Now that you’ve started your blog and put the word out by sharing your posts on social media, you’re probably wondering what’s next? For most bloggers, the next important steps are growing traffic and making money. There’s 4 easy ways to start making money as a new blogger which I’ve discussed here. Today, I want to dive into one specific way – ad revenue. I’ve got 4 Ad networks to monetize your blog that I want to share.
How Do Ad Networks Monetize Your Blog?
Ad Networks monetize your blog by paying you for displaying advertisements on your website. These can be banners, pop-ups and come in various shapes and sizes. The ways that you can make money from them are pretty straight forward. You can be paid per click or paid per view.
With Pay per view more accurately known as CPM or cost per mile ads, you’ll get X number of dollars per 1,000 views of ad. The rate amount is different depending on the networks and can vary. With paid per clicks ads, you will be paid every time a viewer clicks on the ad. Often times, you’ll find that you are paid more for clicks than for views.
Also, most ad networks have a great interface that allows you to keep track of how successful the ads are. On certain platforms like Google Adsense you can even control the types of ads displayed and if you wanted them excluded on certain pages. Having good ads that aren’t invasive and only on the pages you want can help your blog from feeling cluttered to visitors.
How Traffic helps Ad Networks to Help Monetize your blog
The amount of traffic you get strongly affects your earning potential. Most ad networks want to see that you have consistent traffic but, all have different minimum traffic requirements. Still, you shouldn’t feel discouraged if you have low traffic because as you continue to create posts and share them, you’ll gain views. Plus, no one can pinpoint when or what posts will go viral, and traffic will explode. In many cases it’s better to be safe than sorry.
What makes an Ad Network Good?
Not all ad networks are created equal. Some ad networks will literally place any ad possible on your website. Most of the time these ad networks are simply there to make money off your blog while paying you pennies. The ads aren’t targeted, can often be inappropriate and also quite invasive. It’s also not uncommon with less reputable ad companies to send fake views to your website. This is a damaging practice, and you can read more about that here.
When choosing which ad network to go with its important to consider its reputation with other bloggers. Do a little extra resource for yourself and decide if it’s right for you.
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Here are 4 Ad Networks to Monetize your blog
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Google Adsense
Google Adsense is one of the best ad networks to monetize your blog. Their ads are simple to install and customize. They come in various shapes and sizes plus, you can customize the ads to suit your site. They also allow you to block ad types like gambling, gaming and more.
Monumetric
This ad network has several programs in which you may qualify depending on your monthly pageviews. You may qualify with a minimum of 10,000 page views per month, however if you have under 80,000 you’ll be charged a $99 setup fee. This setup fee is waived if your pageviews per month are more than 80,000.
AdThrive
Requires 100,000 monthly visits or more and mainly focuses on those in the lifestyle niche. That’s content like food, parenting, DIY, travel, etc. Although you can be in other niches, their ads perform best in the lifestyle content category. AdThrive mostly focuses on sites with US-based traffic and requires Google analytics installed to apply.
Mediavine
Mediavine is another excellent ad network choice that requires a minimum of 50,000 sessions (roughly 60,000 – 80,000 monthly views). Just like Adthrive, lifestyle-based niches perform better but aren’t required.
