In the first six months most bloggers don't make enough revenue to
justify the time spent on their blogs purely in terms of an hourly
wage. This is why most blogs fail. It usually takes at least six
months to build up a large enough readership to generate any
appreciable revenue, and in the first few months you will be lucky to
make more than a couple dollars. Anyone that says differently is
pulling your leg. Successful blogging requires patience, persistence,
and a long term perspective.
To see how many readers you can expect form an Orble blog over time click here.
It is also important to keep in mind that some topics generate more
advertising revenue than others. Sport, Business, and Gadgets are
typical examples of high earning subjects. French Literature and
Philosophy are examples of a low earning subjects. As a rule of thumb
have a think about how many businesses would want to advertise next to
your material online. If there is a good advertising market for your
topic then returns will usually be high.
It also helps if you take over an established site which already has a
large readership (see our Inactive Blogs List)
or the ability to attract large amounts of Search Engine traffic, something which is hard to do on newly registered domains.
Apart from the regularly updated blog format, online guides or books
on certain topics can also be quite successful. In addition they have
the added benefit of not needing to be updated. Once the initial work
is done they can simply be left to generate residual revenue. If you
are interested in writing a book or guide please contact us.
How much can you expect to make? Orble bloggers make anything from a
few cents to $100 or more per week depending on how long they have
been blogging, what they have been blogging about, and how good their
writing is. To have a successful blog you need to spend at the very
least two hours on it every week, ideally around five. If you build up
a successful Orble blog you can also sell it, as long as it remains on
the Orble network.
Unless we have made other arrangements authors need to register for a
free Google AdSense
account if they wish to be paid. You can quote Orble.com as the
website you are going to publish adverts on. If you have any problems with your application see the Orble FAQ.
Once you have have an AdSense account you will need to register with Orble (if
you have not done so already) and tell us what your AdSense Client ID
is. You can do so here or by going to
my.Orble.com and clicking on
My AdSense ID.
Adverts attributed to your AdSense account will then be shown 50% of
the time on any posts you publish on any Orble site and also on the
homepage and category pages of any sites you moderate. We are quite
confident that you will get more than twice the traffic on an Orble
blog than you would elsewhere.
If you have any questions please contact us.