Hello everyone, Hope things are going great. The oppurtunites to earn with a Blog/Website is enormous - Blogging, Advertisements, Affliate programs, survyes, Pay to click, pay to surf.. the list goes on. But the whole idea is to make money effectively and quickly. This post deals with a few effective ways. Hope this helps you get started with the path of earning money.

Direct Methods

1. PPC Advertising Networks

Google AdSense is the most popular option under this category, but there are also others. Basically you need to sign up with the network and paste some code snippets on your website. The network will then serve contextual ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and you will earn a certain amount of money for every click.
The profitability of PPC advertising depends on the general traffic levels of the website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). The CTR depends on the design of the website. Ads placed abode the fold or blended with content, for instance, tend to get higher CTRs. The CPC, on the other hand, depends on the nice of the website. Mortgages, financial products and college education are examples of profitable niches (clicks worth a couple of dollars are not rare), while tech-related topics tend to receive a smaller CPC (sometimes as low as a couple of cents per click).
The source of the traffic can also affect the overall CTR rate. Organic traffic (the one that comes from search engines) tends to perform well because these visitors were already looking for something, and they tend to click on ads more often. Social media traffic, on the other hand, presents terribly low CTRs because these visitors are tech-savvy and they just ignore ads.

2. CPM Advertising Networks

CPM advertising networks behave pretty much as PPC networks, except that you get paid according to the number of impressions (i.e., page views) that the ads displayed on your site will generate. CPM stands for Cost per Mille, and it refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions.
A blog that generates 100,000 page views monthly displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM, therefore, will earn $100 monthly.
CPM rates vary with the network, the position of the ad and the format. The better the network, the higher the CPM rate (because they have access to more advertisers). The closer you put the ad to the top of the page, the higher the CPM. The bigger the format (in terms of pixels), the higher the CPM.
You can get as low as $0,10 and as high as $10 per 1,000 impressions (more in some special cases). CPM advertising tends to work well on websites with a high page views per visitor ratio (e.g., online forums, magazines and so on).

3. Direct Banner Advertising

Selling your own advertising space is one of the most lucrative monetization methods. First and foremost because it enables you to cut out the middleman commissions and to determine your own rates. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90 leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250 rectangle and the 125×125 button.
The downside of direct banner advertising is that you need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.

4. Text Link Ads

After Google declared that sites selling text links without the nofollow tag would be penalized, this monetization method became less popular. Many website owners are still using text links to monetize their sites, though, some using the nofollow tag and some not.
The advantage of this method is that it is not intrusive. One can sell text links directly through his website or use specialized networks like Text-Link-Ads and Text-Link-Brokers to automate the process.

5. Sponsored Reviews

PayPerPost pioneered this model, with much controversy on the beginning (related to the fact that they did not require disclosure on paid posts). Soon other companies followed, most notably Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe, refining the process and expanding the paid blogging model.
Joining one of these sponsored reviews marketplaces will give you the opportunity to write sponsored posts on a wide range of topics. Not all bloggers are willing to get paid to write about a specific product or website (because it might compromise the editorial credibility), but the ones who do are making good money out of it.
If your blog has a big audience you could also offer sponsored reviews directly, cutting off the commissions of the middleman.

6. Paid Surveys and Polls

There are services that will pay you money to run a small survey or poll on your website. The most popular one is called Vizu Answers. Basically you need to sign up with them, and select the kind of polls that you want to run your site. Most of these services operate under a CPM model.

7.In-text Adverting

In-text adverting networks like Kontera and Vibrant Media will place sponsored links inside your text. These links come with a double underline to differentiate them from normal links, and once the user rolls the mouse over the link the advertising will pop. Should the user click on it the site owner will make some money.
Some people make good money with this method, but others refrain from using it due to its intrusiveness. It is also interesting to note that very few mainstream websites have experimented with in-text advertising.

Watch out this space for more individual reviews and more ways to earn money. I will keep you posted. Till then. Its DevilzAdvocate singing off.

Updates: How to Earn money online - Part 2

Hello guys. Hope everything is going fine. There were loads of topic on which i would love writing, but after contemplating for sometime Hinduism, the third largest religion, emerged as my best bet. So what do I write about Hinduism. Writing about a religion is an enormous task, an unsurmountable mountain. Hinduism being one of the most ancient religions with loads of scriptures and stories I was(still am) at a loss as to where to begin and where to end. The major objective of these series of posts will be to create and awarness of what Hinduism is to people who know little or nothing about this ancient religion. I openly declare that i have no expertise or authority over Hindusim. What I do have is the stories and practises passed on to me by my ancestors and also the experience of practising this religion for close to 23 years. So lets begin our journey. In this post I will be dealing about the creation of the universe and also discuss the duties of 3 major Hindu Gods.
There are differnt stories with respect creation of the universe. The followers of Lord Shiva (Saivites) believe that the eternel sound of OM(pronounced as aum) and the eternel jyothi (the supreme fire, known to symbolize Lord shiva) created the oceans and Lord Vishnu residing on the serpant.A lotus which grew from Vishnu's navel and from it came Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma in is said to have given the shape for Lord Shiva.
The followers of Lord Vishnu(Vaisnavites) believe that at the begining existed a ocean with Lord Vishnu sleeping on his giant serpant adisesha immeresed in deep yoga. When Lord woke up from the state of his yoga he created Brahma, who in turn created Lord Shiva.
Another belief states that the eternal Lord with his desire to create the universe, created the ocean and placed his seed in it, This seed turned into a golden egg whose brilliance surpassed even that of sun. From the egg came Brahma, who created the heavens and the earth and other beings of the world.
In short the Lord Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva were the first inhabitants of this universe. Now let us see in short about each of these three major dieties.

Lord Brahma:
Lord Brahma is the "God of creation". He is a four faced god seated on a lotus. He has four hands with kamandalam(the water pot), the Vedas, the sruva and rosary beads in each hand. His vehicle is swan and his abode is called as SatyaLoka. Satyaloka is considered to be the place atop The Maha Meru/ Sumeru/ Meru mountain. The Meru is considered as the axial point for the universe. Lord Brahma's wife is Saraswathi/Vidya, the Goddess of education and knowledge

Lord Vishnu:
Lord Vishnu is the "God of Maintainence/Preserving". Lord Vishnu has a dark complexion with four hands. He weilds a lotus, A conch, a Disc(Sudharshana Chakra) and a mace in each of his four hands. He resides in Vaikunta, which is considered to be in the middle of the great ocean. He rests on AdiSesha, the giant serpant. His wife is Lakshmi/SriDevi, the Goddess of money, wealth and prosperity.

Lord Shiva:
Lord Shiva is the "God of Destruction". Lord Shiva is considered to be wearing a deer skin. With Cobra adorning his neck. Ashes smeared all over his body and weilding a trident(called a trishool). Apart from the two eyes shiva is said to possess the third eye. The third eye symbolises the vision of reality. Lord Shiva resides in Kailasha in Himalayas, which gives him the name Kailashnath/kailashapathi. He is said to have the river Ganges/Ganga Devi in his locks and hence the name Gangadhara. His wife is Uma/Parvathi, the Goddess of Shakti (strength and power). Uma also represents the nature or prakriti symbolizing all the perishable matters in this universe.

Thats it on this post folks. In the next post we will see about the devas, asuras, the rishis (sages) and the churning of ocean by devas and asuras.

KP- The DevilzAdvocate

P.S : Given the enormity of the series, I would like to have a few partners helping me out. If you have anything to write on Hinduism or you have any suggestions and things which you would like me to write on this topic. Please feel to buzz me at gtmmoney@gmail.com with the subject as Blog - Hinduism. If there are any erratas please notify me.

Hello everyone, so whats this one gonna be about? Its been seven months and i think this period was enough to get a snapshot of how things work in the industry. There was this interesting quote which i came across online, "The greater your capacity for hard work, the more rewards fall within your grasp. The deeper you can dig, the more treasure you can potentially find.", and I also found a place where this is an exception. Any guesses?? Well its our very own IT industry. And if its recession time the situation gets even worse. I asked one of my friends about his work, and his answer left me to with one question - "Is it really worth it??". Here goes his story. He goes to work at 7 30 AM in the morning and gets back home by 2:00 AM (The time the thief enters home to loot our money and other valubles). For people who argue saying "Well this is recession time, and you need to work", listen on. I told him that he has his weekends to rejuvenate and this being recession he shouldn be complainin much. He replied immediately saying "Machi they ask me to come on saturdays and sundays, hence i end up working 7 days a week". My next question was "Dude are you being paid extra money? For the amount of effort you put in you need to earn money accrodingly". His answer was on expected lines "a big NO".

Well i do understand that it is recession and these are hard times, but how much of this can people take? This guy being a bachelor has a lesser impact. Imagine the impact it will have on his family if he is married guy with kids. Money is important. We must earn money to support our family and feed em. But at what cost do we earn money? At the cost of our health? At the cost of our family? At the cost of our life? There is a thin line which seperates labor that sustains life and labor that ruins life. I think its high time our bosses think about their family and the amount of time they spend with them. Our life deserves things much better than making money and improving social status.

Until my next post
Adieu

KP - The Devilzadvocate

Hello Everybody,
So what am i going to talk about. Well the name of the post said i passed in something. So what did i clear which warrants me to write a post. Now that I am no more a college student(I never cared, as i knew i would clear most of my AU papers). The exam which i cleared is one of the exams which i have been dreading for around one year now. No prizes for guessing. Its my JLPT(Japanese Language Proficiency Test). My previous posts would have given you an idea as to how i struggled grasping the damned language. I have not cleared any tests except the very first test(It was a partial open book test). We were saying three months more to exam so lets study, then said two months yaar, we can study and finally it was exactly 30 days to go with little or no preparation for the exam. Our company having invested a good amount of money on this training was expecting some returns and the pressure started to build. Moreover we were on a bond, which meant we may have to pay money if we didn’t clear. The final 30 days the real studying started. I was jumping from kanjis to meanings to grammar studyin nothing properly. As days went by i grew somewhat in confidence cose i started understanding the questions(till that month all our answers were based on probability ). But that was not enough for me to clear any of the mock/model tests. The final month had elapsed. In all my practise tests i was got somewhere around 60% in 2 sections, but i lacked practise in the other section. TO give a brief idea about the sections. The JLPT is made up of three sections.
1. Kanji and Vocabs
2. Kikitori(Listening)
3. Grammar

Section 2 I had no time to prepare. We needed 60% overall to clear the exam(240/400).
The day of exam came and i went into the exam hall with the distinction of clearing just a single test out of the n number of tests we had written. Section 1 was easy and i was confident that i will get 60+/100 in that section.
Kikitori was a disastor. While the listening section was in progress, I could hear only Naka muka naka muka song (cinema songs which was played in a nearby building was heard more prominently). I just trusted probability and GOD. Special thanks to Siddhart.
Grammar was moderate. I thought i would get around 110-120/200 allocated in this section.
The exam got over and it was a big relief for most of us. Next thing i did after finishing the exam was to enjoy a movie at satyam. Results would be published in around two months time(We wrote the exams on december the results would come around feb end) and we knew that was loads of time to elapse…
One fine day, in the end of february, while i was attending a training of Unix and C my friends said the result had come and i had passed. I never bothered to know my marks. Knowing that I had cleared was a big relief(Given that i have never failed a major exam). After a few days i went to collect my marksheet. It read….
Writing-Vocabulary - 72/100
Listening - 57/100
Reading-Grammar - 123/200
Total - 252/400
3rd Level Passed
I had just managed to clear.
I cleared the first and the last test(the test which mattered the most).
I cleared JLPT level 3

Until my next post
Adieu
KP - The Devilz advocate