knew that we had to reach a critical mass of unique visitors and pageviews before we could even approach them. Once we hit those milestones, we reached out to them and were able to secure deals.<br />
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We manage our ads through Google Ad Manager. (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-setup-google-ad-manager-on-your-blogwebsite/">Here's</a> a good article from Hongkiat on how to set it up if you're looking into managing your ad networks or even your direct buys.)<br />
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With time and increased traffic, we were able to partner with more premium ad networks. After two years, we're now in the position where we're receiving site specific buys and sponsorship opportunities.<br />
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<b><u>Here are our top ten tips on how to make money through advertising:</u></b><br />
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1. Be patient - Don't expect to partner with ad networks until you reach a minimum threshold (number of unique visitors or pageviews).<br />
2. Research ad networks - Find out which ones best fit with your Ning network. There's a wide range of ad networks for particular niches like luxury and tech.<br />
3. Be persistent - If you get denied from an ad network, don't give up. Approach them again after a certain period of time. Legitimacy comes with increased traffic over time.<br />
4. Have high quality content, find your niche - If possible create original content that others would want to link to and spread.<br />
5. Decide on your business model - Banners advertising works well for sites with high traffic, while smaller, more targeted niche sites work well with Google Adsense or affiliate sales.<br />
6. Grow your community - What sets your site apart from blogs is that you have engaged members. Make that one of your selling points when you approach advertisers or ad networks.<br />
7. Build traffic - Don't overlook the power of Digg, Reddit and StumbleUpon.<br />
8. Use social media tools like Facebook and Twitter - These will also help you spread content and build up your community.<br />
9. Get to know other Ning Creators - Find out what works for them and see if you can apply it to your network.<br />
10. Get outside your comfort zone - Attend conferences and network. You may want to just sit at your desk and work on your site but getting out there into the real world will help you see if you're headed in the right direction, find new ideas and identify trends. This is invaluable.<br />
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I hope this information helps. Good luck to all of you Ning Creators out there and if you have any specific questions, feel free to contact me at alice@mymodernmet.com. Thanks!</p>
</div>Where to Find Advertisers: post ads and earn moneyhttps://creators.ning.com/blogs/where-to-find-advertisers-post2009-12-08T14:15:24.000Z2009-12-08T14:15:24.000ZBenjamin Brandaohttps://creators.ning.com/members/BenjaminBrandao<div><p>Finding the right ads to post is easy... if you know where to find the advertisers. To help save you some time, or maybe give more work then you were expecting, here is a list of 232 Affiliate Ad Networks. I personally have experience as an Advertiser on Commission Junction and multiple internal affiliate programs for my employer. As a part-time affiliate publisher in my free time, I get links to monetize my personal sites and Ning Networks from Commission Junction, LinkShare, PepperJam, Amazon Associates.<br />
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Links to apply to all of these networks plus reviews and opinions from other affiliate marketers on which is the best programs or ad networks to work with, I find OfferVault to be extremely thorough<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.offervault.com/" target="_blank">.</a> That site will also help you find which network the company you want to promote is found on and where they are paying the most.<br />
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Find more revenue ideas for your Ning, join the <a href="http://creators.ning.com/group/money">Making Money with Our Nings Group</a><br /></p>
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<td style="width: 150px;" valign="top" align="left"><font size="2">AdOptim<br />
AdPerio<br />
adreporting.com<br />
adrevolver.com<br />
Ads4Dough<br />
adscendmedia.com<br />
adsmarket.com<br />
advibrance.com<br />
advtise.com<br />
Aff.Biz<br />
affbot1.com<br />
Affiliace.Com<br />
Affiliate Future<br />
Affiliate Lounge<br />
Affiliate Teer<br />
Affiliate.Com<br />
AffiliateBot<br />
AffiliateNetwork.Com<br />
AffiliateShop<br />
affiliateventuregroup.com<br />
AffiliateWindow<br />
Affiliator<br />
agamimedia.com<br />
ampedmedia.com<br />
andesnetwork.com<br />
aquasismedia.com<br />
ATM Interactive<br />
Avangate<br />
Axill.Com<br />
Azn network<br />
bestpriced.com<br />
bigtopnetworks.com<br />
blitzads.com<br />
bloosky.com<br />
bluephoenixmedia.com<br />
BluePhoenixNetwork<br />
bountycpa.com<br />
bridaluxe.com<br />
bulletads.com<br />
cactusmedia.com<br />
Canadian Sponsors<br />
capitallnetwork.com<br />
CashEngines.Com<br />
cleafs.com<br />
ClickBank<br />
ClickBooth<br />
clickkingdom.com<br />
clickmount.com<br />
Clicksor<br />
clickXchange<br />
clixGalore<br />
ClixSense<br />
Commission Junction<br />
Commission Soup<br />
CommissionXchange<br />
Convert2Media.Com<br />
copeac.com<br />
coprosper.com<br />
Cosmic Affiliates</font></td>
<td style="width: 150px;" valign="top" align="left"><font size="2">CPA Junction<br />
CPA Lead<br />
CPA Shine<br />
Cpa Universe<br />
cpaadstrategy.com<br />
CPABoo<br />
cpabullet.com<br />
cpaemarket.com<br />
cpaflash.com<br />
CPAPark<br />
cparev.com<br />
cpathunder.com<br />
CX Digital Media<br />
CyberBounty<br />
Dale Network<br />
Dark Blue Network<br />
digitaltargetmarketing.com<br />
Direct Leads<br />
Direct ROi<br />
directagents.com<br />
dmipartners.com<br />
dpowermedia.com<br />
eadvertising.com<br />
EarnReal<br />
ecomleads.com<br />
eggressivenetwork.com<br />
e-Junkie<br />
empyremedia.com<br />
enjoyclicks.com<br />
Epic Edge Media<br />
exclusivecpa.com<br />
expressrevenue.com<br />
filinet.com<br />
firelead.com<br />
FlexOffers<br />
floatinteractive.com<br />
Flux Ads<br />
fusionwhiz.com<br />
fxcash.com<br />
globaladrevolution.com<br />
globaldirectmedia.com<br />
go2directads.com<br />
Google Affiliate Network<br />
gptmedia.com<br />
guppymedia.com<br />
holidayaffiliates.com<br />
hooqy.com<br />
hybrydads.com<br />
Hydra<br />
icommissions.com<br />
ideamamaadnetwork.com<br />
idicampaigns.com<br />
ilogins.com<br />
iMedia Team<br />
incentreward.com<br />
incentvalue.com<br />
income-list.com<br />
instantdollarz.com</font></td>
<td style="width: 150px;" valign="top" align="left"><font size="2">interactivebrands.com<br />
internetmediaaffiliates.com<br />
Inuvo (Kowabunga)<br />
Iron Offers<br />
Joe Bucks<br />
join.eu<br />
jumboaffiliates.com<br />
Kolimbo<br />
Lead Flash<br />
leadcreations.com<br />
leadexpose.com<br />
levelclick.com<br />
LinkConnector<br />
linkmo.com<br />
linkoffers.net<br />
linkrevenue.com<br />
LinkShare<br />
LinkValu<br />
Logical Media<br />
lvntracker.com<br />
MaxBounty<br />
media202.com<br />
mediadnet.com<br />
MediaTrust<br />
Merchant Zoo<br />
metarevenue.com<br />
Modern Click<br />
Monetize It<br />
money3affiliates.com<br />
More Niche<br />
motiveinteractive.com<br />
mysavingsmedia.com<br />
ndemandaffiliates.com<br />
NDustryClix<br />
netpartner.com<br />
neverblueads.com<br />
nivanetwork.com<br />
Offeratti<br />
Offers Direct ADS<br />
offersquest.com<br />
OfferWeb<br />
OfferWise<br />
OMG Network (UK)<br />
Our Free Stuff Net<br />
paidonresults.net<br />
Panthera Network<br />
partnerstats.net<br />
payaff.com<br />
PayDotCom<br />
peerfly.com<br />
PepperJam Network<br />
perfectpaycheck.com<br />
platinumpartner.com<br />
Plimus<br />
pntra.com<br />
pokeraffiliateworld.com<br />
Primary Ads<br />
ProfessionalCash</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="left"><font size="2">profitcenternetwork.com<br />
profitistic.com<br />
quadrantnetwork.com<br />
rapidresponse.com<br />
ReferBack.Com<br />
RegNow<br />
responsivedata.com<br />
Revenue Loop<br />
Revenue Street<br />
revenue500.com<br />
revenueads.com<br />
revenueco-op.com<br />
revenuegateway.com<br />
revenuehill.com<br />
revenuewire.com<br />
revresponse.com<br />
Rextopia<br />
rocketprofit.com<br />
ROI Rocket<br />
roibooster.com<br />
search4clicks.com<br />
Share a Sale<br />
shareblossom.com<br />
sharecpa.com<br />
Share-It<br />
shareresults.com<br />
Silvertap<br />
Spark Network<br />
Sprin Trade<br />
superaffiliatesoft.net<br />
synervation.net<br />
tarsus-media.com<br />
The Web Gem Network<br />
ThinkAction<br />
TML Affiliate<br />
topaffcash.com<br />
Trade Doubler<br />
trafficpayouts.com<br />
trafficsynergy.com<br />
trafficvenuedirect.com<br />
triadmedianetwork.com<br />
Uffiliates<br />
uniqueleads.com<br />
Valued Network<br />
VHM Network<br />
vintacore.com<br />
VIP Profits<br />
vtarget.com<br />
Web Clients<br />
WebGains<br />
WebJamAds<br />
Webmaster Life<br />
worldofoffers.net<br />
xorclicks.com<br />
yahyahmedia.com<br />
YEP Revenue<br />
yottacash.com<br />
Zanox</font></td>
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<p>I personally prefer the convenience of working with the networks, but remember, companies with internal affiliate programs pay more then those that are listed on ad networks. The ad networks will charge an extra 20 - 30% fee to the advertisers on top of your commission per transaction. So that means if you can partner directly with the company you can earn 20 - 30% more.<br />
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<a rel="nofollow" href="http://pm.web.com" target="_blank">Website Hosting Affiliates</a> earn $90 - $150 per sale, among the most profitable type of ad you can run. Often retail affiliate programs only provide a 10 - 30% commission; average sale less then $100. But don't be discouraged by smaller commissions per transaction, a popular retailer, especially one your audience is interested in, can generate significant traffic and commissions, from your members online shopping.<br />
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<b>Strategy Tip:</b>One idea that plays on affiliate ads is to start a page for Member Discounts. Collect the best coupons and special offers you can find then keep your members updated with online savings to help them pinch their pennies. Not only will this strategy ad valaue to your network's content, it will give your members another reason to return frequently to check out the latest deal that you have uncovered.<br />
If anyone finds a great printable coupon affiliate program. Please write a review, as I am in the search for the best places to find that type of offer to run.Happy Ninging,ben</p>
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