Yahoooooooooo!
My Russel Ray Photos blog got approved for WordAds today!
A couple of weeks ago I was visiting someone’s blog and the latest blog post there was about how much money that blogger was getting from having advertisements on the blog. The money was much more than I would have thought possible. I looked into monetizing my blog since I have 5,459 followers and almost 260,000 views. Over at WordPress.com, I discovered information about, and a link to, WordAds. It’s the official advertising partner for WordPress. However, you have to apply and, if they like your blog, they will approve you. I applied a couple of weeks ago and got approved today, so that’s why you’re seeing ads on my blog today.
Any income from WordAds will go towards supporting my Photographic Art venture which means, of course, a salary for the awesome Julian. Here he is on his first day back at work after being in Texas for three weeks:
I’ll keep everyone informed about what kind of income this brings in and then you can make a decision about WordAds for your own blog! Meanwhile………
Yahoooooooooo!
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Yay! Way to go!
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CONGRATULATIONS! That is awesome!!
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Where on the blog am I seeing ads?
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They appear at the top, at the top right, and after each blog post. They randomly appear, though, which is pretty cool I think.
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Apparently they won’t show up on anything prior to today.
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I am looking at today’s post but nothing happening as yet. I will keep checking.
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Congrats!
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Congratulations 😀 Thank you for sharing! I’m glad you can give Julian a salary 😉
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And Julian’s happy, too!………LOL
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🙂
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Bravo Russel!
Congratulations!
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Very cool! Will be interested in seeing how this goes. I see a small band of ads at the top and the big one at the bottom – if that is all they do, it would be OK with me, but if they start shoving them in the middle of the posts, not sure. So will be watching.
Congrats in any case – always good stuff on this blog
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Yeah, middle of the posts, and pop-ups, not good. From everything I had seen in their FAQs and on other blogs, they are not intrusive.
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really sounds good, hmmmm
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You certainly deserve the opportunity. Maybe now is the time to have Julian research ways to expand your reach/traffic to expand your ad value and income even further. A business is always either growing or shrinking and you have so much to offer. Well played!
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Julian added our page at Facebook and started a Twitter account for us. There’s more in the works!
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Congratulations
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2 thumbs UP!
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Very cool. I too, will be interested in seeing how things go.
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Well done you!
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Congratulations, Russell. I for one am interested, as I have been looking for the means to supply income for myself for camera equipment. I will be watching for your reports on how you do and if it is really worth it. If it is, I will be applying. Thank you! xx Amy
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Meanwhile, make friends on Facebook and be sure that WordPress followers include your Facebook followers. Can make a huge difference.
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Russel, I don’t do Facebook. Darn. WP is enough for me to handle.
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Congratulations Russel, now get to work Julian. 😉
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Congratulations! How long did it take for your approval to go through?
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Two weeks, but during that time I added over 1,000 followers to my blog by linking it to Facebook and Linked In.
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Hi Russel,
Congratulations on getting your blog approved in WordAds. You are so lucky to have your blog approved in such a short time. I waited for my approval for 7 months.
I have written an article about my experience with WordAds and I have mentioned your blog as a reference too 🙂
http://humanbreeds.com/2014/10/13/wordads-advertising-on-wordpress/
I hope you to read more from you on this topic:) , thank you
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