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Since we bloggers don't have our own catagory (wink!), I thought I'd toss a question into this one:

What is your preferred method of internet revenue-creation (applied to non-retailing websites). I'm talking about Google AdWords/AdSense, Affiliate Marketing, Direct Marketing, Selling links/posts, etc...

I personally prefer affiliate marketing programs because I'm a control freak and need to know exactly what's going to be appearing on my site. =)

What about you?

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Permalink Reply by Apparel1 on April 29, 2008 at 9:51pm

Actually, we do have a bloggers group, just started last week. It may take some time to become active.

Regarding your question, I personally like Adsense. Microsoft and Yahoo both have similar programs. However, I am not sure which is best. Out of those three, I have only tried adsense.

Regarding affiliate programs, I use them a bit, but really do NOT like them. I often find that the links go bad for one reason or another.

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Permalink Reply by Miss Elle on April 29, 2008 at 9:59pm

Ah! A group. Yes, I joined that. I guess I didn't register that they had a forum in there. Duh.

Can I ask what Affiliate Manager you've used? I use cj.com and I just adore them. My links have never gone bad. However, with Performics, almost all of them have, same with ShareASale. Awful.

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Permalink Reply by Apparel1 on April 29, 2008 at 10:09pm

I have used the following

CJ.com
LinkShare
Performics
Reporting.net (which I think combined with CJ.com)

I also use Amazon and Ebay. But ebay is a perfect example of why I do not like affiliate programs. This month I received an e-mail from the affilate company that I was using for Ebay and they said that ebay is now going to use their own system to manage the affilate program. That means that all of the affiliate links that I previously created will now turn to complete garbage. I would have to go back and change every link to the new system. What a nightmare...

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Permalink Reply by Miss Elle on April 29, 2008 at 10:12pm

Oh man! Okay, that I can understand. . . I'm sorry to hear that! That happened to me with Lulus.com.. I had to go back and change them all, which is why I terminated my accounts with ShareASale. Blech.

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Permalink Reply by Apparel1 on April 29, 2008 at 10:58pm

Yeah, that is the negative side to affiliate programs. On a positive note, it is still a good way to try to make a bit of money. You may want to ask your questions in the Marketing Group on this site. They may have some more experience to share. Affiliate programs in my opinion is a form of marketing.

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Permalink Reply by http://www.bastardandfriends.com/about.html on June 18, 2008 at 7:21pm

Thankx Miss Elle, very good question.

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Permalink Reply by Apparel1 on October 23, 2008 at 8:45pm

Victor - what is "BPO segment" stand for?

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Permalink Reply by Leather Handbags, shoes, sandals on October 24, 2008 at 10:37pm

Humm.. thats useful information for me, thanks !! I want to add for my site

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Permalink Reply by David McCarthy on January 1, 2010 at 12:58pm

Hi, i work for an affiliate network called LinkShare. In the UK we are prodominantly fashion focused. If you don't have the time or resource to create affiliate links and keep them up to date etc then I recommend a company called Skimlinks. You can drop a bit of code of you blog and they scan all your content and turn normal links into affiliate links for you. They take a revshare though.

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Permalink Reply by David McCarthy on January 1, 2010 at 1:00pm

i've friendly with the team there so happy to put anyone in touch etc

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Permalink Reply by Ramil Morla on March 18, 2010 at 6:45pm

I've had success with Google AdWords, Affiliate Marketing, Email Marketing, and Sponsor Advertising on Discussion Forums. I feel that in order to be successful in Internet Marketing, you must think beyond SEO (search engine optimization) and really start to use various Web 2.0 tools to build your brand. A lot of people think that having a website is all that it takes to make money online. How much more incorrect can these people possibly be? Monetizing a website takes consistent efforts that really never seems to end. Having good quality content on a site is one of the most effective ways in getting Google to index your site so that it appears 'above the fold' on the search results page.

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Permalink Reply by Jesse James on May 20, 2011 at 3:53am

I use the Adwords for my internet marketing and I am getting some good reply from them. I think you should also use the Aswords they are great means the appreciate the things we have done..