You May Notice that ways to make money with a website are
different from ways to make more money from it.
Methods to increase your traffic or click-through rate will
help you make more money, but they do not represent a
method of making money per se.
For example, one could suggest that blending AdSense
ads with the content is a way to make money from a
website. In reality it’s not; it’s just a way to make more
money by improving your ad click-through rate. The real
monetization method behind it is a PPC ad network.
The list is divided into direct and indirect methods, and
examples and links are provided for each point. Enjoy!
Direct Methods
1. PPC Advertising Networks
Google AdSense is the most popular option under this
category, but there are also others. Basically you need to
sign up with the network and paste some code snippets
on your website. The network will then serve contextual
ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and
you will earn a certain amount of money for every click.
The profitability of PPC advertising depends on the
general traffic levels of the website and, most
importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per
click (CPC). The CTR depends on the design of the
website. Ads placed abode the fold or blended with
content, for instance, tend to get higher CTRs. The CPC,
on the other hand, depends on the nice of the website.
Mortgages, financial products and college education are
examples of profitable niches (clicks worth a couple of
dollars are not rare), while tech-related topics tend to
receive a smaller CPC (sometimes as low as a couple of
cents per click).
The source of the traffic can also affect the overall CTR
rate. Organic traffic (the one that comes from search
engines) tends to perform well because these visitors
were already looking for something, and they tend to click
on ads more often. Social media traffic, on the other hand,
presents terribly low CTRs because these visitors are
tech-savvy and they just ignore ads.

2. CPM Advertising Networks
CPM advertising networks behave pretty much as PPC
networks, except that you get paid according to the
number of impressions (i.e., page views) that the ads
displayed on your site will generate. CPM stands for Cost
per Mille , and it refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions.
A blog that generates 100,000 page views monthly
displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM,
therefore, will earn $100 monthly.
CPM rates vary with the network, the position of the ad
and the format. The better the network, the higher the
CPM rate (because they have access to more
advertisers). The closer you put the ad to the top of the
page, the higher the CPM. The bigger the format (in terms
of pixels), the higher the CPM.
You can get as low as $0,10 and as high as $10 per
1,000 impressions (more in some special cases). CPM
advertising tends to work well on websites with a high
page views per visitor ratio (e.g., online forums,
magazines and so on).


3. Direct Banner Advertising
Selling your own advertising space is one of the most
lucrative monetization methods. First and foremost
because it enables you to cut out the middleman
commissions and to determine your own rates. The most
popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90
leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250
rectangle and the 125×125 button.
The downside of direct banner advertising is that you
need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers,
and you will need to spend time managing the sales
process, the banners and the payments.

4. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a very popular practice on the
Internet. Under this system you have a merchant that is
willing to let other people (the affiliates) sell directly or
indirectly its products and services, in exchange for a
commission. Sometimes this type of advertising is also
called CPA (cost per action) or CPL (cost per lead) based.
Affiliates can send potential customers to the merchant
using several tools, from banners to text links and
product reviews.
In order to find suitable affiliate programs you can turn to
individual companies and publishers like Dreamhost and
SEOBook , or join affiliate marketplaces and networks.

5. Monetization Widgets
The latest trend on the web are widgets that let you
monetize your website. Examples include Widgetbucks
and SmartLinks. Some of these services operate under a
PPC scheme, others behave like text link ads, others yet
leverage affiliate links.
Their main differentiator, however, is the fact that they
work as web widgets, making it easier for the user to plug
and play the service on its website.

6.RSS Feed Ads
With the quick adoption of the RSS technology by millions
of Internet users, website owners are starting to find
ways to monetize this new content distribution channel.
Feedburber already has its own publisher network, and
you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based
advertising on your feed footer. Bidvertiser recently
introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC
scheme.
Finally, some blogs are also opting to sell banners or
sponsored messages on their feed directly. John Chow
and Marketing Pilgrim are two examples

7. Premium Content
Some websites and blogs give away part of their content
for free, and charge for access to the premium content
and exclusive tools.
SEOMoz is a good example. They have a very popular
blog that gives advice and information on wide range of
SEO related topics. On top of that visitors can decide to
become premium members. It costs $48 monthly and it
grants them access to guides, tools and other exclusive
material.

8. Private Forums
While the Internet is populated with free forums, there is
also the possibility to create a private one where
members need to pay a single or recurring fee to join.
SEO Blackhat charges $100 monthly from its members,
and they have thousands of them. Obviously in order to
charge such a price for a forum membership you need to
provide real value for the members (e.g., secret
techniques, tools, and so on).
Performancing also launched a private forum recently,
focused on the networking aspect. It is called The Hive,
and the monthly cost is $10.
These are just two examples. There are many
possibilities to create a private and profitable forum, you
just need to find an appealing angle that will make it worth
for the members.

9. Job Boards
All the popular blogs are trying to leverage job boards to
make some extra income. Guy Kawasaki, ReadWriteWeb,
Problogger … you name it.
Needless to say that in order to create an active and
profitable job board you need first to have a blog focused
on a specific niche, and a decent amount traffic.
The advantage of this method is that it is passive. Once
you have the structure in place, the job listings will come
naturally, and you can charge anywhere from $10 up to
$100 for each.

10. Pop-ups and Pop-unders
Pop-ups are a common yet annoying form of advertising
on the Internet. If you are just trying to make a much
money as possible from your website, you could
experiment with them.
If you are trying to grow the traffic and generate loyal
visitors, however, you probably should stay away from
them. Just consider the hundreds of pop-up blockers out
there: there is a reason why they are so popular.

thanks Sir. I'll be setting up my site very soon. hope you will be willingly to help me solve any problems that I encounter when I want to do adverts? thanks again