Comments on: Monetization Options for your Web Content

By: cassa

cassa — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:49:00 +0000

I agree with all the option but contextual ads seems currently to be more effective for my site http://www.bunchbay.us.
I am open to other ideas

By: Murray

Murray — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:32:42 +0000

I would like to say that out of …

1) access/subscription fee
2) display advertising
3) sponsorships
4)contextual ads
5) affiliate links

I find "4)contextual ads" to be the most effective Monetization model for my content website … http://www.content-website.com/index.html

By: Murray

Murray — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:32:42 +0000

I would like to say that out of …

1) access/subscription fee
2) display advertising
3) sponsorships
4)contextual ads
5) affiliate links

I find "4)contextual ads" to be the most effective Monetization model for my content website … http://www.content-website.com/index.html

By: Vinoth

Vinoth — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:51:00 +0000

Carsten, the above said are actually pretty common and used by many webmaster. There are few methods which I would like to share

1. Link Sales – If your site page rank is high you can sell text links.
2. Pay per post – You can allow some one to post an article in our blog after charging a reasonable amount. This could give the guest blogger a better exposure to your visitors.

Thanks,
Vinoth

By: Work from Home Guru

Work from Home Guru — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:05:25 +0000

Great write up. I am a strong believer in diversity among monetization strategies. While affiliate links are at the top of the list, I like many, am also a big fan of contextual ads as a means for making money online. I would say the best strategy comes down to the site and content being offered.

By: tosin's blog

tosin's blog — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:48:03 +0000

Affiliate marketing is it when it comes to making solid cool CASH on the internet. Thumbs up to every affiliate marketer- More success to You.

By: Carsten Cumbrowski

Carsten Cumbrowski — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:39:43 +0000

"… is it a better long-term solution to create and sell my own products OR concentrate on affiliate marketing?"

That question is easy to answer… "create and sell my own products"

See section 3 of my earlier post "Affiliate Marketing Beginners Checklist – Part 1"

http://www.revenews.com/carstencumbrowski/affilia…

hehe

By: Carsten Cumbrowski

Carsten Cumbrowski — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:45:17 +0000

Btw. Thanks for your comments Chris. I am sure that I am not the only one who appreciates them. You have valid points after all

You made it clear that there are always different ways to do things and that you are not limited to just a handful that appear to be the only ones possible. hehe

By: Chris O'Byrne

Chris O'Byrne — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:45:56 +0000

Okay, I can see you shaking your head… don't deny it!

You're absolutely right, this is a specific situation. And you did say that your choices were the most common… and they are.

Maybe what I'm really wondering is this… is it a better long-term solution to create and sell my own products OR concentrate on affiliate marketing?

By: Carsten Cumbrowski

Carsten Cumbrowski — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:41:38 +0000

You are saying that you post everything on your site and then offer the same content as a book and use that as your only (or at least primary) means for monetizing the content?

I got the same comments about content I write at my site, here at RN and SEJ and thought about it, however, I would hardly consider it a significant stream of income… supplemental income?! sure. I have no doubt about the validity of that.

Anyhow, this is a very rare example. There are probably also 100 other very specific scenarios for how to generate some revenue from your online content, but those do are not relevant for the majority of content producers out there (including the small niche ones).