Step 6 in my 10 part series, "How to Make Extra Money Blogging" - Using Google Adsense:
So here we are, six steps in, and we're finally starting to talk turkey - and by turkey, of course I mean money.
If I were to break down the "How to Make Extra Money Blogging" series in to "How to Advertise my Blog", then this would be Step 1. I'm not sure if that's a consolation prize for you or not, but nonetheless, you have to march from Step 1 to Step 5 before you can offer any one anything even remotely compelling.
The first ad program that I tried is definitely the road most traveled...it is also the road most accessible. And when you're just starting out, seeing the road in front is a big big plus.
If you are using blogger per my suggestion in Step 2, then you will see that it is already tightly integrated through the Layout tool with Google Adsense.
But not so fast, make sure that you have signed up for a Google Adsense account at:
https://www.google.com/adsense before you being.
WARNING - whenever you download those handy cool templates - if you picked something new per my suggestion in Step 3 - then make sure you comb through the HTML and replace any embedded adsense code with your own adsense ID. Otherwise you're just generating clicks for whomever created the template, rather than for the your content.
When you sign up with Google, you will get a unique id that will be associated with your Google account and this id will provide the tracking that Google needs to ensure they are counting the clicks right and paying you accordingly.
And here's an important rule you should know about - you sneaky little rascal - you can't click on your own ads to generate revenue (not that you would of course)
Get those adsense ads set up and working!
By the way, so far I've made exactly $16.75 off of adsense. Which is kind of funny, becuase you have to reach a minimum balance of $100.00 before you ever get paid...oh well, we'll see.
Remember, I didn't name this series "How to get rich blogging" ;-)
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