Let me clue you in on a little secret … You don’t need one! All you need is a blog! Once you have your blog set up — which is second grade simple to do (Don’t worry, I’ll show you how with the information at the bottom of this post.) … but once you have it set up you’ll be:

“Stealin’ the eyeballs right outta Google AdSense!” And you’ll be doin’ it on a very large scale, if you’re able to attract more visitors to your website or blog and get them to click on the AdSense ads. Google says we can’t ask the visitor to click on the AdSense ads.

So that forces us to resort to subliminal and hypnotically suggestive tactics … like, tell ‘em if they don’t click on the ad, we’ll whack ‘em over the head with a mallet! Alright, alright, we all know I’m only joking … right?

In fact, Google makes it even harder for us, by requiring that our AdSense ads be marked in some way as advertisements (which is done automatically by Google). Talk about being blatant! However, there are other legitimate ways of getting clicks on your AdSense ads.

Besides the copy and quality content, you can also improve the performance of your AdSense ads by either making them blend with your website or making them stand out. The aim is to make the AdSense ads more attractive … you know, something that’ll reach right out from the computer screen, grab your visitors by the ears and drag ‘em to your ad and make ‘em wanna click on it!

Google also recognizes this need and provides you with customization options for making the ads look the way you want them to. Thank God!

You can make AdSense ad units (An ‘ad unit’ is the JavaScript content box within which your AdSense ads are displayed.) fit into your website by controlling their shape, size, color, and positioning. Let’s have a brief look at … shape and size:

1. Shape of Your AdSense Ads: This is one of the most important customization options that you have at your disposal. You can make your selection from a number of ad formats that Google makes available to you. These include skyscrapers, single ad blocks and banners. Just check the suitability of the shape with respect to the location on your web page where you wish to include an AdSense ad unit.
2. Size of Your AdSense Ads: Again, you can use AdSense ads of various sizes. The size is important not only for making the ads look suited to your website but also for determining the number of ads that can be displayed on the web page by the Google AdSense program. A large size generally means that more text ads can be displayed within the AdSense ad unit (and hence presents the opportunity for earning more revenue with increased impressions) or that a larger display ad can be generated (if you have specified both display and text ads).

   Making the AdSense ads fit into your website is an easy job to do that can really put some serious coinage in your pocket! The four properties that contribute toward making AdSense ads stand out on your website or blog are: Size, shape, color and positioning of the ads. We’ve already talked about shape and size, so lets get into the other two … color and positioning.

   Though none of these properties is more important than the others, the color of ads is surely one thing that can help a lot in making the ads blend in with your website, or in making them stand out. Let’s take a closer look at this option.

3. Color of Your Ads: This option is fully customizable. You can easily customize the color of your ads using the color palettes provided by Google — and there are more than 200 colors available! You can choose several different colors that are available on the color palette (and 200 colors are enough for any website). You can choose colors for Border, Title, Text and URL.

   You can also set a background color for your ads. As you select various options, you can see how the ad unit looks in the preview tool that is shown on the same page as the options, and can use it to make adjustments. The color combinations for the various parts of the ad unit and for the background should match the color combinations used in other portions of your website.

   To make an ad unit blend seamlessly with your website, you can use the background color of your web page as both the background color and the border color of the ad unit. If you want to make the ads stand out, you can use contrasting colors for your ads; however, this is generally not preferred unless you have other elements on the website that use similar colors. But … you can use the same background color and text color as in your website menu options. Once you have the right color combination, you can save it as a custom color profile which you can use later.

   Similar color customization options are available for the Google AdSense search results page (as in Google AdSense for search, which we’ll get into in a later post).

   Now, let’s talk about positions … boy, this topic could get me in trouble with my wife!

4. The Positioning of Your Ads: Relative to the rest of the content is important in order to adequately emphasize the ads. However, positioning of the ads is also dependent on the size and shape of the ads. Though shape and size are customizable too, large size ads are generally preferred because they help increase the number of ad impressions you can get.

   However, sometimes the structure of your web page might not allow a big size ad. In such a case you would need to strike a balance between the size of your ad and the best positioning for it. A number of website owners use other properties in order to make the big size ads appear smaller. They might use the background color of the web page for the background and border of the AdSense ad thereby making it look smaller than it actually is (besides achieving the blending effect, of course).

   Position your AdSense ads in such a way that they “go with the flow” of your website. You can even position a block in the middle of the content in such a way that it adds value to the content. Here’s a good example: You could put an AdSense ad block just after a statement that points to a resource for a particular task … your ad could be the very resource of which you’re speaking! Pretty tricky, huh?

   Here’s another good way: Place the ad just above the heading of the article you’re writing or just after the end of the article … as a resource box! Good, yes?

I know, you’re probably saying to yourself, “I don’t have a website … heck, I don’t even know where to begin!” Look, do you know what the easiest way to making money on the internet is? Get a blog going!

It’s super simple, and if you use WordPress (free, widely-used blogging software), it practically installs itself! Really! There are two resources I’m gonna point you to that’ll have you up and running in a matter of hours.

Once you have your blog set up, you can be making money with AdSense, along with other simple ways of making more money than you make at your job!

Here’s the resource that’ll give you all the step-by-step instructions on setting up a blog and working with AdSense in as little as 7 days or less! And it’ll cost less than a cheap date!

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Once you see the simplicity of how you’re gonna be up and running, making good money, without doing much work … it’ll knock your socks off! I promise!

So, place your ads right, and you’ll be sittin’ poolside drinking Piña Coladas in the South Seas in no time!

So, you have decided to go ahead and use Google AdSense for generating revenue from your website. Google AdSense doesn’t need you to sell any products or services. With Google AdSense, you are just selling advertising space on your website.

And the best part is that Google doesn’t discriminate between websites; so, any website owner can enroll with Google AdSense program (as long as you adhere to the Google AdSense program policies, because if you don’t, you’re gonna be banned for life!). Moreover, setting up a Google AdSense account is so easy that you can literally start generating revenue within 15 minutes. How cool is that?

To enroll in the Google AdSense program, go to Google Adsense and click on the ‘Click here to Apply’ button. You will be presented with an enrolment form where you need to fill-in some details like your website information (URL and website language), the Google AdSense products that you wish to use (i.e. AdSense for Content or AdSense for Search), your contact information, your email address and your preferences.

You will also need to select an account type (business/individual) for your AdSense Account and agree to the various policies, terms and conditions of Google AdSense program. The account type will not affect your revenues in any way; it is there just to determine if the payment is to be made in the name of a company or an individual.

TIP: For God’s sakes, you MUST select the boxes that indicate that you’re not willing to have ads on porno sites and click promoting sites…these are good ways to get yourself slapped so silly, you’ll think you were ambushed by a flock of nuns who thought you were the anti-christ!

The email address and the password that you provide during the enrollment process will be required by you for logging into your account later on.

Note: you will be referred to as publisher…that’s pretty neat, huh? Now you’re a publisher! So when you return back to the Google AdSense website, you will be asked to enter your login details as an ‘Existing Publisher’.

Once you are done with setting up your Google Adsense account and once Google has approved your application, you are ready to use Google AdSense for earning revenue from your website. Just login into your account using your email address and password, click ‘AdSense Setup’ in the top menu and select the product type ( ‘AdSense for Content’ or ‘AdSense for Search’).

Remember what I said about selecting the boxes indicating that you’re not going to enter the Devil’s playground! (Porno, and click factories)

You will be presented with various options for customization of your AdSense Ads. Here we will take a look at setting up ‘AdSense for Content’ ONLY…you can do the other options at your leisure, and they’ll be just as easy to do.

The first thing that you need to choose is the Ad type (Ad unit or link unit). Based on the Ad type you choose, you will need to specify the type of ad (text, image, etc for Ad unit) or number of links per link unit too. Google AdSense program allows you to use a maximum of three ad units and 1 link unit per web page (and you must use both, in order to maximize your AdSense revenue).

Now, don’t worry, this is really simple…it just seems a little confusing ‘cause I’m not doin’ a good job of writing it out for ya. You’ll see when you get to the page…a couple of simple clicks and a few pokes at the keyboard, and you’re done! Simple!

The next thing is to choose the Ad layout. There are various layouts available but large rectangle (336×280) and wide skyscraper (160×600) are preferred over others (since they help get more impressions for you and hence help you make more money).

Customizing the colors of various parts of your AdSense ad is the next thing you need to do. Even though customizing colors is optional (as far as the Google AdSense program is concerned), it’s strongly recommended for making your Ads attractive and more effective. Your choice of colors must be governed by the look and feel of your website so that the Ad doesn’t look out of place.

These are the essential customizations that you surely need to do before you can start using Google AdSense Ads on your website.

Besides the essential customizations like selecting the Ad type, Ad layout and colors, there are some other customizations that you can apply to your AdSense account. In fact, some of these can quite easily be treated as essential customizations (based on the context of your website) e.g. ‘filters’ is one such customization that is quite important. Let’s take a look at what these additional customizations are:

Filters: Google allows you to set-up custom ad filters for your website (note that this is in addition to the screening of ad content that Google does by default). By setting up filters you can block competitive Ads and other Ads that you don’t want to display on your website. In other words, you damned sure don’t want your competitors ads showin’ up on your site…do you? Well, Filters are the way to prevent that!

Alternate Ads: This is something that can help you in preventing underutilization of the ad space on your website. Alternate Ads are the Ads that you would want to show up on your website in case sufficient content-relevant Ads are not available.

Listen up-

If you don’t specify alternate Ads and if there are insufficient content-related Ads available, Google AdSense program will serve up a big dose of Public Service Announcement Ads to your website. You know what that means, don’t you? It means that you’re not getting’ paid ! So, be sure to fill in the alternate ads section.

Reporting and performance tracking: You can even customize the reporting and performance tracking options for your AdSense account. One important tool in this regard is the use of channels to study the performance of AdSense Ads from various perspectives.

Once you are done with all the customizations, your AdSense code is generated in the AdSense Code box. You just need to copy this code (which is in the form of a programming script) from the AdSense Code box and paste it in your website as per the guidelines from Google. Since Google allows only three ad units per page, you can add the code at more than one place in your html code.

The next step is to save your web page to the designated web server (as per the instructions from your web hosting service provider). Please note that Google AdSense program does not require you to send over your website’s html code to them; neither does it ask to load it onto their servers or do anything else with it.

The addition of AdSense code to your website’s code is the only thing that you need to do. Separate procedures are available with Google for people who want to use AdSense Ads with their blogs (you can check these on Google’s website for AdSense program).

Now that everything is done, you need to wait for a few hours or less, before Google’s web crawlers find your web page or blog that has AdSense code on it and you start seeing AdSense Ads on your web page or blog.

You might see some Public Service Announcements… pretty quickly, maybe even faster than the blink of an eye! But these will soon get replaced with the AdSense Ads that will earn revenue for you. If the content on your website or blog violates the AdSense program’s policies, remember the beating you’re gonna get from all those nuns! Or worse yet… you might keep seeing those dreaded Public Service Announcements.

And as a last resort Google may ban you for life, depending on the offense. Just follow the rules and you’ll be ok. OK?

If you find objectionable Ads forcing themselves onto your site, and don’t go away even after you’ve applied the appropriate filters, you’ll need to contact Google who will sort out the problems for you, hopefully.

Warning: Never, never, never, ever get it into your head that you’re gonna make some extra money by clicking on the ads on your site or by having one of your “helpful” friends madly clicking on the ads like a crazed typist that’s bangin’ on the click button so fast, that a forest fires worth of smoke starts billowing out of the computer! ‘Cause if you do, you’re gonna get in some serious trouble! It’s called click fraud!

I know, you’re probably saying to yourself “I don’t have a website, heck I don’t even know where to begin!” Look, do you know what the easiest way to making money on the internet is? Get a blog going!

It’s super simple and if you were to use wordpress, it practically installs itself! Really! There’s two resources I’m gonna point you to that’ll have you up and running in a matter of hours.

Once you have your blog set up you can be making money with adsense, along with other simple ways to making more money than you make at your job!

Here’s the resource that’ll give you all the step-by-step instructions on setting up a blog and working with adsense in as little as 7 days or less! And it’ll be less than a cheap date!
Look, do yourself a favor and at least check it out at The Best Way to Make Money Online

Here’s the second resource…and this is the very best “take you by the hand” tutorial that I’ve ever seen! You owe it to yourself and your family to get over to The Best Blogging Tutorial on Earth! and give it a try. Once you see the simplicity of how you’re gonna be up and running, making good money, without doing much work…it’ll knock your socks off!

Now check out those two resources and get out there and start makin’ some easy money!

Listen-

When you’re just a guppy in this sea of man-eaters who are trying to sell the very same product to the very same people you’d better have a “hook” that’ll grab your potential customer by the eyeballs, and get them drooling for your product more than Anyone Else’s!

Every niche market on the Internet is highly competitive. If you find that the competition is acting like they’re in a knock-down, drag out brawl, that means that “the fish are bitin!” If you find that you and a couple of other marketers are the only one’s in the particular niche (area of interest) it isn’t competitive.

Therefore it can’t possibly have much of a customer base to sell to. In other words, if you were to try to sell in this kind of market, you may as well roll up your hundred dollar bills and smoke ‘em! Hell, you might as well hire the three stooges to do the marketing for you, while you file bankruptcy!

Maybe you do have a long and impressive list of paid customers. That’s great! It means you have already won several of the affiliate marketing contests and come out on top. The problem is there are always those up and coming marketers who want your customers on their lists.

Your list and your competitor’s lists may well contain many of the same names and email addresses. Just having a list will not be enough to assure you of a victory when selling an affiliate product. You have to design some offensive plays that will assure that your customers buy from you and not from your competitors.

So, you ask, what is it that I can do that will assure that my customers will buy from me? The answer is just one word… unique!

Baloney! that is exactly what every other marketer that ends up wasting their money and time is thinking…unique.

Listen-what makes the average person want to buy something is this: EMOTION!! Never forget that. Your ad copy has to hit every emotional trigger in order to be able to gently guide them to the final act…Make The Purchase!

Now, You also have to be unique…unique in your approach. You have to offer something that sets you completely apart from your competitors. You have to make your offer for a product or service for which you are an affiliate, heavily laced with emotional appeal, and that in turn makes your offer more attractive than others.

You’ve also got to be an honest person. Your honesty has got to show through your marketing. One way is to have established yourself as an expert in the field for which the product or service is being sold. You have to have become not only visible but credible, as well. This visibility and credibility is not easily achieved. It takes a lot of hard work, time and effort.

Visibility and credibility are established by taking such measures as writing and marketing articles and E-Books, posting to blogs and forums, appearing as an expert on teleseminars and webinars, etc. The fact is that when people know you and trust you, they buy from you. They will buy from you even if your competitors are offering a better deal or more incentives…unless they see one of my ads, then you’re done!

People do not like to buy from strangers. The Internet is a big impersonal and even frightening place to many consumers. They want to feel like they know and trust the people that they buy products and services from. The time, effort and energy that you put into becoming visible and credible is the best time, effort and energy investment that you will ever make.

Big Tip-Reputation is everything in the world of Internet marketing.

Here’s a little secret that I use on every product offering that keeps my friends coming back for more, Over deliver! Don’t tell them, just let them find out themselves after the purchase. Give them a bunch of GOOD extra stuff that they didn’t think they were getting. The key word is Good. make sure that the extra stuff is high quality material that will choke ‘em with tears of thankfulness!

No matter what the niche or what the product is that is being marketed, there are free gifts that you can find that will make the product a better value if it is purchased from you. But don’t get stupid here, if you see someone offering a product that is costing you $79.00 and they’re gonna give you 32 bonuses valued at $7,655.50…what’s the first thing that pops into your head?  “C’mon, do you think I’m an idiot, this must be some kind of crap!”

So, don’t get ridiculous with the bonuses, it makes you look like some kinda scammer!

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