Text Link Ads

I have discussed about Amazon Associate program in the previous post. This time, I would like to introduce another monetization method that is compatible with Adsense. It is Text Link Ads. I have been reading good things around the blogosphere about Text Link Ads, so I decided to check them out.

First of all, the most important advantage of Text Link Ads (TLA for short) is that it is compatible with contextual advertising such as Google Adsense. Hence, putting TLA together with Adsense will not violate Google's TOS. At TLA, there are two ways to monetize your blog. One is by Affiliate banners + buttons and the other one is by Text links/ ads.

The Affiliate banners + buttons, just like other affliates program, promotes and widespreads the word of TLA. This method of monetization is recommended if you have a site that has anything to do with earning money from the blog.

The second method of monetization (Text links/ads) offers flat-rate monthly non-context sensitive text-only link ads to advertisers. TLA advertisements are bought by the advertisers on a monthly basis. For your reference, the amount you will get is approximately USD15-USD50 per link per month. To an extreme end, some sites may even sell their links for USD100. And once the ad link is sold, we get the income without worrying if it will be audited, fraudulent clicks or anything like that.

Earnings depend on several factors, for example, the position of the ad block on your blog, whether you sell blocks on just one page or your entire site and how many text link ads you sell per block. You can set the number of ads in your member's control panel after you signup. You can also choose to accept advertisers automatically or to be part of the acceptance process.

Payment is on monthly basis, and you can either choose cheque or Paypal as payments. If you choose cheque as the payment method, you need to cross US$25 threshold in a month, or payment gets rolled over to the next month. When this compare with the USD$100 threshold in Google Adsense, it sounds more easy to recieve cheque. On the other hand, if you choose Paypal, there is no monthly minimum. Payout is 50/50 on each ad sold for your site, which sounds high compared to other ad networks. However, because of the strategy used for TLA, lower-traffic sites that have trouble monetizing with contextual ad programs report making much more money with TLA.

How does it work? Simply go to the TLA website, and sign up to be a publisher. It can take a few days to get your approval ( or rejection! ) so be patient. You’re approved based on your site, its content, and traffic. Once you receive your approval, you get to configure your ads to your liking. You can choose how many ads you’d like to display, and whether they’ll appear on a single page on your site, or on the entire site. Once you’ve made these decisions, you can customize the colors to match your site.

After that, simply select your site’s blogging platform, and follow the instructions or you can add the link manually. You can, of course, request that you personally approve each link. That’s pretty much it. Once your script is installed, your site is listed on the TLA website. You’ll get an email each time a link is sold.

Below are some FAQs:

1. Can I control what links appear on my site?
Yes, you can choose to be emailed every time a new ad is sold so you can approve it or deny it from being published. You can set this option up here.

2. Can I run Text Link Ads along with other ad systems I am currently running?
Yes, Text Link Ads can be run along any ad system as we are not a contextually served product.

3. How do you price the ads on my site?
We use our own pricing algorithm that factors in: the traffic of your website, theme of your website, and link popularity of your website.

4. What is the revenue share of any ads sold?
We feature a 50/50 split from the final sale price of any ads sold. We handle serving, scheduling, billing, customer service, and sales.

5. I have a Blogger account, how do I implement your script?
You need to make sure you have updated to newest version of Blogger, then you are all set to login and install our ad script! Just follow the directions for installing our advertisements in the "Get Ad Code" section of your account.

6. How long does it take for TLA to review a new site submitted?
It can take 24 hours to be approved. Then you need to add the code on the exact same page that was approved, then 1-3 days to get packaged on and placed on the site depending on number of submissions.

Taken From : http://www.dagsensecodes.com/2007/01/adsense-alternatives-3-adbrite.html

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