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Adsense or Affiliate Programs?

by bmac
6 replies
I have been struggling for awhile trying to make some kind of profit with my blog. I am developing a domain through blogging using the ireporter tool. My question to the forum is what is the Secret?...is it traffic,is it the niche I'm in,blog setup,keywords,content,adsense,affiliate programs. I would appreciate it if you guys and gals would take a look at my blog and give me some positive feedback. I look forward to hearing from you...Thanks
#adsense #affiliate #blogs #programs
  • Profile picture of the author Paul Buckley
    Three words: Focus, Focus and Focus.

    What's a credit repair ad doing on a pet supply site?

    The pet niche is very competitive. The pet supply niche only slightly less so. Drill deeper and find the niche within the niche within the niche...where the competition is light.

    Maybe specialise in a specific breed like the Bichon Frise or some such. Nearly every article on your blog could be re-written using a particular breed as the primary part of a long-tail keyword.

    Perhaps you could specialise on a particular category of pet supplies...especially if it has a good affiliate program

    If you're going to concentrate on one site in one sub-sub-sub niche, Adsense is probably a poor choice. To make money with Adsense generally requires many, many sites. Stick with affiliate products if you can'ty produce a product of your own.
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    • Profile picture of the author bmac
      Thanks for your response, the credit banner is from ireporter. I could pay them $20 bucks more a month for that ad spot, but I'm not even making that. Thank you again I will start digging deeper.
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      • Profile picture of the author Ross Dalangin
        All the items you said... I create some domains for adsense only if there are no appropriate affiliate products for the domain I already purchased since domain is very important for me. There are niches which are profitable but not yet developed or no products at clickbank. It's either you develop the products yourself or outsource it, you can still profit from it by adsense if you love blogging. Traffic is very important and the type of topic you have.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Worthington
    Yaro Starak is a professional blogger and just released
    his course on blogging for big bucks.

    You can hear an interview with Yaro that Willie Crawford
    did a week or so ago at Willie's BlogTalkRadio page:

    Listen to the interview for free here

    If you want to learn to make money from blogging, this is it!

    Michael
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  • Profile picture of the author Solidsnake
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    Originally Posted by bmac View Post

    I have been struggling for awhile trying to make some kind of profit with my blog. I am developing a domain through blogging using the ireporter tool. My question to the forum is what is the Secret?...is it traffic,is it the niche I'm in,blog setup,keywords,content,adsense,affiliate programs. I would appreciate it if you guys and gals would take a look at my blog and give me some positive feedback. I look forward to hearing from you...Thanks
    Since I am not good in selling products I prefer adsense. It depends on your choice and specialty... As long as you have traffic, both are possible..
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  • Profile picture of the author Amy Bass
    You want to base your blog around one niche and have several things related to your niche on there. At least 3 income streams works best for me.
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