When it comes to making money from a blog, AdSense is one of the best blog monetization programs available.
I have already shared my AdSense earnings for the last five years, which will give you an idea of how much you can potentially earn from AdSense.
Creating an AdSense account and getting approval is not a particularly easy process, especially for a newbie blogger. The real problem emerges when Google bans your AdSense account!
A good solution is to start looking for some of the best Google AdSense alternatives.
The AdSense alternative ad networks mentioned below are not necessarily better than Google AdSense, but depending on your blog niche and site’s traffic, a few AdSense alternative programs (like Media.net or Viglink) might give you better earnings and results than AdSense.
You should be aware that Google AdSense is a contextual ad networking program while a few of the AdSense alternatives mentioned below are not contextual ad programs. For example, BuySellAds offers a direct advertisement platform, Infolinks is an in-text link program, and Viglink turns your outbound links into affiliate links.
Also read:

• What is Affiliate marketing and FAQ for Beginners
• How to Get Started with Affiliate Marketing

We have already talked about why AdSense is the best advertisement program for bloggers, and we followed up with a post on Google AdSense in the budding blogger’s blog.
Getting Google AdSense approval is a dream for bloggers. But if you fail to get approval or get rejected for some reason, don’t despair, because this article will make you aware of many Google AdSense alternatives for you to use to earn money online.
(Before choosing an alternative to Google AdSense, however, check out what kind of traffic you are generating on your blog.)

Best Alternative to Adsense: 2018 Edition

Note: I am continually updating this list with all the new monetization methods that I use as an AdSense alternative. So bookmark this page and keep coming back to learn about more new blog monetization programs.

Media.net is the best alternative to AdSense in terms of ad types.
Media.net is a contextual ad network by Yahoo! and Bing, and it offers high-paying ads. Moreover, the ad types involved are similar to AdSense, and if you have a quality blog, you are more likely to get Media.net approval in no time.
You can check out the review of Media.net here and create a free account here.

PropellerAds is one of the top performing ad network and something I love because of their technology innovation. Apart from all usual ad types, recently they added web push notifications ad type.
Depending upon kind of blog that you have, you can pick from various ad types offered by PropellerAds. Be it for your desktop site, mobile site or for video content.  Minimum payout is $25 and it’s idle for every new and medium size blogs with low or high traffic.

This is a good alternative to AdSense which pays really high.
Sign up for PropellerAds



Seeing an Amazon advertisement program listed as an “AdSense alternative” might be a little surprise for many, but in 2018 they are one of the most popular choices among bloggers for site monetization.
Until recently, it was only the Amazon Affiliate program, but with Amazon Native Shopping Ads & CPM based ads, they are a great choice for users who are looking for something other than AdSense.
In my opinion, the Amazon display program is ideal for those who have US & EU traffic. Native Ads in particular is a bit like affiliate marketing on steroids.
You can learn all about it here.

Adversal offers features similar to Superlinks, but you need to have monthly page-views of 50,000 to apply.
Minimum payout is $20, and after 35 days, you get paid at the end of the month.
Payment modes are PayPal, wire transfer, and ACH. It takes 3-4 days to get your application approved.
I suggest that you apply for both Superlinks and Adversal. Superlinks ads will pay more, but it is also good to have another alternative option.
Apply for Adversal

Viglink is perfect for a blog which is linking out to a business or e-commerce site.
The Viglink concept is quite different from all of the alternatives mentioned above because with Viglink you earn money by making affiliate sales.
Viglink works great when you have outgoing links to business or product pages such as a fashion store or Amazon.

Even if you don’t have outbound links but you are using money-related terms like Apple, iPhone, etc., Viglink will automatically add links to these words, and you will end up making pretty decent money.
What’s best about Viglink is that it’s incubated by Google and is a very SEO-friendly ad program.
Sign up for Viglink

Skimlinks is the best alternative to Viglink and it works in a similar manner.  Skimlinks converts your outbound links into affiliate links, and you earn money whenever a sale occurs.
It is possible that you could end up making ten times your existing earnings with Viglink and Skimlinks, as they pay for affiliate sales and not for clicks.
Create Free account on Skimlinks

These are just some of the best and most popular alternatives to AdSense.
If your AdSense account is disabled, the best way to cover the lost AdSense earnings potential is by using a combination of two or more ad networks. (For example: using Media.net or Viglink along with contextual ads.)
Which one of the above methods have you used and which ad program worked the best?  Tell us in the comments!

If you’ve heard of this little old eCommerce store named Amazon, then you might also know that Amazon has what is likely the largest affiliate program in the world. Beyond selling tons of products, it also has some peculiarities with rules and store localization that make it different from many of the other affiliate programs out there.
For example, we use Thirsty Affiliates on WPLift and recommend it as a great tool to cloak affiliate links but…Amazon doesn’t allow affiliate link cloaking. So even though Thirsty Affiliates is a great overall affiliate plugin, it’s not a great Amazon affiliate plugin.
For that reason, I thought it would be helpful to create a list comprised specifically of the best Amazon affiliate WordPress plugins. These will help you insert Amazon affiliate links (and localize them) and images without running afoul of Amazon’s strict affiliate policies.
Some can even help you import products into a WooCommerce store, if you want to go that route.
Let’s jump in…

1. EasyAzon

EasyAzon is one of the most popular Amazon affiliate plugins out there.
The plugin aims to make it easier and quicker for you to create and insert Amazon affiliate links into your site, plus a bunch of other helpful features for Amazon affiliates.
With EasyAzon, you can create links directly from the WordPress Editor – no need to ever step foot on Amazon’s site. You can also insert images the same way, which is great because of the murkiness over whether or not you’re allowed to upload Amazon’s product pictures to your own website.
Beyond that, EasyAzon also includes a neat feature that lets readers add a product to their cart straight from your website. I didn’t know this, but apparently that extends the commissionable time period to 90 days (for that item).
Finally, EasyAzon can localize your Amazon links so that visitors go straight to their local Amazon store website.
EasyAzon does come in a basic free version that lets you add text affiliate links from the WordPress Editor, but you’ll need the Pro version to get most of the features that I listed above.
The pro version starts at $47 for unlimited use on personal websites.
Get EasyAzon

2. Amazon Affiliate for WordPress

Oli actually already reviewed Amazon Affiliate for WordPress, but let me go ahead and share it again in case you’re not familiar.
Like EasyAzon, Amazon Affiliate for WordPress helps you easily insert and localize Amazon affiliate products into your site without leaving WordPress.
But it also goes way further than that, the plugin can also help you:

• Automatically update prices via API so that you can display real prices on your site without violating the Amazon Associates terms about out-of-date pricing
• Easily create product comparison tables for different Amazon products without needing to manually enter information
• Create automated bestseller lists and new releases

I encourage you to read Oli’s review if you want to learn more about this plugin – it’s pretty dang powerful!
Amazon Affiliate for WordPress is a premium plugin that starts at €39 for a single site license.
Get Amazon Affiliate for WordPress

3. Amazon Link Engine / Geniuslink

Amazon Link Engine is Geniuslink’s WordPress plugin. If you’re not familiar with Geniuslink, it’s basically a link localization service that makes sure Amazon links are always localized.
So why is Geniuslink better than the other Amazon affiliate plugins that offer link localization?
Because it localizes links based on more than just product ID. Product ID alone can fail sometimes, but Geniuslink tries to always return a properly localized product, even if the product IDs don’t match.
Just be aware – while the plugin itself is free, you will need a paid Geniuslink account to use most of the features. Paid accounts start at $9 per month depending on the number of clicks you need Geniuslink to handle.
Get Geniuslink

4. WooCommerce Amazon Affiliates

WooCommerce Amazon Affiliates makes it easy for you to import Amazon affiliate products into your WooCommerce store. With the associated WooZone ASIN Grabber, you can build product lists while browsing Amazon’s website. Then, you can import all those products that you curate into your WooCommerce store with just a few clicks.
Once in your store, the plugin localizes the Add to Cart button so that visitors can add the product at their local store. And it also checks stock availability for each country, which is a nice feature.
It also supports product and price variations, as well as a nifty content spinner tool to generate unique product descriptions. Personally, I’m not a big fan of content spinning, but I know it’s a popular approach.
The plugin offers a number of other smaller features, so make sure that you read the full product description if you’re intrigued.
WooCommerce Amazon Affiliates costs $42 at Code Canyon.
Get WooCommerce Amazon Affiliates

5. Amazon Associates Link Builder

First off, let me say that a ton of people hate this plugin…but it is the official Amazon Associates affiliate plugin, so I’d be remiss if I didn’t put it on this list. Still – keep in mind that it has a dismal 2.9-star rating at the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Amazon Associates Link Builder lets you search for products from inside WordPress and add those products to your sites via a variety of pre-made templates.
I personally wouldn’t recommend it because the interface is horrible. But if you want to use the official Amazon Associates plugin…here it is.
Get Amazon Associates Link Builder

6. Amazon eStore Affiliates Plugin

Like WooCommerce Amazon Affiliates, Amazon eStore Affiliates Plugin helps you import Amazon affiliate products into your WooCommerce store.
You import the products, then visitors can automatically add them to their Amazon cart right from your store.
You can also grab product variations, prices, and spin product descriptions.
Again like WooCommerce Amazon Affiliates, Amazon eStore Affiliates Plugin is a premium plugin that’s available for $49 at Code Canyon.
Get Amazon eStore Affiliates Plugin

7. Amazon Auto Links

Amazon Auto Links is a free plugin that gives you shortcodes (and a shortcode builder) that you can use to generate Amazon product lists. It also has a tool to automatically insert ads in a specific part of your site.
You can either insert specific products or lists based on categories and search codes.
There are also a ton of parameters to define image sizes, localization, link style, and more. And you can also set up your own custom buttons if you’d like.
It’s not quite as polished as the premium Amazon affiliate plugins but it’s also…free. Tough to argue with that.
Get Amazon Auto Links

8. Amazon Link Localization by BestAzon

BestAzon is an Amazon Associates link localization service. Once you install the plugin, it will automatically “globalize” every Amazon link on your site.
The plugin itself is free but, like Geniuslink, you’ll need a paid BestAzon plan to actually localize your links via the plugin. That plan starts at $6 per month. You can also donate 3% of your clicks to charity if you’d rather not pay the monthly fee.
Get Amazon Link Localization by BestAzon

Wrapping Up The Best Amazon Affiliate Plugins

Amazon niche sites are a huge niche (sic!), especially when it comes to WordPress sites. These Amazon affiliate plugins can help you create a better niche site with less work, all while staying on the right side of Amazon Associate’s policies.
As usual, if you know a great Amazon Associates plugin that’s not on the list, let us know in the comments so that we can all benefit!

In the past, I have talked about Commission Junction and the ShareAsale affiliate program which will help you to monetize your site. Today, I’m going to talk about the Amazon affiliate program.
Amazon is one of the world’s biggest marketplaces. Even though there are so many affiliate marketplaces in the world, many bloggers, and big companies use Amazon to sell their products.
Their affiliate program pays you up to 15% of the sale amount and, depending on what kind of sale you are making, it’s a good way to make big money.
This is especially true if you are a gadget or mobile blogger. You can write a complete review of a phone and give an Amazon affiliate link. By spending 15 minutes of your time and finding the best mobile deal, you can add substantial extra income.

How to Sign up for Amazon Affiliate program?

Depending on your geographical location or your target market, you should sign-up for the Amazon affiliate program.
For example, if your target audience is in U.S., you should signup for Amazon U.S. Associate Program using this link. If your target audience is from India, you should sign-up for Amazon India program.
If you plan to promote products from all Amazon geographical location, you should sign up for Amazon affiliate program for all countries like .jp (Japan), .au (Amazon Australia) & so on.

How to Monetize as an Amazon Affiliate?

I assume by now you have signed up for the Amazon Associates program. If not, go do it now. (This is for Amazon U.S. Store)
The next step is to get links, banners, or widgets for your site. Depending on your niche, you can select different types of links. For example:

• If you have a gadget blog, you can create a page called “Recommended Gadgets”.
• If you have a movie or music blog, you can add a widget on the sidebar with the movie’s DVD affiliate link.

The possibilities are enormous and, depending on your niche, you can add links and monetize your site to a very large degree using Amazon.

I have posted a detailed tutorial on how to grab links for each product at Amazon and how to place them on your blog.  Start linking your products with that ID and make some money!
(Note: Many people ask me if Asian bloggers can join the Amazon affiliate, and the answer is yes.)
To become an affiliate for Amazon, sign up using this link: <Sign up for Amazon>
Do let us know if you face any problem signing up for the Amazon affiliate program. Also, please share your experience as an Amazon affiliate.

Amazon Affiliate Marketing

What is the Amazon Associates program all about?

How to make Money from Amazon Affiliate Marketing

1.) Learn some basic HTML of you have no knowledge about it

2.) Choose your topic

3.) Pick a domain name

4.) Register the domain name you pick

5.) Set up web hosting for your site

6.) Install a blog software

7.) Make it look good

8.) Set categories up

9.) Go to Amazon.com and sign up as an associate

10.) Create blog posting links/bookmarks

11.) Create the Amazon Build-a-Link bookmark/link

12.) Build your first link

13.) Blog your review

14.) Build out your site

15.) Promote your site

Useful Tips to Get You Started

1. It is important for you to learn some basic HTML as well as basic concepts pertaining to running a website. It’s not really tedious to understand and within a short period, you will have a grasp of it. Relying on purchased software might backfire because it might not give you what you really need and when things go wrong you will end up spending more than you ought to. Take time to learn these things and you won’t regret it.
2. If you are a music lover, it would be a good idea to promote it over books and even other products. All you need to do is listen to clips of a full album within a short period, say 10 minutes, get a good feel of it without you purchasing it and do a short review. If there is another niche you are passionate about, make sure you get a unique discovery about it. Of course, there are hundreds of thousands of reviews about these products all over the web but you need to make yours more unique to attract people to your site.
3. If you want to make even more money, sign up for Google AdSense. Although, it might not make too much income but it’s worth it since it is free to sign up and doesn’t require anything to maintain.
4. Set good expectations for your earnings. Since you must have invested $20 and you are going to make 5% per product, it means you need to sell $400 worth of products to make your investment back. If you want to make $20 per hour, what you write on must generate $400 worth of product purchased.

How to increase sales in Amazon Affiliate Marketing

(1.) Post links regularly to optimize your earnings

(2.) Build links for several kinds of products over time

(3.) You can use your referral link to send information via email or to family members

(4.) Add widgets to your site

(5.) Promote products worth $100 and above

(6.) Use lists

(7.) Use Amazon Associate links to post seasonal content

(8.) Optimize your website or blog

One of the best ways to make money online via blogging is by displaying advertisements on your blog. There are many ad networks available such as AdSense, Chitika, VigLink, Infolinks and many others. Obviously, we can’t clutter our blogs with too many ads, so we need to choose the best and most effective program available for the purpose of making money from our blogs.
AdSense is a product from Google that allows us to show contextual ads on a blog. It’s one of the best monetization ad networks available for any website, and people are making thousands of dollars every day using only Google AdSense.

• Read: A Complete AdSense Guide for Beginners

What are the benefits of using AdSense?

One of the direct benefits of AdSense is the fact that it is a legitimate advertisement program by Google. Before I go into further detail, please watch this video:
When we talk about making money from a blog, the easiest method of doing so is to put AdSense on your blog and start writing content.
When people click on the AdSense ads posted on your blog, you will earn money. (Remember to avoid clicking on your own ads, as this is a violation of AdSense policies.)
AdSense is a contextual ad network, which means that ads will be displayed according to your content. For example, if you are writing a post on web hosting, you are more likely to see ads related to hosting or domains.
Another way AdSense shows ads is by using the cookie method. Based on user search history, they display targeted ads which convert better.
In short, AdSense makes sure that readers will see targeted ads, and thus you will get more clicks and higher payouts than you will with any other ad network.

Why Google AdSense over other ad networks?

Once you have an approved AdSense account, all you need to do is add a code to your theme file, and advertisements will start running on your blog.
Here is a complete guide on how to create and set up an AdSense account.
AdSense is one of the most highly rated and recognized advertisement programs available. However, AdSense does not approve all types of blogs, and they are especially likely to reject blogs which are still in need improvement.
Once you have AdSense running on your blog, it means that your blog has been authorized. (This may not be true in all cases.)
With most ad networks, you need to add all of your sites manually, and upon approval of each individual site, you can place ads on that site. With AdSense, however, once you have an approved AdSense account, you can put ads on any website which complies with the AdSense terms of service. There is no need to set up different accounts for different blogs. You can also use your custom channel to see how your ad slots are performing.
Unlike other advertisement programs, AdSense has a wide range of advertisers and publishers. AdSense also has a support forum, and you will find lots of tutorials on how to increase your AdSense revenue.
The major problem you will face with small advertising companies is the issue of payment. Despite meeting the minimum payout limit, you may have difficulty getting your payment. Furthermore, if you do some research, you will come to realize how many of these companies are fraudulent. AdSense, on the other hand, is very transparent in terms of payment, and you are unlikely to face any issues obtaining your payment from AdSense.
No doubt Google AdSense is one of the best programs for making money online with a blog.  However, for business sites I would suggest saying no to AdSense.
If you have just started using AdSense, I suggest that you install the AdSense Chrome add-on, which will help you to quickly track your AdSense earnings.
There could be many other reasons for selecting AdSense as your advertising network of choice. Use the comments section below to let us know what made you choose AdSense over other advertising networks.

Google AdSense is a contextual advertising program that allows you to run ads on your website or blog, or YouTube videos, and get paid when when visitors click on them. The ads are generated from businesses that use Google's AdWords program.

Pros and Cons to Making Money with Google AdSense

The Google AdSense program has several great advantages including:

• It's free to join. 
• Eligibility requirements are easy, which means you can monetize your website or blog even when it's new.

• There are a variety of ad options and several you can customize to fit the look and feel of your site.
• Google pays monthly (if you meet the $100 threshold) by direct deposit.
• You can run ads on several websites from one AdSense account.
• There are options to run ads on mobile devices and RSS feeds. 
• You can easily add it to your YouTube and Blogger accounts.

With that said, there are a few drawbacks to AdSense as well:

• Google can terminate your account in an instant, and it's not very forgiving if you break the rules.
• Like all forms of online income, you need targeted traffic in order to make money.
• When people click on an AdSense ad, you do make some money, but your visitor also leaves your site. 
• It doesn't necessarily pay more than other similar programs.

AdSense is a great monetization option, but it's not a get-rich-quick or make-money-doing-nothing option. Further, Google has a lot of rules that aren't always noticed upfront.

Types of AdSense Ads

Google offers a variety of ad types to run on your website, including:

• Text: Text ads use words, either as an Ad Unit (one offer) or a Link Unit (list of offers), and come in a variety of sizes. You can customize the color of the box, text and link.

• Images: Image ads are graphic ads. They come in a variety of sizes. You can choose an option that mixes both text and image ads.
• Flash
• Video
• Rich media ads include HTML, Flash or other interactive feature. 
• Audio
• AdSense for Search allows you to have a Google search box on your site. When a user enters a term and conducts a search, a search results page opens with AdSense ads. You can customize the color scheme of the search results page to harmonize with your web site.

Google AdSense Payments

Google pays monthly through direct deposit or check, but will not issue an AdSense payment until your earnings reach or exceed $100. If you don't earn $100 in one month, your earnings roll over and are added to the next month. Each time you reach the $100 threshold, Google will issue a payment on the next payment period. Through your AdSense account, you can see your current earnings, what ads are generating the most clicks, and more.

Making Money with AdSense

Making a significant amount of money with AdSense requires a plan. Here are tips for maximizing AdSense revenue:

• Read and adhere to Google's rules. Webmasters must comply with Google's webmaster policies as well as the AdSense program policy. 
• Don't click on your own ads or ask others to click on them. Incentivizing clicks, buying Pay Per Click (PPC) space, or using a program designed to drive traffic to AdSense pages are against the rules. Remember, Google isn't very forgiving about breaking the rules, so be sure to adhere to them.

• Have great content your target market wants to read. Ultimately, money is made, whether through AdSense or other monetization methods, by providing valuable content and quality traffic to your blog or website.
• Use honest, organic traffic building website promotion techniques, especially search engine optimization and article marketing.
• Test ad types and placement to find the options that lead to the most income. 
• Read email from Google, especially if it's sending a warning about something it doesn't like on your site. Failure to deal with Google's complaints will lead to termination of the program.

Dealing with Competitors' or Questionable Advertisements

If you offer products or services on your website, you may find that some ads Google delivers come from your competitors. Another issue that can occur is ads that may not be completely legitimate or they might offend your market.
The challenge of this is two-fold.

1. You don't know what ads are running on your site until you see them there. Plus, with each page load, and depending on the visitors browsing history, the ad may not show up again or it might appear in a different spot.
2. Since you can't click on your own links (to the get the URL), you need to be careful about obtaining the URL to block. The best way to get the link so you can block it in AdSense is to right click the link, select "Copy Link Address," and paste it into a document or text editor (i.e. Notepad). The Google URL is really long, but you're looking for the section that identifies the advertiser. Copy that link, and paste into your AdSense blocked ads account.

Other Programs Besides AdSense

There are many ad network programs similar to AdSense, such as Media.net and InfoLinks. Some might require a traffic threshold, so you'd need to wait until your site established before being accepted. Most have similar rules to Google, such as a limit to the number of the network's ads per page (usually 3) and termination for clicking your own ads. In most cases, you can run different ad networks on your site without violating terms of service, but you'll want to read the rules of each network before doing it. Further, you want to avoid your site becoming so overwhelmed with ads that your readers can't find the content.

Other Income Options besides Ad Networks

Ad networks, especially AdSense, are great options because you can join as a new blogger or website owner, and are easy to use. But they're not the only ways to make money from your website. In fact, as your site traffic grows, other monetization options might be better. Here are some other money-making ideas you can use instead of, or along with, ad networks.
Affiliate Marketing: Like ad networks, affiliate programs are usually free to join and easy to add to your website.
Sell Your Own Product or Service: When you have a readership and social media following, you have an audience that trusts and likes you. As a result, they're more open to buying directly from you. Creating your own product or service, as opposed to promoting someone else through affiliate marketing, can earn you significantly more money. This is especially true with information products or online courses that are inexpensive to create and sell. Other options include ebooks and freelance services.
Coaching or Consulting: As an expert in your topic, you're in a good position to help people beyond the information you provide on your website/blog, to offer more in depth help through coaching or consulting.
Sponsors: When you have a good amount of traffic and terrific influence over your audience, other companies will pay to sponsor your website. They can sponsor your entire site, which would cost them more, or a single page. Some just have advertising.
As you can see, there are many ways to earn income from a website or blog. But many require that you have traffic and an audience that is paying attention to you before they make any money. This is where AdSense is a good beginning monetization option. You don't have to create anything, it's free to join, and it's easy to add the ad code to your website.

If you currently have a WordPress site or blog, you’ve most likely considered ways to use it to generate income. The process might seem intimidating, however, especially if you are new to the concept of site monetization. In terms of general maintenance, simply optimizing your content and links for usability and search engines can be labor intensive enough for a new site owners, without the extra layer of implementing a revenue scheme.
Fortunately, monetizing your website doesn’t have to be difficult or confusing. There are plenty of popular and well-tested ways to do it, Google AdSense being one of the most popular. In fact, adding Google AdSense in WordPress is also one of the easiest methods of generating passive income from your site.
In this post, we’ll show you how to add AdSense to WordPress and what the benefits are. We’ll also discuss other methods of monetizing your blog or site, to help you increase your income further. We have a lot of ground to cover, so let’s dive in!

What Google AdSense Is (And Why You Should Use It)

Google AdSense is a Cost Per Click (CPC) program that enables you to show advertisements on your WordPress site. There are numerous benefits of using Google AdSense in WordPress to monetize your site. Here are a few key ones:

• It’s an easy way to generate passive income. Setting up AdSense is a simple and straightforward process once you know how (see our instructions below).
• There is outstanding support from Google. Google’s AdSense support forum is filled with tutorials on how to increase your revenue, along with answers to any other questions you may have.
• Ad formats are flexible so that they don’t dominate your site’s content. You can block any ads you don’t want to show (such as those from competitors), style text advertisements to match your site, and control where they appear.
• You can use native ads to further control their look and feel. With the use of Native Ads in AdSense,  you can make sure that your advertisements adhere to your site’s style and conform to your standards.

There are plenty more reasons for using Google AdSense in WordPress for your monetization efforts. However, we believe that for those new to the game, its ease of use is one of the most compelling. Let’s learn how to set up this tool to work on your site, so you can start receiving payments.

How to Manually Add Google AdSense in WordPress (In 3 Steps)

Before you add AdSense to WordPress, you will want to create a site backup in case something goes wrong during the process. Then, you can proceed to the first step.

Step 1: Sign Up for Google AdSense

The first thing you’ll need to do is create an account with Google AdSense. Once you are on the AdSense site, click the Sign Up Now button:
The first screen will list your current Gmail accounts and ask you to select the one you want to use, or prompt you to create a new account altogether. Once you’ve selected the account you want, you will be presented with the sign up form.
Fill in the information, accept the Terms and Conditions, and then click Create Account. While signing up only takes a few minutes, Google may take up to 3 days to approve your application, so you might need to wait a while.

Step 2: Create an AdSense Ad

Once your account is approved, you can start using Google AdSense in WordPress. Sign in to your new account, and access the AdSense dashboard:
Under My ads > Ad units, click on New ad unit. Now you will need to name your ad. We suggest something descriptive, so you can remember it and where it is placed on your site. This is especially important if you have multiple ads and/or sites.
Next, you will need to choose an ad size (be sure to select Responsive so the ad can display correctly on all devices), layout, and type:

The Backup Ads option tells Google what to do if there are no targeted ads available to display. You can use this to point to a specific URL, show the space as blank, or fill the space with a solid color:

Once you’ve edited your ad’s settings, click Save and Get Code. You will see a new window with the newly generated AdSense code. Copy this code and save it for the next step.

Step 3: Add AdSense to WordPress

Hopefully, you have saved the code generated in the previous step, as you will need to it to use Google AdSense in WordPress. Start by logging into your WordPress dashboard. Then go to Appearance > Widgets.
Create a new widget by selecting Text from Available Widgets, then dragging and dropping it where you want the ad to display. Generally, the sidebar is a good place to start, so you can see how it fits with the rest of your site without impeding your content:
Once the widget is in place, provide a title for it and then paste the code from the previous step into the content field. Once you are done, click on Save.
Preview your site to make sure your ad appears correctly. If the formatting is off for the area you chose, you can either go back to AdSense and edit the ad unit to fit your layout, or you can pick a different location for it by creating a new widget using the steps above.

How to Add AdSense to WordPress Using a Plugin

While manually installing Google AdSense in WordPress is a fairly straightforward process, you may be more comfortable using a plugin instead. There are plenty of them to choose from, so we recommend you research each option by reading through its reviews and ratings. For the purposes of this walkthough, however, we recommend Ad Inserter for its ease of use and feature set.
Just as with a manual installation, we recommend that you perform a site backup before adding this plugin. You will also need to have an active AdSense account. Follow the first two steps above to generate the code you will need, then install the Ad Inserter plugin.
Now, on every post or page you create, you will see the Ad Inserter menu. To get started, go to Settings and select Ad Inserter:

In the ad box, paste your AdSense Code. You will need to choose an option for automatically inserting ads (such as Before Post). Enable one or more page types you’d like your ads to appear on, then click Save.
For best results, you’ll want to take some time to review the most common Ad Inserter settings, to take full advantage of Google AdSense in WordPress. If you run into issues, such as your ads not displaying properly, you can also use Ad Inserter’s troubleshooting guide for assistance.

3 Ways to Monetize Your WordPress Blog

We’ve focused on using Google Adsense in WordPress as a means of monetizing your site or blog, because it is a very simple way to get started. However, if you are looking to boost your site’s income-generating power, there are several other methods you can and should look into.
Before trying any of these, we recommend you invest some time into building an email marketing list. This will create a foundation that you can use to ensure future income generation as you grow your site and its offerings.

1. Become an Affiliate Marketer

Affiliate marketing is a wildly popular method for generating income from your WordPress site. Simply put, it’s a way for you to earn a commission by promoting products for other people or businesses. There are numerous benefits of using this method to earn money:

• Minimal upfront costs. Joining an affiliate program is free, and usually involves a short online registration process.
• No stock or overhead to worry about. Since you are promoting someone else’s product, you don’t have to worry about carrying stock, processing orders, shipping items, or product support.
• It can be done from almost anywhere. Because your marketing takes place online, you can generate and maintain your income from any location, as long as you have an internet connection.

While the concept is simple and getting started is fairly straightforward, affiliate marketing requires dedicated effort on your part to be successful, at least in the beginning. To get started, we recommend you spend some time reading through Neil Patel’s site, starting with his step-by-step guide.

2. Offer Online Courses

If you are currently using your site to educate your readers, why not take it a step further and offer a full course at a set price? How you structure the course is up to you. You can offer it as a set of emails that they receive daily or weekly. Or, you can provide all of the lessons upfront so that users can work at their own pace.
Either way, some of the benefits of this method include that:

• You are offering knowledge you already have. The effort involved will come from actually sitting down and creating the course, so there are minimal start up costs.
• You can use it to build your email list. While your readers may not sign up for a newsletter, if they see something they can gain value from (like a full course on using social media or building a profitable business) they will be much more likely to part with their email information.
• You can sell your courses to other sites to continue generating revenue. Sites such like Udemy and Skillshare enable you to build a course and sell it on their platform, earning you a commission each time someone takes the class.

If you decide to sell your online course through a site such as Skillshare or Udemy, you should also take a look at their affiliate programs. Participating in those as well could be a win/win for you. Not only will the website host your course, but you could generate affiliate income through their program on top of that.
If you’re looking for advice on how to get started, the Penny Hoarder offers a great resource on building an online course.  You can find plenty of other guides online for how to create a successful course.

3. Write an eBook

If you have specific expertise or something that you are passionate about, you may want to consider writing an ebook. Depending on your site’s current content, you may even have the beginnings of your ebook just waiting to be adapted. While the benefits of an ebook are similar to those of online courses, there is an added incentive that comes with establishing yourself as an authority on a topic. After all, is there anything more authoritative than being able to say you literally wrote the book on a topic?
In addition to selling your book on your site, you can also sell it other places online, such as Amazon. This is a smart idea because it can help generate more traffic for your site from larger and trustworthy platforms, especially if you start to garner positive reviews. In fact, the food blog Pinch of Yum jumpstarted their affiliate marketing efforts by first creating an ebook on food photography and selling it through Amazon, as well as on their site. As another example, ProBlogger Daren Rowse earned $72k in a week with his ebook. If you are interested in creating one yourself, you can use an online tutorial to help you get started.

Conclusion

It’s only natural that once you have created an online presence with WordPress, you will want to find a way to monetize it. Understanding how to generate income successfully isn’t always easy, however. Fortunately, using Google AdSense in WordPress is a simple way to get started, and will set you on the right path.
In this piece, we discussed how to add AdSense to WordPress in just a few steps. Then, we reviewed several other methods of monetizing your site, such as:

1. Becoming an affiliate marketer.
2. Selling online courses.
3. Writing an ebook.

Do you have any questions about how to use Google AdSense in WordPress, or any of the other monetization options we’ve discussed? Let us know in the comments section below!

Also Read:
How to Earn Money by Working Online.

Do you want to learn everything about there is to know about Google AdSense?
This is your AdSense A-Z guide.
Before getting into the world of Professional Blogging, I started looking for recurring income opportunities from blogging. Out of all the ad networks I read about and used, Google AdSense worked out to be the best monetization technique (after affiliate marketing).
Update: Our AdSense training course (with detailed videos) is now live over here.
I started using Google AdSense in Feb 2009 and since then, I have earned about $41,000 (INR 25 Lakhs).
Here is the latest screenshot from my AdSense iOS app:

This page is your one-stop destination for learning everything there is to know about AdSense.
You will learn the basics like how to create an AdSense account & you will learn advanced tips on how to earn more from AdSense.

Beginner’s Guide to AdSense

I have tried to add as much information & various AdSense tips and tricks as possible which users can implement to significantly increase their revenue.

One thing I would like say:
AdSense is very strict about their policies, so make sure you read the official AdSense guide to learn about the best practices for monetizing with AdSense.

• Why Google AdSense?
• How To Create AdSense Account
• Google AdSense Account Approval Process
• Adsense TOS: Things to follow and keep in mind
• Maximum Allowed AdSense Units On A Single Page
• AdSense Revenue Share Revealed
• What is CTR in Google AdSense?
• How Does Google AdSense Pay in India?

• AdSense Heat-Map: The AdSense placement guide
• Tips To Increase AdSense Revenue
• Ways To Increase Adsense CPC
• How To Set Up Google ‘AdSense for Search’ To Open Page In Your Blog
• 50 Ways To Boost AdSense Revenue

• AdSense or Affiliate: Which one to use?
• Google AdSense On New Blog
• Why Business Websites Should Not Use AdSense

• Google AdSense serving has been disabled on your account [Solution]
• How To A/B Test AdSense Ad Unit From Dashboard
• How Much Money Can One Earn From AdSense?

• AdSense Chrome Extension
• Official AdSense WordPress Plugin
• Best AdSense Optimized WordPress Themes

• How To Earn $50/click From AdSense – (Pro Tip)
• Complete Blueprint To Creating A Micro-Niche Site For AdSense

I will keep updating this AdSense guide with various tips and useful posts as they come in.

If you’re in need of any particular tutorial on Google AdSense, do let me know

I have previously written at length about the SEMrush tool, which is a must-have professional tool for serious bloggers. And because there is a cost associated with SEMrush, I have also shared a discount coupon that will let you grab this tool for free.
In today’s post, I will be sharing some quick tips that will help you to learn how to use SEMrush, and how to use the data provided to optimize your blog for search engines.
Before we get to the tips, I’d like to point out a few problems with some existing blogs and show you how SEMrush could help you improve your keyword ranking.
I have previously written at length about the SEMrush tool, which is a must-have professional tool for serious bloggers. And because there is a cost associated with SEMrush, I have also shared a discount coupon that will let you grab this tool for free.
In today’s post, I will be sharing some quick tips that will help you to learn how to use SEMrush, and how to use the data provided to optimize your blog for search engines.
Before we get to the tips, I’d like to point out a few problems with some existing blogs and show you how SEMrush could help you improve your keyword ranking.

How to use SEMrush to improve keyword ranking:

One of the biggest problems with old blogs (in which SEO is/was not a focus), is poor keyword ranking.
Most of the traffic these blogs get come from random posts, but there is no knowledge of what keywords are driving traffic to these posts. This is key information that is missing because if you know what keywords your blog is ranking for and the keyword’s position, you can do several things to improve your search engine ranking.

Let’s get started:
First, create a free account on SEMrush.
Once you have logged in, enter your domain name in the search field, and click on the “Full Report” of organic keywords. It will list all the money and traffic keywords you are ranking for along with other vital details such as:

• Traffic estimate
• AdSense CPC
• Keyword position
• Traffic percentage
• Keyword trends

Next, sort your report based on “Keyword Position”.
We do this because we want to push our second-page results to the first, and use my Google Search CTR-increase technique to get more clicks. You can also sort based on “Keyword Trend”, which is a good practice if your goal is to focus on getting more traffic.
Alternatively, if your goal is to increase your AdSense income, you can sort using “Keyword CPC”.
So we sort depending on what our specific goals are.
Here is a screenshot:
Now make a list of all of the URLs you need to work on. You can use a spreadsheet to create a list of keywords, positions, and URLs.
You can also add your keywords into the SEMrush position checker as it lets you monitor your keyword ranking as well. This will help you see the progress of your efforts.
So now we have used SEMrush to extract some important data from our site:

• Keywords for which we are ranking.
• Money keywords.
• Traffic keywords.

Our next goal is to improve the ranking of these keywords.
The following is the strategy that works for me:
I use the Yoast SEO plugin to optimize my posts for particular keywords. I have previously shared a detailed usage guide of Yoast SEO plugin that will guide you on how to use it for optimal performance. This will take care of your on-page SEO.
Bonus Tip: Add images, videos, and slides whenever possible. Make your content as high quality as you can. This will make sure you can retain your keyword ranking for a long time to come.
To improve ranking, backlink building is very important.

• Read: What Is Link Building In SEO & What Are The Benefits Of Building Links?

I use my guest blogging campaign technique to improve keyword ranking and get high-quality links. I initially used it for a few posts, and after I published guest posts on a few authority blogs, I saw a very significant improvement in keyword ranking.
Social media signals are very important these days to improve the ranking of a keyword. Share your blog post on Google Plus, Facebook, and Twitter, and make sure to continue sharing at regular intervals (7-10 days).
Also, encourage your readers to share the article on their social networks and to bookmark your posts.
This is a technique that I discovered late in the game, but it continues to work very well for me.
If you are getting traffic for certain keywords, try to create more posts on similar and related topics. Interlink them, and this will help to improve each article’s ranking. There’s also LongTailPro.
And that’s it!
Now you just have to keep an eye on your keyword improvement with SEMrush, and see how all of this works out for you.

How to use SEMrush for further SEO of your blog:

Again, SEMrush is a SEM tool; you can use it to find details for any website. Make a list of popular sites in your niche, and start mining out their data using SEMrush.
I also use SEMrush to generate more keyword ideas which lead to more traffic and thus more advertisement income.
For example, my niche is blogging and SEO, so I can focus on similar niche blogs to get more content and keyword ideas.
I have been using SEMrush for some time now, and I continue to find it worth my money. For any serious blogger who wants to work on the overall SEO keyword improvement of their blog, SEMrush could be a very profitable tool.
Sign up for a free SEMrush account
Let me know how you are using SEMrush for the SEO of your blog in the comments below.
If you find this article useful, remember to share it on your favorite social networks!


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SEMrush Review: A SEM Tool To Research Competitors’ Keywords