Doesn’t the title say it all? My new theme is very close to going live, and I wanted to give my readers a chance at some free advertising. Anybody who is lucky enough to take advantage of this offer will get a free advertising spot on ChrisBlogging until December 1, 2007. At that time, you will have the ability to keep your spot for a monthly rate, or of course, give it up with nothing being asked of you.
First things first, let me give you a breakdown of what is available.
1. Six 125 x 125 buttons. These are located above the fold in the right sidebar.
2. 10 text links in the right sidebar.
These are the free advertisement spaces that are available for the remainder of November. With that being said, there are some other spots that have already been taken. But don’t worry; they may become available in December.
When the new theme goes live, I will include information on available advertising and future costs. This way, you can get a better idea of what to expect when next month rolls around.
The question is: how do I get a free advertising spot on ChrisBlogging? Generally speaking, I am not asking for much!
1. A link back to this post using the anchor text freelance writing. For example, “Check out the free advertising post at the freelance writing blog, ChrisBlogging.â€
2. Email me the link to your post, as well as what type of advertising space you are interested in. If you request one option and it is not available, I will add you to the other. My email is info@chrisblogging.com
3. In your email, provide the appropriate information for your advertisement. For the 125 x 125 buttons send your ad. For the text links, send your anchor text and URL.
4. As I only have 16 spots available, the free offer will end when they are all taken. As soon as this happens, I will make a post to let everyone know.
Although you probably don’t need any incentive for free advertising, I wanted to include a couple of stats anyway. At this time, my RSS count fluctuates between 70 and 80. Through the first four days of November, I am averaging just about 350 unique visitors per day.
I hope a lot of you guys and gals take advantage of this free advertising. And hopefully when you see how low the prices are in December, you will stick around!
If you like this post, be sure to Stumble it. I am sure a lot of people could use a bit of free advertising to boost their traffic stats!
A few months ago I added Google AdSense to ChrisBlogging. The main reason for doing this was to see how it would perform. I have used AdSense in the past on other blogs and websites, and my success rate varied from average to extraordinary.
So what is the verdict? Simply put, AdSense is not performing that great on this blog. There are a couple of reasons for this.
1. I do not have enough visitors to generate a large number of clicks.
2. Since most people who visit this blog are web savvy, they are not prone to clicking on the AdSense ads. I have found that AdSense is best for sites that are not related to making money online, etc. In other words, sites or blogs where the majority of readers are not aware of what AdSense is all about. They simply see an ad that they are interested in, and click.
Am I going to keep AdSense active for much longer? While I have yet to decide for sure, chances are that when my new design goes live, that AdSense will get kicked to the curb. There are many other monetization methods that are much more profitable for a blog of this kind.
There is nothing wrong with using AdSense on all your sites and blogs if you are interested in quickly setting up a mode of monetization. But remember, some niches are more profitable than others when it comes to making money with Google AdSense.Â
A couple weeks ago I made a post on the predicted PageRank of ChrisBlogging. At the time, I used several tools to predict this number, and most of them were showing that I would obtain a PageRank of 4. While these tools were close, they were not accurate. This past Saturday I learned that I obtained a PageRank of 3. Am I disappointed with this? Absolutely not!
For a blog that is only five months old, I am quite happy with a PageRank of 3. In fact, this is even with many of the “big name†bloggers who are earning hundreds of dollars per month with their blog. And with that being said, some of the best pro bloggers out there only have a PageRank of 4.
As you have probably read, Google decreased the PageRank of many well known blogs. Some have speculated that the reason for this is selling links, whereas others feel that this has nothing to do with it. Your guess is as good as mine when it comes to this. As I mentioned before, I do not put much time or effort into thinking about my PageRank. It is nice that it increased and I am now on par with some bigger blogs, but even then, I am not sure that it will do much for me.
Now that ChrisBlogging has a PageRank of 3 instead of 0, I should be able to ask more of advertisers when I begin to offer advertising space upon releasing my new design. Also, some readers have emailed me and mentioned that search engine traffic is sure to increase with a higher PageRank. Hopefully, they are right to a certain degree.
So, how were your blogs affected by the latest PageRank update? Did you see an increase, or did Google slap you on the wrist?
