Online Advertising Tips - Interview

Happy Friday everyone. Yesterday’s video about why you fail was a big hit. I’m thinking that I’ll do more motivational stuff like that in the future. Today, however, I’ve got a guest interview. If you’re at all into the business of online advertising, or “making money online”, like I am, you should watch this video interview (below) with Michael Buechele of 11|15 Media. We talk about how to find a niche and where to look for industry... Read More »

Make Money Online As An Expert - The Publisher Model

If you want to make money online as a publisher, then one of the best ways to do it is to build a “ask the expert” site. In today’s Daily Flip (video below) I talk about why ask the expert sites work, and how they make money. I also give examples of expert sites you can visit to learn how it’s done. In the video below I reference a presentation (Good to Great, Blogging & Profit Potential) I did that talks about how to make money online. You can... Read More »

Put Ads On Your Blog with ShowYourAdHere.com

Ever wanted to run ads on your blog, but you don’t know how? Most likely you’re not a marketer, and you’re not technical, but… you’re a blogger that wants to make a few bucks by putting ads on your blog. Previously there wasn’t an easy way to serve and sell ads on your blog. Not anymore. I talk with Mark from ShowYourAdHere.com, which is a self-publishing ad tool that anyone with a website or blog can use to sell and manage ads. You could... Read More »

How To Become A YouTube Partner?

Did you know that YouTube offers a partner program that you can apply to join? If you become a partner you get special features like being able to modify your YouTube channel page with custom graphics and colors. You’ll also be able to share in the profits on advertisements that YouTube serves on your videos. Watch the video below for more details, and hey, subscribe to my YouTube channel page. Subscribe to my email update list. No spam. Subscribe... Read More »

ScratchBack Goes Into Live Beta

It’s finally ready for eyeballs. In case you are new to my blog, you’ve heard me talk about my new online system called ScratchBack.com for months and months. Well, it’s finally open and ready for you to try it. Register for free and give it a run. You can see a live TopSpot widget in action on the left of this page under my logo. Go ahead and tip me $1.00 for a place in my top spots! I’ll be blogging about SB mostly over at the ScratchBack blog, so... Read More »

WidgetBucks Outperforms Chitika & Adsense

I’m not making it up. Darren, and a bunch of his commenters, say it loud and clear. Bold emphasis is mine. I’ve been running it in a ’split test’ with Chitika ads in one position (ie 50% of the time I display a Chitika ad unit and 50% a WidgetBucks unit) and to this point the WidgetBucks ad is earning more on a CPM basis than the Chitika unit (it’s still early days on that test though). The CTR is higher on the WidgetBucks ad but the click... Read More »

Where’s The Innovation In The Online Advertising Space?

Today Adbrite has unleashed a new full-page ad feature. Here’s a sample. The Full Page Ad replaces our previous Active Interstitial product and now enables brand advertisers to bring the same kind of full page advertising seen on newspapers and magazines over to websites… We believe that the Full Page Ad will take online advertising to new heights. Sometimes I really wonder if some companies really understand online readers or the online ad model? No offense... Read More »

Only A Handful Of Blogs Actually Make Money Online

It seems that finally everyone is starting to come clean about making money with blogs. The reality is that I’ve known for years is that most people can’t make a living off of a blog, and will never be able to. But because there are so many “make money online” sites out there nowadays, there seems to be some perpetual brand growth that everyone can make this professional blogging thing work monetarily. It just isn’t true. This is hard, hard work.... Read More »

Syndicated YouTube Video Ads Means BIG Bucks For Video Publishers

Game on for video publishers. There is officially no reason to not get into the video business. In another HUGE move by GoogTube, they have announced that they’ll begin showing videos as ad on “other” websites. What does this mean? Let’s examine it. With the new twist, websites participating in AdSense now can sign up to specify the kinds of YouTube videos they want shown on their pages. A website focused on automobiles, for instance, might want to... Read More »

How To Sell Ads On Your Blog Even With Hardly Any Traffic - A Step-By-Step Guide

I really don’t want to keep harping on Blogrush. I don’t hate it at all, and I’m not trying to scare anyone… I just think it won’t work for the majority of my low-traffic blogging brethren. Time will tell. But rather than keeping bitching about my opinion of it, I’d rather help you, the low-traffic blogger who isn’t making any buck with your blog, with a few better ways/ideas to make some money with your blog. Here’s my first... Read More »

Will Scratchback Help Everyone Make Money Online?

No offense to my friends who run major online advertising channels like Text Link Ads, and Auction Ads and all that stuff… But I wonder how they continue to operate because the majority of bloggers out there don’t make hardly any money from them. They just don’t. I’ve been researching this for years and years, and I’ve written about it constantly. And I’ve read many other comments and blog posts from all over the Internets, and everyone... Read More »

Affiliate Widgets In Facebook

Just got a notification that Chitika now has a Facebook application, and… they’re promoting it using an affiliate program. Pretty neat way of getting attention. It pays $1.00 per application added into Facebook. Here’s my code, if you wish to give me a dollar that is.  Read More →

Labor Day Is Scratchback Day

Just got word from my programming team that I’ll have a new revision of Scratchback alpha to start working with come Labor Day. If all goes well, I’ll be rolling out a soft beta to a few friends days after. Stay tuned, and sign up.  Read More →

Will Scratchback Amaze You? Or Will It Bomb?

My programmer I contracted who built Scratchback.com said to me the other day… “What you’ve created here is either going to be huge and help millions of people with websites have fun and make money online, or it’ll bomb.” He’s right. And the not knowing how it will be perceived scares the crap out of me and also motivates me. The more I stare at my web publishing Frankenstein, the more I keep asking myself if it’s too simple to really... Read More »

Facebook’s Secret Rate Card Exposed!

Valleywag has the story. Here’s the part I was interested in. The main question, though, is how much its sponsorship business can grow without offending users. Only one sponsored story can show up at a time on a user’s homepage, which limits inventory. And with Facebook apps now vying for users’ attention, will sponsored groups still spread as quickly from user to user? We need a word for this. You know, the time between when a startup is ad free and then... Read More »

Scratchback Beta Invites Gone, But Don’t Worry, You Can Win Free Webhosting For Life!

Thanks to a quick mention in Twitter on a Sunday night, I was able to get the word out quick enough to wipe out my Scratchback.com beta invites in less than 5-hours, with no other publicity beside my own blog post and a pickup from Costpernews. Thanks everyone for signing up, as soon as we’re ready we’ll begin inviting you into the beta. From the feedback and anticipation and questions I’m getting (overwhelming really), I can see that there is indeed a... Read More »

Online Advertising Just Got Fun - My Latest Project: Scratchback.com

You thought I was done helping others make money online when I sold BlogKits eh? Not quite. Starting today, I’m accepting only 100 beta testing applications for my latest project called Scratchback.com. The press release goes out later this week, but loyal JimKukral.com blog readers get the scoop early of course, and can apply for one of the spots early as well. I’m thinking they’re going to go fast though, so sign up now if you’ll want to have an... Read More »

Changing Advertising Forever?

I just talked about user generated content and advertising in my last post, and then what do I find this morning? I find ChangeAdvertisingForever.com. The only problem I see with this is you “might” get chosen and eventually get paid, but… that payment could be like $50k. Paying advertisers post “Requests for Brilliance” on our site, seeking YOUR creative talents in a variety of advertising media. Feeling inspired, YOU choose to respond. YOU... Read More »

$2500 a Month From A Featured Link List?

It’s true. Look at how Dane does it over at his superb Business Opportunities weblog. Check the sidebar, see the featured links? I counted 50 links right now. That’s $2500/month. Are they nofollow Dane? If you would like me to list your website under the “Featured Websites” banner down at the bottom of the front page please click the PayPal button below to subscribe. The current price is $49.95 per month, but because of demand I am expecting to raise... Read More »

The Wrong Question: Will Adsense Die When Google CPA Takes Over?

I’m actually surprised that this came so late. I fully expected this discussion to start in the blogosphere and on forums the day Google announced their entrance into the CPA market. But, it’s here now, and people are talking about it. Will Adsense Die When Google CPA Takes Over? I don’t know. Again, I’m a marketing and branding guy. I’m not good at answering questions about billion-dollar business models and whether or not they have legs. Guys... Read More »