When I tell you about today’s blog monetization method, you may think that it sounds somewhat similar to ReadySite, for which I have a bit of {obvious} disdain. There are some big differences that make Logical Media superior, in my opinion, and I think it may be a good option for generating a little bit of extra income from your blog.
The number one reason I compared ReadySite and Logical Media is because they carry some of the same spam-ish content. You know the deals: “Click through, enter your email address, give away your first born son, and we will send you a freebie.” THOSE kinds of deals. But while you don’t get to choose whether or not situations like the one above appear on your website with ReadySite, you do get that option with Logical Media.
Here’s the way Logical Media works:
1. Sign up for a Logical Media account. Click here to sign up using my personal referral link. {You will allegedly get $25 and I will get a small commission!}
2. During the sign-up process you will need to supply your social security number. They can not pay you otherwise. If you are not comfortable submitting this information online, well, I’m not sure what to tell you. I’ve been signed up for a year and have never gotten scammed by any of these companies. Pinky swear.
3. You will need to tell them how many “Site Views” your site gets per month. If you aren’t currently tracking this and you’re using Blogger, I recommend doing one of two things: Sign up for a Google Analytics account or sign up for a Site Meter account. Both of these services are free and will let you see how many people are accessing your blog on any given day. WordPress users: This information is available in your dashboard, though you can also sign up for Analytics and Site Meter.
4. You will likely need to wait a day or two or three to see if you are accepted into the network. Logical Media was one of the first sites like this that I signed up for, and that’s when I had -3 readers. I don’t think it’s too hard to get accepted, though I cannot guarantee that they accept everyone.
5. Once you are accepted, you are free to post pretty much all of the ads on your site, if you wish. You will see that some ads come in the form of ad boxes {of varying sizes}, and some are text links, which makes it easier to integrate into posts and/or email newsletters.
6. If there are any special stipulations that need to be met in order for you to get paid, such as someone needs to submit an email address, it will be clearly laid out for you. That way if you’re not comfortable asking your readers to give up their first born child so that you can make a buck, you don’t have to post the ad.
Posting the ads to your site is easy, as long as you have a basic knowledge of HTML. Once an ad is posted, either through a banner or text link, you will *hopefully* start making money.
Here are a couple of ways I am currently using or have previously used Logical Media to make money on Fantabulously Frugal:
- There’s an advertisement for Coupons.com that’s available. This ad has been posted in the sidebar of FF in the past. Anytime anyone clicked on that ad and printed out a coupon, I would net 40 cents. They didn’t need to buy anything or do anything crazy. They just needed to click through and print. That’s not spam and Coupons.com is a legit {and wonderful} site that’s full of printable grocery coupons. {And yes, that ad IS still in my sidebar. But it’s now being hosted by a different company, which we will talk about soon!}
- I did a recent post on the health and fitness email newsletter Vital Juice, which I found through Logical Media. Vital Juice is a real e-newsletter, and I am, in fact, a subscriber myself. When I posted about this newsletter, I received $1.10 for anyone that signed up.
For some companies, I think Logical Media is a great source for advertising. In terms of Vital Juice, they probably have a set budget for what they want to spend on advertising. As soon as they reach that dollar amount through Logical Media’s network, they can quickly pull down the ads and stop paying commissions.
If you sign up for Logical Media, I just recommend being careful of the spam-ish advertisements. Once you sign up for an account and start learning your way around, it will become pretty evident which ads are spam and which are not.
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