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Monetization

Advertising Ah-Ha Moment #5: Do a Combination of Everything

by Christine on July 24, 2009

in Monetization

As I type this, I am sitting in a wonderful cafe in Toronto’s east end called Dark Horse Espresso Bar. It’s in a dingy part of an up-and-coming neighbourhood that has been undergoing gentrification for the past 12 years. I have lived in this area for about 11 years and am amazed by how it’s [...]

Tagged as: advertising, mad men, Monetization, Problogger

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Advertising Ah-Ha Moment #4: Paid Advertising Is the Way To Go

by Christine on July 21, 2009

in Monetization

A few weeks ago, I came across a four-year-old posting on Yaro Starak’s blog Entrepreneurs-Journey: Making Money From Your Website Using Advertising. Before reading his post, I thought that I would be happy with running Google Ads. I quickly realized that unless I would be satisfied with anemic revenues, I should look elsewhere. Yaro completely [...]

Tagged as: advertising, google adsense, IAB, mad men, Monetization, openX

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Problogger on Affiliate Marketing

by Christine on July 7, 2009

in Monetization

Speaking of Affiliate marketing, Darren Rowse at Problogger coincidentally published this awesome primer on his site:
What is Affiliate Marketing?

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Advertising Ah-Ha Moment #3: Affiliate Advertising Is an Option

by Christine on July 7, 2009

in Monetization

Update on Google Adsense:
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Google kept rejecting my application for their program. At the time, I thought my second application was rejected because my site had not been established and assumed Google was simply looking for more credible sites. That might be true, but it seems that the [...]

Tagged as: advertising, affiliates, mad men, Monetization

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Advertising Ah-Ha Moment #2: Advertising Networks Aren’t Enough

by Christine on July 6, 2009

in Monetization

Last post, I talked about how I realized that Google Adsense wasn’t going to make me rich.The amount of traffic I needed to make that happen would be staggering and  the whole point of this exercise is to be able to replace my income – or at a minimum make enough to cover some basic [...]

Tagged as: ad networks, advertising, mad men, Monetization

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Advertising Ah-Ha Moment #1: Google Will Not Make You Rich

by Christine on July 3, 2009

in Monetization

(Sidebar: I am a huge fan of the show Mad Men. Not only do I have a major fan crush on Donald Draper (my husband is aware), but I love the script, the art direction, the sets, the window into the 60s – well the entire show, really. It also helps that I kinda sorta [...]

Tagged as: advertising, google adsense, mad men, Monetization

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Google AdSense – 2nd Attempt

by Christine on June 10, 2009

in Content, Monetization

So my application to have GoGoMamaGo.com host Google Adsense ads was rejected again. I got the same message both times:
Difficult site navigation: While reviewing your site, we found that it was down. Google ads may not be published on a site that is not fully launched, functioning, or easily navigable. Once your site is functioning [...]

Tagged as: adsense, affiliates, Text Link Ads

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Kontera: Monetizing My Blog

by Christine on May 28, 2009

in Monetization

I’ll talk about Google AdSense at length in another post I’m sure. I’ve been having a bit of issues getting qualified. I applied for another site last year, but for some reason, I missed the confirmation email. It’s causing me a bit of grief now as I await to qualify.
Since this is a blog about [...]

Tagged as: kontera, Monetization

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