Monetizing a website has never been easy. Some will tell ya they need heaps of traffic to draw cash from a site, while others would say that you only need adsense, banners and affiliate widgets to generate cash from your sites. But who’s got it right?
Actually, increasing your conversions then increasing your traffic is the way to do things… But that’s a whole other blog category!
There are several things you can consider when monetizing a website no matter what the state of your traffic is to your site, though more traffic is definitely best.
Also I know I don’t have to say, but do bare in mind that a website is created to give your readers information on a certain destination or product that you are trying to sell. However don’t just ram this down your readers throats, offer some real value to your visitors, lead them by the hand show then options with great content that encourages them to seek more info and ultimately CLICK.
5 proven ways used to monetize a website
Website Banner Ads
Selling your on banner space on your website. These are usually image banners from advertisers that can come in any size which are placed on your website.
They are commonly located at the top area (above the fold) of the web page or in the sidebar. You can have banners that pay you for every impression it makes as well as each click on it.
The basic idea behind banner ads is to contact advertisers, or even other marketers to see if they would like to rent the prime banner space on your website.
If you have low traffic numbers , but your generated traffic is targeted it’s still a good fit for many at the right price, so look at your site and see if you have an advertising spot you can offer.
Affiliate Links
A fantastic way to generate an income from your website is by adding affiliate links. These are usually text links placed within your websites content that offers a product or service from another vendor. Affiliate links are free to get and affiliates are welcomed by almost every brand you can mention – Why? Because all brands want more market share and you the affiliate help them get it.
The idea behind monetizing a website as an affiliate is mostly review or niche driven. For example you give an honest review of the latest TV out and if the reader clicks through and buys the TV, you get a % of the sales price. The affiliate business model is great for newbies.
Affiliate Product Banners
Using affiliate banners that are targeted to your niche can be another great way to monetize your blog. I pretty good example of that is here at mission0ps.com. Apart from the links within my content, I’ve opted for just 1 prominent obvious affiliate banner from mighty deals.
My niche is about you so I aim to show you the best ways possible how to earn money online.
I chose mighty deals simply because they have a lot of great offers for bloggers just like you and I.
The secret of using affiliate banners is to keep them niche and keep them sparse. Many marketers will tell you that they an affiliate offer will dilute and distract from your own content. I say – If I’m happy with my offer, I trust them, and I know that they’re a good fit for my reader, I’d do you an injustice by not displaying it wouldn’t I?
CPA Banner Ads
Often underused CPA (Cost Per Action or Cost Per Acquisition) is a method which could help you to produce a lot more bucks when building a niche site. CPA offers pay you when your reader signs up for something, or inputs their contact details and submit to an offer.
An example eh? OK say I head over to a site like www.monetise.co.uk or to CPA Network and check out what giveaway campaigns they have running at present. I’m in the UK and know that the demographic of one of my sites loves M&S retail stores…
So I add a banner a banner from a CPA network to win £1000 of M&S vouchers. All my readers have to is input their details. The process is made even simpler with a facebook sign-up.
AHA – you remember those posts on your timeline from your facebook friends now – that’s CPA working. Incidentally in the example above the website owner would get £1.00 for each submission of the page above, various offers of course means various pay scales – of up to £100 and more per acquisition! CPA, it’s definitely worth a peek -
Below is another real offer, but even better! Note all the user has to do is enter a zip code and press continue.
Build That List
There is no getting away from it peeps, to raise the stakes and really rev up the income capabilities of your website you simply must build a list.
There’s soooo many ways to communicate with your audience online, there’s Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Forums, and of course blog posts . But the real cream of the audience are the ones that indicate to you that they are interested in what you have to say, the ones that trust you with an email and say, yep email me when you have something I may be interested in. Those are the people that you create raving fans out of. Those are the ones that will pay YOU rather than the other affiliate.
Once you have a list and you work on your “list sequence’ if you use smart email marketing the worth of your website multiplies exponentially- see how here.
There you have it 5 ways to monetize a website, yep there’s surely lots more, which ways do you use to monetize?
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