NerdBux, the BEST PTC of 2013

NerdBux is one of the newest PTC (Paid-To-Click) around. It is created by TimTech LLC, which has created numerous other advertising websites. TimTech LLC has never missed a single payout through 11 years which proves it's reliability!

Payout
NerdBux has a payout rate of up to $0.02 per click and on average, there are 80 advertisements a day!

Upgrade
You can also upgrade to increase your earnings! Currently, NerdBux only has a upgrade available, which is 'The Nerdiest Upgrade'. It costs only $50/year. With the upgrade, you get 100% of your referral earnings, instead of the usual 50%. 

Rent Referrals
There is no limit to the number of referrals you can rent, however it does depend on the availability of referrals to rent. There's a recent change in policy that standard members can only rent up to 100 referrals. However, reassure that these referrals will be quality referrals as Tim Tech LLC has taken measures to ensure that they are active. Each referral costs $0.20. There will be free referral recycle after 2 weeks, but if you wish to recycle before 2 weeks, it costs $0.01 for Standard and $0.05 Upgraded.

Nerd Grid
Nerd Grid is a feature NerdBux introduced to help increase its users earnings! You can win up to $2.00! It is a 20x28 grid, where everywhere position is a possibility of making more money. I earn an additional $0.10 from Nerd Grid everyday!

Cashout
The minimum cashout is $4.00 for Standard and $2.00 for Upgraded.

Hurry, don't miss out on this opportunity! Join NerdBux for FREE!

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Firstly, you need to know your aim in blogging. Are you blogging to earn some earn money? Or blogging for fun.

If you are the former, you can start placing advertisements any time, even when you've just started. But remember - DO NOT fill your entire blog with advertisements. You will need a combination of good content and some advertisements. Quantity does not give you better results than quality. And I mean placing your advertisements at suitable and advisable places on your blog.

Most bloggers place advertisements at the top sidebars and amongst posts. Those are great spots. It is hard to miss out those spots when browsing through your blog. You need to choose the right type of advertising to optimize your earning potential.

Ad Spot #1 - Top Banner
Ad Spot #2 - Side bar
Ad Spot #3 - Within post

There are different types of advertising. Most bloggers go for advertisement networks, which only require you to add a code given by the network to your blog.

I have recommended different methods to earn money like affiliate marketing and becoming a publisher in advertisement networks. I have also taught how to make those methods work by providing quality content and generating traffic to you blog.

These are simple tips to follow and it takes less than an hour to digest them
Tip #1 To Making Money With A Blog
Tip #2 To Making Money With A Blog
Tip #3 To Making Money With A Blog
Tip #4 To Making Money With A Blog
Tip #5 To Making Money With A Blog

If you are blogging for fun, you may choose to register in advertisement networks that pays for impression. Place the ads in your sidebar which usually does not irritates your readers. You might even make enough to get your own personal domain! Give it a try for a month or so. If you are doing well, why not carry on?

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Tip #5: The Last Tip

This will be the simplest of all and that is to put all the tips together. There are endless tips to make a blog better. You will be able to find such tips on search engines. But it all depends on yourself. You control the fate of your blog.

A blog is an online journal, a blogger is an online journalist



Keep providing quality content and be consistent. Those are the fundamentals of having a good blog. This is the last tip to making money with a blog. Stay focus on your topic. Be sure that you have chosen the right topic and is something of your interest.

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Tip #4: Generate Traffic

It is important to have people visiting your blog. They will become your readers. It is impossible to make money without traffic. There are many ways to generate traffic. But generating traffic isn't all. You will need targeted traffic. These are the people who are interested in your topic. These people will most probably stay on your blog and read your contents. That is what you want.

Participate actively in forums and promote your blog to the users. Some might or some might not be interested. Check out other similar blogs and leave comments in their entries. Don't spam. Most bloggers allow other bloggers to leave links to their blog in comments. This not only generate traffic to your blog, it also creates backlinks. Search engines love this too, especially when the blog is of a higher page rank than yours.

Try out these methods. You will not see the results within a day. But over time, you will notice a few are coming from forums and blogs which you have left your blog link in.

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Tip #3: Deliver Consistent and Quality Content

As a blogger, you need to provide content for your readers. These contents help to build up your blog by making it a directory of information for people to look through. Initially, you may have little or no reader for your blog. Don't be dishearten. Everyone start out this way but it will not always stay this way if you are able to provide plenty of content for people.

Be consistent in providing content. If the entry is short, you can post it once a day. If it is long, do not post it too regularly as it will be too taxing for your readers. You will also need to provide quality content to get your readers come back for more. Search engines love quality content too. It will boost your page ranking in search engine.

There are also other methods of driving traffic to your blog. I will teach you how to generate traffic with other methods in the next post. Stay tune.

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Tip #2: Monetize Your Blog - Affiliate Programs

Affiliate websites are a platform which sellers use to sell their products. People who promotes their products and create a sale will earn a commission from these sellers. Affiliate programs are a great way to monetize a blog as bloggers can promote any products, preferably a product that is related to field, on their blogs.

Bloggers may also recommend products that are a must-buy. Be truthful. Give a brief idea of what the product is about and why is it beneficial for your readers to get it. This will be hard in the beginning. You may generate little or no sale. But never give up. Over time, you will gain the trust of your readers.

Darren Rowse, creator of ProBlogger, is one who you can learn from. He had done well in affiliate programs. He had written a book titled 31 Days To Build A Better Blog. The link will bring you to Darren's blog where he will tell you more about his book.

There are several affiliate programs you can choose from.
LinkShare, ClickBank, Comission Junction, E-junkie and Amazon

Search through the products available after signing up. Promote products that are popular to increase your chance of a sale.

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Tip #1: Monetize Your Blog - Ad Network

There are a few ways to monetize a blog. But allow me to start with the use of ad network. Ad network provides a platform for advertisers to advertisement on publishers' websites. Register as a publisher in these ad networks and you will be given a code which you are to place in your blog. Some ad networks have criteria, like having a minimum number of pageview per month, before you can join. These ad networks usually pay more. There are different methods in which ad network pays publishers - CPM, click-through or CPA. I recommend bloggers with high pageview but low click-through to look for ad networks that have high payout for CPM.

Here are some ad networks which you can consider.
AdBrite, ValueClick, Casale Media, Burst Media, Tribal Fusion, Advertising

This method is one of the easiest method of monetizing. Many bloggers have done it and have earn money from it. In the next post, I will be sharing how you can monetize with affiliate programs. Stay tuned.

Share your thoughts about monetizing with ad networks here.

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In my post, Guide To Make Money With Your Blog, I've mentioned various ways to make money with a blog. In this and upcoming posts, I will give you tips to making money with your blog. It will be a series of post, so stay tuned.

Monetizing a blog seems easy and I've seen people cramping all sorts of affiliate links and ad networks in a page. You (might) get money from it but it will not sustain.

3 reasons that makes monetizing difficult:

1. You need a traffic in order to earn money. Affiliate programs and ad networks pays only when the website has generated a purchase through the affiliate link, click-through or impression. If a website is full of advertisement but no content, Google has no reason to include it in their search engines. Web crawlers will avoid such pages. As a result, the website will be unknown and thus, no traffic.

2. A blogger needs to gain the trust of his/her readers. When a blogger promotes or writes a review for a product, the readers may or may not believe him. Whatever he said might not be true in the eyes of the readers even if the blogger is right. And when readers do not trust a blogger, the chances of them purchasing something which they recommend is extremely low.

3. Advertisements have to be related to the blog content. An advertisement about mp3 will not convert in a blog about books. Don't be lazy. Search hard for a related advertiser and you will definitely benefit from it.

Being successful in blogging does not happen in a day, a week nor a month. It is like a business. Blogging requires time and effort. So, it is important to choose something that is of your interest. Give it your best and never give up.

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There are many different ways to make money with your blog. You can do it through affiliate networks, creating advertisement space, selling your own e-book, get paid to review products etc. These different ways can add up to a large amount if you are good.

Darren Rowse, founder of ProBlogger.Net, made $72,000 in an e-book launch. He is a great blogger. He has more than 80,000 subscribers and has Google PageRank 5 (as of May 2010). He has provided tons of quality contents for his readers and of course, he gained the trust of his readers, which is one of the reason for his success.

You can create an e-book or help other people to sell their e-books and earn a commission from it. Affiliate networks allow you to find products which you can earn commission from and all that you need to do is to register in the affiliate network and post affiliate links of the product which you want to sell.

Affiliate Networks:
ClickBank is one of the most credible affiliate networks you can find. Billions have been paid to Clickbank's clients and this amount is constantly increasing. ClickBank is free to join and you can start earning as soon as you have registered. Checks will be issued to your address when you meet the minimum threshold of $10.


Advertisement Space:
You can also create advertisement space using third-party websites or getting advertisers to pay you directly. You can use PayPal as a payment processor. PayPal is reliable and almost everyone has a PayPal account. However, I recommend that you use third-party websites as it is much easier to set up the advertisement space. You can use AdvertiseSpace or BuySellAd. Currently, I am using AdvertiseSpace which you can see at the right of my blog. I am considering of switching to BuySellAd as it has a wider base of advertisers.

One of the easiest way to monetize your blog is using AdSense. There are also other ad networks that provides similar service as AdSense. There are also different methods in which you can earn from it, CPC or CPM, which are the most common. If you have large amount of pageviews a month, I recommend that you look for ad networks that pays by CPM. Otherwise, I suggest that you stick to AdSense.

Some bloggers monetize their blogs while others don't. Monetizing your blog does not necessary guarantee that you will earn from it. It depends on your level of traffic and the type of traffic. Stay tune to Bloggitudes by subscribing to Bloggitudes and learn more about monetizing.