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| wyntersheart269 Member
 
 Joined: 6 Aug 2009
 Posts: 5
 
 | # Posted: 15 Aug 2009 13:48 Reply
 
 What has people's experience been with advertising on your blogs with companies like Blog for profit....adsense...or others.
 
 Are they bringing in income for anyone?
 
 What are some good ways to make an income (im happy with a modest income) from blogging?
 
 How do people advertise their blogs and drive traffic to them?
 
 
 
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| Newbie Shield 
   Joined: 22 Sep 2007
 Posts: 2091
 
 | # Posted: 15 Aug 2009 14:43 Reply
 
 Hi wyntersheart,
 
 Figure out the fundamentals of online marketing as a first step. In doing so you'll see how to monetize a blog.
 
 Just make sure that you pick a topic that you'd really enjoy writing about.
 
 Don't rush it. Take your time learning about it for a few months. Then experiment a bit.
 
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| mountainmom5 
   Joined: 30 Aug 2007
 Posts: 1796
 
 | # Posted: 15 Aug 2009 17:53 Reply
 
 NS has great advice - and if you are like me and the thought of learning for a few months drives you half insane, then just pick a topic, like a hobby you really like , or perhaps information you love to share, etc, etc, and set up a blog , start posting good quality information and as you learn new things... go back and implement them on your blog.
 
 Learn as you go.
   
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| johnjimat Member
 
 Joined: 31 Mar 2009
 Posts: 342
 
 | # Posted: 15 Aug 2009 19:20 · Edited by: johnjimat Reply
 
 
 wyntersheart269:  Are they bringing in income for anyone?Yes, of course..
 
 
 wyntersheart269:  What are some good ways to make an income (im happy with a modest income) from blogging? Adsence would be the good way
 
 
 wyntersheart269:  How do people advertise their blogs and drive traffic to them? Well there are a lot of thread that discuss how to drive traffic to your site here. You would want to check it. good luck
   
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| TyBrown Member
 
 Joined: 23 Jul 2009
 Posts: 37
 
 | # Posted: 15 Aug 2009 19:57 Reply
 
 Adsense can be great.  A simple thing you can do is google 'blog ad networks' and check out a bunch.  I've had different degrees of success with adsense, chitika, kontera, and a few others.
 
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| elle14 Member
 
 Joined: 13 Aug 2009
 Posts: 4
 
 | # Posted: 18 Aug 2009 10:13 Reply
 
 Build traffic by doing link building. Focus on off page optimization. it will increase current clicks and give you more data on how to improve your AdSense.
 
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| getagrip 
   Joined: 20 Feb 2006
 Posts: 1802
 
 | # Posted: 19 Aug 2009 22:59 Reply
 
 Adsense works great - the best thing to do is create a 336 X 280 rectangle at the top of the page, and place other Adsense advertisements in other parts of the page.  Don't rule out promoting affiliate products, however...
 
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| Sam_Jones Member
 
 Joined: 19 Aug 2009
 Posts: 31
 
 | # Posted: 20 Aug 2009 06:42 Reply
 
 Of course, the ads do bring in money for those who use them and Adsense seem to be the best among them all.
 
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| jonbb61 Member
 
 Joined: 20 Aug 2009
 Posts: 1
 
 | # Posted: 20 Aug 2009 13:52 Reply
 
 They can certainly bring a good income but obviously only when you are getting good traffic. IE - at least 500 views a day. I wouldn't place ads if you have less than this
 
 
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