For those of you who use social communities and networks as a medium to link up to other people to create awareness of your website, the best place is most probably Facebook.com. The beauty of this website when it comes to social communities is the use of ‘groups’. With a few simple steps, you can create your own group, and start inviting friends to join the group. This group will give you a common ground to keep in touch with all your members/friends/fans. With a group, you have the ability to send all your members a message, advertise certain things, and a collection of other goodies. I have created a group for a couple of my websites, of which some of them are sitting on 200 members already - this is a far higher success rate than I have had with any other social networking medium.

On another note, I have two very useful websites for everyone to take a look at:

Freelance Talk
Facebook Toolbar

I am sorry my postings have decreased so much recently, I have a number of things I need to prioritize before I can get back into posting several items a day, but I will be back with many interesting topics for everyone!

Everyone who wants to monetize a website, has taken a little time to hop on over to Google and signed up for Adsense. This is normally followed up some random advert placing on a website, and getting to grips with things. Over time, if the person is still motivated to make money online, they will most probably have a look around the Internet for information on correct advert place, advert colours, and the likes. During their search for information, they will most probably come across a myriad of other advertising methods, and those really interested will be eaten up by the vast array of affiliate networks. I, for one, have been caught up before, and have learnt through experience as to what it’s like sitting with 10 different affiliate networks, with adverts spread all over the place, and little revenue to show for it. This brings me to the topic of my post.

Plan your advertising. A few months ago, when I decided to take making money online more seriously, I decided to make a small list of the various affiliate networks, write down some information on each one, and plan an attack strategy. I decided that I would start with Adsense first, as there is so much information on the Internet about it, and I got a few websites up and running with my Adsense adverts. I am currently making over $100/month, which isn’t amazing, but it’s not too bad for just a few months work. About three weeks ago, I cannot remember exactly when, I decided to start pushing on a second affiliate network. I chose Traffic Synergy - Why did I choose them? Well, it was a personal decision based on the fact that they are local (South Africa), and a large quantity of my readers are South African, so I decided this route might be a wise move. I am currently pulling in around R25/day with Traffic Synergy, which is about $4 or so a day. Not bad going for just a couple weeks, and only using two websites to advertise on.

In my opinion, the trick is to take on one affiliate network, build with them, until your earnings are fairly regular, and not fluctuating so much. Once you reach this point, take the time to research your next affiliate network, and once again, repeat the process of carefully finding out as much about them as you can, and then push with the adverts, aiming to achieve a regular income. Keep this going, each time your earnings are set, move onto your next network. Spread the adverts carefully throughout your network, follow your readers demography, and keep your content rich!

Best of luck!

Instead of serving banners or text links from advertising networks,Vizu Answers pays you to display interactive polls on your website . The polls only appear in locations that you specify and are from individuals and organizations that pay you to ask questions of your users

• The polls do not take visitors away from your site
• The polls are encouraging, which increases the usage
• The look and feel of the poll can be adapted to your current look
• The questions asked are related to your content
• This is an easy way to monetize your website

The signp process is simple, and too the point, consiting of three steps

1. Sign up for an account
2. Design the poll template
3. Place the code on your website

It is really as simple as that! There is a great deal of information on their website, here are the topic:

Poll user experience
Monetization and payment
Sample Polls

Take a look, it’s definitely worth looking into if you have a decent reader base!

Apologies

A mix up with my bank and a medical aid company resulted in a credit card problem, which in turn lead to an unpaid server account. I am terribly sorry for this inconvenience, and as of today, things will be back up and running.

Chris M