Wednesday, August 6, 2008

How to Find Email Groups to Promote Your Blog

- By: Indusekar S.k., 2008-08-06

Having a blog can be a great way for you to practice your writing and to allow others to find out more about you and to get to know you better. Moreover, in this day and age of Internet businesses, a blog can be a great way for you to make money.

In a system called affiliate marketing, you can get commissions whenever people click on ads that are posted on your site. In this way, you not only enjoy writing, you also get to make money from it. Of course, the only way that you can get money through this method is to get more visitors to your blog, and to have great content that everyone will want to avail of.

One way for you to get more visitors is to find an email group that you can use to promote your blog. An email group or mailing list is a great marketing vehicle: you can get in touch with a lot of people who have the same interests as yours, you can find a lot of people who may even have the same attitude as yours, and you can get the word out faster on a product or service that you like. In this same manner, you can get the word out much faster on your blog, and you may be able to spread the word if you know how to talk to people in your email group.

But how do you find the email groups? Here are a few tips that you may want to use as you search for a mailing list that will allow you to talk to a lot of people, keep in touch with people with whom you share interests, and have a lot of fun in promoting your blog!

- First, what are your interests?

Many email groups are built around common interests, be they movies, music, crafts, or even romance and love. List down all your interests. You can start with your hobbies, then your favorite songs, artists, movies, books, authors, and actors. You can use these interests as keywords when searching for email lists. Nearly all email list networks have a searchable database that you can use when looking for groups for you to be a member in. This way, you can be more sure to find people who have the same interests as yours.

- Second, what is your blog about?

Use keywords about your blog in order to find more email groups. For instance, if you have a blog about pets, you may want to look for email groups that talk about pets, feeding pets, grooming pets, veterinarian and vet visits, and just animals in general. You can be as specific as you like: there are whole mailing lists for proud owners of certain breeds of dogs, or for people who like a certain kind of reptile. You can also be as general as you like. However, you may have a harder time with large groups, as they can be filled with people who do not read carefully through all the posrs.

- Third, spread yourself evenly, but not too thin

The disadvantage with having too few mailing lists to be a member in is that you will also have fewer contacts in your network and a smaller range, as though you were putting all your eggs in one basket. The disadvantage with having too many mailing lists, however, is that they are much harder to manage on your part, and you could end up getting a lot of emails but not getting to respond quickly enough.

Indusekar S.K. Author of this article is an Internet and Affiliate Marketer from India. A WebMaster of many Affiliate Websites including Affiliate Networks and Affiliate Programs Directory where the top CPA Affiliate Networks and Affiliate Programs are reviewed for easy choice of visitors to start making money through them. He is also a webmaster of Article Marketing and Adsense Deals, eBay BANS Store for US Visitors circumventing Wii, iPod and iPhone Products

Monday, July 28, 2008

Contextual Advertisements - Earn From Your Blog for Free

- By: Ellaine Murillo, 2008-07-28

Since the launch of Adsense, at first people were skeptical if this particular advertising channel will work. Now it has proven to work for a lot of people, may it be experienced webmasters or just plain bloggers. Because of the success of Adsense, it has been a little bit easier to make money online without poking a hole youy pocket. These are totally free on the site of the publishers and very affordable for advertisers.

The web has been an effective advertising channel since the growth of the internet. A lot of people now are becoming aware and connected. This gives a huge opportunity for advertisers and business to reach a wide range of customers through the internet and a very convenient and cost effective way at that.

When Adsense became popular, there were a lot of companies that ventured into this as well. They are called contextual advertisers. They simply do what Adsense does and sometimes even better. You just have to shop around and see which is best for you and your site. As an advertiser, you can reach tons of customers around the globe without even spending for a plane ticket.

Making money online has been popular and it has never been this easy if you know your way around. Contextual ads like Adsense is one of the ways to start from if you wish to earn money online. But this is not easy, it's just a little easier from before since it's free for publishers. You post Adsense ads on your page and you get paid a commission for every unique click it gets.

There are tips to optimize your Adsense revenues to make money online. These are simple steps that anyone who can read will be able to apply.

Blogs are becoming popular nowadays and what a great way to start making money online without the cost. It's simple to setup and very easy to navigate. You can take this as your online journal and you just update the page if you want to. This is also an easy way to integrate Adsense, Adbrite or any contextual adverters you may choose.

Two of the advertisers that I use on my blogs are Adsense and Adbrite. I started using Adsense before Adbrite and the earnings are different per click. The interesting thing is that my Adbrite earnings have already surpassed my Adsense earnings considering that I started Adsense first. I checked around the internet on people using both and it came to me that some advertising sites are much more effective that others in a given topic or niche. So you may want to try out which one is best for your site.

I can also say that there is a difference between the two advertisers mentioned. Adsense offers banner and text advertisements while Adbrite offers a little more with its whole page advertisements and in line text advertisements. This is probably also one reason why I get more earnings with Adbrite than Adsense. So far I have tried and monitored these two sites. If you wish to sign up and try Adbrite you can register by going to my blog.

There are other contextual advertisers you can choose from. One that I came across was Matched. They pay you not per click but a fixed rate per month just for showing their ads on your site. How good can that be? You just sign up with them for free and then submit your sites and its pages and then just wait to get approved. You'll get your ad codes after this. You can earn as much as 150pounds for this. You can add up to 3 sites and 5 pages each for those sites. So why don't you try them out. Register at Matched for free on my blog.


Another similar service that pays per month and not per click is Money4banners. You can sign up as a publisher for free and have your site approved. They approve sites easily so give it a try. You can register for free on my blog.

If you wish to monetize your blog or your site further and try everything that is free then you can go and register at Bidvertiser. This is a pay per click advertising site and you can also earn through referrals. You can register for free on my blog.

If you wish to start earning with your blog or would want to start making money online but you don't know how, download the eBook entitled Scratch To Cash. You can get it here on my blog.

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