9 ways to monetize: Simple ways to cash in on your blog
If you are trying to make money on a blog, you’ve got options other than just running advertising. Affiliate marketing is one method for making money from your blog, but it is far from the only option. Here are nine of the most popular ways to leverage your blog for cash. 1. Banner and text [...]
New research making demographic targeting ever more important
The popular image of an “average” Internet user is a relatively young person. Yet a new Pew Research study indicates that the age distribution of users is actually much wider. The biggest growth in usage between 2008 and 2010 occurred in the age 50-and-over demographic. Online marketers would be wise to target advertising accordingly. The [...]
Online advertising revenue hits record high
The Interactive Advertising Bureau has released its newest statistics on online advertising. Worldwide, online advertising revenue brought in more than $7.3 billion in the first quarter of the year, a new record. Facing numbers like these, many previously print-based businesses are starting to expand their offerings, sometimes in unusual directions. The current state of online [...]
Affiliate Marketing Basics: The types of affiliate marketing
Getting started in affiliate marketing can be easier than it sounds. In general, being an affiliate marketer means that you choose to market a product, service or company. In return, the company pays you for the results of that marketing. Affiliate marketing can be as simple as writing an article or sharing a link with [...]
Newspapers and Traditional Media: Outlook, Suggestions for 2010
For the past 150 years, newspapers and other traditional media organizations have existed in a very comfortable space. Massive amounts of local and national advertiser business led to healthy profit margins for these businesses and their owners. The web and new media organizations have left these businesses scrambling for new opportunities and ways to leverage their remaining [...]
Why your website needs a blog
Reluctant to have a blog? Don’t be. Their potential to increase revenues, combined with their low cost should be a no-brainer when it comes to marketing your website. Read more to find out why.
Oprah Opens 50 Lawsuits for copyright and trademark infringement
Don’t use Oprah’s image without permission CNBC recently aired a one-hour documentary called “The Oprah Effect,” which explored “the most influential woman in America-maybe the world,” says the CNBC web site, and her “unprecedented ability to take companies from no names to brand names.” Clearly, “The Oprah Effect” is nothing to be taken lightly. Businesses [...]
