How To Blog For Profit With Display Advertising And Affiliate Marketing

If you like to write, blogging just might be a profitable business model for you. The key with blogs is having both high-quality content and the implementation of solid monetizing features. The most profitable blogs use a mix of Advertising and affiliate marketing.

Take a look at my blog over at Freeopenworld Can you spot the money-makers? First, I've got Advertisements running across the top as a menu.

On the Right-hand side of the page, I have Ads to mix things up a bit, and then there's another block of  ads below the articles. Now, take a look at the actual blog posts. I have banner ads running at the top and I'm earning revenue from those advertisements. I also earn revenue by linking to my own sites in the resource box of each article. Finally I collect leads using the ad for a free report.

The real fuel, though, is content. I focus on posting helpful, useful content, with an eye on making my articles keyword rich, and optimized for both the search engines and Adverts. 

This is very important because Ads are contextual, and culled from the keywords in the surrounding content. The more relevant the ads, the more clicks you're going to get. Blogging can be a profit yielding business if well managed.

1. Displaying adverts on your blog is another way to make money from your blog showing ads on your blog means you are selling your blog ads space of your blog to an advertiser.

Then the advertisers begin to bid for your blog ads space, you make money when your blog users start to see the ads and eventually clicks. 

Here is a list of the best ad networks to get started with. Showing ads on your blog doesn’t require you to do anything; you just have to drive in legally or naturally from search engines. 

Displaying ads from ads companies show you give them the right to show ads to your blog users whenever they visit your blog web page.

There are types of ways which the ads company pays for the shown ads
a. CPC – Cost Per Click

This CPC involves your blog users seeing the ads they like the ads by clicking on it based on genuine interest. You are only paid when the user clicks on the particular ads.

b. CPM – Cost Per Impression

This involves your blog user seeing the ads you place on your blog only resulting in impressions. You are paid based on miles of impression meaning 1000 impression results to some amount.

c. CPI- Cost Per Install

This involves your blog user installing apps or using some service that is based on installing. You only get paid when your blog user installs.

d. CPA- Cost Per Action

This involves your blog users clicking on an ad on your site and performing an action after clicking on the ads. 

For example, when the user clicks the ads, it redirects the user to a page to register and the user register and begins to use the service.

You only get paid when the user does an action after clicking the ads you show on your blog. There are lots of sites that offer you the opportunity to serve ads on your site through the process of bidding by advertisers. 

Some of the site that offers ads serving are: Google Adsense, Infolinks, Propellerads and others.

2. Now Affiliate marketing is a sure way to make money from blogging. It has been proven that this money earning method is quite the best of all, as the method is most used by top bloggers to accumulate a great deal of income. 

Affiliate marketing has been in the game for years and will continue to be in-game as a top website that has been created solely with the aim of affiliate marketing.

It ‘ is about you promoting other people’s company’s products and services, while in the process you get paid a certain percentage whenever a user buys the company’s product through your link to make money blogging. 

The rate of your earnings cannot be predicted because this depends on the price of the product you are promoting for sale and the rate of commission the company as to offer you for each product.

You can make as high as $200 off a product that is being bought through your affiliate link. You see this affiliate thing can be very profitable, if it is compared to ads clicks then it is much more profitable. 

If affiliate marketing is done right, it is enough to cover all your bills expenses and to earn a living off it.

If you take affiliate marketing seriously, you can increase your blog income in one click. It doesn’t take much time for you to start earning if you are thinking about your low traffic, it doesn’t matter because traffic means nothing if you are targeting the current user of your blog.

Even if you have a blog that’s receiving higher traffic, you may not earn a dime if you are not using your affiliate links the right way. 

Writing the right article for your affiliate product or service gives you the power to higher outreach and conversion rate resulting in more sales and more money.

You can learn about the Good and Bad aspects of affiliate marketing. Using post as affiliate means When you write a detailed and useful article for your affiliate link it will result in more money for you.

Note, always be sincere whenever you are writing on a product or service, make researches to make sure you are passing the right information about the product or service. 

Never write a post with false information just to promote your product sale because if it backfires you might never gain the trust of your blog users anymore and this will result in sales crash and also giving your blog a bad reputation.

Have a wonderful day and stay safe.

6 Important Keys To A Successful Interview

Interview skills are learnt. Do your pre-interview homework, learn what questions you can anticipate and how best to answer them. Your CV has impressed, your research and networking activities have paid off and you have landed an Interview with your company of choice. Now to make sure you turn this Interview into a pot of gold and secure the job of your dreams. Below are some general tips and guidelines that should assist you through the Interview:
1. Research
Most of you will have researched your company of choice thoroughly in order to get to this point.
For those who haven't, it is essential that you do some background research on the company and the job before you walk in that door. The Interviewer will expect you to know a little about the industry and the company and will be very impressed if you are familiar with specific events, news and concerns relating to the business. Newspapers, industry and trade magazines, local libraries and the Internet are all good sources of information. Feel free to pick up the phone and ask the company for their annual reports and any marketing materials - most companies are more than happy to oblige. The very minimum information you will want to know is what lines of business the company is in, what the requirements and responsibilities are for the job you are applying for and the latest news pertaining to the company. Specific information about the company's new product lines, competitive positioning, plans for the future, vision, mission and values, business objectives and key personnel changes will further impress as will any information that bears directly to the position you are applying for.

Treat knowledge as a primary competitive advantage; the more information you have about the company and role, the higher your chances of success.

2. Be prepared
It is highly advisable that you take with you to the interview a notebook to take notes and extra copies of your CV (in many cases the employer will have misplaced it, have an unclear copy if it was faxed, or simply expect you to provide it). In many types of jobs, you may want to take with you examples of your work eg. past creative work if you are in advertising, design or similar roles, published work if you are a writer etc.You may also want to take with you references and copies of your educational certificates just in case, although these are typically not required at the initial interview stage.
3. Dress for success
Your first Interview is the first impression an employer will have of you and it is essential to make a favorable first impact.You should always plan to dress relatively conservatively for the first Interview even if the job involves casual wear.You can always dress down in later meetings. Generally, the image you want that first meeting is clean, well-groomed and conservative.
4. Be punctual
Make sure you arrive for the Interview a good 15 minutes early. Allow yourself plenty of time for any potential mishaps eg traffic jams, unclear directions, public transportation difficulties etc. Showing up late indicates disrespect for the employer's time and hints at sloppy planning and poor time management and judgement.
5. Attitude counts
This is the time to show off your interpersonal skills. Employers are looking for certain key character traits and you need to demonstrate them at the Interview. Keep the following in mind:  Listening skills. Make sure you listen intently, let the Interviewer complete his sentences and you don't interrupt. At the same time, show interest in what he is saying and ask pertinent and interesting questions. Good active listening skills are essential in any role. Enthusiasm. In many cases, you may not be ideally qualified for the position, or you may have a steep learning curve ahead of you.You need to demonstrate to the Employer that you are extremely interested in the position and have the drive and ambition and keenness it takes to succeed! Enthusiasm is contagious and employers are always keen to add enthusiastic members to their team in the hopes that their positive attitude rubs off on the team and lifts the general spirit of the workplace.Your positive attitude will impress the interviewer as long as it is genuine and not overplayed and he will leave the Interview with a favorable 'feel' about you. 

Eye contact. Maintain professional eye contact with the Interviewer. Looking away continuously suggests being distracted or disinterest.
Looking down suggests shyness and lack of confidence. By all means though keep it natural and feel free to nod your head and smile and even laugh where appropriate. Try to avoid staring the employer down, nodding superfluously or fixing a fake grin on your face out of nervousness.
    Emotional Intelligence. You need to demonstrate to the Interviewer that you have a high level of emotional intelligence and are willing and able to detect and adapt readily to new environments, demands, people, work styles etc. The Interview is a good place to demonstrate this.
Be sensitive to the Interviewer's personal style by paying attention to his general behavior, his demeanor, his office space and the types of questions he asks, and tailor your answers and tone and pace of delivery accordingly.
Professionalism. Above all, be professional. Respect the Interviewer-Interviewee boundaries at all times and do not behave in an overly friendly or casual fashion with the Interviewer.
Avoid bringing up your personal life unless in a directly relevant manner, do not comment on politics, religion or any other controversial topics dear to your heart, do not stray from the Interview topics and keep your answers factual, honest and professional.
6. Have the answers
There is no telling what style an Interviewer will take and what questions he will come up with.
 Interviews range from the very structured and professional to adhoc conversations where the employer may simply ask you to talk about yourself. In most well-established corporations however, certain questions are quite standard and we recommend you take the time to really think about them, develop answers and find evidence to support your answers from past experiences and qualifications. Read up on common and uncommon interview questions before the interview in preparation and know your CV inside and out so that no question about your career takes you unawares. Take time to introspect and reflect on what has enabled you to succeed in the past and how you intend to succeed in the future in the new role. Practice mock interviews with friends or run through possible scenarios in your mind in advance of the interview.
 Practice visualization - if you see yourself already in the new role and succeeding in your new capacity, chances are the interviewer may see you in that capacity too; just make sure you are fully aware of what it is that has enabled you to obtain the role and what it is about your skills, qualifications, character traits and experience that has enabled you to succeed so you can communicate these factors clearly, honestly and and convincingly to the employer. All the best and wishing you success in all you do.