Less is More

The biggest mistake I see on attempted affiliate sites is the overuse of certain kinds of advertisements. The use of Read more

Start Your Journey Here

If you are new to affiliate marketing, I am here to help you figure out the ins and outs of the business. Affiliate marketing is simple-but-challenging, and requires a lot of hours to get off the ground (and a lot of hours to keep it off the ground). I read somewhere that affiliate marketing is Read more

Get Started with Google

Once you get your site built, there’s a simple code you can place within your site’s HTML that will help monetize your site. This code will call up random ads that Google will place on your site. The payout is not huge, but I have known some webmasters who earn tens of thousands with Google Adsense each and every month.

There are a few tricks that will make your visitors click the Adsense ads on your page.

* Don’t put borders around your adsense links.

* Make sure the background of your adsense links matches the background of your site (nothing screams “Advertisements!” like an island of screaming bright background on a pale background (or vice-versa).

* Place adsense code at the top of your pages. Visitors’ eyes will have to glance at the ads before they read your content. Also, Adsense likes to refer to whatever is directly beneath it. By putting adsense above your content, you ensure that the ads will pertain to your content.

Google Adsense has been referred to as “Welfare for Affiliate Marketers,” meaning it’s that slow-but-sure, guaranteed payment you will receive each month. Armed with tricks and skills, however, you can turn that monthly “affiliate welfare” check into a sizable, respectable sum. (Employing such techniques, one affiliate went from $1 a day to $600 per day.)

To learn more tricks of the Adsense trade, get a copy of The Best Google Adsense Book. Or, learn from another Adsense master, with this ebook offer (he’s truly an Adsense guru, and I learned a lot of what I know from him… and my bank account and I are very happy with what I’ve learned. )