Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Affiliate Programs-Does It Pay?

Affiliate Programs are a good way to bring in extra cash for your blog and website. But with anything on the Internet, it is always wise to know what you are putting on your site. Why?

One word, creditability. When a person comes to your site, you, the webmaster should be trying to gain their trust. With trust can come sales. Thus, it's imperative that you take the time to do your research. It will save you time, money and keep your online creditability intact.

So what do you need to consider before committing to an Affiliate Program? My article:
Is That Affiliate Program For You will give you some insight as to what to check when considering an affiliate program for your website or blog.


Is That Affiliate Program For You?
Affiliate Programs is another avenue in which to make money on your site or blog. The only thing that you need to be concerned about is if the affiliate program matches or blends with your niche and that it is legitimate. What are the typical things that you should consider when committing to an affiliate program-be it a stand alone affiliate program or an affiliate program offered through an Affiliate Brokerage Firm like Commission Junction or Clickbank? Read More

Friday, February 20, 2009

New Changes For Adsense Users

Google Adsense is now letting you have more control over the appearance of your ads on your site. You can know change the font face on text in ad units on pages in Latin-character languages. Three options to choose from: Verdana, Times and Arial.

How and Where To Make The Changes

To change the ad unit quickly, you can go into your "My Account Settings" page and select the font preference. Note: when you make the change within "My Account Settings" this will affect all your ads on all your web pages. In other words, it's a universal change.

Can you create custom ads for specific web pages? Yes, Google is also allowing that as well. To set the font face for specific units on a web page you will need to make the change within the Manage Ads Page.

Note: If you change the font face of an ad unit from the "default" setting, that will be maintained even if you change the account-wide settings later.

As with anything, its wise to experiment.

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Videos- Should Your Video Have Value?

Videos can be a great promotion for your business. You can do many things to get the message across. In other words you can...entertain and still sell your product or service at the same time. Many use humor. Humor is great, as long as, the message doesn't get lost.

But there are some rules you should try to adhere too-at least until you're comfortable with the results.

The question you must ask yourself when you are creating a video is: Does it have value? Value is important because if the value is not in the video, it can affect your online creditability with your visitors. Which simply translates into-visitors have no reason to want to return.

Check out my article- Does your video have value?