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YouTube User Can Now Make Money From Their Viral Videos

Gerri — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:29:04 +0000

There a quite a number of videos that have been uploaded to YouTube which for one reason or another have gone viral in a big way. The people who uploaded these videos probably didn’t expect such a response to them or any sort of compensation for them. Some people have been lucky enough to sign on to all sorts of endorsement deals. On the other hand, Google makes money by running ads at the start of some videos, during videos and/or along the side of the player. In a lot of instances, the person who uploaded the video is not be compensated for their creation.

A little while back, YouTube started a partner program through which a select few could earn a share of the revenue generated from ads displayed with the content they uploaded. This wasn’t the easiest to get into but now it looks like if your video goes viral, Google will get in touch with you about becoming a partner. If take up the offer, you are effectively entering into a revenue share agreement with them where you get paid a certain percentage (with you taking the lions share) of the generated ad revenue.

How Does YouTube Work Out Video Virality?

There are a few reports out there stating that YouTube has developed an algorithm that works out what videos are likely to become a hit. All videos uploaded to the site are monitored so every single video uploaded has an equal chance of becoming a moneymaker if it goes viral.

Some YouTube users earn thousands of dollars a year and for others this figure runs into the hundreds of thousands. Examples of the high earning videos include; Talking Twin Babies, Charlie bit my finger – again and Double Rainbow all of which you can search for on YouTube.

The Secret To Making A Viral Video

From what I have seen, there is no secret to making a viral video. A lot of the videos that have gone viral were uploaded with the intent of simply sharing them with friends and family with some of them having been recorded with mobile phones! Some have had a boost by celebrities which have accelerated the rate at which they have been shared.

Make More Money Selling Merchandise

If you are lucky enough to have a video go viral, another avenue through which users can earn money is through merchandising. The Double Rainbow Guy sells an assortment of merchandise such a t-shirts, hoodies and mugs on his Zazzle Double Rainbow Store. If you don’t like what Zazzle has to offer, another option is CafePress.com. If you are going to sell merchandise, one important thing to do is to put a link to your site at the start of the description of the video. People viewing the video will be able to easily see it without having to scroll down and they will hopefully click on it, head over to the site and if they like what they see, make a purchase.

Do you know any other ways of making money via YouTube?

Steve Stoute on Brand Marketing

Gerri — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:03:37 +0000

Last month, I came across Steve Stoute being interviewed by Piers on Piers Morgan Tonight that touched on some of his successes in life, his new book; The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy and how he would brand Obama. That short interview was insightful and I just came across this short video that might provide a bit of food for thought for marketers. In it he talks about building a brand and what brands need to do in order to connect with consumers the right way. He has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world and helped position them for success. What he has to say goes to show how marketing campaigns can easily get lost in translation.

Earn Money From Your Images With GumGum In-Image Advertising

Gerri — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:00:16 +0000

There are a number of ways through which bloggers and site administrators choose to monetize their sites. Not all methods suit the one-size fits all model as what works for one site may not work for another and this can be due to varying number of reasons.

Some sites such as photo blogs are image based and if you have been looking around for a way of monetising them, in-image ads may be the way forward. I just came across GumGum, an in-image ad network that opens up a new revenue stream for publishers. Their service overlays ads on web images and publishers earn revenue on a CPM basis.

Signing up to and getting started with them is a quick and easy process. All it takes to get the ad overlays up and running is a simple HTML code install. They have a Wordress.org plugin and Blogger.com widget to make the process easy if you are concerned about tinkering with HTML.

Publisher payments are paid out via PayPal when earnings reach at least $50. I am using them on a couple of my other sites one of which is My Pictorial World (screenshot below).

I have only been running GumGum for a few days so at the moment I can’t really comment much on how well it works. I must admit that I was a little concerned that the ads could be a little intrusive. I haven’t had any complaints from readers yet so I will continue to run their ads for a little while longer to see just how effective they are as a revenue stream. If you want me to write up an update on earnings in a few weeks, leave a comment and let me know.

How To Make Money From A Free Andriod or iPhone App

Gerri — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:00:07 +0000

A while back, I wrote about how you could get in on earning a share of the billion-dollar mobile app sales market without actually having to build the application yourself – Make Money From An iPhone or iPad App Without Making It. The other day I had a bit of a think about the revenue share model that Appswell uses to compensate people who’s ideas are made into a reality and came to the conclusion that it didn’t seem quite right. Why should someone else take a majority share of a creation that is your idea simply because they built it?

What got me thinking about all of this is that I am working on an app idea and I want it to be 100% mine. After doing a bit more research, it turns out there is software out there that people can use to create an app without any programming experience, one of which is iPhone Dev Secrets. The other option as previously mentioned is to hire a developer to build it for you, which due to time constraints is the option I am going with.

Because of the nature of the app I am going to get built, it will be available free of charge which obviously means it wont be generating any sales revenue. This got me to thinking about how I could make money from certain sections of the app.

That thought led to AdMob, which is an advertising network that provides solutions for monetising mobile sites as well as mobile apps. As far as monetising mobile apps goes, they provide you with tools that will enable you to integrate AdMob ads into your app. Given that Google owns them, they are bound to have a large pool of advertisers and therefore something that will match the context of your application. They also have a tool, AdWhirl that allows you to serve your own house ads, AdMob ads and ads from other networks all from one place which means you will be able to really maximise on monetising your mobile app.

So, if you are thinking of creating an app and want to monetise it, it would be pay to give AdMob a thought. Let me know what you think about what they have to offer.

Get Into Mobile Advertising With Chitika

Gerri — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:53:08 +0000

I went to an electronics store yesterday and whilst the consultant was trying to find the answers to my questions, I had a bit of a play around with an iPad. I ended up on one of my sites and noticed that Adsense ads weren’t displaying. For some people, being one revenue stream down could be a cause for concern. Should they be concerned, I think so. Why? As time goes by, more and more people are going mobile and using mobile devices to do a lot more day to day activities including accessing the internet.

This doesn’t mean that you have to miss out on earning a bit of revenue that way if lets say for example Adsense is biggest income generator and you don’t have Adsense for mobile (or similar). Chitika have come up with a simple solution for you to earn revenue from people accessing your site via mobile devices.

They just rolled out a mobile ads program which displays targeted ads to people visiting your site via a mobile device. Ads are displayed in the same fashion as Chitika Select Ads. Instead of being displayed 100% of the time they are only displayed when there is a high chance that the ad will be clicked on.

If you are already Chitika publisher, then you do not have to do anything at all for mobile ads to start displaying. This makes this product a must have because not only will you be generating revenue from your regular traffic, you will also be generating revenue from your mobile traffic.

At the moment mobile ads are currently only being displayed on the iPhone and Android devices. More devices will be added in the near future but none the less, there are millions of devices out there already that are ready and waiting to display Chitika Mobile ads.

If you aren’t already a Chitika publisher, isn’t this a good enough reason to sign up?

MaxBounty: New Interface & $1,000 New Affiliate Bonus

Gerri — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:03:17 +0000

A few hours ago MaxBounty sent out an email announcing announcing a $1000 affiliate referral contest. At the same time they also mentioned how they hoped I had already taken a look at their new site. Truth be told, I have not been over to MaxBounty in a bit of while but I like their new interface. The site looks much better than it used to and navigating around it is a lot easier.

In a nutshell, MaxBounty is a CPA (Cost Per Action) advertising affiliate network that has more than 10,000 active publishers. With more than 500 advertisers within their network you are spoilt for choice as to what campaigns to promote. Publisher payments are made on a monthly basis via cheque, PayPal or electronic transfer.

They are a network that is worth taking a look at and to help push their new interface, they are running a $1,000 affiliate referral contest:

$650 for generating the most referral income

$250 for generating the most approved referrals

$100 randomly selected from all participating

Sign up to MaxBounty and be in the running to win a $1,000 bonus.

Monetize Your Site Search with PredictAd

Gerri — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:49:00 +0000

PredictAd is a plugin that adds a search box to your site that you can monetize with non-intrusive contextual advertisements that appear at the bottom of a selection of refined search suggestions in a dropdown box. Signing up to their service is pretty simple but you then have to put in another application within your account in order to monetize your search.

PredictAd operates on a CPC basis with a revenue sharing model of 50/50 on network ads and 80/20 on site specific ads (you can have your own advertisers publish their ads on your site via PredictAd). Payments are made out via cheque once the minimum payout amount of $25 has been reached.

They state that as a result of their targeted contextual advertising they yield higher than average click and conversion rates. Take a look at the PredictAd video to see how the search box works:

Your Chance to Win $410 in Free Advertising

Gerri — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:32:00 +0000

If you are out to make money online blogging, an increase in traffic will most likely lead to an increase in revenue. There are a number of methods you can employ to get more traffic to your site and one of them is advertising. You do have to get out there and get known and whenever there is an opportunity to get some FREE advertising there is nothing wrong in taking it up. Gyutae of Winning the Web is giving away $410 in free advertising

Gyutae has had an online presence for a while and knows more than a thing or two dominating the web. He started up Winning the Web to share his wealth of knowledge in marketing and has a number of very good posts on internet marketing strategies to get your site the most exposure possible. If you are online trying to make money it is a good blog to stop by for a few tips and tricks to help you get there.

Go on over to Winning the Web, see what its all about and get in on the chance to get free advertising.

Sell Your Advertising Space

Gerri — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:09:00 +0000

One the more popular ways of monetising a blog is by selling advertising space and some people have found this method to be very lucrative and easy to implement. Some sites have dead space or affiliate banners that are not pulling in any revenue. That space could be could be put to good use by displaying ads that are already paid for. If you play your cards right, you will have advertisers waiting in line to have their ads displayed as soon as the current one expires. From what I have seen so far, there are two main methods that you can employ when selling your advertising space. You can do it yourself or let someone else do it for you.

Do it yourself:

With this method, you have to deal with things such as communicating with advertisers, tracking payments, putting up the ads and keeping track of expiry dates. This can be time consuming but if you have time on your hands it could work well for you. A couple of ways you can go about doing it yourself are:

1) Advertise ad spots on your site – You can put up a simple box that says, ‘advertise here for $xx per month’ or similar and wait for interested parties to contact you directly.

2) Auction off ad spots – I have been on eBay! a number of times and seen people running auctions for ad spots on their blogs. Another option besides eBay! is Focial.

Get someone to do it for you:

If you get someone else to manage your ads, there isn’t a lot you have to do. You will have to provide them with some information about your site and then put up a banner in the space in which you want the ad to appear. From here on in it is a matter of sitting back and waiting for advertisers to come through. The only thing about these kinds of services is that there are usually associated fees but they are a less of a hassle than trying to do it yourself.
Here are some services that are worth taking a look at:

1) Project Wonderful – They use an auction style model to sell ads on your site which means you don’t need to set up a fixed price for the space. Advertisers name the price they want to pay and whoever pays the most gets their ad displayed. They support various ad sizes and you chose what you want to display. They even have options where you can display multiple ads within the same ad unit. Earnings are paid out via PayPal once you have earned $10.

A point of difference to them and similar services is their goodwill system. You have probably been on a number of sites with ‘advertise here’ banners which have been up for a while. This can discourage people from advertising on a site. With their goodwill system initial bids can be set at $0 where you offer free advertising. Advertisers may then see the benefit of advertising on a site which then gets the ball rolling for paid advertising.

2) 125box – 125box is an automated online advertising system. Their system is pretty basic and as per normal you enter in details of your site and your rates. They give you the option of putting in pricing for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months of advertising. Once you have keyed in all of this information you have to wait for them to approve the ad zone. When approved they send an email with the javascript code for the zone.

When a potential advertiser clicks on the 125box ad zone, a box pops up where they can put in their details, upload their banner image and more importantly see how much it will cost to advertise on your site. The only thing about their service is that you get 50% of the revenue so if you charge $20 a month you get paid $10.

3) Blaged – This particular service offers much more variety with the type of advertising you can display. Not only do they allow banner ads with the option of flash, you can display text and video ads as well. They do ask for a bit more information than Project Wonderful and 125box but they offer you more options. You can manage multiple websites from one account. You can set prices for the various ad types and you can have the option of allowing advertisers to make an offer. They pay you 80% of anything you make with earnings being paid out via PayPal.

Both methods have their pros and cons. If you are doing it yourself you don’t have to share the revenue with anyone but it can be time consuming. If you let someone else do it for you, you don’t have to worry much about a lot. All you really need to do may be to approve or reject ads but you will be sharing a portion of your revenue with the service provider.

125×125 ad blocks seem to be the most popular ad size at the moment. This may be because you can put up a number of them due to their size. You are not restricted to that size unit and can sell ad blocks of any size even if you get some else to do it for you. The decision is really up to you as to what size ads you are going to put up and how you are going to go about doing it. One thing to watch out for is to not have too many ads as it may distract readers and could lead to a drop in readership so try and find the right balance.

Focial.com – A Bloggers Marketplace

Gerri — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:24:00 +0000

NOTE: FOCIAL HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

For an alternative marketplace, CLICK HERE.

Focial.com is a new marketplace that was started up especially for bloggers. The site has 17 categories through which you can carry out activities such as auctioning advertising space, selling domain names, selling blogs, listing sponsored review opportunities and even an ‘other’ section which at the time of publishing this post has entrecard credits on auction.

It is very easy to navigate around the site and if you are used to online auction sites such as eBay! you won’t have a problem using focial.com. Even if you aren’t conversant with online auction sites you shouldn’t have a problem finding your way around and using the site.

I like the whole idea because amongst other things you could get advertising spots on high traffic blogs for a fraction of the price that you would normally pay if you were to go directly through the blog owners. Some people have managed to snap up a whole month of advertising for between $1 and $5.

If you can’t find exactly what you are looking for they also have a ‘wanted ads’ section. Within this section you can submit whatever it is you are looking for within the various categories and sit back and wait for a seller to respond to your listing.

There are fees associated with using the site but they are currently have a $25 sign up bonus which goes toward any fees and for each person you refer you earn $5. If you play your cards right you could be in a situation where you will never have to pay for fees.

Focial.com could take your blog(s) to new levels without costing you a fortune. Does this sound like a good idea or what? Go ahead and register and see for yourself just what it could do for you – don’t forget to mention my username – Gerri.

Monetise Videos With blinkx adHoc Video Ads

Gerri — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:53:00 +0000

blinkx adHoc is a service that allows you to place targeted ads on any video embedded on a website, blog or social network profile. What’s different about their service is that they show ads relevant to the content of the video.

You can choose to have the ads appear above the video player or as an overlay. When viewers click on the ads, the advertiser pays blinkx and blinkx shares 50% of the revenue with you. blinkx pays out users in $20 increments and payments are made via PayPal at the end of the month.

At the moment it works with the following video sites: MySpace, GoogleVideo, YouTube, Revver, Metacafe, Veoh, DailyMotion, Break, FunnyOrDie and CollegeHumor. If there are any other sites that you would like them to support all you need to do is contact them.

After having a play around on their site I found it to be pretty impressive and easy to use. All you need to do is copy and paste the embed code for a video onto their site, click next and then you are taken to preview screen where you are asked where you would like the ads to show. The last step it copying the code they generate and pasting it to your page. That simple!

Here is a video of my three month old daughter as an example of how their ads show up.

WidgetBucks

Gerri — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:51:00 +0000

This is a relatively new way of monetising your site. WidgetBucks have rich media ad widgets that display ads from various merchants. You earn money each time someone clicks on the ad widgets.

You can choose to have the widgets on your site displaying ads from certain product groups or you can choose the MerchSense option which runs ads that are relevant to your sites content and demographics. If you are wondering whether or not you can run WidgetBucks alongside Google Adsense and other ad systems the answer is yes. WidgetBucks can be run alongside all other ad systems.

Sign up is quick and easy and there is a $25 sign-up bonus which gets you half way to the payout minimum of $50. They also have an affiliate program where for a twelve month period you earn a 10% referral fee based on the commissions earned by the people you refer.

Give it a try and see how well it compares to other ad systems.

WidgetBucks – Trend Watch – WidgetBucks.com

Kontera is Gone

Gerri — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:10:00 +0000

It has been about 135 days since I put Kontera ContentLink™ in-text ads on my blog. Within this time period I have been comparing the revenue generated from it to Adsense.

Over the first half of the trial period earnings between the two were just about on par with Adsense coming out on top. Since then, there has been a very big drop in Kontera earnings. I can’t even begin to imagine how long it would take to reach the US$100 pay out minimum.

I have noticed an increase in the number of bloggers who say they do not like Kontera at all. Some go to the extent of not bothering to read blogs that displays these ads. I may be starting to see more bloggers say they don’t like it as I am reading through more and more blogs as days go by.

Bottom line is, Kontera is not for me and it is gone!

Sign up for AuctionAds Today and get $25

Gerri — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:27:00 +0000

Have you signed up to AuctionAds? If you haven’t already done so, now might be a good time to. They are giving new sign ups a free $25.00 credit. Besides you getting $25 it means that you will reach the minimum earnings payout that much quicker.

In a previous post Earn Extra Cash Running eBay Ads – AuctionAds I stated the following:
Payment is sent out on the first of every month via PayPal with the minimum earnings payout being $10. You also get paid for affiliates that you sign up with you earning a 2% bonus of all revenue generated by that user within 6 months.

These figures were recently revised with the minimum payout earnings being bumped up to $50 and the affiliate earning bonus to 5%.

AuctionAds: Increase the bid on your site’s income!

Banned from Adsense or Looking for an Alternative?

Gerri — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:28:00 +0000

Many people have been banned from or have a really big fear of being banned from Adsense. If it has happened or it does happen, it’s not the end of the world. There are so many other advertising channels that can be used to earn money from advertising.

Here is a short list of a few options to take into consideration when Adsense is no longer an option or you are just looking for something different:

AdBrite
AdJungle
BidVertiser
Chitika
CrispAds
Kontera
Value Click Media
Yahoo Publisher Network

A little experimentation may be a good idea – what works for one site may not work for another. You may not make money right from the get go. Keep in mind that whatever you make is something that you did not have before. Stay tuned for more advertising options.

Free Internet Marketing Newsletter – MarketingExperiments.com

Earn Extra Cash Running eBay Ads – AuctionAds

Gerri — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:58:00 +0000

If you are stuck for ideas on earning extra cash on you blog/site or there is nothing out there that really suites you needs or you just want to add another way of monetizing your blog/site, AuctionAds may be for you.

AuctionAds is a type of advertising where you display live eBay! auctions. You are compensated when a visitor clicks an ad and takes an action on eBay! (defined as a Winning Bid, a Buy-it-Now or a confirmed user registration).

Payment is sent out on the first of every month via PayPal with the minimum earnings payout being $10. You also get paid for affiliates that you sign up with you earning a 2% bonus of all revenue generated by that user within 6 months.

What are you waiting for? Try AuctionAds and let AuctionAds: Increase the bid on your site’s income!