How to set online advertising rates.
Yield optimization is one of the lesser known concepts in online advertising. It leads to higher revenue through better inventory management.
It starts with the basic idea that a site publisher or sales team may not be able to sell out 100 percent of all ad impressions on a site. Yield optimization also applies to sites that use only network providers such as Google AdSense.
AdSense earnings regularly go down for some sites and keep growing for others for many, many reasons. But some disturbing trends point to red flags about the future for AdSense partners.
First, some background. Google AdSense is one of the greatest product developments on the Internet. The company brilliantly decided to expand its search advertising inventory by allowing other websites to publish its ads and split the revenue with a healthy 68 percent going to its publishing partners. (more…)
The YouTube monetization rate is a major factor in the financial success or failure of a video channel.
Monetization determines whether a video gets any ads, how many ads it gets and the rate of revenue the ads produce. (more…)
Online rate cards are more than just the rates themselves. They also are 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 ROI or return on investment is a major consideration for anyone who focuses on response rates more than branding.
Response and branding are the two primary benefits of any advertising campaign. But every campaign has varying degrees of response and branding. Some are mostly or entirely response oriented and others emphasize branding.
Online advertising 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…)
An ad unit audit on a regular basis will often lead to an improvement in revenue performance.
What is an ad unit audit? It is a review of the results of different ad units, advertisers and locations to see which ones perform above average and below average. The audit should lead to changes in creative and placement that improve click rates.