Min DOF Photography

I’ve started blogging and also tried to make some money out of it last year, december 15th to be exact. Untill yesterday, my only income was from google’s AdSense (which stil represent most of the ads on my site). Today I signed up to BidVertiser and AdBright.

Bidvertiser is a CPC (cost per click) based ad network, simillar to Google AdSense. CPC means that you will get payed for all legitimate clicks on the ads that are displayed on your page. It’s main advantage over AdSense is its low 10$ payout (via Paypal, meaning also it’s not availabel for Slovenia). You can also get payed by check, you can get payed, when you reach 50$ (Google AdSense has 100$ payout level). You can sign up to BidVertiser by clicking on the banner in the left column, besides this post.

EDIT: I’ve removed both banners (referral and text link ad), since it had performed poorly during the 4 day test period. I know that ad networks should be tested for a month or so, but 57c (I make more money with AdSense in a couple of hours) of revenue in 4 days is a waste of my ad space. Average CPC was only 4c, that’s way less than what I make with Google Adsense.

AdBrite has a totally different concept of advertising. It’s an internet ad marketplace. Anyone visiting your site can buy an ad directly on your site by clicking “Your Ad Here.” You’ll also be listed in the AdBrite marketplace, and represented by our busy in-house sales staff. You can set the pricing or you can choose the standard 5$ starting price point. That’s 150$ per ad monthly and when your traffic increases as well as advertiser’s interests revenues are rising progressively.

I’ll be testing the following ad networks for a week or two and then report back to you. I think BidVertiser might be a good choice for me, as well as for practically all of the bloggers, who want to earn money with blogging. AdBright might be a bit more tricky and needs a lot of traffic to really work. Because advertisers (people who pay for advertising) are not inclined to pay for their ad placement on low-traffic sites. Only time will tell and time and traffic are the most important factors for succeeding with AdBright advertising.

I’ve decided to make step up and move my blog on an independent server in the near future and it’s going to be wordpress based. That also means I’m going to buy my own domain name. Why have I made a decision like that, you ask? Because I want my blog to look better, to provide a good user experience in not so many words, to make it more pleasant and professional.

The second reason to do it, is to increase my ad revenues. I’ve been doing pretty well so far, I’ve earned enough in the past 8 months to buy me a 30D (which I intend to buy in a month or so). With all the improvements I hope to gain on traffic, which leads to more cliks on the ads, that are displayed on my site, which ofcourse leads to higher revenues. I’ll try adding a few ad networks and/or affiliate programs. Because like the Dot com mogul John Chow says, monetizing of a blog is way more than slapping on a couple of google ads. That’s just the beginning.

When the migration to a url will be complete, I’ll try to automatically redirect visitors to my new site. That way you won’t have any trouble finding it, or following the links. And I’ll still get traffic from numerous sites that are linking to my blog.