I hope a lot of you have noticed that I have had adsense on my blog even though I am really against it 99% of the time on my blogs. I have been running it to see how it converts and whether its comparable to placing an advert on my blog in those slots.

Sadly its not but it did teach me a few things that I think are important to note. Read along and see some places that you may not have thought about placing ads of any kind!

Sidebar Real estate- When I first placed adsense on my sidebar I put it towards the bottom, then later moved it to the middle below my categories and finally to the top above everything else.

Since doing so I noticed that the middle section actually converted better then the lower or upper part. This baffels me because usually the higher things are up on the page the better then convert, however because I have more then 1 post per page I think some people scrolled down to see the other posts and when they looked to the right sidebar the ads were there and they clicked.

Its important to note this and you may want to try adsense on your own blog like this and track the clicks you get in each area. Every site and blog is different and you never know what hot spots might be goldmines for you, especially if your doing a ppc or affiliate offer!

Affiliate Offers- I have only run 1 true affiliate offer on my blog thus far, but I am excited because ClickBooth called me up and wants me to start running there offers, they believe it will really work for me and I am excited to get them onto my blog this week!

Lets hope it can generate some extra income for me right? If and when it does I will be sure to report you all what I have done / learned so you can replicate the success I have. Or atleast you will know what not to do!

I am sure most of you remember my twitter contest I posted last month, I wanted to update you all and hopefully spark some more interest in it because I am still about 600 followers away from the goal I was after.

 I hope you all join the contest and you can do so by following the below…

How to enter

To enter simply follow these steps…

1. Follow me on twitter

2. Tweet the following message to all your followers:

Just entered the Cash $$ contest. You can win by following @shandaman and retweet http://xr.com/spq. He follows back too!

Contest winner will be announced at the end of May 2009 or once I reach 2,500 followers (whichever comes first). Anyone can enter so use multiple twitter accounts if you want!

Be sure to tell your friends to join as well because it won’t hurt your chances of winning because there are many prizes up for grabs, here they are again in case you forgot…

Prizes

I know you are probably wondering what you will win after doing the above simple steps, well here is a breakdown of the current prizes. More may be added in after some time.

• 1st Place = $50.00 PayPal Cash
• 2nd Place = $25.00 PayPal Cash
• 3rd Place = $10.00 PayPal Cash

PRIZE UPDATE

One of the readers on IBB, Suwari has put up some prizes for the contest! Check out his blogs and prizes below!

http://thingsaboutcomputer.blogspot.com- 2000 EntreCard Credits
http://allblogcontest.blogspot.com – 1000 EntreCard Credits

PRIZE UPDATE 2

Alan Mater, one of the readers here on IBB, is a certified proofreader and offers Professional Proofreading and Editing Services. He’s offering his service as a prize for the contest as well.

http://www.replaceyoursalary.com/proofreading.html – Free article/blog post edit up to 1,000 words!