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Which ad format works best for Nuffnang ads?

A few people have asked me which type of ad format works best for Nuffnang ads.

Before I proceed, please note that I only use the CPM ad slots, i.e. I put the little Nuffnang blue logo on my blog and if advertisers wish to place their banners, they will buy the slot for a whole week. Then, depending on which band that blog belongs to, I get the payment calculated at the end of the week.

The band numbers that I get on my blogs range from a mere 2 (which pays like RM1+ per week) to band 41 (only during some crazy periods like the 12 GE). Therefore, I do not really care about which format works best because it is based on the amount of traffic I get.

I am not aware or bother to find out if different format pays better or the three different ads format pays the same amount of money. If you wish to know, please ask Nuffnang yourself.

In the above screenshot, you may notice that some of my blogs have three ads format on one page.

They are :

1) The banner which I place above everything else, right at the top.

2) The sidebar 160 x 600.

3) The large rectangle which I inserted after my first post.

I actually do not like to place all three formats together but on one or two blogs, I have to because each week, different advertisers asked for different ad formats. In the end, to save my time, I just stuff all three there. I do not get an ad every week.

In general, these are the most favoured ads :

1) The 728 x 90 because it is so visible
2) The large rectangle if you place it above your fold, i.e. right after your banner before your post
3) Sidebar

However, if you are not only monetizing solely with Nuffnang, you may want to evaluate properly. Here are some points to consider :

a) Is it worth it to place the ads and distract your Adsense’s clicks? I have one blog targetting US only traffic and I do not place Nuffnang ads there.

b) Do you have other banner ads that prohibit Nuffnang ads? I have one overseas company that prohibit me from placing any other banners ads next to theirs.

c) Would placing too many ads make your blog looks like the back of the bus? I have seen some really gaudy set up because they not only place Nuffnang ads, they have other banners. Staring too long makes me breathless!

Nuffnang is coming up with more and more attractive ads format like this Happy-O-Meter, the rotating ads called buffered earnings and recently, another one call metered campaign. Then, there is the cost per click (CPC) ads.

I cannot advice which works best for you because it depends on the kind of traffic you get. However, you may want to go with Nuffnang Glitterati because a blog can only take so many ads so do not overload with too many local ads. Blogs with too much Malaysian flavours do not make money. My personal blog has the most traffic but it is ranked position #5 in terms of making money (total income from all sources).

Do read these two related posts : How to make money from Nuffnang and I explained how the Nuffnang analytics work.

Note : This post is written based on my own individual and personal evaluation on how Nuffnang ads works and I do not guarantee that my points are 100% correct or reliable. And no, Nuffnang does not pay me to promote but I personally believe that Malaysia has a bright future in internet marketing and so far, Nuffnang is the only company that performs, pays and rewards bloggers.

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. 09 Jul 08 | Make Money | Comments (4)

Payment from LinkXL - selling text link the no-follow way

I blogged about LinkXL which I described as the safe way to sell links in our old posts. You have a choice of selling the links using no-follow or follow. On some of my blogs, I put no-follow tags and I managed to sell many links too. Of course, I cannot reveal which blogs are monetized with LinkXL but trust me, if you are previously a paid post blogger, you do get offers.

However, note that you may have some agreement with those paid post companies that the posts remain forever and you cannot add any links into those paid posts. So, watch what you have committed before putting in LinkXL.

If you are a blogger using your own Wordpress.org blog, then, you merely need to install the plugin and sit back and wait for advertisers to buy them. The links go into the keywords in your posts. This means, you will have hundreds of potential links to be sold.

And if your blog has internal pagerank in those single posts, you can sell them for very good price. For example, if I have a PR3/10 internal pagerank, I can offer to sell a link for say, USD30 per month. If that page commands a good position in the search results, then, you can sell them for even more.

Here’s the first payment I received from LinkXL, USD140. Not bad, eh? To find out more about LinkXL, here’s my aff link to help you make money with LinkXL.

As usual, I wish to say again, there is endless way to make money blogging if your blog is filled with good contents and good keywords.

. 08 Jul 08 | Income report, Make Money | Comments (9)

I am super happy, what about you?

Super happy or super sad. The choice is yours.

Now, you can express it on your blog with a Nuffnang widget. The Nuffnang Happy-O-Meter widget.

If you are a Nuffnang publisher (which by now, all Malaysian bloggers should, if they have not done so), all you need is to log in to your dashboard and select your choice of colour, your mood and enter your short text message.

Now, you may ask. Why do we want the widget? First of all, it is cute. Next, it can be colour co-ordinated. And best of all, it will be filled with ads which pay us bloggers.

Nuffnang are rolling out the ads and I just received 12 emails from Marketing! Woohoo! TWELVE! It is spread over several of my better blogs. Yes, I work hard to update those blogs with good contents, so don’t jeles lah. You can read all about the Happy-O-Meter on Nuffnang blog.

Here are some useful tips on how to make money with Nuffnang. Find out how much money can make from Nuffnang. There are more posts on how to make an income from Nuffnang ads, so feel free to check my previous posts.

I am super happy! What about you?

. 05 Jul 08 | Make Money | Comments (7)

Kontera - Ad income

I just received an email that Kontera is giving 100% Rev share for publishers joining in July 08. If you have not monetize your site with Kontera ads, you should sign up now. Below is my aff link if you wish to join. (with 100% revenue share, I don’t earn a commission, ok?)

Sign up for Kontera ads - Pays well, saves space

So, what is Kontera?

Kontera is the little bubble pop up on those links underlined with a double line.

How do I add the ad?

Just add the code or plugin and the ads will appear on its own.

I have a Blogger Blogspot. Can I join?

Yes, you can now. Kontera now has widget for Blogger.

Do you, 5xmom, makes money from Kontera?

Yes I do. I have about USD80 from Kontera. Some log niche works better than others.

Sign up now and take advantage of this amazing offer!

Remember, this is a one-month offer, so the sooner you sign up the sooner you can start earning. We’re pretty sure that this is the best offer around, so what are you waiting for?

. 03 Jul 08 | Make Money | Comments (11)

Half a year gone, do you have resolutions to make money?

Once again, it is the end of the month (in the USA) and within the next few hours, I will be getting payments from TextLinkAds, ReviewMe and a few other ads companies. I love those companies who pays right on the dot. Then, there are those who pay around 10th of the month like LinkWorth, Kontera, Amazon, FoodBuzz and more.

Yesterday, I went to CIMB to cash my Adsense and I am pleasantly surprised that CIMB gives RM3.23 for every USD1. Woohoo, I earned more than RM100+, which are extras, because I normally base my calculations on lower exchange rates.

So, it is the end of June. Today is 1st July 2008. Half a year gone. How much have I made in the half year? I didn’t bother to calculate because the Excel spreadsheets were in my dead Vaio and though I have the backup in my external drive, it is too much of a bother to dig out the hard drive to download the files to my Mac.

I don’t keep resolutions even for my personal life. So, I definitely do not set very high targets for my make money blog. My target is, as long as I have make enough of a certain number, I will rest already. As for pagerank, I hope I can gain my PR5/10 on my personal blog and the rest of the blogs, PR remains status quo.

So, my resolution till the end of 2008 is to just take things easy. I will still explore ways to make money online but I will tread warily. Remember that there are more scams than truth in making money online. 80% of the claims are probably bullshits. But the future of monetizing our blogs is very bright.

Cheers to another six months of prosperous income!

. 01 Jul 08 | Make Money | Comments (4)

Sikit-sikit jadi bukit, pendapatan melalui blog

The above title means, a little bit, a little bit will end up as a hill. Sort of making a mountain out of mole hill. But this applies to saving bit by bit to become rich.

That’s the advice from NoorizamShah.com on his post about making money. He mentioned to his blog reader that I had made RM10K from Nuffnang.

Well, it is so true. I started making money by earning my USD three cents from Adsense just like everyone else. USD0.03. Most Adsense clicks in Malaysia pays only USD0.03. From that 0.03 (hehehe, sounds like some condom ad), I slowly make the first USD10. And when I hit USD100, I was banned by Adsense due to fradulent clicks. Until today, I do not know what caused it. We will never find out.

But I re-apply and start from 0.03 again. So, if you are just making 10 cents per day from your ad income now, take heart. Everyone starts from zero. Don’t dream big. Start from zero.

Ta ta! I am off to cash my Adsense income at CIMB now.

Good posts on Adsense :

How to avoid getting banned by Google Adsense

How to dramatically increase your Google Adsense income

(Note : Now we can no longer insert ads below our blog title, please note this. And if you insert ads in between posts, you must make the ads stand out. I use a border in light colour)

All my posts categorised under Google Adsense

. 30 Jun 08 | Make Money | Comments (11)

Another milestone - 10K at NN

I will keep this discreet. But still, it is a big milestone to remember. I have touched 10K at NN! Yay! It is over a period of more than one year. Still it is a good way to monetize our site.

Phweett!!! Bring out the tuak. Hahaha, I dare not put screenshot because I am not sure if it is ok with Tim and Ming to show it. However, good news like this must share, right?

SEPULUH RIBU!

Heh, sshhhh….taxable one, wokay? So, shhhh……

. 23 Jun 08 | Income report, Make Money | Comments (32)

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