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You could easily bring in more revenue. Adsense and BSA are just the beginning to monetizing a site. She has no idea how much a site like this could make with t

You could easily bring in more revenue. Adsense and BSA are just the beginning to monetizing a site. She has no idea how much a site like this could make with that amount of traffic and probably didn't even look further. $1000 a month is nothing.

grecy 13y ago
Can you elaborate a little please?
- stevesearer 13y ago
  I've found that many site owners are lulled into passively accepting advertising on their website through Google and BSA (which is exactly what they want). If you have a website that is awesome with content that people like, go sell the hell out of it to advertisers. Find companies that sell things your readers should know about. Then go and actively contact them and sell them advertising space. Some easy ways to find potential advertisers: -see who advertises on other sites in the same field -if there are trade magazines, look to see who advertises in those -look for trade shows and see who buys booths and advertisements at them
  - wangarific 13y ago
    This takes more work but often yields better benefits. Adsense and BSA are easy, drop in some code and wait, with no fear of rejection. It's hard calling up companies, pitching yourself, and getting rejected but that's what you have to do to get more than $1k for half million impressions/mo in a niche like this one.
  - poopsintub 13y ago
    Indeed. Google takes 42% right out of your pocket using adsense. Google Search is 51% and BSA takes 25%.
  - jamestnz 13y ago
    I think this is good advice. I researched this very subject some months ago, and came across an interesting article by an Aussie guy named Yaro Starak, where he discusses his ideas about selling blog ad-space directly, and his pricing model for it. http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/10201/how-much-should-you-charge-for-advertising-on-your-blog/ http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/10201/how-much-should-y... (Not spam, I'm not affiliated with this guy, I was just reminded of it so I pulled the URL from my history to share it, I promise!)

grecy 13y ago

Can you elaborate a little please?

stevesearer 13y ago
I've found that many site owners are lulled into passively accepting advertising on their website through Google and BSA (which is exactly what they want). If you have a website that is awesome with content that people like, go sell the hell out of it to advertisers. Find companies that sell things your readers should know about. Then go and actively contact them and sell them advertising space. Some easy ways to find potential advertisers: -see who advertises on other sites in the same field -if there are trade magazines, look to see who advertises in those -look for trade shows and see who buys booths and advertisements at them
- wangarific 13y ago
  This takes more work but often yields better benefits. Adsense and BSA are easy, drop in some code and wait, with no fear of rejection. It's hard calling up companies, pitching yourself, and getting rejected but that's what you have to do to get more than $1k for half million impressions/mo in a niche like this one.
- poopsintub 13y ago
  Indeed. Google takes 42% right out of your pocket using adsense. Google Search is 51% and BSA takes 25%.
- jamestnz 13y ago
  I think this is good advice. I researched this very subject some months ago, and came across an interesting article by an Aussie guy named Yaro Starak, where he discusses his ideas about selling blog ad-space directly, and his pricing model for it. http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/10201/how-much-should-you-charge-for-advertising-on-your-blog/ http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/10201/how-much-should-y... (Not spam, I'm not affiliated with this guy, I was just reminded of it so I pulled the URL from my history to share it, I promise!)