Let me count the ways I monetize my blogs. The methods may not focused on one single blog but spread out over a few.
1) Google Adsense
2) Paid Posts
3) Links on the side bar
4) Links at the bottom of pages
5) Links sold on per month basis, inserted into our old posts
6) Random links with pop up bubble like Infolinks.
7) Banner ads
8) Chitika premium which appears only to traffic from USA
Ok, this post is about method number 6. Previously, I use Kontera but Kontera warned me that I cannot use Kontera with some other ads program. The frustrating thing is, after two emails, they still did not tell me what I did wrong and I hate being warned that my account may be suspended. Luckily, Hongkiat told me about Infolinks. So, I took off Kontera and replaced with Infolinks. They work in similar way, so you can choose one.
Infolinks work with Google Ads so you do not have to worry about that part too. Want to try Infolinks? Use my referral link, please? I ask nicely, ok? Hehehe.
If you do not now how to mess with the javascripts, don’t hesitate to ask. I have seen some publishers with loads of green, double underlined links. You can change the colour and reduce the number of links, you know? I have changed mine to only five and when I do paid posts, I just ‘hide’ the infolinks from appearing.
20 thoughts on “How many ways do you monetize your site?”
Lorna
(October 15, 2008 - 8:50 am)Lilian, what about AdBrite? AdBrite also has ad options that works like Kontera / Infolinks, and according to AdBrite, they’re also Google Ads compatible.
AdBrite, as well as Chitika and Google AdSense have been very kind to me in terms of helping me monetize my sites. Love them!
ihateher
(October 15, 2008 - 10:28 am)already try infolinks. Its simple. I like it. :)
Mal
(October 15, 2008 - 11:25 am)I have been trying to configure performancing but I have not gotten it to work perfectly yet. Have you tried it?
ahmike
(October 15, 2008 - 4:48 pm)Will Infolinks drops our PR?
eyeman
(October 16, 2008 - 1:48 am)ehm, i never try yet. I intend to use adsense. Hope it will working.
afas
(October 17, 2008 - 11:26 pm)i also want to know if infolinks will make our PR drop or not.
titan
(October 18, 2008 - 10:02 am)i already most of that site you list. Hope i can earn well and even with infolinks. :)
John Philips
(October 21, 2008 - 7:49 pm)These are all nice starter ways to make money on your sites but I’ve always been told selling products found on clickbank is really the way to make money. Clickbank products can pay $50 vs. $1 for even the best adsense niches. I’ve done a little of both and I can see the benefits of clickbank. I’ve made two sales and I’m matching my adsense for the past 2 months!
Tracy Benungski - Internet business make money online
(October 22, 2008 - 4:46 pm)Will try adsense and see if my income increases. Thanks.
David Moore
(November 7, 2008 - 7:11 am)Hi, you know what? I was looking up this infolinks to see if it was a scam and I saw your blog… If I can find your referal link I will sign up under you. You know why? Because referal programs never work for me, so I want to help. It won’t hurt me any to sign up under you, and it’ll help you. Why not?
Margot-Helena Kasari
(November 14, 2008 - 10:55 pm)Hi, I just discovered Infolinks through your website. Never heard of it before, thanks :)
One suggestion for you – when you integrate links in your blog posts, add the _blank so that it would open in a new window, not redirect in the same window. You don’t want to send your visitors away, do you?
Have a nice day. :)
Pork Bun
(November 16, 2008 - 12:40 am)I tried adsense and hated it. There are sooo many MFA sites (stolen content from scrappers – worthless – Made For Adsense). Proformancing is not that easy to configure but it seems to have the right idea. You can sell adspace on your sidebar for a few bucks a week to start out.
Margot-Helena Kasari
(November 16, 2008 - 2:40 am)I’m not a big fan of adsense myself – it takes ages to earn with it.
I discovered a nicer alternative to it – Clickbank Adrotator. It rotates clickbank products relevant to your topic.
It doesn’t pay by click, but the commissions on the other hand are much higher as well, should someone buy from your link.
rakai
(November 24, 2008 - 1:55 pm)MMm,sound good… I will go there.(infolinks.com)…thanks alot friends
Alfie
(January 2, 2009 - 12:44 pm)Have you already received payments from infolinks? Do they really pay? Thnaks, just asking, I`m also interested to try this one since kontera CPC s**ks.
Ehsan
(February 2, 2009 - 3:02 pm)I 100% agree with you,
Infolinks is 100 times more better than Kontera, i was frustrated after using kontera for 2 months all i had earned was 4 USD, and i was able to reach this in just 4 days after i installed Infolinks on few pages of my website for trial basis, now i am going to implement it on all my pages
George Serradinho
(February 10, 2009 - 10:51 pm)Thanks for the info, I just signed up earlier today and awaiting feedback. Just thought I would get other peoples experience :)
Len
(February 14, 2009 - 2:28 am)Hello, I heard that in-text-ads (like infolinks) will hurt your blog’s pagerank because google doesn’t like selling links on your site. is this true? what do you think about this?
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nas
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