Website Monetization

Below you’ll find an archive of posts that involve general thoughts and advice on how to make more money from your website or blog.

5 Ways to Get More Out of Google Analytics

Get more out of Google Analytics

Note from Rae: Knowing Ian is fantastic with analytics, I selfishly asked him if he'd want to guest post on how affiliate marketers could make more income as a result of learning some tips and tricks when it came to analytics so I could pick up some ...
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How to Create Targeted Sidebar Advertisements (Without Using Code)

Targeted Advertisements

I had a request for more information about adding functionality to your blog that will help increase your revenue - without requiring any kind of programming skills. Targeting ads are one of my "must be able to do" items when building any new ...
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5 Simple Ways to Make More Money from Your Blog

Make more money blogging

Based on the reader survey, website monetization ideas are a hot topic. So you have some traffic - now how do you go about monetizing it (and without selling your soul)? Affiliate programs are obviously my top choice for monetizing. Being a direct ...
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How I Use Crazy Egg To Make More Money (or a CrazyEgg Review)

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I found Crazy Egg years ago. At first I thought "heatmaps... how exciting [/yawn]" - UNTIL I first tried it out and realized that if I 1. used Crazy Egg 2. paid attention and 3. made "smart" changes based on the FACTS it delivered to me, I could make ...
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The Power of Channels for Increasing AdSense Revenue

Adsense Channels

Now before I start this post, I'd like to state for the record that I don't like depending on Webmaster Welfare (Adsense). I prefer to get my website income from affiliate marketing whenever possible. That said, we create our websites for users ...
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Affiliate Marketing vs Adsense

Affiliate marketing vs. Adsense

Before I leave, I wanted to get something off my chest. The alternate title for this post was: "Why you shouldn't depend on webmaster welfare". For those out of the loop, "webmaster welfare" is a term used to describe Adsense that apparently can be ...
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