Personal Blog Income

Last week i discussed setting up your blog and this week we move on to the better stuff, monetizing your blog. I have picked Text Link Ads (aff link) (or TLA for short) for part 1 as it is an ideal solution for those not certain how far they want to go monetizing their blog plus once it is set up, it requires no action on your behalf, they take up little room.

How do Text Link Ads Work?

By inserting some code and activating the plugin for Text Link Ads, they are then activated on your blog. The beauty of the system is that they already have a pool of advertisers looking for places to advertise their link and their system automates the whole process. But there are also additional ways to make money with TLA:

Post level Ads - your top ranking posts now have the potential to make money with individual ads just for that page. Each is exclusive to one post and allow the advertiser to have a full heading and description and is positioned at the base of each page.

Feedvertising - Feedvertising works by entering a small line of code into each post within your feed which means those reading your blog via feed readers receive a small unobstrusive ad at the bottom of each post. You also have the option to use some of your own ads.

What kind of blogs can get Text Link Ads

Due to limitations with some blogging platforms the following blog platforms / programing languages support TLA:

• WordPress
• ASP
• ASP.NET
• Blogger
• Drupal
• Expression Engine
• JSP
• Movable Type
• Nucleus
• Perl
• PHP
• Post Nuke
• Ruby on Rails
• Serendipty
• vBulletin 3.0.x
• vBulletin 3.5.x
• Xoops
• Some Static HTML sites (with some fiddling with code on Apache servers)

How Much do you get paid?

There are various factors that can effect how much you get paid that include popularity of your blog, the category it falls into, traffic and also placement. To get a more detailed (although still approximate) idea you can visit their Text Link Ads Calculator available at their website

How do you get paid?

With TLA you are paid at the end of every month via paypal with no minimum amount to get paid. So if you have earnt anything then its paid to you at the end of every month. For sales of links that are made part way through the move you receive a proportional amount for the part of the month the ad was displayed.

Do you have control of what links are displayed on your blog?

Yes! You can opt to either have the TLA editorial staff to approve ads automatically or alternatively you can approve them manually of which you can change straight away. Regardless of which you will never receive any adult, pharmacy, gambling or any other websites TLA thinks are inappropriate.

Can you use TLA along with other ad systems on your blog?

Yes. TLA is not contextual which means there is no restrictions with some other ad serving applications.

So if your looking for a low maintence, low profile way to monetize your blog then Text Link Ads (aff) could well be your answer. In addition for advertisers at present they are running a promotion with $100 in FREE Links.