makin money?
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- matt31
so i've managed to drive a good amount of traffic to my site the past month but low clicks on ads. what is the secret to making money on the internet?
- _salisae_0
solicit advertising for products/services that sell well or have a good ad strategy
- matt310
sorry what do you mean?
- ukit0
What type of content? Overall, I think it's hard to make real money unless you are getting huge amounts of traffic.
- ukit0
Also, the context is important. Put yourself in the shoes of your typical user; would they want to click on the kinds of ads you're showing given the content of your site and what they came there for?
- matt310
i think my content is good but my audience is internet savvy so i think that is the problem, check it http://cardeo.ca
- ukit0
Yeah, it's tough I guess...what if the ads were for more specific resources, like stock photography, Flash components, fonts? I'm trying to think of what I would actually click on.
- or linked to lynda.com for more tutorials_salisae_
- i had an istockphoto.com ad up for awhile but 1-5 clicksmatt31
- drgss0
what moron clicks on ads nowdays?
- uan0
inventing something google wants and get bought.
- matt310
i know that is the problem
- poolio0
make your ads merge seamlessly into your site.. ie- a nav menu link that is actually an ad link...
But I don't recommend it - it's dirty and definatelly not long term strategy for returning visitors - but that is how the greasy people make big dollars..
- ukit0
Spawn 10 popups and disable the back button and I guarantee you will get clicks.
HAHA, just kidding, don't do that!
- matt310
haha disable buttons, gold!
- meffid0
fail miserably and give up.
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- maximillion_0
1-5% CTR
- 23kon0
it is possible to make money from well placed advertising on a blog site.
a was on a guys site a few months back, maybe someone linked to it from here, but the guy worked in internet marketing and seo and had a really content-rich blog on the subject.
he claimed to make a living from the revenue he got from his site alone. granted he probably spends every hour of everyday on his site.failing that, come up with a money making website that hasnt been done before. it isnt easy - but it certainly isnt impossible!!
or theres scope for taking what someone else has done/is doing and do it better and steal their customers!
- Pseuro0
this guy makes money blogging about how to make money blogging
http://www.problogger.net///shrug
- jimzyk0
ads suck.
i hate them.
i fear the pop ups when i click on them.
nobody really wants to click on them.
- paraselene0
you do realise that you're never going to get a high clickthrough rate with display advertising. 0.1% is about average these days.
- the "average" here isnt a site designed to earn ad revenue rather a site that has adopted it as an after thoughtmaximillion_
- Jnr_Madison0
Turn it into a porn site with porn ads - job done.