Saturday, January 19, 2008

Generate Money From a Website or Web Blog

Let me start off by saying there are numerous methods to generate an income from your website or web blog. But all these methods have one thing in common; they all revolve around advertising in some way, shape or form.

The top three ways of generating money from a website are (in no particular order) Google’s Adsense, Commission Junction and ClickBank. Each method is completely free to set up and extremely easy to use. So lets me try and explain how each of the mediums creates an income for you.

Adsense: Google Adsense is an advertising medium that works via (PPC) Pay-Per-Click. So, for every person that clicks on your ad, which is displayed on your site. You are reward with an amount of money; each amount varies on what you’re advertising and who you’re advertising for.

Now, the beautiful thing about this method is Google automatically decides what ads to show on your site. Each ad is targeted to the content on your site, meaning there is no setting up for you to do. All you have to do is cut and paste the ad code onto your site and Google does the rest. For an example of a Google Ad, look towards the bottom of this article.

Commission Junction: Now, this is an extremely effective way to generate a great income. How it works is simple, you apply for the program, chose a publisher. Then display their ads on your site. It works best if you’re advertising something that fits with the theme of your site. So, say your site was based around music, then you’d advertise a music company. That being said, this method works by commission. You are rewarded for each user that signs up for a service or buys a product/item after having clicked on your ads.

Once a user has clicked on your ad, you’ll be rewarded with a commission; each commission varies via who you advertise and what the user buys. Now, the beauty of Commission junction is; whoever you advertise, they gives you free banners/text ads for you to display on your site. This makes selling their items extremely easy as well as almost effortless on your behalf. Sadly though, you do not get pay-per-click and users are less inclined to buy a product opposed to clicking on an ad.

ClickBank: This method works exactly the same as Commission Junction, you are rewarded by commission based on what you sell. The only difference between the two is that Commission Junction allows you to basically sell anything. When I mean “anything” I am referring to any product that can be used online, or at home. Whereas, ClickBank only allows you to sell information/digital products (products that can only be used on a computer). Also, unlike Commission Junction, ClickBank does not offer banners to help you sell the product.

So, as briefly explored above; there are 3 main methods that are used by website masters to generate an income. For more information on how to sign up for each program, visit the following links.

The big positive about affiliate marketing is that it allows you to earn an income without actually having to create and advertise your own product. By becoming an affiliate marketer, you can collect a commission every time someone follows your affiliate link to the site of the actual product seller and makes a purchase.

The size of your commission will vary depending on the product for which you are an affiliate, and your methods of promoting it, but they can run as high as 75%.

If you have a blog and would like to start monetizing it by becoming an affiliate, there is a trio of affiliate program providers which you should investigate. They are Commission Junction, Click Bank, and Link Share.

In order to maximize the percentage of the commissions you receive, you should sign up with either Click Bank or Commission Junction, which set up affiliate programs for all the big membership websites and vendors of informational products, and those programs are usually the most lucrative. Standard commissions range from 25% to 75%.

Should you choose Click Bank as the place to promote your affiliate programs, beware of the payment threshold. It can be set as high as $100, meaning that Click Bank will not pay you any of your commission earnings until you have accumulated $100. If you would prefer to get small checks every couple of weeks, you’ll have to change the threshold setting yourself.

If you want to find some affiliate programs with huge audiences, Link Share is the place to go. They will allow you to affiliate yourself with some of the biggest names around, like Walmart, PetSmart, and even Apple.

Although their affiliate commission are considerably lower than those offered by Commission Junction and Click Bank, at around 5% to 15%, the chances of someone buying multiple or big ticket items from those vendors is much higher. You can expect the companies which pay commissions through Link Share to issue payments once a month.

Don’t see any companies whose products you’d like to promote among those offered by Click Bank, Commission Junction, or Link Share? You have the option of being an affiliate marketer for Google’s AdSense and AdWords, or for Ebay. Both have commission structures which will make it worth your while.

4 comments:

alwyn said...

It’s healthy, it’s adventurous, its eco-friendly, cycling fever is catching up apace with Indians, and Chennai cannot be left behind. Firefox, India’s finest biking company is set to sprinkle ‘joy of biking’ among the zestful citizens of Chennai by launching its spectacular bike station at P.H.Road,Kilpauk, after the successful launch of hi-tech bike stations across 12 Indian cities, taking the total no. of bike stations to 24.

“Cycling has its own charm and charisma, and to spread out the cycling fervor among budding cyclists and amateurs we are elated to launch our 24th bike station at Chennai hoping to beautify the city with our splendid collection of bikes,” says Mr Shiv Inder Singh, Managing Director, Firefox Bikes Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Singh, said, “The Company expects to increase the sales growth to 60,000 bikes a year by year 2011 from 12,000 presently.

Firefox is setting trends in the biking market by bringing international standard bikes to India and giving an experience of world-class biking. Apart from the in-house brand Firefox, the company is the exclusive distributor for TREK Bikes in India, making cycling an enriching experience.

At its bike station in Chennai, FIREFOX offers some of the coolest accessories that include helmets; locks; bags; water bottles; seats etc. along with hi-tech series of velocity machines that comes equipped with imported components like gears, dual suspension systems, quick release and disc brakes enough to raise the pulse of every speed lover.

The price range starts at Rs. 2,000/- for kids and goes upto Rs.15,000/- for an adult bike.

Gone are the days of tacky cycle-rides on rickety roads. As the country grows and develops, Firefox endeavors to transform the traditional image of a cycling into a fun and adventurous sport.

Highlighting on their motive of yet another launch, Mr Singh, further added, “The importance of cycle, as a medium of transportation in local areas has become all the more pivotal, seeing the dearth of petrol and obscuring pollution levels in the country. Therefore, we plan to expand the reach of our brand to maximum cities and hope to receive a heart response from Chennai”.

Cycling rage is already widespread in the rest of India with its 24 outlets present in Delhi & NCR, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Goa, Kochi, Udaipur, Pune, Amritsar, Ah4medabad and now in Chennai.

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