Friday, April 16, 2010

4 Important Google Adsense Myths to Ignore

The biggest dream for all the bloggers is to get approval from Google Adsense. But sometimes bloggers fail to make money through Google Adsense. The fact is that there are lots of myths about Google Adsense and for new bloggers it becomes very tough to differentiate between facts and myths, what to follow and what to avoid. You should avoid this thin line of confusions, try to analyze the facts and then apply the tips for Google Adsense on your blog.

I came across few myths about Google Adsense, which might affect your Google Adsense earning. Thus, you must avoid the following Google Adsense myths.

You will earn in millions

When I started with blogging, I only targeted on Google Ads because I used to feel same that once my Google Adsense will get approved, I will start earning handsome money through it. This is a totally not true. I won't say it is impossible but it is more easy for the blogs with huge traffic in blogosphere and even these top most bloggers have many other source for earning other than Google Adsense.

Copying the design or size of Ads from other blogs


This is very common tendency among bloggers, it is good to take advice about placing Google ads on your blog as others have placed. But there is no sure and shot design or size that can give you good earning through Google Adsense. The Ads which worked for others, might not work for you. Thus, you should never copy other bloggers Ads designs or size. Use banners and Ads which suits your blog layout and content. Most of time Adsense earning depends on your niche and keywords.

Images are better than In-line Text

There are Image Ads, Inline Text Ads, and link unit Ads. A few bloggers think that only image Ads are worth using because they are easily visible by visitors. But the reality is that, visitors are more likely to click on text Ads if they are blend properly to your blog contents. You should not ignore link unit ads and inline text ads, you can earn good income if you are using your Google Ads effectively.

Regular visitors are more likely to click Ads

Bloggers think that they will get more clicks if they have constant regular and loyal visitors on their blog, in fact the truth is, that your regular visitors knows where you place your ads and thus there are less chances that they will click on those ads unless you don't keep on changing them. There are chances that you will get more clicks from new visitors.

Monday, January 25, 2010

CPA Advertising ! A Magic Bullet ? It Definitely COULD Be !

It has been a few days since I have posted, after having been posting most every day lately.  But I found something recently that I blogged about earlier in the work from, work at home, make money online arena.  And MAN is it amazing !

I was talking about CPA advertising, or Cost Per Action advertising.  It is a way to monetize your blog or website that truly is extraordinary.

You know all those surveys that are free to take like "Which Simpson's Character Are You ?", and "How Dumb Are You ?", and ect. ?  Those are what I am talking about.

Now, it isn't just surveys.  Since this is Cost Per ACTION advertsing.  A visitor clicks on the area designated and this brings up an action that the website wants the website visitor to perform, like a survey.  It could just be signing up for a contest.  Or anything else.  But the point is to have someone DO something to GET something.



For instance, if you want to watch a movie for free on a website that has movies for free, you may have to see a survey before going to see the movie online.  If you want the movie for free, fill out the survey, you get an access code or whatever and VIOLA !  Now you get to watch that movie.  Maybe you want a special piece of software to download on a website that has that.  Or a special piece of information, or access to certain area of a website.  Same thing.  CPA advertising is very useful for these things in making money from your website.  And there are so many ways to be able to use it.

The greatest thing is, depending on what a particular CPA pay rate is, you make money every time someone fills out the form.  In the company I am hooked up with, you have control over which things you want to show.  You can choose from surveys, product trials, and purchases.  When any of these forms are filled out accurately and useful to a company that is the advertiser, you could be paid anywhere from $ .20 to $10.00 PER qualified click !  Right now, I am averaging about $ .50 on my own !

Now, I have a story for you.  I know of a few guys in the company that are making an average of $1000 A DAY !  Some are bringing in $15,000 to $30,000 a month !  And it really isn't that hard.  It is just a matter of driving traffic to your website and playing a numbers game.  And also having something that someone else wants for free.

They also have a referral program.  Frankly, I will take the money from anyone who signs up !  It is free to join.  Anybody can do this !


Let me show you how this done:

You want to make money for free.
I am willing to show you how.
All you have to do is take a quick survey to get access to the info.
Click this link to take the survey and get access to the page.===> HERE !: )

Monday, January 18, 2010

Using Google Trends on The Work At Home Experiment

We are all aware of the current events in Haiti and the Haiti earthquake and seen scenes of what is happening to the Haiti earthquake victims, especially in Port Au Prince. There is a Mass senate race that is apparently pretty close. The situation with Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno and the Tonight show, I have heard, is in chaos. The Golden Globes are full of activity and picture taken of the ugliest dresses. Something is going on with the vikings. We have had another Martin Luther King Jr. day. I don't know about Scott Brown or the Australian Open. But what do all these things have in common, and why do i mention them in such a random way ?

It is because, at least at the time of this writing, they happen to be the TOP 10 topics listed in Google Trends.

I overheard this conversation about how some the affiliate owners in CPALead, the comapny I just joined up with for making money on my blog, are all talking about. They weren't really talking about the topics themselves, but rather about Google Trends itself and how to use it. One particular chatter (since this was actually a chat room I was in) just happened to make over $4000 today. Yes, I said $4000. Three zeros. And it isn't even 10pm yet. Absolutely amazing !

But he didn't mention exactly HOW he did it. So I thought I would try my own experiment. I just did it at the top of this post. I mentioned at least one time all of the topics listed in the Top 10 of the Google Trends page.

There are also the Top 10 searches listed. As part of the experiment, let me try to mention those next. Let's see. Chan Gaily is listed. And I have no idea who Chan Gaily is. But I mentioned Chan Gaily twice didn't I ? NOPE, just now, THREE times.

Mike Nolan, another person who I am completely out of touch with is listed second at the moment. Isaved your life ? Or rather "isaved your life" with the "I" next to the "s" with no space ? I don't why, but it IS there. Oh yes, there is the CNN Help Haiti, because of the live telethon, I'm sure.

More on Haiti, the Haiti earthquake Duration was listed as number five.

Does anyone know what the Codger Definition is ? Codger and Codger definition both are listed. I think it might have something to do with earthquakes.

And so i can get this post up to see if it works, I will just list the last three. Charlie Baggett, Eclipse Awards, and Mike Greenberg.

Now let's post this thing and see if it does one of two things, or both. Boost traffic naturally to this blog, or most hopefully increase revenues by someone coming here and clicking on an ad.

I will post the results either tomorrow or the next day, depending on when my earnings are updated.

CPALead System For The Work At Home Experiment

Wow !  This is a new one I am going to go ahead and jump right in with.  It is called CPA, or "Click Per Action".  The company I am joining is CPALead. This is the type that, when someone does a survey, the survey collects an email.  The company that I just signed up with seems to have a good program where the surveys are not AS long and drawn out like many of the surveys online are.

These are surveys that most people are more inclined to take, and seem to work.  I know this because I was just in the back office looking at the titles of the surveys available to people in U.S.  They have groups of surveys for different countries, because of language, culture. and what not.  They have an INCREDIBLE back office to take care of all the business needs online.  You also fill out your tax info and things there.

NO doubt about it, this IS a very legitimate company.  They also pay via PayPal which, as you all know, is definitely a plus in my book.

Now, the PTC sites, or "pay to click", I will not be shutting down at all.  I just won't be putting a whole lot of time in them.  I will just check them once or twice a day to see what's there.  I mean, a penny earned is a penny earned, right ?  But that is just the thing.  It is a penny per click after sign up, and it will be a long while before you develop any number of referrals to make it be anything substantial.  So we will keep it and let it build.  Before too long, maybe I will get to go out to eat on those earnings.

Back to the CPA programs.  I would say, as I see some people's earnings roll across the screen listed in dollars and clocks in real time, most sites AVERAGE about $1.00 per click.  KNOCK, KNOCK !  Did you hear me ?  A DOLLAR PER CLICK. !  (Again this is my opinion after viewing what I have seen so far, and I am VERY impressed!)

As with most companies that I really like, this company also has a referral program 5% for every referral for life.  This is on going, so every time your referral gets paid, you get that extra 5% as a bonus.  This company is definitely worth it, especially since it is free.

I am going to set up their widget for people to take the surveys.  PLEASE go to my special page to where you will find ONLY the companies that I like and refer.  This CPA company CPALead will be one of them. The name of the page is ClickMeAndGetPaid.blogspot.com.    Go their, scroll down, and click on the first sentence, which states "This is the secret page!"  You will see that it is highlighted as a hyperlink.  I get credit when you click and then take the survey that I have set up with their widget tool.

I did this to show you an example of what you can do.  You can customize it to have only one survey to run.  I used the "what Simspon tv show character are you ?" type of question.  The LCD TV look that it has can be replaced as well, if either one of their own template pics, or you can enter the url of a hosted pic instead.  After you do that you will get access to the page.  I get credit when you do this.  You will be SO glad you did in the long run, because now that you know how it works, you will want to come back to THIS post and sign up as my referral.

As a quick note, they also show what the EPC and conversion percentages are, so you can pick and choose and customize everything !  Once you are a member, you will want to read what they have to say about disabling the surveys though.  It all depends on your goal in my opinion.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Adding My Work At Home Experiment Blog To MyLot.com

With this post, I am "claiming" my blog for the myLot.com website I have been raving about.  As I am writing, I'm not sure what I am supposed to see, if anything.  But I am pasting a certain code into the body of this post, as per their instructions.  Their spiders are supposed to pick up on this code, verify that this blog IS indeed mine, and then it is claimed !

I have heard of people experiencing a 65% jump in traffic by adding their blog to myLot.com.  So I figured, what the hell ? It sure can't hurt !

So here it goes !  One , Twoooo, Threeeeeeee ....POST !

myLot User Profile

Earning Little By Little At The Work At Home Experiment

Wow !  Was so busy yesterday I didn't even have time to post !

I installed a couple of options on the blog here that allow me to see who and where people are coming from.  They both have basically the same info, only displayed a different way.  I really only did it because, well, they were free to begin with.  And although everyone can see the info, I did it for my own benefit.  One tells me from what site and what country people are visiting from.  The other displays the sites and tally's them up for me.  They are both customizable to an extent, and so far I have found them to be useful.  It makes me think, "Ok, I have a few people coming to visit the blog, so why didn't I get any clicks on my ads?  What didn't interest them advertising wise ?"  This is important to me to help me determine how to tailor the site to the visitors needs.

I signed up for a few different sites as well to check them out.  I will give updates on these companies, how they work, and my opinions on them as I go along.  I need to set up a different page or blog to send people if they want to be affiliates with me on these to try them out.  They are simple, free, and seem to be useful, but they will only create a substantial income if I accumulate substantial referrals.  The ones that earn the most with the least effort will garner my attention more as I move along as well.  I don't have a link to a page for the referral links yet, but when I do I will put it up so you all can go to check these programs out.  I will probably put a comment or two about them as I go along.  So I won't list the names yet.  I will update this post later, as well as write another post with that info when it is time.

Earned a little bit at myLot yesterday, too.  I only posted four times, and when the site updated, my earnings

Friday, January 15, 2010

Marketing For The Work At Home Experiment

Just a couple of things to update on today.  Nothing extraordinary, but very useful.

I mentioned in previous posts that I had finally signed up with Facebook.  I have been going through setting that up and adding a few "friends" and what-not, trying to get that marketing fire going.  I'm sure it will take awhile, so better to start now than later.

Checked my in-text advertising service, Infolinks, and already have about $0.24 in my account !  So I know it is being registered and started.  And again, I have to say, it is soooo very cool that they pay through PayPal !  I wish Google AdSense would do the same thing as an option, at least !

Speaking of Google AdSense, I looked around for a place to communicate with Google on that issue of the spike in impressions and CTR (click through rate).  I wanted to make sure I contacted them because, since I am just getting started with this journey, I don't want to be shut down before I get to first base.  That would REALLY suck.  I did and sent them a message with the date and states and my concerns.  I also heard other