Five ways to earn advertising revenue from your hobby website
                     Five ways to earn advertising revenue from your 
hobby website
John Z
Writes on ad managing using AdSpeed ad server platform
, involved with AdSpeed ad serving software.
Is there something that you are passionate about and that you could 
talk about for hours on end? Perhaps it’s a pastime or hobby that 
interests you and that you would like to share with others. Nowadays, 
it’s very easy to do just that. You can have a blog or a website set up in a 
matter of minutes, and all without paying a lot of money to do so. Better 
yet, it is possible to turn that website into a money-making entity that 
will easily cover your overhead and put some money in your pocket to 
help fund that hobby. If this is something that you are interested in, 
then let’s look at how you can use advertising to earn revenue from 
your hobby website.
Sell ad space
When creating your website with the option for online advertising, be sure to set 
aside areas where ads can be shown. If you want to control and select who you 
want as an advertiser, then you can contact businesses directly to ask if they 
would be interested in buying ad space on your website. You will probably need to 
have a bigger audience or a high quality site and decent ad rates to get started 
here. However, this is a solid way to ensure that you only deal with businesses 
that you trust and want to build a long-term relationship with. It also ensures you 
get 100% of the ad serving revenue without sharing to any middlemen.
Use an ad network
Perhaps an easier but less profitable way for new publishers is to get ads 
onto your website through an ad network or ad exchange. These entities 
will automatically find and place ads for you. There are a lot of options 
out there but they are not all created equally. Some are shady and will 
place many low-quality ads that yield you low or no ad earning. You will 
want to find one that is reputable and allows you as much control as 
possible over the ads that are shown on your page, while also providing 
valuable data that you can use to further tweak those ads. The 
middlemen will take a significant commission from the advertisers 
before sharing a portion of the ad revenue with you.
Offer text ads
It’s not everyone that likes the idea of having ad banners plastered all 
over their website, but that does not mean that you can’t still make 
some advertising dollars. You can place strategic text ads within the 
content that you create, with certain words and phrases clickable to 
website visitors. These are very often done on a pay-per-click basis, but 
you can also look at pay-per-view, which could be profitable if you have 
a large audience and high quality content.
Display affiliate advertising
You may not be able to pull in big advertising money right away, but you 
can sign up to be an affiliate with businesses who are in your niche. 
Becoming an affiliate is free and usually means being able to get your 
hands on banners and graphics that come with your affiliate ID built-in. 
Some are pay-per-click, while others offer a percentage on sales made 
from your links.
Allow guest blogging
Ordinarily, most guest bloggers look for free places in which to share 
their posts or information about their business. If you have a good SEO 
exposure and decent traffic, you can charge them to post on your site. 
However, make sure that they are relevant to your niche and not in 
direct competition with your site.
About Adspeed
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and reports ad statistics in real-time. Driven by the latest ad serving 
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