I already got my first BE campaign this week as said here My First Nuffnang Buffered Earnings. So what's next? I know what it takes to get those highly said CPM campaigns and it was well proven with my blog being chosen as one of the lucky ones.

Well for starters, I tested with this blog and of course it took me close to 3 weeks with all my writing backlinks techniques and many more. So I asked myself, what's next after My First Nuffnang Buffered Earnings? Well, I ain't getting enough with these Buffered Earnings and I really hope more to come!

Traffic for this blog has always been great. Honestly, I have no idea what is making the crazy unique traffic daily but whatever method I did, they are really making the mark right now. This going to be a pretty short post this time around and I hope to see more BE coming soon!

As a blogger, I have always try to find what is the best monetization program available for me to earn money online with my blog. I know, we have tons of choices but in this article, I am going to explain to you everything you need to know about the best monetization program that will make earn you some money at least.

How to make money from blogging?

What is blog or website monetization?

Before we start knowing what program best fit for blog monetization, I decided to go back to basics. What is blog monetization? In simple words, monetization is an action where one can actually make money out of his or her blog site. If you are going deep into blogging business, monetization is one of the most important factor in order for you to finance your passion such as paying for hosting and domain rental. If you are using a free hosting site such as blogger, then you may well consider that as a side income generator! Without much waiting, let's head over to the count down for the top monetization programs available for bloggers.

Advertisement based earning programs

Google Adsense
Google Adsense is one of the best monetization program ever. There is no other program that pays more than Google Adsense...hands down. I personally have been with Adsense for close to 4 years now and all you got to do is to select the right code for the advertisement to show. As Google Adsense works with Pay Per Click (PPC), you will only earn your hard earn advertising income whenever there is a click on the advertisement. The revenue gain per click ranged from USD $0.01 to USD $1.50 (the highest I got).

Nuffnang
For those living in Asia, Nuffnang is one of the best alternative to Google Adsense. How Nuffnang works is very similiar to Adsense.

Wait! What do you mean mean with 'very similiar'? Does this means that Nuffnang has something advanatages under the sleeve??! 

Oh yes you are right! Nuffnang offers its members a chance of mCPM or is also know as CPI. What this two alien terms means could actually boost your income by quite a bit. In short, mCPM and CPI means earning advertisement revenue with impression based and not click based. I know I got your head turning now and yes, (if you are lucky), you will earn money with just page impressions. Some also calls this as Buffered Earnings or Metered Earnings.

In-text advertising programs

Infolinks
I love Infolinks since day one. It could probably be the lovely blue colour. Okay back to topic and enough of dreaming. I always consider Infolinks as one of the best In-text advertising programs available when it comes to monetizing a site. How in-text advertising works is easy. Specific words on articles are selected as keywords and are 'coloured' like this: Keyword. If you move your cursor to the keyword, a small pop up will appear illustrating an advertisement. Pretty cool huh? So, you get a small bit of revenue for every click you get on the advertisement. From my experience with Infolinks, I usually get about USD $0.01 to $0.10 per click.

Kontera
Kontera is a close competitor to Infolinks and it really does look very professional honestly speaking. How Kontera works is absolutely the same with Infolinks and the only difference between them could be the different software they are using. Alike Infolinks, Kontera keywords are in green colour and does seem more professional compared to Infolinks. Nonetheless, Kontera is definitely great but for some reason, my earnings at Kontera could never beat the one at Infolinks no matter how hard I try. Another reason for me to avoid Kontera is Nuffnang are not really that in-line with Kontera. For those Nuffnang Glitterati members, you may lose your Glitterati status if you run it with Kontera.

Mobile Advertising - new comer on the block

Okay, before you ask me "What the hell is this?", let me explain to you something about mobile advertising. Nowadays (thanks to technology), we surf webs using our smartphones or tablets. Gone were the days we uses computers and laptops even though some of us still do it. What mobile advertising does is whenever you uses these gadgets to check on the web, you will be shown a specific mobile advertising advertisement. And yes, if you view it via computer or laptop, you will not see the advertisement. Easy to understand?

TapIt!
I didn't search for mobile advertising nor used Google to find how to monetize my site. However, I was contacted by the sales team of this company and after several discussions, I decided to give it a try. For users, you are guaranteed a 100% fill rate for all available advertisement spots and for every click you get, you get paid. Pretty straight forward and easy. I am not able to comment much on this yet as I have just installed the code on my page. For users out of United States, you might not be able to view the advertisement for now. After checking with the technical team, they are still 'in the midst' on entering out of US market. So if you have many readers from overseas, give this a try and I will also write something about TapIt once I have enough collected enough information on this.

About the writer: I am an avid blogger and close to a full time online writer. I been writing for many years and The Big Fat Reality is one of my upcoming blogs. I am also sharing all my tips and guides on blogging and my latest writing on blogsphere is Important Things To Know About Blogging Industry.

I received a Google Buzz yesterday via email on Google Affiliate Ad for Blogger. This really hit me hard on the head. In the midst of busy setting up my blog and creating traffic, I had totally forgotten about the almighty Google Affiliate Network. Guilty as charged if you want to put it that way. I am not going to say this guide is a way to 'exploit' Google Adsense earning but certainly this will boost your revenue by some if you know how this whole process works. Without delaying any more, here are the three reasons why you should monetize your blog or website with Google Affiliate Ads.

Monetizing with Google Affiliate Ads for Blogger?

1. Choose the ads you want to display instead of automatic
Okay, the easiest way when it comes to Google Adsense is by setting automatic advertisement selection. Don't get me wrong but Google Adsense algorithm is good. However, if you know what type of readers they are coming from or any specific information that Google wouldn't know, that will be an upper hand advantage for you. Because you know what type of readers they are, you are able to select and pin point the different types of advertisements to show to them.

2. Place the right ads at the right place...your style
This is where Google Affiliate Ad plays a huge advantage. Have you ever noticed that not all Google Ads can be modified? Thankfully, with Google Affiliate Ads you are able to place any types of ads required at the space you wished for. Forget about those tied down rules or automatic selection of ad types.

3. Google Affiliate Ads pays slightly more than Google Adsense...generally
This is important! Google Affiliate Ads actually pays more than Google Adsense (on how you see it). Here are a few things and example you will see when you are looking for potential advertisers when it comes to pay wise.


7-days earning per click (EPC)
The sum of fees paid to you, divided by the total number of clicks over the past seven days. Values are multiplied by 100 for display.

3-month earnings per click (EPC)
The sum of fees paid to publishers, divided by the total number of clicks over the past three months. Values are multiplied by 100 for display.


Earnings per click (EPC)
Total amount paid to all of an advertiser's publishers, divided by the total clicks over the same period. (Values are multiplied by 100 for display purposes). With the EPC metric, you can measure the efficiency of an advertiser's programme and the potential revenue that an advertiser may generate for you.

Okay, let's assume you did your calculation and generally, Google Adsense will earn you more bucks. So, you are asking me why am I saying the opposite? This is because, you know your readers best! How often do you get a click with Adsense through automatic ads type? I did a quick test and I changed my ads to Google Affiliate Ads. In one night, I got close to 10 clicks compared to Adsense, 1-2 clicks. Now, do you get what I am trying to tell you here?

This is a clear example of quantity vs quality. Adsense may earn you more money per click ratio but if you are getting more clicks with less paying Google Affliate Ads, you are generally topping your click revenue more than Google Adsense can provide.

What are you waiting for?
If you have not even Google for Google Affiliate Ads, you should do so right now! Nonetheless, this is another Google program that helps all bloggers around the world to earn more money. Especially for those serious bloggers and webmasters, always remember that Google Affiliate Ads can easily monetize your blog or site without much work. Reply to this topic and share with me what's your experience with the all new Google Affiliate Ads program.


Meantime, here is something about me:
I am an avid blogger and close to a full time online writer. I been writing for many years and The Big Fat Reality is one of my upcoming blogs. I am also sharing all my tips and guides on blogging in this blog and if you are interested to join the blogging community here, check out this article Introduction To The New Bloggers Hangout. 

You can also check out my latest article on website monetization here: Top Monetization Programs For Your Blog And Website

I know this is one of the most asked question over the Internet. What is the best site to earn money online? Here, it really depends on what you could do first. For starters, with zero start up cost and some flare in writing, you could easily start up writing online. If you would ask me why did I choose writing, I am going to tell you all about it in this article. Once you finish reading this, I will then leave it to you about whether to choose writing or other methods of earning.

Do you want to know what is the best site to earn money online?

Why should you choose to earn money online?

1. Freelancing is God
Freelance writing is pretty straight forward. You find a job and start writing online. Once completed, you will get a said amount for completing the job. Nowadays there are hundreds of freelancing jobs available on Freelancer and eLancer. Therefore, there is no problem finding for one. Just don't be choosy and you will land a nice simple job.

2. No fixed hours = freedom
Freedom is something I really like about freelance writers. You can be blogging or completing a writing task nearly every where on earth with just the availability of the Internet. With earning money online, you can wave good bye to those desk works and even the 9 to 5 office works.

3. Why writing online earns you the most money?
Writing has no stopping or limit. Unline Pay Per Click sites, your writing (as along is published), will continuously earns you money day by day. This is what I call, an investment that will grow day by day.

Being said the above, what are the best sites that you can earn money online simply by writing? There are actually quite a few which can make you earn some crazy cash honestly if you are hardworking.

Three of the best sites for writers to earn money online

1. Personal blogs and websites
Believe it or not, personal blogging is one of the best way to earn money online. In fact, this is one of the best way not only to earn money but also earning the biggest profit ever in advertisement. You can easily start a free blog at Blogger.com or even start up your self hosted website. Either way, all advertisement revenue gained from there is completely yours. What you need to know is a blog takes months to grow and in order to be successful in blogging business, you got to be patience and continue to input valuable information on your blog from time to time.

Advantages:

• Not tied down with rules and regulations
• Very open platform for both newbies and serious writers
• Many advertising programs you can join to monetize the site

Disadvantages:

• Website maintenance must be done regularly
• Self hosted domains are prone to hackers
• Small fees for running the site might be required if you are using self hosting domains
• Page ranks must be done from scratch

2. HubPages - the most popular online writer community

Earn money online using HubPages

If I would to choose a site which I can write and monetize, I would always suggest joining HubPages. Allow me to explain in simple English on what HubPages is all about. HubPages is a domain where one can easily post their article online and share with the world. HubPages has many monetization programs where most writers will starts seeing income increases roughly after 3 months there. HubPages is great if you would want to have trouble free thinking of domain and hosting matters. The site is easy to use and is very user-friendly. Not to forget, the community is vast and you have a very good amount of audience daily. However, all these goodness has it costs too as well. All revenue earned are shared between HubPages and you on a 40-60 basis. Of course, 60% goes to you, the writer. Now, before you think start judging, read back from the start of HubPages. If you can devote your 3 months or more to HubPages, why don't devote it to your blog instead?

Join HubPages, the largest community for online writers now!

Advantages:

• Easy to maintain
• You will start with an upper hand thanks to HubPages high page rank
• Many monetization programs ready to go with just a few clicks
• No HTML and coding knowledge needed

Disadvantages:

• Monetization revenue will always be shared
• No self domain name
• Tied down to rules and regulations of HubPages (such as number of backlinks etc)

3. Triond - an online site to publish articles
Triond is one of my favourite site to publish my articles online when I first started writing. Triond is easy to use but has very limited functions. All you can do is to publish articles online and the only monetization factor is Adsense. For me, Triond is good as a backlink site as it is getting ranked on search engines easily. However, earning here at Triond is harder as you are paid per 1,000 impressions and Adsense only. Very limited earning methods but not impossible to earn money using Triond. Again, advertisement revenue here are split between Triond and the writer just like HubPages.

Register for Triond for free here!

Advantages:

• Having upper hand using Triond high page rank
• Big community of readers to give traffic boosting
• No maintenance required

Disadvantages:

• Monetization revenue is shared between Triond and the writer
• There are terms and conditions that writers would need to comply
• Writers earn revenue by per 1,000 views which is pretty low payout

My verdict and personal opinion as an online writer

If you ask me, I would tell you to write in all three sites I stated above. My personal advice is to focus completely on your blog or website and use other writing platforms to backlink and push your site up the page rank. Monetizing a blog or website needs time and thus, you should use all your available 'weapons' to ensure you are getting the best traffic and revenue boost. I hope this article serve you well especially in your blogging life and I am definitely open for more discussion. Feel free to contact me via the comment box and we can have a very healthy conversation on this matter.


Meantime, here is something about me:
I am an avid blogger and close to a full time online writer. I been writing for many years and The Big Fat Reality is one of my upcoming blogs. I am also sharing all my tips and guides on blogging in this blog for all my readers. Have you heard about Google Affiliate Ads program? This article is the latest writing of mine that explains How You Can Monetize Blogs With The Google Affiliate Ads Program.

Should I choose Nuffnang or Google Adsense?

I know many of you bloggers and webmasters are wondering if Nuffnang ads are worth the time. Even I asked myself (in the earlier days) if I should concentrate more on Nuffnang instead of Adsense. I did a very simple test previously on my domain for one full month running on Adsense and another full month running on Nuffnang ads. The results are quite shocking seriously. Nuffnang was the winner in the 'competition' and it was a very close shave. In fact, Nuffnang was leading close to a USD $ 5.00 compared to Adsense. Yes, Nuffnang pays in Ringgit Malaysia (RM) and not US Dollars (USD) but I very used with USD so bear with me guys. I often wonder why Nuffnang could do as well as Google Adsense and I did a few so-call experiment during my free and leisure time. Lucky for you, I am going to explain to you in this article how you can decide if you should focus more on Google Adsense or Nuffnang on your blog and website.

Be smart in placing your Nuffnang ads
I couldn't emphasize how important ad placement is for a blogger. Regardless if it is for Nuffnang, Google Adsense or any other advertisement program, always make sure you are placing the right size at the right place! The basic will always be skyscaper ad to be placed near the header, sidebar advertisement to be placed in the side bar (duh!) and large rectangle ones are usually between or in a post itself. Honestly, these advertisement sizes are given names such as skycraper and sidebar for a reason. These are the ones that will actually attract most potential readers to actually click on the advertisement.


Building traffic for more Nuffnang earnings
Here's the logic part. If you want to have more Nuffnang earnings, you would need to have more visitors. Therefore, you need to generate more traffic to ensure you are getting the best out of Nuffnang ads. Of course, one of my usual tips and tricks for a blogger will be always focus on traffic first and not earning. Once your website or blog gain a stable amount of visitors a day, you will see your earning increases slowly as well. Worry about your traffic first and not about your ad revenue.

Boost your blog earnings with Nuffnang and Innit
This is one thing every one fail to remember even though we all know about it. With the combined number of views for both Nuffnang and Innit, we are actually looking into roughly more than 2 millions viewers from Malaysia daily. And yes, that is only from Malaysia and we have not even counted in our neighbouring countries. With such a huge number we have in hand, the platform is already created for us (first step done) and all we have to do now is to sell our products. With the right content and timing, you will be able to attract hundreds and thousands of unique visitors daily if you are doing it right!

Million dollar question: Can we earn money online using Nuffnangs Ads?
The answer is yes and why not? All you need to do is to sell your products to others and encourage readers to continue reading for more. Yes it is hard to get good readership but again, it is not impossible. I hope this short article had taught you a thing or two on how you can start taking small but important steps in ensuring your get your Nuffnang earnings kicking in.



Meantime, here is something about me:
I am an avid blogger and close to a full time online writer. I been writing for many years and The Big Fat Reality is one of my upcoming blogs. I am also sharing all my tips and guides on blogging in this blog. My latest writing on blogging is The Best Sites To Earn Money Online As A Writer.

The 7 most popular methods of backlinking

If you have just completed reading Everything About Backlink 101, then you are definitely ready for the part two which is what are the effective methods when it comes to backlink. I could stress more that there could tenth of thousands of backlink methods that you can choose from. However, what I am going to share with you today are the ones that are not only working well for me but also giving me the best return of traffic. Also, to give you an idea, see the above picture on the seven most popular methods of backlinking.

Use social media to boost traffic

Social media for effective backlinking

Tips and tricks to get Nuffnang Buffered Earnings

I am pretty sure you have read my previous post on Everything You Should Know About Nuffnang Buffered Earnings. In that article, I had explained what you should know about the legendary Buffered Earnings (and some called them Metered Earnings). One of the recap I would like to do now is that both Nuffnang buffered earnings and metered earnings are actually a part of CPM or CPI (cost per impression) campaigns. In this article, I am going to share with you how you can make yourself and your blog ready for such campaigns when they come available for you.

It is all about the placement of the advertisement space!
As said above, Nuffnang ad placement is very vital for you to being picked to host some CPM campaigns. well, as easy as it seems, what you need to do is to make sure you are doing what you are told to (or at least, what Nuffnang is advising). Here's the quote from Nuffnang blogger FAQ:


A Skyscraper ad unit is supposed to be the first element of the sidebar and not anywhere else. The same goes for Leaderboard as the first visible element upon visitor's entry to the site and Large Rectangle right after your first blog post. Should your blog's ad units are not located at these placements, it would severely affect the Advertisers' decision to choose your blog and they might choose other blogs under our network instead with a more subtle ad placement.


Being said that, yes! Where you placed your Nuffnang ads will be the very first and foremost requirement to fulfill. Try use all the three different types of ads at the right place and you might easily see yourself in a very good position to be selected to be included in the buffered earnings.


High traffic blogs increase chances of getting CPM campaigns
Okay guys, traffic is important. If you want to get selected into either CPM or mCPM campaigns, please make sure your blog is generating enough traffic. Well, you can't literally buy good traffic but always try to get more traffic. Building traffic is tough and it might take months but it is definitely worth it. To give you an example of building traffic, listen me out. I used to run my own dot com (recently shut it down because it is just too much of work), and after three months of 'suffering', I managed to get close to 500 visitors a day. At an average, I am getting close to 400 unique visitors a day. With that, nearly every ad I displayed are earning me crazy money. However, it really took some time writing, updating the website and even making sure the site is perfect towards my liking.

What I am trying to emphasize here is that traffic building is important and regardless whether you are trying to get more Nuffnang metered earnings or simply more ads revenue. Traffic is the heart for every blog and website and thus, the more traffic you are getting, you are opening yourself for more chances and choices coming towards you.

Make sure your Nuffnang survey is updated

The importance of Nuffnang's survey
As you all know, advertisers will scount on blogs and websites of Nuffnang's members to search for the best bet for their money. So, what you can do here is to ensure that you update your Nuffnang surverys correctly. For example, your bio data as a blogger need to be updated to the best possible as that projects you as a serious blogger. I always consider that as a portfolio for us all. This is where you write everything about yourself and please make sure you are using the right language. Professionalism will be illustrated with how you actually write about yourself.

Another survey which is equally important is the survey on blog or website. Here, you would need to ensure that all the information provided about your site are correct. Again, this is another place where potential advertisers will head towards to check if your site is the best placement for their ads. What you need to ensure is you are updating the survey to pin point accuracy as much as possible to further increase your chance of getting CPM or mCPM campaigns.

Summary
Being said that, these are the 3 easy ways you can get yourself Nuffnang buffered earnings. Of course, this is the core of everything blogging and website making process. We all want to improve our earning and thus, we should immediately focus on what we can do to prepare ourselves for the coming CPM campaigns availability. Therefore, start right now and you might see yourself awarded buffered earnings within a week or more!


Meantime, here is something about me:
I am an avid blogger and close to a full time online writer. I been writing for many years and The Big Fat Reality is one of my upcoming blogs. I am also sharing all my tips and guides on blogging in this blog and one of latest writing for bloggers tips and tricks is The 6 Effective Methods Of Backlinking To Boost Traffic.

How to get buffered earnings or metered earning?

Nuffnang Buffered Earnings! Buffered Earnings! BE! BE! I know everyone is screaming of these, and yes including me. I was wondering what is so great about Buffered Earnings and how it works. After some serious searching and some time communicating with a very kind staff in Nuffnang, I truly understand how it works and what is the hype all about. I know you want to know more so in this article, I am going to explain in pin point detail (I hope) on:

What it seems, is not what you really get
Confused? Okay, I know you are tempted with this, hands down. However, think back again....carefully. How long does it takes you to reach the payout of $ 10.00? Gosh it is going to take you sometime isn't it? One thing about pay per click programs around the world is you got to be really patience if you want to earn money with it. You won't get rich when you use NeoBux but you will certainly be that richer (at least a little).

How does others earn money and get such fast cashout from NeoBux?
Just like any other earning programs, you can really earn some serious money if you have enough affiliate doing the job for you. There is only one rule when it comes to earning money from NeoBux and that is getting as many affiliates as possible. NeoBux has also 'packages' where you can purchase subcribe (under rental basis) to get more referrals and yes, what I do is to transfer my earnings to so call 'purchase' the referrals. This is a long short and would take roughly three to six months before you can see your NeoBux earning increasing rapidly.

Finally, is NeoBux a scam?
Last but not least, to answer this question, Neobux is NOT a scam for crying out loud. What you need to do right now is to sign up immediately for NeoBux if you have not and you can start earning money like I do. Here is my referral link Join NeoBux for free now and start earning money online. You will now get a pay-cut if you click my referral link above but you will certainly help another fellow blogger in earning a little bit more money monthly for survival. Alternatively, you can also click the banner below to join.




Meantime, here is something about me:
I am an avid blogger and close to a full time online writer. I been writing for many years and The Big Fat Reality is one of my upcoming blogs. I am also sharing all my tips and guides on blogging in this blog and my latest writing is Everything You Should Know About Nuffnang Buffered Earnings.

What is the real meaning of backlink?

If you would ask any blogger or webmaster, they would tell you traffic is the heart of any blog or website. As easy as it seems, getting a stable traffic to the site is harder and usually it would take some effort to achieve it. For starters, let us go with the basic which is what traffic is in order for you to have a full understand of it. Only when you understand what traffic is, you will then be able to increase your traffic to blog effectively.

Are you doing enough to get enough traffic to your blog?

What traffic is consist of?
Traffic is basically the numbers of visitors coming over to your blog or website. That is just a very simple beginning. To understand further, traffic is divided into many categories which are mainly organic, direct, referral and feeds. The below are the description of each for your clear understanding:

1. Organic traffic
This is one traffic you really want to have. Traffic here are created by search enquiry such as from Google and Yahoo. These are high quality traffic as they are not coming from backlinks but mainly from search itself. If you are having a huge number of this, then you are going to rank very well by search engines around the world. Visitors from organic traffic are also known as unique visitors.

2. Direct traffic
Direct traffic is opposite from organic traffic in some ways. Direct traffic is logged when someone type your website directly instead of using search engines. This usually comes from our friends and even loyal readers who bookmarked your website. Value of this traffic is basically at stake as search engines might consider that the traffic you gained could come from unreliable source.

3. Referral traffic
Referral traffic could be one of the easiest method for you to gain traffic. This can be achieved simply by providing links from forums and other websites. In another words, your website is being 'referred' by a medium such as forum or website and you gain your traffic here when others click on the link given. Value of this traffic is alike direct traffic; moderately important.


4. Traffic from feeds
Well, this is pretty straight forward. All traffics coming from here are generated by your RSS feeds. Most of the time, traffic gained here are mostly on mobile views. Therefore, if you have not started a mobile view on your website, you definitely should do that right now! Personally, there is no specific value for traffic coming from RSS feeds but I really love it especially when I have many followers following my feeds. Always remember that some audience is better than none.


All right blogger! Now, you have read how to increase and get those traffic coming into your blog and website. Do you want to know what else you can do to boost your traffic? What you need is The Best Guide For Backlinking 101.

Learn how to monetize blogging at The Big Fat Reality

Most of the time, blogger and webmasters around the world are complaining that they do not earn enough money through advertisement slots placed on either their blog or website. There is one little fact on this which is having too many advertisements isn't a good idea but what is most important is knowing which advertisements pays you the best compared to others and make sure you limit the number of advertisements. Sometime, the term more is better doesn't really work and suit in certain industry and you might be facing more problems instead.

Maximize blog earning with the right advertisements
One of the most important part to boost your blog earning is to ensure you are using the right advertisement. Nowadays, we have so many choices such as Google Adsense, Bidvertisers, Clicksors, Nuffnangs and many more. Of course, Google Adsense is the god of all advertisements so if you have an active account there, make sure you use it. Here, you can mix and match a little by placing additional one more advertisement by other company (and refer to the terms and conditions prior before placing) just to boost a little bit more earning. Choosing the right one could be hard but always do a 'background' check on the company to ensure that ads shown are good and correct. You wouldn't want to show ads that are low quality honestly. Always remember that low quality ads is equal to zero clicks.


Choosing the right ad placement is vital
For me, ad placement is important and if you are placing ads at the right place, then you are doing a good job. For example, you wouldn't want to place a vertical ad in the middle of your post as it will look horrible. Readers might even label you as having bad judgement skills of all we know. Sometimes, unspoken rules are mean to be followed especially when it comes to ads placement. I always suggest these to my readers and followers:

• Skyscraper ads - Top most or between posts
• Vertical ads - Place them at side bars
• Big square or rectangle ads - Best to be between posts

Which is the best ads that gets the most clicks?
I did a test myself and let me tell you something. Ads that get the most clicks are the one with image or flash. Text ads do get clicks but not as much. This could probably because human eyes are easily attracted with moving 'parts' in the ads instead of just texts. Here you have to remember that not every advertisers will place image or flash ads on all ad ad sizes. Most ads with image or flash usually goes well with bigger ad sizes. Therefore, always use the right ad size to maximize your earning. Allow me to emphasize that it is NOT ADVISABLE to place all image ads as this will make your site too 'flashy' if you know what I mean.

Using in-text advertising tools to boost your earnings
In-text advertising is becoming one of the most upcoming ad method lately. Many people actually do not understand how this works. Imagine you publish a full article and several words in the article will be used as 'keywords'. A simple hover of the mouse to those words will open up an advertisement and a click on it, will give you revenue. Well, the revenue might be small as a click could cost from $ 0.01 to $ 0.50 each. if you want to maximize your earning, this is one way you must definitely use!


These are the 4 steps you can perform to ensure you maximize your blog earnings effectively. If you want to see what I really mean, look around on my blog or even on this page itself. Do you see all those placing of ads I have used? Yes, that is how you start monetizing your blog effectively. I know you want more and the next step is How To Increase Traffic To Your Blog.

Affiliate marketing is one kind of partnership

I am writing this from experience to be very honest. I know a few serious hubbers who love writing and been earning from HubPages. After a few discussions and exchanged emails, I finally realized that a huge portion of their monthly income comes from HubPages affiliate programs. I was definitely stunned and puzzled and therefore I tested out myself. Trust me that earning money from affiliate programs is harder than just writing online articles. Let me emphasize that it is not impossible but you would need a lot of patience and also it would take you quite sometime to see your earnings clocking in. So how does affiliate marketing works and how you can make money from it?

What is affiliate marketing?
In short, affiliate marketing is close to being a real time sales person. For those working in the sales line, you would probably know that you will earn a certain amount of commission whenever you close a sale. The same principle works in affiliate marketing but with a twist. In affiliate marketing, you don't need to

• Go out to the field and find potential customers
• You can have zero knowledge of the product but yet able to sell the item
• Once you have 'publish' or 'recommend' the item, any sales done there will be yours forever unless stated otherwise

Earning money at Hubpages is easy

My first payout from HubPages was $ 55.04

Before I start, I hope you had gone through the first two topic I wrote, The Best Writing Site For Online Writers and How To Earn Money At HubPages as this article here served as the continuation of the earning methods at HubPages. Allow me to go through a fast summary of the series. HubPages is an online site which allows members to post articles online and there is absolutely no limit for this. Profit sharing are divided 60-40 where 60% goes to members and the balance to HubPages. Of course, there are more ways to earn money at HubPages than you can ever imagine. So, if you have not signed up for HubPages, you should definitely do it right now simply by clicking here: Let's join HubPages for free now!

In this topic, I am going to explain to you how you can actually earn money online at HubPages the easy way. First of all, if you have not read The Best Writing Site For Online Writers, then I suggest you to click on that link to read about it first before continuing to this topic. Basically, there are a few ways you can earn money from HubPages and I am going to explain to you in detail how you can do so. Of course, there are multiple ways you can perform but what I am going to share with you will be the main revenue generator that will works well for you.

Being an online writer is tough. You face daily challenges from competitors to monetization matters and I am sure not many actually succeed in it. Honestly, I have seen many good writers throw in the towel even before they earn the first payout. I was fortune enough to stumble upon one site which pays very well to writers around the world. Well, what you need is just one thing in general; Great writings! Before I start, I would like to tell you that most bloggers and online writers might think that I am crazy to share my writing tips online. Well, I am an online writer and close to a full time blogger and I know how hard it is when it comes to writing online. You have basically everything to think of and no one is going to help you. I am not only going to share with you my tips in this article but I will update this blog from time to time for more tips. So, follow me either by email, RSS or even save it as favorite on your browser!

I have been writing close to 6 years now and along the way, I stumbled upon a site called HubPages. Little did I know about this and I was basically in and out of this site for some good years. Sadly, if I stayed on long enough, I would easily be earning tons of money right now! How this all comes around is I recently received my first payout from HubPages itself and that was really shocking. I was mesmerized and spend some time with the site. I realized that I could earn more money than just writing!


To start up, all you have to do is to click here to register for your free, life time membership at HubPages. Assuming you are done with that, I am going to explain to you how you can earn money online as soon as you join. There are a few ways to earn money at HubPages which are:

1. Linking Google Adsense ID to your HubPages account.
2. Referring members to the site.
3. Participate in monthly contest hosted by HubPages.
4. Promote and become a successful affiliate writer.
5. Participate with HubPages affiliate programs such as eBay and Amazon
6. Joining HubPages Earning Program

First of all, thank you visiting Big Fat Reality blog! I have so many things to say and I don't know where to start. Let me start by saying my name is Reginald and my pen name is nicregi (Reginald_1986 at some older sites). I love to write and I love the fact that people are reading what I write. I write more towards SEO, traffic building, and becomnig a successful online writer.

I started writing back in 2005 and I been writing for many sites. Until date, I am focused on at a few loactinos such as my own website, HubPages (nicregi.hubpages.com) and Squidoo. It is my dream to actually start a full time blogging end of 2012 but I know it is going to be tough. Well see how it works out then.


In Big Fat Reality blog, I will update it mostly on weekend as I am more focused at my own self hosted site, earning money online at HubPages and traffic building at Squidoo. Nonetheless, I am going to try keep up with all the task and requirement to maintain this blog.

Fingers crossed and here we go!

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