Today I got totally amazed as I looked at the latest blog post from Subvert and Profit. Actually they will double the earnings for each assigned task you´ll receive from them. After January 16th you´ll get $1.00 per task instead of “only” $0.50, which is incredible in my opinion. They also alter the cost for advertiser from $1.00 to $2.00 per paid digg. The revenues from referrals will be the same although it´ll lower from 20 to 10%, but the earnings will double, so no problem from this site

I´m really looking forward to earn even more with Subvert and Profit as it is one of the best apying programs out there (and they really pay you).

Good Bye,
Querblogger

Today I want to tell you some things about Forex Trading, which fascinated me since I´ve first heard about it some days ago (no, I´ve heard from it even some years ago, but didn´t realized it´s potential so far). Sure, it isn´t anything for fast money and for those who won´t take any risk, but as I said, I´m really fascinated about this money making opportunity and so I want to tell you about it here.

Forex Trading isn´t the usual way for making money online in terms of all the other posts I´ve written so far here on my blog which deal about paid-to-click programs, advertising networks like Bidvertiser, sponsored posts or selling text links. But, what Forex Trading has in common, is that you can do it online (or call it work-from-home) like all the other programs I´ve spoken about so far.

What is Forex Trading?

First things first, I´m NO expert in the field of Forex Trading or trading in general (not yet). But I´m expert enough to understand the most basic principles involved with it. So I want to share my “knowledge” with you, but I´m also willing to learn more about it, so please feel free to give me some comments and tips for a newbie like I am.

The name Forex is an abbreviation for Foreign Exchange market, sometimes also called only FX. As the name suggests, the whole thing is about the worldwide currency market. The Forex market is the most established market in the world with a daily(!) trading volume of over $2 trillion, an amount of money beyond anybody´s grasp.

Basically, trading on the Forex market means trading with different currencies. You can buy currencies against other currencies with the goal of making profit from changing exchange rates. For example say you buy some Euros today and, considering the steady increasing rate of the Euro, you sell it the other day, you´ll likely make some profit because the exchange rate has increased and your bought Euros are worth more than the day before (so, this doesn´t work on an everyday basis). You can trade 24 hours a day, 365 days a week, so it´s a really fast market because you can make profits within hours or even minutes if there´s enough change in the currency rates.

On the Forex market you can trade with different currency pairs like EUR/USD (e.g. buy Euros with US Dollars) or GBP/AUD (e.g. buy Brithish Pounds with Australian Dollars). The available pairs depend on the market maker you choose, meaning the “online service” you´ll use for trading currencies online. There are usually around 10 to 20 different pairs available, including the most important ones like the US Dollar, Euro or Yen. Those market maker provide you with the actual exchange rates for example in the following form: EUR/USD 1,4712/15. Looks a bit strange at the first look, but it isn´t that difficult. The first number (1,4712) shows the current selling price, the second number the buying price (only the last two digits to save some space). So this example would mean that you could buy one Euro with $1,4715 and sell it for $1,4712 (the gap between those two prices is called spread, which goes to the market maker because they must finance their services too

If the exchange rate now increases and you sell your previously bought Euros, you make profit, easy isn´t it

Where can I trade on the Forex market?

I´ve mentioned those market makers earlier. One can say that these are like companies offering you services to deal with different currencies online. Most times you can join them for free and don´t have to pay comissions or fees for trading (you only have to take into account those spreads I´ve mentioned earlier). The most of them provide you with a software or an online panel where you can see the current exchange rates, analyze statistics, read current market news and, the most important part, make the deals.

I´ve seen some market makers where you can start with a balance as low as only $50, so you won´t have to take the risk in loosing a lot of money. It´s nice for a fast start and it will help you in learning the principles. Some companies even provide you with a demo account, where you make deals in theory (but you won´t make any money), perfect for a first look into the world of trading. I´ve signed up for a demo account some days ago with a balance of $50,000 (an amount of money far beyond from what I´ve ever seen…). And I must say it´s really awesome, I´ve made $2600 in profit within only two days!

There are some downsides

Never think about trading on the Forex market as a gold mine! With the right knowledge, a good understanding of statistics to predicts trends and the right timing you can make some decent profits. But you can also lose a huge amount of money very fast if something unpredictable happens on the market!

The second thing is the cash balance you are personally able to use. Basically the more cash you have, the more profits you can make. But this doesn´t mean that you can´t start trading on this market, it´ll only take longer until you actually see good profits.

Conclusion

You see, I´m very excited about the whole Forex thing. I could write dozens of more paragraphs about it, including leverages, margins, statistic analysis…, but I won´t scare my readers away. I´m also in the wrong postions to provide you with more detailed information because I´m fairly new and still learning all the facts and theory.

But I see a huge potential in trading with different currencies and I´m likely to do it by myself as I´ve gained more knowledge and feel more comfortable with it. I also won´t be able to invest thousands of dollars, I can only start very small trying to make even some small profits. But I think it could work for the long term. Let´s see.

I´ll write about my current progress in Forex Trading later on. For now I must read more tutorials and learn, learn, learn.

Best Regards!
Querblogger

Welcome to my third article about monetizing your blog. In my last two posts I spoke about the Fair Ads Network and Bidvertiser. Today I want to tell you some things about a nice money making opportunity which I recently integrated into my own blog which is called WidgetBucks.

Unlike other ad networks like Google Adsense, the Fair Ads Network or Bidvertiser, where you place some pay-per-click ad blocks on your site, WidgetBucks goes a step further by providing you not only simple text links, but nice product pictures with prices, price trends and product ratings. If someone click on of those ads (or products) you´ll get paid, simple isn´t it?

You have the choice of what is shown within such a widget. You can either choose a product type by yourself (e.g. funny gadgets) or you can use their MerchSense technology which only shows products related to your site or blog content (e.g. it shows digital cameras if you write about them). If you want to see the widget in action, have a look at my blogs right side bar!

The integration into your blog is very easy. First you have to choose the widget´s layout, they offer different sizes and color schemes that fit best with your blog design. After that, you have to choose the products shown within the widget (or you can use their MerchSense technology). You can also set the time a single product is shown before the next one will appear (usually there are 10 products in each widget). After completing this, you get a piece of html code that you have to paste in your blog or website template (for Blogger.com users it´s even easier, all you have to do is clicking the “Blogger” button which places the widget directly in your blog template).

So, what will you earn from those widgets? Actually there isn´t a fixed price for a single click on one of the ads shown within the widget, but different WidgetBucks user report a CPM from around $3 to $6, which means for every thousand visitors you get, you´ll generate that amount of money. But notice, this is only an average value, if you write a detailed blog about a product, it´s likely that you can generate even more, because your visitors are more likely to click on one of the shown ads.

You can join WidgetBucks for free and you´ll even get a $25 signup bonus. Payouts are sent out via check or Paypal 45 days after reaching the $50 payout limit. They also offer a referral program where you´ll get 10% of your referral earnings for a 12 month period after they join under you.

For now I haven´t generated any money with WidgetBucks because my blog traffic is fairly low. But I think there´s a huge potential for blogs or website with higher visitor counts, especially for those sites that deal about different products that aslo show up in the widget.

See you!
Querblogger

After my last article about Fair Ads Network I´ll now speak about Bidvertiser, another Pay-per-click advertising system you can use to promote your blog or website and to make money from showing those advertisements.

The last days I was looking for more ways to monetize my blog or, in other words, to make a direct little income from my writings here. So far, the most time I´m involved with Get-Paid-To sites that make me some cents by clicking some ads or taking a free offer. But I thought it would be nice if I can generate some money directly from my blog content, so I´ve recently integrated an ad block from Bidvertiser in my left sidebar (I´m sure you´ll find it .

Bidvertiser is an advertising system on a pay-per-click basis just like Google Adsense or the before mentioned Fair Ads Network. So basically, as an ad publisher you´ll place an ad block on your site and if any of your visitors clicks on of those ads, you´ll get paid.

What distinguishs Bidvertiser from the other ad networks is their bidding system (hence the name). Advertisers can bid on ad placements within ad blocks shown on different blogs or websites. The more they bid, the more popular those ads will be shown and the more likely it is that somebody clicks on it.

The bidding system brings many advantages for both advertisers and ad publishers. Advertisers have a great influence on their ad placement and the success of their ad campaigns. Publishers will benefit from the highest paying ads that will show up on their sites. The Bidvertiser system is constantly optimizing your ad blocks, so that you´ll generate the most money from a single click (ranging from a single cent to many dollars). You can also choose from a huge number of different ad layouts ranging from banners and buttons to text links. You can even customize the color and style to blend those layouts into your blogor website design.

Bidvertiser will pay its publisher either via check or Paypal after reaching a $10 payout limit. They pay you each month. They also have a really nice referral system, you´ll make money from referring new advertisers AND new publishers to the Bidvertiser service as long as they spend money for advertising or generate it as a publisher.

So far I´ve generated no money with Bidvertiser, which doesn´t mean that it won´t work! It´s more the fact that I only have a small number of daily visitors and only a small percentage will even click on one of those ads . But I think after some time when my blog gets at least a bit more popular (and it really does, it only takes very long , I´ll get some money from Bidvertiser.

There will be yet another article that deals about monetizing your blog in one of my next posts, so keep coming back!

Bye bye!
Querblogger

Today I want to talk about Fair Ads Network, a new contextual advertising program you can use to monetize your blog, make it more popular or even both!

Fair Ads Network, from now on I´ll just call it FAN (not only because I´m a fan too;), is a fairly new company trying to compete with big ad publisher programs like Google Adsense or the Yahoo Publishing Network. It was founded by Kevin Lam and Konstantin Boyandin, two guys with big online marketing experience and an iron will to reach their personal goals (I really like that).

Basically FAN is just like all the other publishing networks, you can use it to advertise your blog or to publish ads on your blog to make some money online. But there are some big differences to all the big advertising companies. First thing (the probably best in my opinion) is that you won´t get banned from their program, even if you click on your own ads. I won´t encourage anybody clicking their own ads, but from time to time it may happen that you accidentally click them. In this case you can feel lucky, because your click got tracked by FAN, they actually see who clicked the ad, if it was you, you won´t get paid (and you won´t get banned!).

Another big advantage is that the whole systems will “learn” the behavior of your blog or website visitors. This will help you as a publisher, because the system shows only those advertisings that fit best with your content and what your readers are looking for. It will also help advertisers, because they can feel save that their ad campaigns run only on those sites that actually have similar content and readers likely to click on those ads.

FAN is still in beta development now, but this doesn´t mean it isn´t working yet. I´ve integrated a single ad block in my blog and I can say that it works. I haven´t received too much money (only some cents), but as I said, I´ve only one ad block integrated so far. But you´ll be able to embed many more ad blocks in the future, ranging from text ads, link ads, banners and even rich media like videos. So far the team is still working on new features and optimizing the whole system.

You can also create different tracking channels (300 at the moment) for all your ad blocks, so you can see what performs good and where to make some modifications to the ad blocks size or color combinations. A really nice feature if you want to get the best revenues!

In general, FAN pays you 60% of what advertisers choose to pay for a single click. So if an advertisers chooses to pay $1.00 per click, you´ll get $0.60 (it´s only an example, you can earn even more if advertisers pay higher fees). You´ll receive your payments after reaching a $50 payout limit (they want to lower it to $25 if all works good) via Paypal, business check, e-Gold, e-Bullion or wire transfer. You can even use your balance to start your own ad campaign.

All in all, Fair Ads Network sounds like a really good program to monetize your blog (or website). I think the guys behind it take it really serious to make the best out of it, they really want to compete with the big names in this branch! I´ll keep you updated whenever new forms of advertising or new features are available. So far I can only recommend you to check it out, build your own opinion about FAN and gave it a try.

With best regards,
Querblogger

Today I´ll speak about 2 online services that enable you to manage your different ad networks on your site or blog. Both services are free and will help you to maximize your ad revenues.

If you want to make money from your blog, it would be a good idea to place some advertisements on it. If one of your readers clicks on one of those ads, you´ll get revenues from some cents to even some dollars if you show profitable keywords. Besides Goolge Adsense, there are many different networks you can use to monetize your blog, be it Adbrite, AuctionAds, Yahoo Advertising etc…

You could place a whole bunch of different ads on your blog to make some money from it. But the time will come where you´ll get into trouble managing all those networks. You´ll also want to know what performs best on your site or blog and brings you the highest earnings. So here come 2 nice and free services that´ll do most of the (maybe) hard work involved with it.

1. ClickAider

Although ClickAider is still in its beta phase, it seems like a really good service to manage your ads. This service will track your visitors behavior while clicking different ads on your page. All you have to do to get started is creating a free acount and placing some lines of Javascript in your site/blog template, which is easy (even for for non-coders). From now on, their servers create statistics about the click behavior on your site, including informations from where the user who clicked came from or what the actual link/keyword was.

By far the best feature is that you can track more than just a single advertisement network at the same time. With help of the usage statistics you can really optimize your different ads. For example if you see that a particular ad block doesn´t work because it only generates some clicks per month, you could drop that block or exchange it with another block from a different ad networks that performs better, you´ll find all the information for the best performing ads in the statistics provided by ClickAider. You can also use those statistics in the case of a ban because of a supposed click fraud, you can see who actually clicked on your ads to make prove that it wasn´t your fault.

ClickAider is still in a beta phase, therefore it is also free for the moment. If they come out of the test phase, they may want you to pay for some of their services (although they promise to still offer some free services furthermore) , so join know as long as you can use the program for free. You can even have a look at a demo account they provide you to test all the features.

2. PubMatic

PubMatic is like ClickAider, but it goes a step further. Besides providing statistics on your ad clicks, the system also manages your ad layouts like color combinations or banner sizes. You have to place special ad tags in your site or blog that enables this service to track your ads. After placing these tags, the system begins to automatically optimize your advertisements (size, color…). They also offer you a single management interface to keep track on all your different networks like Google Adsense, ValueClick or Komli, you can also use a widget to show your statistics.

But it also has some drawbacks. The first thing is the amount of ad networks you can choose from, they offer much less networks than ClickAider for example and most of these networks are for websites or blogs that meet high quality guidlines (I won´t say we all have ugly and boring blogs, but most of us are far from the “perfect” page). The second thing is the ad layout management, so far a nice feature because the system “learns” what ad layout performs best on your site, but it´s more the time actually involved in this “learning” phase. For a well known blog with huge daily traffic it won´t be a problem, but as a “normal” blogger you would have to wait a long time, because the system needs some thousand pageviews to generate (or guess) the best ad layout.

PubMatic is in beta testing too, so they are free for the moment and may want you to pay for their service when they go live. If you want more information, have a look at this video, that shows you how PubMatic works.

In my opinion ClickAider would be the better choice from these two programs. It offers more ad networks (and especially those mainly used on blogs) and they also promise to keep some free services after coming out of their beta testing phase. Because I´m currently searching for nice ad networks to include in my blog, I´ll test out those programs more deeper soon. I´ll keep you informed!

So long!
Querblogger