If you are looking for a great social bookmarking tool for Blogger, i couldn’t think of a better tool than the one I’m recomending you to use. It’s called AddThis!AddThis! is the #1 bookmarking service in the world serving over 20 billion times per month.
It’s simple for someone to bookmark and share your contents with others.
It’s FREE….and will always be free.
It’s customizable whether you want the bookmark to be a button, dropdown, or popup.
Choose a language that you use for your website or blog.
Here is an example of what an AddThis! button looks like. Put the cursor over the button and see how cool this social bookmarking tool is.
Get started with Addthis! today and start promoting your website or blog.
Whether you have a low budget or a high budget…Google Adwords let’s you be in charge of how much you want to invest in advertisement.
For example: You can set a budget for yourself where you will spend 5 dollars a day at 10 cents for each time someone clicks on your add. It’s really up to you. There’s no minimum payment on how much you want to spend.
If you are worried about choosing keywords that will deliver the best results, you don’t have to. Google’s Free Keyword Tool will help you get keywords ideas that will improve your ad’s performance.
With Google Adwords, you don’t pay anything just because your advertisement is displayed. You only pay when a customer clicks on your ad.
The first step is to create your ad. You create your ad by choosing keywords which are words or phrases that are related to your business. You can get help choosing the right keywords by using the Google Keyword Tools.
Your ads will appear on Google after you have created your ad. Your ad will be next to the Google search results when someone search on Google using the keywords you have chosen. So you are not just attracting anybody…you are attracting customers that are already interested in your business.
You get a customer when someone clicks on your ad. By clicking your ad…they can learn more about you or your business or even purchase a product from you.
Remember…if you have a website for your business but don’t have a blog…you will be blown away by the competitions. If you don’t have a blog, don’t worry…Blogger will help you get started for free.
Here are some examples of the (160×600) Wide Skyscraper Advertisement using Google Adsense and examples of where you can place them on your website or blog.
These ad formats is said to be the ads that makes you the most money. Visitors seems to be attracted to these ads more than any of the other ad formats. Remember…that these ad formats works well with most website but depending on your website, you should find out what works out the best for your website.
If you are looking for an ad that takes only a little bit of space on your content, you should try the (468×15) ad. What I like best about this ad is that it’s exclusive. It makes you wonder what the ad is because it’s a one word ad.
Reactions is an awesome tool that you can add to the posts of your blog. It’s a great way for bloggers to get feedbacks about each content. Depending on the template of your Blogger website…it can either be at the top or the bottom of the post. This is an example of what it look like.
With just one click, the visitors can let you know whether they love the post, like the post, or don’t like it at all. Check out this website to see this Blogger’s Reactions at the bottom of his post.
To add Reactions to the post of your blog, just go to your dashboard page using Blogger. Click on “Page Element” from your layout page. And click on the “Edit” link on your Blog Post element.
A new window will appear where you can enable the Reactions tool.
Check the box to enable the Reactions. You can leave the Reaction’s choices as default or you can add or edit them, separated by comma, to whatever choices you want your visitors to choose from. Once you are done…simply click on the “Save” button and you are ready to view the Reactions on the contents of your blog.
The Reading List is a list of the latest posts of your favorite blogs. The Reading List is located at the bottom of your Dashboard page which gives you the ability to subscribe to any blog with a feed. Everytime one of your favorite blog publish a new post…the post will automatically be updated into your Reading List…that way, you don’t have to individually go to each of your favorite blog to see if any new post has been published. It’s really simple to add your favorite blog to your Reading List. Just go to your Blogger Dashboard and simply click on “Blogs I’m Following.”
Next…click on the “ADD” button that is located on the bottom left hand corner of the page.
All you have to do now is type in the Blog’s URL address that you would like to add to your Reading List.
You can add another blog’s URL address or as many as you want by clicking on the “Add Another” link under the URL box. Once you are finish…simply click on the “Add” button and a new window will appear.
You can either choose whether you want the blog to be public or private. Once you are finished…click on the “Done” button. You have just added your favorite blogs to your Reading List. Now you can view the latest post of your favorite blog.
This is Video 3 of 3 that Google put together about Adsense Optimization. Video 1 of 3 taught us what ads to use to maximize our income. Video 2 of 3 taught us how to blend the colors of our ads to match the colors of our website or blog to impress our visitors. This is the final video that will teach you how to position your Adsense ads for better performance.
The best positions where you would want to place the Adsense Ads to maximize your performance are:
Above the fold of the page. It is the section of the page where visitors can see the Adsense Ads without having to scroll down
At the end of the article of your website or a post that you publish on your blog
Aligned with the content of your website or blog
Every website and blog is different so here is Google Heat Map to find out where the best place is to place your Adsense Ads.
The darkest orange color represents the best position you want to place your Adsense Ads. The lighter colors is not where you want to place the Adsense ads. Just remember…when you are placing Adsense Ads on your website or blog…you want to make sure that it is visible for your visitors to see them.
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