Sellout?
Always looking out for me, the hubby mentioned to me this evening that he saw something in Newsweek about placing advertisements on blogs, and he thought I should check it out. Of course, it wasn’t news to me. I’ve seen blogs with ads on them, but hadn’t really considered putting ads on this one. But when I think about it, I kind of wonder just how succesful something like that might be. I mean, from what Typepad says, I do get between 400 and 600 hits per day. It was more when I was able to update regularly throughout the day.
The options I know of are blogads.com and google.com/adsense. Maybe I’ll investigate further and consider giving it a try. I’m not nearly enough of an überblogger to be able to make a living off of blogging, but if it at least ends up paying for itself, then I break even.
Then there’s this.
Henry Copeland, founder of blogads.com, suggests writers zero in on a single subject they’re passionate about. “Get a niche and just dig in,” he says.
A single subject? Um. Can I pick, like, four? Seriously, though. I’m not sure I could narrow things down to a single issue. Politics? Gay & Lesbian Issues? Literature? ADHD? I mean, I write about everything that interests me, and I have a multitudeof interests. How the hell could I possibly pick just one?
Any advice out there?
May 22nd, 2004 at 12:54 am
Well, I guess Typepad has better features than blogger’s free service, but it seems like if your blog breaks even, it amounts to the ads blogger puts on its free sites. Blogger makes users check a box for a category to gear the ads to, but then it seems they are also monitoring subject matter, because while I checked GLBT, it’s adoption ads that pop up on mine.
I would consider this (when I upgrade to MT) if I could actually choose the products, not just a category…
May 23rd, 2004 at 10:40 am
I put the google ads on my site just to ensure google spiders my site for it’s search engine. Not making a ton of money on it AT ALL.
Also, I’ve got a link to Powell’s books instead of Amazon. Powell’s is a locally-owned company in Portland and they offer better benefits to their employees than Amazon. Powell’s also pays a higher commission than Amazon.
May 23rd, 2004 at 3:16 pm
My site has been charitably described as “quirky”, perhaps I write about anything and everything- politics, Texas, hockey, baseball, golf, social issues…ad infinitum, ad nauseum. My suggestion? Write about what you want to write about? If it’s genuine, people will notice.