AutoBlog – Part 2 – Monetization Strategies
20 Monetization Strategies with Autoblogs:
When you first ask the question of how to monetize an autoblog, blog, or blog farm . . . the first that comes to mind is Google Adsense. I wanted to say loud and clear that Adsense is NOT the only method or strategy in making money from your autoblog.
Now that we are clear, Google Adsense is 1 way you can monetize your blogs. I am sure you have all seen the famous Shoemoney Google Adsense check for $100K+, while this can take place it’s not realistic to make that your goal. If you read between the lines you will find that he placed Adsense on his ringtone landing pages and was then driving massive amounts of traffic to those landing pages via PPC. He placed Adsense on each landing page as a way to recoup some of his ad-spend . . . and it worked well!
So let’s dive straight in and talk about a variety of monetization strategies for an autoblog.
Selling Merchandise
If you focus on certain Niches that give way to people making purchases then selling merchandise can be a big money maker.
- CafePress.com: Cafepress is the number 1 spot for merchandising online. Their system makes it easy to grab products and set start selling in minutes. If you want to grab some of their existing inventory they use CJ.com as their affiliate network with a payout around 15% if my memory serves me correct.
- Zazzle: Zazzle is the similar to CafePress.com although they seem to target a much younger and hipper user. Make sure to check out their community feature.
Text Ad Networks
Running ads are usually the primary source of income when running autoblogs and blog farms.
- Adsense: Adsense is the number one way most use to monetize their blog. Its fast and easy to set up and there is a ton of plugins when using Wordpress to integrate Adsense into your autoblog or blog farm easily.
- Yahoo! Publisher Network: Just like Adsense they display contextual ads from their network. (are they ever coming out of beta?)
- AdBriteInc.: Adbrite typically has pretty low payouts especially if you run on a CPA basis. The nice thing about Adbrite is that they have a CPA model. SO you can sell off your low quality traffic and at least build some revenue back.
- BidVertiser.com: If you build up an autoblog or individual blog that shows promise, you will want to check this out.
RSS Advertisement
**TIP** when running autoblogs and blog farms (let people scrap your entire articles – make sure to enable full text RSS) then incorporate some of the below advertising methods.
- Pheedo Inc.: This is RSS + some really cool video advertising features.
- Feedvertising: This is a sub division of texlinkads, but integrates into your RSS feed.
- CrispAds: Crisp ads will build a bridge between your RSS and Main site blog by serving up ads across both.
- FeedBurner Inc.: FeedBurner’s ads attract some pretty high end advertisers such as Best Buy and Comcast.
Text Link Advertisement
Running text ads are my personally favorite since it’s a low profile way to engage your readers without annoying them completely. You can earn a lot of cash running text ads with a highly optimized autoblog or blog farm. If you gain any PR, selling text links is an easy thing to do.
- LinkAds: You will get a lot of control over your ad space by using these guys.
- PaidTextLinks.com: Again, what makes these guys great is you maintain control over your ad space. You can reject and approve links at will.
- Kontera ContentLink: There is a lot of cool widgets to help optimize Kontera with Wordpress. THIs is one service that has done well by keeping up to speed.
- Text Link Ads: One of my personal favorites, very clean interface, but be warned they go after quality and good PR. (same day paypal payments)
- LinkAdage Auctions: This is a great link auction to get started with.
- Digital Point Forums: Want an easy sell? Go sell links on the digital point forums.
- Textlinkbrokers.com: These guys are the clear leaders and they make it very easy to monetize your autoblog and blogfarm.
Affiliate Programs
Do not miss the opportunity to include affiliate links into your autoblog and blog farm. If you do you are leaving a lot of money setting on the table. (I know there are many more, but for the sake of this guide the below 3 are the easiest to get approval for). If you are an advanced affiliate make sure to check out Market Leverage and Azoogle (my personal favorites). Also check out EPN – again sometimes hard to get approval.
- Amazon Associates: Get 10% commissions and the amazing conversion that Amazon brings to the table.
- Commission Junction Inc.: Everyone starts here . . . No matter what they say. By joining CJ you will have access to hundreds of programs that will take you no matter what.
- ClickBank: Clickbank works great with auto blogs. For instance if you have a autoblog about Acne or Forex you can find tons of guides / ebooks to sell here. Typically advertisers on clickbank have good payouts as well.
So there you have it . . . 20 great money making strategies with autoblogs and blog farm networks.
The above strategies can also work well with regular blogs.
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