Money Making Report No.7

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Welcome to the seventh money making report, here’s the last one.

Yep I’m a bit late, this report is from the middle of May to mid June. Exams have now finished, I’ve had a brief holiday before getting back into the swing of things. At least the summer should give me the time and opportunities to develop this blog as well as my other web projects I’m currently working on.

I have received my first and second payment matched.co.uk, both falling within this months report. Amazon has yet to return to any of my projects. About 7 projects are currently occupying my mind at the moment, from web hosting to a web community site.

But now lets see whats been happening… Continue reading Money Making Report No.7 →

How to Display Matched.co.uk Adverts on WordPress Blogs

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If you’re afraid of PHP code or don’t know what a widget is, run away. This is really a follow on post from my introduction to matched.co.uk. The problem with matched.co.uk is you have to submit absolute web urls. This is fine if you are going to drop the ad code into the main body of the page, say at the bottom of your about page. But this may disrupt the appearance of your blog. Ideally you would like to put adverts in your sidebar, but the sidebar is displayed the same on every page/post. This is where a little PHP code saves the day.

What you will need:

Matched.co.uk May Provided the Answer to Many Low Traffic Blogs

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For many bloggers and website owners, finding a method to monetize their sites in the beginning can be a challenge.

Low traffic means commonly used ‘Pay per Click’ adverts like AdSense can give poor or no earning potential. Another possibility is payment for a 1000 displays, again this can be difficult to achieve or gives a poor reward.

But there are alternatives, how about monthly payments for a space on your blog/website? You might be thinking I’m talking about trying to obtain private adverts. But no, there are companies willing to buy space on your blog/website for a fixed price and no conditions on volume of traffic. What?! Yeah exactly what I thought, I’m not sure where the logic is or how to explain why they would be interested. Continue reading Matched.co.uk May Provided the Answer to Many Low Traffic Blogs →