How to Build Online Rate Cards

A good rate card for online advertising is more than just the rates themselves. It is also about the presentation and promotion.

The most brilliantly devised rate card won’t deliver results if it is hard to read, confusing and overly complicated. (more…)

Online Advertising Rates: Guidelines and Best Practices

Online ad rates are set through a combination of ad size, ad location, ad performance and market demand.

Optimizing this key ad sales tactic results in higher revenue, increased advertiser acquisition and increased advertiser retention. (more…)

What is Social Media Advertising?

Social media advertising is a category of digital advertising that places ads on social networking sites. It has one of two purposes: branding or response. It is one of two major social media marketing tactics: paid and organic.

Unlike paid advertising, organic marketing requires no upfront cash expense. But it does require the expense that comes with labor. (more…)

How Many Ads Per Page? As Few As Possible

The number of online ads per page is a critical strategy issue for any website publisher.

Like just about everything else online, Google set the dominant standard for many years. It announced in relation to its AdSense partner revenue program that it would allow three display ads and three textual link units. Any more would result in a penalty. (more…)

AdSense Ad Balance Improves Visitor Experience

The Google AdSense ad balance is a tool that controls the number of ads that appear on a website. It also improves visitor experience.

Site publishers can find the tool in their accounts by clicking on Ads and Ad Balance. They will see an interactive graphic that displays the percentage of potential ads and the estimated percentage of earnings. Underneath is a slider that controls the percentage of potential ads. (more…)

What is AdSense RPM and Why Does It Matter?

Google AdSense RPM is a metric that tracks the revenue per thousand impressions from advertising on publisher websites.

It is a metric that publishers use that runs parallel to the CPM or cost per thousand impressions that advertisers use. It’s the same amount of money for both, but the label conveys a different meaning for both. It’s the opposite side of the same coin. (more…)

Make AdSense Auto Ads Compete With Manual

Google AdSense offers “auto ads” as a way of taking away any worries about ad location, size, colors and other factors that impact performance. (more…)