Where should you start?
Trying to make money on your site can be overwhelming. It was for us at first. Start off slow at first and test the waters with your audience. A good place to start might be signing up as associate at Amazon.com or with Google Adwords both of which have worked well for us. They are reliable, pay on time and can generate a fairly steady income.
Our sites have brought in a steady income uses a variety of affiliate programs and Google Adsense. It's quick and easy to set up a Google Adsense account and place the ad code on your web pages. Sit back and enjoy the results.
Not only can you make money from Google text ads on your site, you can also add "referral" links to Google products and services, and get paid.
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Definitions
- CPM - cost per impression
- Every time an ad is displayed it counts as one impression. Rates are usually quoted for 1,000 impressions. Good choice for a busy site.
- CPC - cost per click
- Every time someone clicks, it counts as one clickthrough. Rates can be anywhere form a cent to a dollar with .10 to .17 being common.
- Leads
- If you send a person to the site who then "signs" up or participates in some way specified by the ad sponsor then a "lead" is created.
- Sales
- You receive a commission on sales. Amazon is an example of this type of program.
- Affiliate
- When you join up with a program or "associate" yourself with it you are an "affiliate". Usually they handle getting the ads, keeping statistics and you just need to display the ads.
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