Searching for alternatives

I had so much hope of making money with paid reviews that when I made the decision of not taking part on it, I went through a really bad time. As I keep repeating in my head “where there is a will, there is a way”, I have decided to keep my mind in a positive state, so I have been making lists of other alternatives I might have at hand.

The first one was to add, at least, one site more so I double the chances to get some money that will help towards my debt.

The second one was to do as much as I could regarding Marketing (with the little time that I had). This has brought more visitors to the sites, therefore adding to the chances of the site becoming more popular.

These days I am checking into alternatives to Adsense, it seems very clear that Adsense is the clear path for so many people, however you have to have a serious number of visitors (and “click throughs”) to make the mark in which you would be able to collect the money through your paypal account, and that might seem eternally slow. So lately, I am considering the possibilities of looking for some sponsors that would like to advertise in the website and receive certain amount of money at the end of the month. Well, I will keep you posted on that.

In the meantime, feel free to share some ideas. What alternatives do you find more efficient than Google Adsense? What do you do to monetise your website?

Monetise your blog

Since I read Multiple Streams of Internet Income I felt somehow inspired and back on track again. Trying to follow its advice I have been building a new blog and filling it up with content these days. I have added adsense and left it there for now (well, of course I keep updating it). Unless the products on your website are really good, chances are you will not be able to make a living on it, at least, not with one blog. There are some niches that have good chances and if you are a geek and your website has LOTS of visitors you might stand a chance. Mine is still starting and most days I don’t get more than 50 visitors.

Another important factor, I have realised, is Marketing, in my case it is everything. As the site is not well known I don’t get too many recommendations by word of mouth yet, that is one of the reasons I have inserted a “Subscribe button”, although people might like what they see, they wouldn’t remember in a few days time your website’s address, however, providing a “Subscribe button” you give them chance to get updates every time straight in their inbox. Is there anything easier than that?

Submitting articles to directories, submitting your site to search engines, are different forms of marketing that will bring visitors to your website, the best part of it is that they are free, at least until you have some spare money to spend on Google campaigns and you decide to pay and put some ads up on other sites, but for that there is still a long time.