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Would you like to make a bit of revenue from your blog?  Here’s how you can make your content work for you by adding Google AdSense to your Tumblr blog.

Blogging can be serious work, and with your easy-to-use Tumblr blog, you might be posting more than ever.  You may be writing about your beautiful vacation, sharing the newest wallpaper you designed in Photoshop, or explaining how to get your dog to quit barking at frogs.

Either way, your blog takes real time, and it might be nice to make a little money from it.  Google AdSense has enabled bloggers around the world to get ad revenue from their content.  The Tumblr Terms of Service require that your blog be used primarily for blogging, but they do allow you to use AdSense or other ad systems as long as that’s not the primary focus of your site.  It’s fairly easy, so let’s see how to add it to your blog, no matter what theme you’re using.

Please note: This article is designed for users who don’t know how to edit HTML, and so may seem overly simplified if you’re already a code ninja.  But that’s no problem; just skip over the parts you already understand, and use the parts you do need!

Signing up For AdSense

Before you can add AdSense to your site, you’ll need to register for an AdSense account with Google.  If you already have an account, skip to the next section; otherwise, browse to the AdSense site (link below), and click the Sign up now button.

Fill out the form as usual, with information about your site as well as some personal contact information.  Make sure to check the boxes at the top with guidelines about ads, and make sure your site follows them or your AdSense account could be suspended.

Accept the additional policies at the bottom of the form, and then click Submit Information.

Make sure your information is correct, then select if you have a Google account and either enter your account info or create a new account.

Once you’re finished, you’ll have to wait between 1 and 3 days for your account to be approved.  Once you receive your conformation email, head back to the AdSense site, but this time, log in with your Google account info.

If you have problems with AdSense, or need more info about your account, check out Google’s AdSense Help Site (link below).

Create an AdSense Unit for Your Tumblr

Once you’ve got an AdSense account and are logged in, click on the AdSense Setup tab to create a new ad for your site.

Select the AdSense for Content link.

Choose if you’d like an Ad unit with text or image ads, or a link unit that only has links to sponsored terms on Google.  Ad units are often a good choice for a sidebar, which link units may look better in a header or footer of a theme.

Select the size you want from the drop-down menu beside Format.  Pick something that would fit good on your site; if you’re unsure, click the Ad Formats link to see examples.

From the Colors section, select the colors that would match your site, or chose one of the preconfigured Palettes.

Finally choose the font family and size for your ads, and select if you’d like square or rounded corners.

Once you’re finished, click Continue at the bottom.

You’ll now be presented with a textbox showing your AdSense unit’s code.  Select the text and copy it, as we’ll need this to add the AdSense to our blog.

Note that you can always access your ad units in the future and edit them from the Manage Ads link in AdSense.

Adding AdSense to Your Theme

Now that you’ve got your AdSense code, it’s time to add it to your theme.  Browse to the Customize page on Tumblr by clicking Customize in your Tumblr dashboard or by following the link below.

Select the Theme tab in the Customize page,

Scroll down, and then select Use custom HTML at the bottom of the tab.

After the code loads, you should see the HTML and CSS code that makes up your site’s theme.  There are endless potentials for customization here, but if you’ve never designed a website from scratch or even edited HTML, it can look intimidating.  Don’t worry; it’s easy to add the code!

Note that if you’ve already edited your theme’s code in the past, you may see this by default without having to press the custom HTML button.

You’ll now need to find where to place your AdSense code in your theme.  If you’re a website designer, you can look around the code and place it anywhere you want: inside <head>, <body>, or more.  If you’ve never used HTML code before, though, there’s another trick you can use.  Spot some text near the place on your theme where you want to place your ads.  For instance, if you want to place it near on a sidebar under the About this blog description, look at your theme preview to see what default wording it uses.  Pick something that’s a title or other default text, as your page description itself will not be in the code.

Now, press Ctrl+F in your browser to open the search dialog, and enter the term you want to find.  The search box will look different, depending on your browser, but will work the same.

Look for the highlighted text in your code.  We want to post our content right after this section.  Note that the next line is still describing the profile, so it goes with the About box still.  We’ll want to paste our ad code right after this.

In this theme, we searched for About, and pasted the code right below the code for the about box, just like we showed above.

Once you’ve entered the code, click the Update preview button on the bottom of the tab.

You can now see your changes on the sample blog preview.

If it looks good, click Save in the top right corner, and then visit your site in a different tab or window.

Here’s our AdSense right in my Tumblr sidebar.  The colors blend in with my theme, and the ads are at least somewhat related to what I’m writing about.

Remember: Don’t click on your own ads, or your AdSense account may be suspended!

If the ads look too close to the next item in the sidebar, as they did in this theme, you can easily add some space by entering <p> </p> right after your </script>.

This works great on many themes, including the default Redux theme.  We added the same ad panel to the sidebar in this theme, and it worked great.  No extra spacing required for this theme.

To get the ads where we wanted this time, we opened the code, searched for Follow on Tumblr, and pasted the code right above it as below.  This is one of the best ways to get your add right where you want it, even if you’re not a web designer; just find something you want your ads near, search for it, and paste it above.  It may take a little trial and error, but you might be surprised how quickly you’ll get the hang of it!

You can even add ads to the footer of your theme.  Paste your ad code inside the <footer>of your theme, or if it doesn’t have one, you can just post it right before the </HTML> at the end of the theme code.  Here we added the <div id=”footer”> of the Neue theme.

Remember that AdSense allows you to show up to 3 AdSense and 3 link units on a page, but again, Tumblr doesn’t want blogs to be ridiculously covered with advertisements.  So, perhaps you may want to put one in your sidebar and one in the footer, or some other configuration that you think looks good and still focuses mainly on your blog’s content.  Sometimes less is more; people won’t like your site as much if it’s plastered with ads from top to bottom!  Feel free to play with it and get the ads looking great with your theme.

Undoing Mistakes

If you somehow accidently delete something or mess your theme up, you can revert your changes by pressing the Disable custom HTML button on the bottom of the editor window.

Tumblr will remind you that this will remove your theme customizations.  Press Ok, and then press Save in the top right corner.

Now your theme will revert to its default settings, and you can come back and try editing the theme again if you want.  One thing to note, though, is that changing your theme around may remove some of your customizations such as Disqus comments.  Click the Appearancetab and make sure all of your settings are correct, or add them back if you need to after restoring your theme.

Conclusion

No matter what theme you’re using, it’s fairly easy to add AdSense to your Tumblr blog.  Try out the different places you can place the blog, find something that works good for your blog, and see how it works.  Don’t expect to make much in AdSense revenue, especially if your blog doesn’t get much traffic, but you may at least make enough to justify a premium theme for your blog or an occasional new program for your computer.  Above all, write and post the content that you love, and you’ll enjoy your blog!

Choosing between WordPress and Blogger is a tough decision that new bloggers must make. Most blogging experts and experienced users choose WordPress as the better blogging platform due to its robust features and flexibility. If you are interested in taking your BlogSpot blog to the next level by using WordPress, then you have come to the right place. In this article, we will show you how to move your blogger BlogSpot blog to self-hosted WordPress. Switch from Blogger to WordPress without losing Google rankings (maintain your old URLs, search traffic, Google Pagerank, and RSS Subscribers).

The Ultimate Objective:

You are currently blogging with the domain (xyz.blogspot.com) which is hosted at Blogger but you are now interested in converting your Blogging Platform from Blogger to self-hosted WordPress with a custom top level domain name (i.e wpbeginner.com). Tip: check out tips on selecting the best domain)

The Difficulties (Moving From Blogger To WordPress):

Although with the help of an online tool we can easily import our old published articles and comments from Blogger to WordPress, there are still some bigger problems which require our attention.

• Few of your published articles on a Blogger BlogSpot blog could be ranked surprisingly high in the Search engines for a specific keyword, but when you move these articles to a new web address the chances are very high that you might lose your existing organic traffic.
• Once you switched your Blogging Platform the probabilities are extremely high that you might lose your existing Subscribers unless you manually update your old Feeds permalink to your new WordPress Feed address. This is the point when the majority of users won’t update their Feeds and hence notice a significant decrease in their traffic.
• You possibly will witness a number of ups and downs in your organic traffic if you won’t bring 301 redirects into play. Our intention is to inform the search engines that we now belong to a new destination (web address).
• After losing your loyal subscribers and search engine ranking, you will notice a significant decrease in your traffic. This will seriously demolish your affiliate earnings i.e. Adsense, Buysellads.com and etc.
• Human visitors have to face lots of difficulties when they try to access your old bookmarked archive link or else if someone links to your old page address, then visitors will not reach your article until or unless they know about the new location of those articles.
• You may face difficulties with your new blogging platform (WordPress) because WordPress in not identical to blogger it requires a bit of knowledge about coding which can be learned from WPBeginner’s Guide.

The Explanation:

Now you know the variety of issues that could affect you if we don’t follow the guidelines correctly. Nevertheless, the good news is that we have a straightforward solution to eliminate all these problems in just one take.

You can easily switch from Blogger to WordPress without losing your Feed subscribers or human visitors, and you can even maintain SERP dominance. There is always a way to shift your all Search engine juice from the old BlogSpot address to your new WordPress blog.

Preparing To Move From Blogger BlogSpot Blog To WordPress:

Before we get started, I would like to give you some intellectual advices which may help you during Blogger to WordPress transformation. It may be a fine idea to set-up a dummy blog first. Also, take complete backup of your Blogger Blog including the posts, comments and even your XML template just to be on the safe side.

Step 1: In case you are about to start your journey in WordPress, purchase web hosting along with a domain and install the latest WordPress software on it. (Seehow to pick the Best WordPress Hosting as well as WPBeginner user reviews)

Step 2: Now you have to import the entire data of your BlogSpot Blog including posts and comments. To do so go to

• WordPress Admin Dashboard >> Tools >> Import
• Now from the list select Blogger.
• Authorize WordPress to access your Google account by pressing the Authorize button.
• After authorizing, you will be able to see a list of Blogger Blogs. Just select that blog you wish to import and within few second, it will import your entire Blogger blog to WordPress.

Step 3: Now copy the above PHP coding and paste it into an empty Notepad document saving it as wpbeginner-blogger.php after which you may use either cPanel or FTP software to upload this file into your WordPress Theme Directory. (Note: You have to upload this wpbeginner-blogger.php file in your theme directory i.e. wp-content/themes/my-theme, where my-theme is the folder name for the theme that you’re using on your WordPress site.)

Step 4: Open your WordPress Admin Dashboard and go to Page >> Add New Page. Write “blogger” in the URL and post title while keeping the post body empty. Now Select “WPBeginner Blogger” from the template drop-down menu and then publish the page.

Step 5: Login to your Blogger account and go to the Newer Blogger Interface >> Template >> Revert to classic template and then you will be able to see an HTML Template box. Just paste the following code into that text box, replacing http://www.wpbeginner.com with your new domain name but make sure you correctly align the http:// and the trailing slash with your web address.

All Done: Open any of your old posts that were previously hosted at Blogger and it should redirect you to the corresponding WordPress post. Since, we have been using permanent 301 redirect all of the Google PageRank juice will pass to your new WordPress (this takes some time).

How To Update RSS Feeds:

When you move to WordPress the address of your feeds will be changed as well. So to redirect your Blogger Feed to WordPress go to Blogger >> Settings >> Site Feed >> Custom Feed >> and write your new WordPress feed address, and now your old feeds will automatically shift to your new WordPress feeds. You should also considerusing FeedBurner for your WordPress feeds.

Resolving Some Common Issues (Your Questions Our Answers)

1. After applying the complete tutorial correctly I am getting a 404 Not Found Error.Answer: The 404 not found page will only come into action if you have either forgotten to upload the WPBeginner-Blogger.php or you’re not uploading it to the correct destination.
2. I am getting a blank screen when I view my old Blogger links.Answer: You are encountering this problem because you have not copied the WPBeginner-Blogger.php file correctly. To resolve this issue replace the existing file with the new one.
3. Everything is fine but still it’s not working.Answer: You will encounter this problem if your WordPress and Blogger Blog don’t have the same permalink structure. WordPress Dashboard >> Settings >> Permalinks >> Custom Structure >> /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.html.

Syed Faizan Ali is a Student and a Passionate Blogger. He blogs at MyBloggerLab.comabout blogging, SEO, and Make Money Online.

What do we know about advertising on facebook? Facebook delivers your ads to the targeted audience and get paid for it by you. Suppose you are running an accessories’ shop and you want your advertisement to be displayed on facebbok and those who are interested in accessories should see it. So you created the ad and sent it to the facebook describing who should see your ad. Facebook shows your ad if users are interested in accessories. That is how advertisers reach users without getting users’ private information being shared by facebook.

Ads on Facebook show up according to the activities users do there such as liking a page, following a brand and so on. Let’s go ahead and learn how to leverage faceboook advertising to accomplish the best results.

 
Segment your targeting!
Facebook marketing offers you the segmentation feature under which you can reach exactly the part of the crowd you wish to, which makes your advertising a lot more effective. You can tell your story to exactly them who are already interested in it. Hence, make your targeting more specified to get more detailed and accurate information. However, to come to that fact that which add is relevant for what demographic pattern you need to test it against different demographics.

Present the best content!
Every day you watch so many ads in magazine, newspaper, on TV and on web what is there that will make your ad stand out. Surely it’s the content which includes title, body text and the image. Optimize your ads for the best results. Present the most immaculate and good content through your ad to the masses. Using an image representing your product draws attention of the viewers. Take care about the language and the fonts. Don’t have grammatical errors or inappropriate fonts. However, one of the most important points is to include “call to action”. Don’t forget to have “call to action” in the text for user to land to the most informative and useful page of your website for more information or buying intentions.

 
Investigate and Test to run your ads!
One remarkable fact about facebook marketing is that your ads show different results on different days of the week. The most notable difference is between weekdays and weekends. Hence, please go ahead and try to identify when the ads are most profitable by running your ads on different days and on different times.

 
Manage your budget astutely
It is not wise to lower the maximum bid too much as you might end up losing all bidding with a too low max bid price. People who spend relatively more time on facebook are more likely to generate a lot of impressions to facebook which is why they are less responsive to your ads as they see a lot of them. What facebook does here, it will show your ads to these users if you have a low max bid, which affects your CTR negatively. Hence, we will advise you to test different max bid sizes and scrutinize how that affects your CTR.

 
Track the Conversions
Don’t forget to measure the ROI while going ahead with facebook advertising. Although facebook won’t show you which ad generated what sale however, you can go with the conversion tracking solution offered by Google analytics.
These were some of the ways you can follow to succeed with facebook advertising. Facebook advertising can bring a lot of revenue to your business however; you should know the ways to extract the best out of resources you have applied.

The idea of revenue sharing gave birth to affiliate marketing. Some websites selling their products online, use this idea to provide rewards for affiliate`s marketing efforts. This effort can be performing sales or encouraging someone to participate in such event. This reward can be in cash as well as other compensations like discounts and gifts. This can look like a small amount that is to be earned in a part time, but freelancers earn heavy amount by affiliating with certain well known brands.
High technology savvy populations in countries like US, UK and Japan are earning revenues by establishing there own sales office. They evolve their work force efforts towards sales and promotion for companies in affiliation practice. However, Indians are still too far from this trend. Only a few percentages are even educated about such system and a negligible part adopts it. Some Indian firms are too providing affiliate marketing options and are successfully running their work. Demands of such business ideas are flourishing and are appreciated for their effort.
Anyone can take part in affiliate marketing, but the main advantage is when a person takes part with complete knowledge of affiliate market and trends. Before entering in these events, one should first go for affiliate marketing training.
Affiliate marketing courses defines you all about affiliate marketing with recent trends and also information like percentage of commission in current market practice. Also it trains you how to choose an appropriate brand in such business. Moreover attending an Affiliate marketing training would also help in promoting yourself as a freelancer.
From another angle, affiliate marketing courses makes you capable work as a team in any such companies involved in this idea of business. After being trained one can suggest any such firm about their strategies through working or collaborating as consultancy with them.
A person going for affiliate marketing course should keep certain important points in mind:
The focus in an affiliate marketing course should be on making more and more money. So the course should explain how money can be harvested from various firms and what are the criteria to do so?
An Affiliate marketing course should also define and elaborate terms used in this business. It should also train about the analysis of best returning offers.
It is necessary in an affiliate marketing training to also concentrate on networks involved in affiliation trends.
It should also provide knowledge about best converting offers, worlds top affiliate markets, Indian market scenario on affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing training must also educate about the selection of firms providing appropriate rewards. This is required since some companies compensate in form of gifts such as discount coupons etc.
At anytime, a person can earn a respective amount of money by applying efforts for sale. Customers in this are mostly online and just need efforts like words of mouth or simply posting comments or by creating blogs.
A person already using affiliate marketing should be aware about the ease in earning. Now it`s time to show the world that we can also earn through freelancing. It`s time to show them that we are capable of handling technology`s options to be successful.

The effectiveness of present online advertisement is usually measured by banner ad click through rates. A banner ad takes a user directly to the target site where one will make a transaction. However, banners are not only option that can be employed in online advertisement. Ads can also be published in the form of video/audio & contextual advertising.
An ad not only makes a transaction but also establish brand awareness and makes customer retention. In current market, maximum big or small firms are involved in online advertisement. It can be for the purpose of sales or to spread awareness. For that purpose, companies now require professional to accomplish this vital part of marketing.
Online advertisement courses are designed to produce such professional who can handle all aspect of online advertisement. DSIM has included Online marketing course as a key part of internet marketing. At DSIM training is done by qualified market experts. These experts are well aware of present market trends and tricks. While going through online advertisement program, the aim is to deliver knowledge about best practices, targeting, tracking sites & the best advertising platforms available.
Online advertising id part of our full course of Internet marketing. Thus we are fully aware of every aspect of internet marketing. While training for online advertisement, we integrate every aspect that is required to demonstrate the use.
Our teaching pattern and course content makes us unique as it is based on the experience of our trainers. We target on all sectors that are recently booming and finally resulting in revenue. Same concept is applied while going for the online advertisement program. The target is to maintain richness through implying current and upcoming scenarios. During online advertisement course, examples such as image and video ads are frequently used to keep the session interesting and interactive. Here we refine our course by sorting the course on regular basis so that need of market could be recognized.
Here are some point that briefly explains that why one should join DSIM for online advertisement course:
We are not rigid only in online advertisement. We have a vast portion of other subjects of internet marketing. Thus we are well aware of the teaching pattern and are able to explain maximum terms related to the field.
We always tend to deliver advanced level of content. This content initially clarify the basic of online advertisement which contains definitions of terms, comparison with traditional advertisements, scenario in Indian market and benefits, while finally focus on advanced part teaching streams of online advertisement and tracking & measuring performance.
We teach what is the impact of certain type of online ads, how to choose and how and where to publish these ads.
However, learning is never a bad option, but learning from a good and well recognized institute is always a best option. So while choosing an institute for such beneficial and complex course do understand its exclusiveness. Delhi school of internet marketing proudly marks itself in exclusive category.