Monetize with our blog

The regulars to laugh or not: on Quelbazar, everything has been tried, evaluated, tortured, and so on, for what is different methods of advertising and sponsorship to make money with her blog. To the detriment, sometimes, for some, integrity, neutrality or even the beauty of this blog. But the syklop is aware, and he assumes. And not primarily to make money, but to try. As usual. So, in summary, the syklop has implemented several methods of advertising. In the order:

• TradeDoubler, digital advertising agency. Older than Google AdSense (see below), it allows me to choose advertisers and campaigns relayed, what AdSense does not. Compensation is generally “to the transaction”, IE when a purchase was made after a click from your site, or “lead”, that is to say after a registration via your site. I use for example to refer to competitions (payment in the lead), or to direct readers to the site of a supplier I am talking about (the transaction payment).
• Google Adsense: Well known, Google provides “contextual advertising” based on the contents of window site or search terms. He pays the “click” sujr announced posted on your blog.
• Sponsorship via eBuzzing: principle: eBuzzing relayed requests for advertisers to talk about a specific product, with constraints (minimum length of article, links and images to include, etc.). Before publication, article must be validated by the advertiser. Then, the ticket must be online during the minimum term, without subsequent changes.
• The partnership with my hosts: American hosts offer “programs of affiliation” with bonuses if we bring them customers. This is the case for my current Web host, HostGator.

Balance sheet for 4000 to 7000 visitors per month:

• TradeDoubler: 231.75 Frs (€140) in 2007, mainly because – Neuf Telecom has been very kind to me as a result of a campaign that brought them 1 client (€30 of commission, € 70 award-winning challenge thing thing), and approx 160 francs (€100) pending in 2008.
• Google Adsense: approx $ 140 since November 2007. $ 15 per month on average lately.
• EBuzzing sponsorship: € 50 pending (they pay from €100), following the publication of 2 items sponsored (here for example).
• The partnership with my hosts: Nada, nothing, zero. Everyone cares. I must say that I was little emphasis at this level here.

So, keep it up! 😉 Conclusion: Advertising on a blog are possible. There are proportional to the traffic to the site (it is not a scoop…) and the “intrusiveness” level of this pub: an advertising article will yield much more than small side ads. And it is the door open, indeed, harmful editorial dependency. The other day, I decided to move from the other side of the Force, from the dark: I became advertiser, to see. It costs money (although…), but it’s an attempt, once again. The article on my experiences with Google AdWords will follow.