Chitika Alternatives
If you are a Chitika publisher, then you’ve surely noticed a big change in your average CPC and earnings in May. Unfortunately, for most publishers this resulted in much lower earnings than before.
You can see some of the comments in this post:
What the f is going on with Chitika?
There was also quite a bit of discussions in the Chitika forums and other IM forums like Digital Point.
I use to get around 0.35 per click 6 months ago in my vacuum cleaners niche. Later, the CPC dropped to around 0.21 to 0.25 and was quite stable there.
Two Google Adsense Tips To Boost Your Earnings
I’ve used these two Google Adsense tips and tricks to improve my eCPM and my earnings in the past few weeks.
First I did a lot of research on Adsense smart pricing and figured out something that worked for me.
Second, I was in a unique position to see how my Adsense earnings fluctuate since I moved my account from a personal to a business one. This showed me how much my account was affected by smart pricing and arbitrage advertisers.
But let’s get to the point… Read more
Seizing the Opportunities of the Future
Are you planning a website or a blog for something that will happen in the future? If not, then you might want to consider a few options.
I recently came across a post from Everton about relaunching his Windows7 News website.
Windows 7 release is of course still far away, but as you can see, there are some internet marketers already getting keyword rich domain names and building content about that topic.
I’ve ventured into one such experiment not long ago too and started a blog about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 cell phone.
Starting A Journey Towards Financial Freedom – Q&A
This is an email conversation with one of the readers of this blog and I thought it would be interested to include here as a post. I am happy to answer questions as it also helps me get some quality content for this blog…
Hi Tomaz,
Just a hello from me again.
How ya doing, your blog is not active nowadays and I missed reading your insightful posts.
To be honest, I did not do anytime much for the past few months after emailing to you. Just register a few domains and left it at that while I change a new job and got settling in.
But now I am ready to put a blueprint and really achieve financial freedom…can you give me a helping hand? hhahah,….well i was just writing as i think so if possible maybe you can give me some comments on my thoughts and hopefully, I will stay the course and see the RESULTS real soon!
First, can I know how is your sites doing now? Are you still hitting the 10k mark per month as you indicated before? Or are you doing better than before with your tennis site and vacuum cleaner site? Can share some details for motivation sake? 
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How To Manage Your Money In 2008
Last days of December are great to start planning on how to manage your money in the next year.
You’ve made some mistakes this year from which you can learn and you’ve made some right decisions which you can do again. And of course, you can also find great money and finance related blogs out there on the web.
I can’t really say that I am an expert on managing my money (yet) so I tried to find online resources from which I can learn.
Here are some of the best posts on how to manage your money and achieve financial freedom perhaps already in 2008: Read more
Money Making Ideas And How To Find Them
Money making ideas are the key to achieving financial freedom.
If you want to make money, whether online or offline, you must first start with a money making idea.
How do you find an idea that will make money for you in the long term?
Here’s the typical approach if you want to earn money online:
Chitika And Adsense Combo NOT Approved By Google
As you have probably found out, I like to experiment with different Adsense and Chitika combos to improve the CTR for both ads and also to create a more aesthetic look for my website.
I figured out another combo a few days ago and used it on one my pages. It’s the 468 x 180 MPU Chitika ad with an 468 x 60 Adsense ad below.
But as soon as I previewed the ad it became obvious the Chitika images and Adsense text were aligned too perfectly. 
Chitika And Google Adsense – Expert Mini Series On Chitika Blog
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Chitika has just started a series of posts on their blog on how to best use Chitika eMiniMalls and Google Adsense ads together.
Since the last Google TOS adjustment you can now use Chitika and Adsense without any worries that you violate any Terms Of Service of both companies.
The first post on Chitika blog was written by yours truly and I invite you to check it out.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the Chitika blog since there are 4 more expert tips to come in the future by other webmasters who have successfuly combined Google Adsense and Chitika ads.
I actually found another good combo and I’ll start testing it today on my vacuum site. And in case you missed my previous post about Adsense and Chitika combos that will skyrocket your CTR follow the link…
And by the way, Chitika has been experimenting with a minor modification of their eMiniMalls which adds a small Read more at …
Here’s the before and after:
| eMiniMalls before | eMiniMalls after |
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It certainly makes sense for visitors not only to directly buy the product even though they have been pre-selled on the publishers website.
The Read more on … invites them to research more on the advertiser’s site and this may lead to a slightly higher CTR.
By the way, my Adsense payout per click is now about 30% of what I get with Chitika eMiniMalls and Chitika Linx so I am seriously considering using Adsense only in the sidebar.
There’s only one way to find out what works: TEST!
Thank You Chitika
I received a surprise mail package today since I wasn’t expecting anything to arrive. Then I checked the sender and I saw Chitika Inc.
Hmm, what is the Chitika team sending me?
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| Wow, a signed “Thank You” letter from the Chitika team! |
The Chitika thanks me for the contribution to their organisation and they wish all the best in the future.
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| Thanks, Chitika team, you rock! |
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| Hey, check this cool Bluetooth headset! |
But that’s not all, there’s a cool gift in the package…
It’s my first Christmas present of this year: the Jawbone Bluetooth headset worth more than $100!
Cool!
Now the only thing I need is a Bluetooth cell phone!
Which gives me a good idea for another Christmas gift…
Anyway, I tried wearing the headset and it looked quite cool, but then I realized that it looks much better on my girlfriend.
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| Yeah, this looks really nice! |
Thank you Chitika team and especially Ryan Travis for helping me with the optimization tips that kicked my Chitika earnings into new heights.
I wish you a happy and wealthy New Year 2008!
Tomaz Mencinger
Chitika Premium Publishers Surprise Email
I got a surprise email two days ago from Ryan Travis of Chitika.com. He sent me my monthly Premium Publishers Report which shows lots of useful stats.
I could actually get most of these stats from my account too, but it would take me some time to sort and organize them into a clear and understandable manner.
The first part shows best and worst performing channels:
Why is this useful?
