In other words, how to make money blogging by selling more text link ads. Can you see my effort in trying to make my headline unique?

Make Money Online

Selling text links and banner ads are the biggest money makers on my blog. Right now, I have 9 text link ads under ‘Featured Sites’ that are sold, some expiring soon and some are going on for a long term. For those who have yet to make any money from your blog by selling these ad spots, here are some tips that I would like to share with you to increase your sales opportunity.

1. Make Your ‘Featured Sites’ Section Obvious

Some advertisers buy link for SEO benefits while there are still a good number of them who buy links to build traffic. There the position of your text links play an important role in helping the decide whether it is going to bring them some good traffic. For example, you place the links at the bottom of your blog, what are the chances that your readers will click the and visit the advertisers? Close to zero. Hence, most advertisers who are looking to build traffic through a low budget text link ad instead of banners, will look for blogs that position their ‘Featured Sites’ in the most optimum position.

2. Place Your Own Links If You Have No Sales Initially

This is one method that I have seen most bloggers using. Some call it cheating, some call it seeding. Whatever it is, it is going to help you get some sale at the end of the day. Advertisers are no super-being, most likely they do not want to be the first to advertise. They would probably look for blogs or sites that people have placed ad on and they would follow suite. Monkey see monkey do? Well their mindset would be that if someone has placed their ads on this blog, this blog is probably a good place to advertise theirs as well.

P.S: If you would like to seed links for your ‘Featured Sites’, you can link to me with anchor text ‘Make Money Online‘. =D

3. Give It Any Name But Sponsored Links

Unless you want to have a digital war with Google, you should not call these text link ads sponsored links. Why? Google detests web owners or bloggers who pay for link in return for seo benefits or traffic. They believe that web owners and bloggers should build links the traditional way. So, how will Google know which site or blog has a sponsored links section in it? Simple, just do a search and pick out those which has a label call sponsored links! By giving your text link ads section a different name would definitely get you more sale and advertisers who are more ‘google conscious’ will feel more secured to place their ads on your blog.

Some of the names I recommend would be:
1) Featured Sites – The exact same one that I am using! This is the best name in my opinion because it is short and simple and it gives an indirect explanation that these are paid links and do visit them.

2) Sites I Recommend

3) Don’t Miss These Sites

4) My Recommendations

If you have a better idea on these titles, do leave your suggestions on the comment section below!

4. Make It Cheap For Your Loyal Readers.

This is a no brainer. The people who are mostly to buy ad spots on your blogs are your loyal and frequent readers. If you are willing to make it cheap for your readers and I mean really cheap like 1 or 2 dollars, they will probably go along with the flow and great offer and purchase one. Make use of these cheap offers to prove that your blog can really drive them some good traffic and only by doing so will they continue buying ad spots from you for a longer term. Building credibility is important my friends!

By the way, the best comment award goes to two readers this week. They are… *Drumroll*

1) Dennis Edell’s comment on blog post What You Actually Need To Start An eZine

2) Wei Liang | ABloggerBlog’s comment on blog post What You Actually Need To Start An eZine

Congratulations to these guys and they have been consistent on their comments here so its worth a mention. If you have what it takes, leave your best comments and get featured here too! For more information, Click Here To Read More

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