Monetize your site through banner ads
The current economic condition has made everyone to go for a second job. The internet has come to give it hands for those who are looking for a second job. If you have a system with internet connection at home, then you can make money at home easily.
Owning a site has become a fashion among net savvy. You can also start one such site and show that you are also growing with the technology. Starting a site is not a tedious process, just register a domain name of your interest and host it. You can make use of free hosts available in the market, but customization features available in the free host will be limited. You can also go for priced hosts which start from just $ 2. It all depends on your requirement.
After hosting your site, fill it with informative content and drive more traffic to your site by offering valuable information and following proper SEO techniques. Start earning money from your site by placing text links, Google Ads, affiliates etc. Also you can earn through Banner Ads.
“Make money from banner ads” this may sound silly for you. You may think that since most people won’t bother about banner ads, then how do you make money from it? Just walk through this article and you will wonder at the profits you might you have lost so far without implementing this simple technique.
Over the past few years, it is found that a lot of money is being made on the internet. One of the main sources of revenue on the internet is advertising. Where, ‘Banner Ad’ is the popular forms of internet advertising. Still suspicious of banner ads? Then I can give you a live example. Let us take Google.
All the services offered by Google are free, but still it earns more. It is made possible only through internet advertisements. They earned popularity through their free services, and made money out of the popularity using advertisements.
Just imagine how much money you can make from banner advertisements. First find out your target audience and then target advertisers. If your site deals with education, then learners, lectures and course seekers are your target audience. The target advertisers are those people who offer products related to education like learning management systems, education CDs, Digital libraries etc.
Start advertizing your site by placing an attractive ad with a statement like “Place your ad here” on your site. You need not approach them in person; just post a message about your willingness to place banner ads on your site, in discussion forums with buying and selling options like digitalpoint forums, sitepoint forums etc.
When advertisers approach you for placing their ads, they will be keen in knowing about your site traffic and the demographic information. The site demographic information can be gathered using Google analytics. Advertisers will use this information to find out whether they can reach people in an intended area.
Ad rates mainly depend on your site traffic. Generally ad agencies seek sites at least 6 months old and receive 500,000 or more impressions per month. The other factors that influence ad rates are banner size, competitors’ rates and site statistics.
Cost per thousand impressions (CPM), Click through Rate (CTR), Cost per Impression (CPI), Cost per Action (CPA) and Cost per Click (CPC) are the pricing models for banner ads.
Promote your site effectively without spending much, and make money at home with ease.
