So today I am going to set my views about monetizing blogs and when should you start it. I have read several blog posts about this but I think I’m going to have my share of what my thoughts are about monetizing blogs too early. Doing my own research, I have found out that 80% of blogs that are created have goals of putting advertisements on it and make the most out of it. And if I’m gonna base it with what I have seen most, I can say that out of 80% only 10-15% make decent money from their blog.
Monetizing a blog too early is an issue for a long time. I remember a great friend Carl Ocab writing a post that one should monetize early. Obviously I commented explaining my side and he had his reply to my comment. So back to monetizing I think it’s not really bad to monetize the blog very early. In fact you can sell your space cheap if your blog is new. But what I think most people are forgetting is that you don’t really need to expect a lot from it. Oftentimes, one would put a chitika banner and upon seeing that the blog hasn’t even made a dollar on a week, he would put the banner out and say that chitika isn’t effective. Net Business Blog owner Matt Coddlington said that monetizing your blog early will help you understand that it doesn’t go that easy.
Why not monetize? Well I think the single reason I can say people must need to understand is that they have to work their traffic first. In my experience when you’re traffic starts increasing then money wouldn’t be that hard. The problem when people start monetizing is that their focus shifts from acquiring a lot of traffic first to working so hard on monetizing. They keep on signing on different programs, work hard on ad placements, tweak their layouts to accommodate ads so they already forgot the need for traffic. I know you guys heard it already that you can’t focus on two things. You must always set your priorities and then do what should have been done.
I hope I made a point here. I’m not against monetizing new blogs. In fact you may see me work for monetizing this blog in few weeks or so. The key is always the traffic. In every income report of the famous John Chow you always see him stress in the last paragraph to drive truckloads of traffic first, before starting to explore monetization options. If you intend to monetize you’re blog early then just don’t expect too much. I know it’s hard to be patient but if you really want to reap the fruits of you’re blog then you must work well for it.
I think it’s like having sex. You don’t enjoy your partner if she’s just around 10-16 years old (tell me if you do). And you would certainly enjoy her when you do her on her peak which 18 years old onwards. Am I missing something?
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nice post and helpful for me as I’m starting a new blog of my own. What I was thinking is really plan for the placement of the ads first upon preparing your blog, meaning before you actually launch it. What I’m doing right now is planning the placements while I’m working on my layout. [I hope it will be a good thing tho] hehe.. So then when your blog is ready to be launch and your ads are on their places, I can focus more on blogging and driving my traffic. More traffic means a lot more possibilities for clicks.
Good luck to you and you’re from the Philippines too, that’s good. hehe 🙂
sorry to comment about this here coz I can’t find any contact form, you can just delete it. But I just like to inform you that on your home page, at the bottom when I click on next page> I get error. I think there’s something wrong with the link? Im not so sure.
I also have the same views as you, that why I decided to give away the ad spots for free till I got myself sorted out
I think blogs should be monetized from the start. The main reason is for your readers. You don’t want to give them a false expectation that there are no ads on your blog, when you are planning on adding them. I think start with ads, but don’t focus on the money to start with. Focus on content and traffic.
Hey bro,
according you to at what traffic level , 1 shud start advertising ???
I think monetizing a blog early is a good idea. Look at John Chow, he has about 21 ads on his front page, but it really doesn’t look like that. The ads blend in very perfectly. John Chow uses ads a lot but it doesn’t annoy the user too much. If you have unobtrusive ads thats not a problem.
@nelle, thanks for your reminder
@ tom, your point is my opinion beofre.. Actually its true but I actually think that its hard to focus on acquiring traffic when you’re already monetizing your blog.. you’ll have your focus on traffic get robbed by monetization tactics.. just my opinion 😉
Wow, you got my problem spot on here. I have just started my blog and I am considering to place some Adsense on it but I really don’t think it will have any effect on my site as of yet. Hence I have left it ad-free for the moment. Interesting post, I will definitely be doing some more research on it!
@james, yeah you got it. actually putting an adsense block on a blog that doesn’t have traffic yet doesnt make sense.. at least thats what i think..
so … true … nice post loved it
You made your point, Melvin!
Actually, Monetizing a site/blog shouldn’t be a priority for those who are starting their sites. You’ll end up dissapointed and having a wrong, negative conception about advertisement programs such as Adsense, chikita, AdBrite and others.
Yes, you can put those ads on your site but as Melvin said don’t expect to get lots of money from them. You certainly won’t get any.
<blockquote>I think it’s like having sex. You don’t enjoy your partner if she’s just around 10-16 years old (tell me if you do)</blockquote>
WTF?! Lol 😛
in my opinion, i dont want to place an ads and monetize to my new blog.