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MartinK8

11 years ago

That is not a bad revenue from adsense for such new site. Try to monetize it with some cpa offers.

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Randall Magwood

11 years ago

What kind of educational books are you selling? Is it possible to go into a smaller niche.... one that definitely does exist via research being done on your target market?

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jodiesmitham

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

What kind of educational books are you selling? Is it possible to go into a smaller niche.... one that definitely does exist via research being done on your target market?

Hi Randall, at the moment I am not selling anything, just providing information about educational courses and relying on Adsense.

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Mosa

11 years ago

Originally Posted by jodiesmitham

Hey guys,

I've made $60 using Google Adsense on my educational website since it was launched 2.5 months ago. I've tried capturing email addresses with a free ebook, but no-one has signed up. There is a huge emphasis on sign ups, but my website is generally about educational courses with multiple subjects. Unless I provide guides for each of these courses (and there are hundreds of them), how else do you think I can monetize an educational courses website? I am working on increasing traffic, but it's pretty slow.

Thanks,

Jodie

You can always try to find a course relating to your topic and sell it as an affiliate.
I think you should take note of what you have done to make this site money and then start a few more sites just like it.

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Student X

11 years ago

The education market is one I have never entered, which is strange as I am passionate about knowledge and education. (I am involved in several niches which teach the customer, just nothing in the "education" sector assuming education means Maths, English, Science, Geography etc.)

Therefor I am completely unaware of the CPA and different monetizing options available to you - but some idea's for you off the top of my dome:

1) There MAY be a way to affiliate with colledges and universities - Education often costs hundreds from these organisations so there is a high chance some will offer affiliate incentive.

Do some research: check if there are any online universities which offer an affiliate programme you can cash in on.

2) Selling your own educational infoproducts is a great way of making money, as and cost to produce is pretty much pennies, I would strongly recommend it.

3) Charge for Advertising space on your website. Get all of your data together and figure out a price which you think to be sensible but valuable - from there contact various other services and providers online to let them know about your offer.

I hope my post was helpful,

Student X

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opportunist86

11 years ago

That is exactly what my progress is. Of course its great! Much better than nothing. But I am looking for other sources of monetization.

Originally Posted by Student X

The education market is one I have never entered, which is strange as I am passionate about knowledge and education. (I am involved in several niches which teach the customer, just nothing in the "education" sector assuming education means Maths, English, Science, Geography etc.)

Therefor I am completely unaware of the CPA and different monetizing options available to you - but some idea's for you off the top of my dome:

1) There MAY be a way to affiliate with colledges and universities - Education often costs hundreds from these organisations so there is a high chance some will offer affiliate incentive.

Do some research: check if there are any online universities which offer an affiliate programme you can cash in on.

2) Selling your own educational infoproducts is a great way of making money, as and cost to produce is pretty much pennies, I would strongly recommend it.

3) Charge for Advertising space on your website. Get all of your data together and figure out a price which you think to be sensible but valuable - from there contact various other services and providers online to let them know about your offer.

I hope my post was helpful,

Student X

How can an institution offer me a affiliate partnership? I also own an education website.

I put some study material and used clickbank to monetize but result is 0. Any useful ideas?

Thanks

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Karen Blundell

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Student X

3) Charge for Advertising space on your website. Get all of your data together and figure out a price which you think to be sensible but valuable - from there contact various other services and providers online to let them know about your offer.

Student X

since you are already making ad revenue from Google Adsense, I strongly recommend you follow Student X's 3rd option. Why settle for pennies from Google when you can make a lot more by selling your own ads?

I can tell you that I make several hundred dollars a month on my own site just from ad revenue alone, and you can too.

Just a word of advice: be very selective of whom you allow ads from. Stick to the niches that your readers are looking for and you will do really well.

Best of luck to you!

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theverysmartguy 11 years ago

First off you need to decide how you want to make money for this site, and then FOCUS on that and stick with it.

If you want to make money from adsense then I would suggest, and recommend taking off the sign ups and focusing strictly on that.

If you give your visitors too many options to choose from then you are liable to lose more customers than you will gain.

I know people say "Don't put all your eggs in one basket." But when it comes to creating an income stream from your websites consider your WEBSITE the EGG, not the way you make money from it.

Make it strictly an info site that uses ads to create the income. I have several websites in the education niche and that is how I monetize them, and they do quite well.

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theverysmartguy

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Blundell

since you are already making ad revenue from Google Adsense, I strongly recommend you follow Student X's 3rd option. Why settle for pennies from Google when you can make a lot more by selling your own ads?

I can tell you that I make several hundred dollars a month on my own site just from ad revenue alone, and you can too.

Just a word of advice: be very selective of whom you allow ads from. Stick to the niches that your readers are looking for and you will do really well.

Best of luck to you!

BTW. the education niches pay out at around $2 - $3/click on average. Yes it depends on the ones you pick. I have several and they average that per click. Doing the right keyword research with adsense makes a big difference in your income. So saying "Why settle for pennies" is very misleading to people.

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Karen Blundell

11 years ago

Originally Posted by theverysmartguy

BTW. the education niches pay out at around $2 - $3/click on average. Yes it depends on the ones you pick. I have several and they average that per click. Doing the right keyword research with adsense makes a big difference in your income. So saying "Why settle for pennies" is very misleading to people.

-- Jeff

but you are still relying on a third party to pay you and who determines what you earn. Sure you can earn more than a few pennies, and I didn't mean to mislead people, but I honestly think you can make a whole lot more money selling your own ads than depending on 3rd party ad revenue.

I also advise to never put all your eggs in one basket. So even if you continue to use Google adsense you can still run your own ads and then decide later on which is more effective and makes you the most money

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theverysmartguy

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Karen Blundell

but you are still relying on a third party to pay you and who determines what you earn. Sure you can earn more than a few pennies, and I didn't mean to mislead people, but I honestly think you can make a whole lot more money selling your own ads than depending on 3rd party ad revenue.

I also advise to never put all your eggs in one basket. So even if you continue to use Google adsense you can still run your own ads and then decide later on which is more effective and makes you the most money

Like adsense, charging for ads is going to depend on traffic.

Now with one of my adsense sites I make roughly $500/month but only get roughly about 1500 - 2000 UV to my site each month.

From what I am looked at for the average a person is willing to pay for less that 100 visitors a day isn't going to come close.

Again, this will most likely depend on the niche. He honestly is better off in the eduction niche with Adsense, or a really good CPA offer. I am not a fan of them, but I do know in the education niche they do pay out quite well.

I can see where having your "own" ads can be beneficial in certain niches. Or even if adsense isn't paying you enough.

There is going to be the added work of finding these advertisers, and then dealing with a payment plan. If that ad wasn't bringing them enough revenue based on what they were paying they might quit, then you have to find another advertiser to take that ones place.

Like I mentioned, for under performers yes, but until you have tested it out and found that adsense is lacking, then I would say no. But that is again, just my opinion. Different things work for different people. Paid ads work for you, adsense works for me, CPA works for another person. It all really depends on what way he truly thinks is in his best interest.

-- Jeff

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Vtoy Banned 11 years ago

You should promote TouchTextbooks.com - It's on Marketbay. One of the more popular items to promote as an affiliate in the Education niche.
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Karen Blundell

11 years ago

Originally Posted by theverysmartguy

Like adsense, charging for ads is going to depend on traffic.

Now with one of my adsense sites I make roughly $500/month but only get roughly about 1500 - 2000 UV to my site each month.

From what I am looked at for the average a person is willing to pay for less that 100 visitors a day isn't going to come close.

Again, this will most likely depend on the niche. He honestly is better off in the eduction niche with Adsense, or a really good CPA offer. I am not a fan of them, but I do know in the education niche they do pay out quite well.

I can see where having your "own" ads can be beneficial in certain niches. Or even if adsense isn't paying you enough.

There is going to be the added work of finding these advertisers, and then dealing with a payment plan. If that ad wasn't bringing them enough revenue based on what they were paying they might quit, then you have to find another advertiser to take that ones place.

Like I mentioned, for under performers yes, but until you have tested it out and found that adsense is lacking, then I would say no. But that is again, just my opinion. Different things work for different people. Paid ads work for you, adsense works for me, CPA works for another person. It all really depends on what way he truly thinks is in his best interest.

-- Jeff

Jeff, I am really glad you're successful with your Adsense income. But what is going to happen to your income if Google decides to change the rules, or you do something wrong and boom, your account is shut down? There goes your income. I hope you have safety nets in place ie: other sources of income.

I realize that selling ads yourself means some work acquiring the advertisers, handling payments, etc., and is dependent on traffic, Page rank, and other factors. But what I like is that it's completely under my control. I don't have to follow any rules, except my own.

But like you said, to each their own. What works for me and my long-term blog, may not work for a new person who has a fairly new site with little traffic.

To the OP, along with your Adsense income you may want to look at another income producing strategy such as affiliate programs like others have mentioned in this thread. That way if one income source dries up, you have another source.

good luck!

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jodiesmitham

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Student X

3) Charge for Advertising space on your website. Get all of your data together and figure out a price which you think to be sensible but valuable - from there contact various other services and providers online to let them know about your offer.

Student X

Thanks Student X, I think this is the way for me to go. The only problem I have is that I'm only attracting around 50 unique users per day, so I'd need to ramp that up before contacting providers?

Thanks

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TBInternetMarketing

11 years ago

Originally Posted by jodiesmitham

I've made $60

I tell you what, there are a lot of folks out there that have made a lot less than that in a lot longer time. I'd say you're doing pretty well.

Keep it up!

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Bredfan

11 years ago

I am working on an educational site too... check offervault - there are a few cpa deals out there. There are also some products available in CJ and CB in the education industry.

Find an offer that matches up with some of the content on your site and integrate the offer...

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jodiesmitham

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Bredfan

I am working on an educational site too... check offervault - there are a few cpa deals out there. There are also some products available in CJ and CB in the education industry.

Find an offer that matches up with some of the content on your site and integrate the offer...

Thanks Bredfan. These educational courses are specific for the UK. Do you know if I can use CJ/CB in the UK?

Thanks

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AdenWhite

11 years ago

Lol, the thread caught my eye as saying "$60k in two months"

I thought, wow!

Nearly a dollar a day is still pretty good for a new site. It's already valuable enough to flip. Or use the same process again and again for many different sites.

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ezmystic

11 years ago

Well done, it takes a little time to build up sometimes

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WilliamBlah

11 years ago

You say the site is entirely focused on getting sign ups, and yet you are getting none.

You go on to say that you have made $60 with AdSense.

If you focused (at least a bit more) on putting your AdSense ads in more prominent places, then you could easily see your CTR (and therefore income) double or triple.

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Will

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jodiesmitham

11 years ago

Originally Posted by WilliamBlah

You say the site is entirely focused on getting sign ups, and yet you are getting none.

You go on to say that you have made $60 with AdSense.

If you focused (at least a bit more) on putting your AdSense ads in more prominent places, then you could easily see your CTR (and therefore income) double or triple.

Regards
Will

Hi Will, apologies, what I meant was that I read in this forum all the time that you should always get sign ups. I think you're right about focusing on Adsense. I've been trying to optimise, but the results are always sporadic. Two days running I made $5 per day, then the next few days I made $0!

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Austin357

11 years ago

Keep doing what you are doing. Those are very good results for a new site being up for only 2 months. Some people have tried an exit pop up with a free ebook/report. It has increased their conversions considerably.

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aeiou260199038

11 years ago

One of the more popular items to promote as an affiliate in the Education niche,I agree.

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JennyPellicer

Banned 11 years ago

Not bad considering you're using adsense.

I have started out with Clickbank myself and was already making a couple hundreds after 4 months of hard work.

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Cataclysm1987

11 years ago

I was in the same spot not too long ago. Wasn't until a month into my work that I made my first commission.

It's crazy.

Just keep going.

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YasirYar

11 years ago

Sell some space for ads to colleges and agents selling student's visas and you'll make a fortune. As far as making $60 in 2.5 months I didn't make a single buck for months when I started my e-biz. This I would say is a good start.

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luckystepho

11 years ago

It took me 3-4 years to earn my first $60 using Adsense so you are doing pretty well!!

Could you produce an opt-in report that is generic enough for everyone, such as how to pass exams/ study/ work out the ideal career?

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O0o0O

11 years ago

You can try capturing their email addressses with a scholarship drawing. Students are always looking for more ways to get money for school.

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RichardDin

11 years ago

as I understood, you have some sort of catalogue with e-courses. If they are free, hide link for downloading to only registered users. If not, make a free ecourse section and post rss from it on several sites

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