Comments on: From $0.30 to $300 / Day on Google AdSense Part 1 – How To Make Money http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/03/from-030-to-300-day-on-google-adsense-part-1-how-to-make-money/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:37:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: amit http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/03/from-030-to-300-day-on-google-adsense-part-1-how-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-316 amit Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:30:24 +0000 http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/?p=58#comment-316 your idea is so great .now i am earning $50 above per day with google and i was started to write an article about web traffic. your idea is so great .now i am earning $50 above per day with google and i was started to write an article about web traffic.

]]> By: From $0.30 to $300 / Day on Google AdSense Part 3 - How To Make Money http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/03/from-030-to-300-day-on-google-adsense-part-1-how-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-126 From $0.30 to $300 / Day on Google AdSense Part 3 - How To Make Money Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:56:27 +0000 http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/?p=58#comment-126 [...] on July 15th, 2009 // In my first two posts in this series I discussed the AdSense formula $ = V x CTR x CPC and how to increase your V through search engine optimization, Twitter, and getting others to write [...] [...] on July 15th, 2009 // In my first two posts in this series I discussed the AdSense formula $ = V x CTR x CPC and how to increase your V through search engine optimization, Twitter, and getting others to write [...]

]]> By: From $0.30 to $300 / Day on Google AdSense Part 2 - How To Make Money http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/03/from-030-to-300-day-on-google-adsense-part-1-how-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-89 From $0.30 to $300 / Day on Google AdSense Part 2 - How To Make Money Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:36:28 +0000 http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/?p=58#comment-89 [...] Evan Carmichael on June 23rd, 2009 // In my last post (From $0.30 to $300 / Day on Google AdSense Part 1 - How To Make Money) I talked about the importance of the formula $ = V x CTR x CPC which means that the money that you [...] [...] Evan Carmichael on June 23rd, 2009 // In my last post (From $0.30 to $300 / Day on Google AdSense Part 1 – How To Make Money) I talked about the importance of the formula $ = V x CTR x CPC which means that the money that you [...]

]]> By: Evan Carmichael http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/03/from-030-to-300-day-on-google-adsense-part-1-how-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Evan Carmichael Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:11:41 +0000 http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/?p=58#comment-52 Thanks for the feedback Jeff! Testing is a recurring theme here at <a href="http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/08/ses-toronto-day-1-seo-university/" rel="nofollow">SES Toronto</a> too. Website owners are trying to get the most out of every dollar and minute that they spend on their business. People here are considering themselves business owners instead of website owners much more than in the past which is great to see. I think the economy has forced people to buckle down and focus in on what makes money and making your website an actual business. Thanks for the feedback Jeff! Testing is a recurring theme here at SES Toronto too. Website owners are trying to get the most out of every dollar and minute that they spend on their business.

People here are considering themselves business owners instead of website owners much more than in the past which is great to see. I think the economy has forced people to buckle down and focus in on what makes money and making your website an actual business.

]]> By: WebBizIdeas.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/03/from-030-to-300-day-on-google-adsense-part-1-how-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-51 WebBizIdeas.com Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:05:57 +0000 http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/?p=58#comment-51 HI Evan, Look forward to hearing more. I like the point that you brought out with "testing." Google has some amazing tools that can help website owners track everything. From Google Adsense reporting to Google Analytic to Google Conversion and most recently Google Goal Tracking. Between all of those tools a website owner should know exactly what type of traffic is converting & making them money and what type of traffic is not. I even use Google PPC to estimate organic search engine traffic! Website owners would do well to follow your lead and create a base, and then test off that base in regards to advertising. Jeff HI Evan,

Look forward to hearing more. I like the point that you brought out with “testing.” Google has some amazing tools that can help website owners track everything. From Google Adsense reporting to Google Analytic to Google Conversion and most recently Google Goal Tracking.

Between all of those tools a website owner should know exactly what type of traffic is converting & making them money and what type of traffic is not. I even use Google PPC to estimate organic search engine traffic!

Website owners would do well to follow your lead and create a base, and then test off that base in regards to advertising.

Jeff

]]> By: Alan Mater http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/03/from-030-to-300-day-on-google-adsense-part-1-how-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Alan Mater Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:17:44 +0000 http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/?p=58#comment-44 I agree, Evan. I'm going to do more testing when I get a chance and see if I can get better results from it. I look forward to reading the rest of the series. :) I agree, Evan. I’m going to do more testing when I get a chance and see if I can get better results from it.

I look forward to reading the rest of the series. :)

]]> By: Evan Carmichael http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/03/from-030-to-300-day-on-google-adsense-part-1-how-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Evan Carmichael Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:58:14 +0000 http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/?p=58#comment-43 Thanks for sharing Alan! Testing is always key! I always recommend using AdSense as your benchmark to measure against. For my site I haven't had much success with products (my own or affiliate). For direct ad sales, sometimes I can get advertisers and charge them a premium. Other times, depending on the section, I make too much from Adsense for an advertiser to compete with. As this series continues I'll share how I've managed to make money from AdSense and hopefully it will provide some new insights for my readers. Thanks for sharing Alan!

Testing is always key! I always recommend using AdSense as your benchmark to measure against. For my site I haven’t had much success with products (my own or affiliate). For direct ad sales, sometimes I can get advertisers and charge them a premium. Other times, depending on the section, I make too much from Adsense for an advertiser to compete with.

As this series continues I’ll share how I’ve managed to make money from AdSense and hopefully it will provide some new insights for my readers.

]]> By: Alan Mater http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/03/from-030-to-300-day-on-google-adsense-part-1-how-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Alan Mater Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:52:04 +0000 http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/?p=58#comment-42 Most of my traffic, around 80%, comes from Google for my niche site. The clicks are decent, but the EPC is terrible. I never started the site hoping to make it big with Adsense anyway. I promote various Clickbank products and CPA ads and have already made two sales through Clickbank. To me, that's a much better alternative rather than focusing purely on Adsense. I also picked up an advertiser for the site, just out of the blue. I'll make much more from selling ad space versus Adsense. It's a hot niche, but for some reason the Adsense ads just don't bring in much. Traffic is very good, so for anyone else that might be in a similar situation, I recommend finding targeted products you can sell through Clickbank or another affiliate network. Also try to find third party advertisers if possible. Most of my traffic, around 80%, comes from Google for my niche site. The clicks are decent, but the EPC is terrible. I never started the site hoping to make it big with Adsense anyway. I promote various Clickbank products and CPA ads and have already made two sales through Clickbank. To me, that’s a much better alternative rather than focusing purely on Adsense.

I also picked up an advertiser for the site, just out of the blue. I’ll make much more from selling ad space versus Adsense. It’s a hot niche, but for some reason the Adsense ads just don’t bring in much. Traffic is very good, so for anyone else that might be in a similar situation, I recommend finding targeted products you can sell through Clickbank or another affiliate network. Also try to find third party advertisers if possible.

]]> By: Evan Carmichael http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/03/from-030-to-300-day-on-google-adsense-part-1-how-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Evan Carmichael Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:41:18 +0000 http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/?p=58#comment-40 Hi Jeff - I`ll likely get into 3rd party advertising later on in the series but what I recommend doing is putting AdSense up as your baseline to test with. Get a sense over a couple of months as to how much you can make from that ad space. Remember that Google takes a percentage of all the money you make through AdSense so it would make sense to charge a higher amount for private ad sales than you`re making through AdSense - the advertisers are paying those rates anyway. Once you know how much your ad space is worth in AdSense, offer up the space to private advertisers with a 30-100% price increase. If you don`t get any takers then you can stick with AdSense... if you do sell the spots then you`re making more than you were with AdSense so it`s worth it. I didn`t have any luck with 3rd party companies who offer to handle the sales for me. Many of them contacted me but when I told them what I made through AdSense and through my own private sales, they said they couldn`t match it. The offer sounds appealing and I was really hoping that a company could take that off my hands but it looks like I`m too well optimized at this point. Hi Jeff – I`ll likely get into 3rd party advertising later on in the series but what I recommend doing is putting AdSense up as your baseline to test with. Get a sense over a couple of months as to how much you can make from that ad space.

Remember that Google takes a percentage of all the money you make through AdSense so it would make sense to charge a higher amount for private ad sales than you`re making through AdSense – the advertisers are paying those rates anyway.

Once you know how much your ad space is worth in AdSense, offer up the space to private advertisers with a 30-100% price increase. If you don`t get any takers then you can stick with AdSense… if you do sell the spots then you`re making more than you were with AdSense so it`s worth it.

I didn`t have any luck with 3rd party companies who offer to handle the sales for me. Many of them contacted me but when I told them what I made through AdSense and through my own private sales, they said they couldn`t match it. The offer sounds appealing and I was really hoping that a company could take that off my hands but it looks like I`m too well optimized at this point.

]]> By: Evan Carmichael http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/2009/06/03/from-030-to-300-day-on-google-adsense-part-1-how-to-make-money/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Evan Carmichael Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:34:57 +0000 http://www.evancarmichael.com/blog/?p=58#comment-39 Forums Comment: <a href="http://www.evancarmichael.com/Forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=490" rel="nofollow">WebBizIdeas.com</a> Evan, Do you find that you earn a higher CPM when you replace Google Adsense with 3rd party advertising? Or do you find that Google Adsense still provides more revenue? Do you have any advice for website owners (myself included) on what level of traffic a company needs to pull in to attract 3rd party advertisers? Also, have you had any success on selling your advertising space to 3rd party companies who handle the sales for you? Jeff Forums Comment: WebBizIdeas.com

Evan,

Do you find that you earn a higher CPM when you replace Google Adsense with 3rd party advertising? Or do you find that Google Adsense still provides more revenue?

Do you have any advice for website owners (myself included) on what level of traffic a company needs to pull in to attract 3rd party advertisers? Also, have you had any success on selling your advertising space to 3rd party companies who handle the sales for you?

Jeff

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