I couldn’t wait to share this news. Normally my monthly earnings reports reflect payments received, so I don’t report very often about the money I’m earning from Google AdSense.
Well, I’m excited to say August was my biggest month (by far) at $48, and September has already surpassed that mark with almost a full week left to go!
I’ve had quite a few $4 and $5 days which I never imagined I’d reach. If I can get to the $3.50 mark consistently, then it would earn me a $100+ Google payment each month, which would be an AWESOME addition to my recurring monthly revenue!
And it all came about because of a guest post I read on ProBlogger which highlighted simple changes with AdSense placement resulting in BIG changes in earnings. What did I do differently to increase from $10 or $20 per month to $60+ you ask?
I added AdSense leader boards above the fold (in the top half of my blogs), usually front and center on the page. They aren’t the prettiest advertisements, however they have been effective in leveraging what was once a trickle of clicks into more of a torrent.
Darren Rowse’s advice is to always be experimenting with ad placements and affiliates to find what works. I just wish I hadn’t given up on Google early on.
In all fairness, my traffic has been rising steadily too, since completing my RTW trip and leveraging Twitter and GoBackpacking’s listing in the Lonely Planet Blogsherpa program.
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