Types of Adgitize Ads and Your Earning Options

One of the ways for you to accumulate points in Adgitize is to post ads. There are two ad types available. Can you tell one from the other? Each of them lets you score points differently and targets two groups of visitors.

The Affiliate Ad

This ad type is available as a text link (like the one used in the introductory paragraph of this post), a wide banner or the usual 125x125 badge. Regardless of the form they appear, affiliate ads lead you to the Adgitize site.

The main target of affiliate ads is the blogger or business that wants to advertise a blog or website. This type of ad won't work well for you when you target seasoned clickers, because they don't earn points with it.

You don't get daily points either when you post this ad type on your blog. However, you could earn $5 from every visitor who clicks on the ad, registers at Adgitize and advertises a site. In addition, you get a cut of $1 for every succeeding month that your visitor-turned registered advertiser continues to advertise.

Just so you know, advertising doesn't come free. The monthly rate is $14. Is the price worth it? Based on the feedback of advertising members, the arrangement seems very addictive and well received. 

I can't vouch for it yet however, as I have not tried advertising my blog at Adgitize yet. You might want to visit the forums or read the reviews on site to decide for yourself.

The Regular Ad

When you pay for advertising, you get your badge circulated within the network for members to check out. Your badge constitutes the regular ad. This ad type leads the clicker directly to your blog.

A distinctive feature of regular ads is the one liner which says, "Adgitize Me." The text background becomes blue (instead of green) indicating that you are logged on to the network and that your Adgitize ad clicks or blog hops will be credited points. 

As you can see, the target of regular ads can either be the Adgitize insider or the fresh visitor. In most cases, the Adgitize insiders are the seasoned clickers and become your regular site visitors... because of the point incentive.

As a publisher, you accumulate points (convertible to cash) with regular ads on a daily basis by: (1) publishing the ad(s) on your blog site (2) earning ad views and/or (3) clicking the ad to visit the advertising member's blog site. This scheme allows you to earn passive income by renting out your blog space to Adgitize.

Advertisers are not required to display regular ads, which is why clickers will sometimes end up at dead-end sites. Clicking the ads will not make you rich. Renting your space does not pay much either. However, members can get some nice pocket change amounting to $10 or more a month - depending on how you active you are as a blogger. 

Recap

 

• Affiliate ads: $5 from every site visitor who clicks the ad and advertises with Adgitize
  
  If the person merely registers with the community, you will not get cash. Think of the $5 as your finder's fee or personal cut for referring a paying advertiser to the network.
  
  
• Regular ads: $0.01 a day for simply allowing Adgitize ads to occupy your blog space
  
  For active bloggers, points and cash conversions vary. Expect a few cents a day that could add up to $10 monthly or more.

The real picture is not that rosy when you're eying financial gain. Adgitize is after all a paid advertising network for bloggers and not your usual make-money-online site. The money you earn will not replace your day job or the income you glean from freelancing. It's only realistic to treat the point system as a bonus and an invite for bloggers to be active at the network.

So, what then do you gain when you sign up with Adgitize? I say page views, some pocket change and a wonderful community. Membership is free and nobody ever forces you to do something you don't want (such as clicking ads all day). Moreover, if it took you 2 to 3 years to cash out $100 from Adsense, then you might not have to wait that long with Adgitize.*

Adgitize Ads - Inside the Mind of the Seasoned Clicker

Advertising your blog in the Adgitize network is a surefire way to up page views and visitors to your blog site every single day that the ad is active. 

How do you make ads clickable?
(photo courtesy of re_lepage)

The question "by how much" depends however on many variables: your niche, your content, the first impression your badge makes and your competitors. 

Some members get hundreds to thousands of visitors a day, while others settle with less than a hundred.

Internal Rivalry

While you can't go please everyone with your chosen niche or content selection, you can do something to create a positive first impression about your blog site... and maybe even to make your competitors bite the dust.  

So, how do you make your ad more clickable? Are you wooing site visitors to your blog the right way? What makes people click your ads? Why should visitors pick your badge from the group?

There are two kinds of clickers you would want to woo: the seasoned clicker and the fresh visitor. This blog post is the first of two parts. Today, I will take you inside the mind of the seasoned clicker.

  

Things that Compel the Seasoned Clicker to Click an Ad

The Adgitize insiders would not care too much about how your badge looks like. Well, on the first few days they might... Over time though, these people will pay more attention to the ease of experience that your site offers for blog hopping within the network. 

Adam Smith's invisible hand theory is very much alive in the network, and the worst thing you can do is to make things difficult for the clicker. The factors that will influence the seasoned clicker love your site or hate it include:

• the loading speed of your site
  
  Does your blog load faster than 10 seconds? The shorter the wait, the better. Teecup Limited has a recorded load time of 1.97 to 2.03 seconds, which Alexa considers to be slow. About 68 percent of other blogs reportedly load faster.
  
  
• the availability of ads
  
  Which type of Adgitize ads are you showing? If your site is only displaying the affiliate badge instead of the regular ad groups, chances are you will get fewer clickers and clicks.
  
  Site visits and blog badge clicks are assigned points. If you break or hamper the continuity loop, your ad could be earmarked for a possible boycott. Dead-end sites are highly unpopular with the clickers.
  
  
• the positioning of ads
  
  Are the Adgitize ads placed on the upper fold? If the length of your blog is about 6 mouse scrolls or pagedowns long, the group of badges should be visible within the first 3 mouse clicks.
  
  Interestingly, a handful of seasoned clickers also scroll down to look for unvisited badges to click. For the most part though, nobody wants to scroll down and hunt for that cleverly blended Adgitize badge. Every second wasted is equivalent to points lost.
  
  
• the freshness of your content
  
  How often do you update your site? If you intend to advertise your blog on Adgitize, then you might want to pump out content on a daily basis. The community has a preferred publisher program where regular members have to visit at least 100 blogs a day in order to qualify for extra points and extra exposure.
  
  These frequent guests tend to notice which sites are growing stale and which ones are worth repeat visits and comments. You significantly decrease your chances of getting the online audience hooked to your site when you neglect to update your blog.
   
  
• the overall impression that you or your blog site creates
  
  Is your site annoying? Is it reflective of your repulsive personality, shallow thinking or lack of originality? Does your blog cause browsers to crash? Will it harass the visitor with pop ads, automatic music players and eye sore?
  
  A yes to all these questions will quash your chances for a positive first impression and successful blog site advertising. Just try to place yourself in the shoes of the site visitor. What irks you might irritate the readers even more.
  

I wrote these things from the perspective of an Adgitize insider. On my first few weeks with the network, I found it very difficult to click 100 ads. Over time, I grew methodical with my blog hopping schedule. I became a seasoned clicker, made a few friends along the way and will continue to ruthlessly flesh out the click-worthy blogs from the poor ones on my daily rounds.

My point: Some ugly ads turn out to be very clickable when they are able to make up for the poor aesthetics with excellent user experience. All it takes is some familiarity with the blog site to look past the superficial flaws of a badge.*