Now you have completed the design of your blog, added some great articles and have started to get decent traffic. That is when you get lured on placing ads all over your blog in the hopes of making a huge of money. We do aspire that all of your readers are some naive millionaires who are enthusiastic to click every link and buy every product just to help assist you to generate income. Well if we were living in a perfect world - maybe, just maybe.
The most blunder mistake marketers allow when trying to monetize their webpage is going too far with putting advertisements in every empty spot they get to find. I stumble upon such sites literally each day – from the huge skyscraper ads with all the flashy graphics, offering various dull games to the annoying pop-ups, which tempt you to buy their weight loss products. And let me apprise you something – those are not the ones that grab my attention or make me buy something. As a matter of fact, it pretty much turns out to be exactly the opposite.
Undoubtedly if you are aware of some basic principles when it comes to using advertisements properly, there should be no hurdle with the looks and the feeling of your blog. Check out below for some tips for making your ads more appealing to the readers’ eye.
Design your Ads with the Blog Template
Blending your ads perfectly is surely the number one rule. You require to make your ads look like they were meant to be where they are placed. Using color combinations wisely is dad sure to help you with the task. Finding the exact scheme might require spending some time, but I am confident the result will be well worth it.
No doubt, you might argue that blending the ads will lessen the revenue and you did definitely be wrong. That way a potential visitor will be far from thinking that your only goal is selling him a product. Sincerely, how many times have you clicked on an ad saying something like "You won one million, click here to claim your reward”? I bet that the answer is not even once. Just take a look at some established websites or blogs, you won’t see bright colors and messages like the above. It’ll just ruin their reputation.
Keep yourself aloof from Pop-Ups
There’s no doubt that pop-up windows are a great way to focus a visitor’s attention on a product you are selling. Unfortunately they are the worst way to make a visitor buy the product. I recently came across a poll on that subject and the results were unambiguous, around 90% of those who voted were against pop-up ads. This goes to tell that the only thing you are about to achieve after adding pop-ups is intimidating people away from your blog, you might get some angry comments and e-mails in addition.
Fewer is Better
Do not forget and keep it in your mind that visitors are viewing your blog, because they expect to find information of some sort. They are not there to only watch ads and buy products. You must be very careful when choosing how much of them to put. Most blogs I have gone through use no more than two or three ads, which is where you should forget as well. The best possible positions for the adverts are the sidebar (preferably on top over the rest of the widgets) and over your blog posts. That way they can be easily seen, but at the same time users don’t get distracted.
