Getting Advertisers to Advertise in Your Blog

By Pranav Pillai

There are several ways to monetize a blog. One of the most commonly used is by selling advertising space, either through text-based advertising or banner ads. But to do either of these, you will have to look for advertisers who will pay to have their ads placed on your web pages. If you're unsure on what to do and how to do it, here are tips to help you find blog advertisers to help you generate revenue with your website:

Promote. Instead of just leaving possible banner ad locations blank, let advertisers know that they are up for grabs. Use 'Advertise Here' or 'Your Ad Here' texts to indicate their availability.

When advertisers click on these areas, they will arrive on a page where information about buying ad space will be provided. Make sure that there is a web page that will be used for this purpose specifically. This page may either contain information about your terms or it could be a link that will allow your advertiser to send you an e-mail.

Seek out advertisers actively. Other than openly promoting your blog for ads, you could also find blog advertisers by targeting them. That way, you get to choose who will place their ads on your blog. A standard letter of approach to advertisers should contain:

- a brief introduction about yourself

- a short explanation of the purpose of your e-mail

- a short explanation why you're soliciting their sponsorship or ads

- a concise explanation of the benefits of placing ads on your blog

- details regarding your advertising terms (type of ad placements, industry to which your advertisers belong, maximum number of ads in one webpage, cost, method of payment, etc.)

- important details about your site, such as your subject matter, audience, number of traffic, etc.

Offer sponsorship. Blog sponsorships are fast becoming a trend online, as the number of businesses utilizing blogs as an extension of their marketing efforts increases. Through sponsorship, you will be working closely with a company (your advertiser) and promote their products and services through your blogs. Your web pages will also carry that company's name, brands and logo.

You could also come up with a sponsorship deal wherein specific parts of your blog's content will be sponsored by the advertiser. This type of blog advertising works well if your site is quite popular already and has a considerable number of visitors.

Do a keyword search. There are many companies and individuals using Google AdWords who might be interested in an arrangement with you. Do a simple keyword or key phrase search regarding major topics on your blog. Then seek out sponsored links and find out about the companies that pay for them. Get in touch with these people and offer your blog for their ads.

Take advantage of links. Blogs and other sites that link with your blog are potential advertisers. If they find your blog interesting enough to link with, they might be open for negotiations regarding advertising. You might want to send them an e-mail to let them know your blog is available for advertising.

Tap people who use your forums or leave messages. Another way to find blog advertisers is to offer your ad spots to people who leave comments or messages on your blogs. Seek out people affiliated with a company, group or association. They might be interested to buy ads on your blog.

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Tips For Marketing Your Blog Revealed - Part 1

By Paul Liew

After you have started your blog, in order to get the traffic, the most important thing you need to do is marketing. Just imagine your blog is a small shop some where located in a very large shopping mall, if your shop was not indexed in the directory, how do you expect people will find your shop? Therefore, you need to know several blog directories and submit your blog to them.

I support free services because I personally think that every blog should have fair treatment and competition especially in the blog world. With that, the following services that I am going to introduce are all for free, at least at this moment.

1. Technorati

Technorati is an index website for photo, video as well as blog. After create a free account with Technorati, you can claim your blog under the profile page. Enter your blog URL, Technorati will verify the blog ownership by sending you to your blog (using OpenID) to log in. After the verification, enter your tag for your blog. This is important because people can find your blog easily through your tag. I would strongly suggest that you can go to Google keyword to search for relevant keywords and keep it on a file so that you can reuse those keywords to describe your blog.

Technorati rank blog by authority, the more links back to your blog, the higher authority you have. This simply means that many other websites or pages out there are talking about your page.

2. My Blog Log

My Blog Log is a yahoo service, if you have a yahoo account, you can sign in directly and create a MyBlogLog account. After entering your profile information, you can add your services (facebook, twitter, friendster, etc) so that people can contact you or add you as friend from other platform and community.

You can add your blog to your page, and remember enter the correct and relevant tag to your blog. Do this just like what you did in Technorati.

After you have added your blog, add your own friends from your yahoo account so that your friends can join you. Otherwise, you can search through mybloglog and add friends so that people will visit your page and through this they may choose to visit your blog as well. If your blog has good content, visitor will join your community as a member. Simply, you have built your own community.

One nice feature that MyBlogLog provided is that you can create visitor widget, when MyBlogLog visitor come to your blog, their photo or avatar will show on your widget. This is much better than just showing the number of visitor you have.

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I am an internet marketer and I love the idea of doing business at home, I would like to share my experiences to all my readers so that you can be benefited from it. To find out more, please visit http://internetmarketerjournal.blogspot.com/

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Start a Blog and Set Yourself Apart

By Erik Gifford

Are you looking for a fantastic way to make yourself and your business stand head and shoulders above the competition? Make yourself an expert in your future customers' eyes by writing and updating your own blog.

Writing a blog is a great way to keep search engines interested in your online content. When your website's content is old and dry, you are not getting as high in the search engine results as you need to be. Fresh, new content that is useful and relevant inspires search engines to boost your page ranking.

New content in a blog also inspires your customers to actually pay attention to your website. If you have something fresh and new to share with them, they feel like you are a relevant and informed expert in your field.

Blogs build your credibility. Instead of just being a nameless and faceless corporation, you become a business owner that your customers and potential clients can get to know online before they ever contact you in person.

Imagine if you could talk directly to prospective customers and educate them about the products and services your business has to offer. Blogs make that idea a reality. If you are an expert in home siding repair, public speaking or online banking, it is time to make your voice heard.

Writing a blog isn't as intimidating as it sounds. Simply sit down at a computer in a quiet room or office, and brainstorm a list of topics about which you feel you know enough to write. It is often helpful to keep the keywords of your website in mind when you are choosing a blog topic. For instance, if you sell siding, you are probably going to want to concentrate your blog content on issues related to home repair and vinyl siding.

When you start to write, be sure to avoid typical pitfalls. Don't try to infuse your blog with too much humor unless you're a professional comedian. You want your blog readers to take you seriously. Don't write about overly complicated issues, or your readers won't understand what you are trying to teach them. Also, do not write about things that are out of your league. Make sure you keep the informative tone of an expert and educate your readers about facts they need to know.

If you are comfortable writing your blog, but you know your grammar and spelling skills are less than stellar, consider hiring a freelance writer to edit your blog before you post it. If you don't have a budget big enough to accommodate the fees of a freelancer, find a friend or family member that knows how to write well and ask them to proof your blog as a favor.

Once you've finalized your blog's content, it's time to post it on the web. If you don't get immediate rave reviews from everyone you know, be patient. It takes time for blogs to pick up readers. Traffic isn't generated overnight, but it will constantly increase if you continue to write new blogs on a regular basis. Aim to create a new blog at least once a month in order to see results.

Blogging is a good way of educating potential prospects about your products and services and also your network marketing business.Erik Gifford is a network marketing attraction marketing coach.Call 004722520239 anytime for a FREE consultation and visit Network Marketing Guidance.

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