Insert Ads
OK, you've got your niche, domain name, hosting, website, content; you're up and running; now you'll need to put some ads on your website (monitize it).
In the internet marketing industry, monetization is the buzzword used for generating revenue with your website.
In our case, we'll be generating this revenue through advertising.
Affiliate with Advertisers from Commission Junction:
- Go to http://www.cj.com/
- Log on (using password from Step 7)
- Click on "Get Links"
- In the "Advertiser Categories" you'll see a few hundred catagories and a few thousand companies to choose from.
- Click on a catagory or a sub-catagory that you think is a match for your website's niche.
- You'll see a listing of companies (notice the "sale / lead / click" column).
- Click on a company you find "ad-worthy" for your website.
- A pop-up window comes up explaining that companies advertising policies.
- Click on the "Apply To Program" button (bottom).
- Some companies automatically accept everyone; You'll get an immediate message.
- Some want to see your website first; they'll email you on your acceptance.
Once your afilliated with one or more advertisers, you can pick and choose which ads you want to put on your website. There are a number of different types of ads to which you should become familiar with.
Full Banner ad
Half Banner ad
Verticle Banner ad
Text Ad
Skyscraper
Wide Skyscraper
Button ad 1
Button ad 2
Square Button ad
Rectangle ad
Medium Rectangle ad
Large Rectangle ad
Square Pop-Up
Micro Bar
468x60
234x60
120x240
(just words)
120x600
160x600
120x90
120x60
125x125
180x150
300x250
336x280
250x250
90x30
top of a webpage
top of a webpage
side of a webpage
integrated in-line with content
side of a webpage
side of a webpage
anywhere on a webpage
anywhere on a webpage
anywhere on a webpage
anywhere on a webpage
anywhere on a webpage
anywhere on a webpage
pops up independent of site
anywhere on a webpage
Note that not all companies offer every type of ad.
Most of them do offer banner and text ads.
Obtain ads from Commission Junction:
- Go to http://www.cj.com/ and log on.
- Go to "My Advertisers" (bottom of page).
- Open the drop-down and choose a company you want to advertise. Click "Go!".
- A new window opens.
- In the "Get Links" box, click "All(Except Products)".
- Pick an ad you like and click its "Get HTML" link.
- Link Type, PID, AID, Web Site and Destination URL will aready be filled in.
- Leave "Encrypt link" unchecked for now.
- Checking "Open a new browser window" will keep your site active.
- Checking "Hide tracking code in link" will only affect what is seen in the browser bar.
- You can ignore "SID" (leave it blank for now).
- Click the "Update Link Code" (this will update the link so that you get credit for the visitor).
- Check "Highlight Code" button (code will "highlight").
- Right-click the highlighted code and click "copy".
- Go to your website's code with Kompozer or through your hosting company's control panel.
- Find the place you want your ad to be.
- Right-click at that place and click "paste".
You should now be able to see the ad when viewing your website.
You can test it by simply clicking on the ad.
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