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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Why You Should Choose Adgitize in Light of CMF Closure


With the news that CMF ads is shutting down bloggers are probably looking for the best place to advertize. CMF has chosen to endorse Project Wonderful, but I think there are good reasons to choose Adgitize instead.

To the credit of Project Wonderful, they allow you to target where you want your ads shown. You can research blogs that match the topics you cover and choose to advertise only on those. They are also incredibly cheap, free (if ad publishers are silly enough to allow this) or just a penny or pennies a day. And, not only that, but their engine will track the timing and let you spend portions of pennies over just a few hours. So, ok... it's cheap to place ads, but you have to do a lot of research and requesting.

On the flip side, if you choose to publish ads with Project Wonderful, you are only going to make pennies a month, unless your blog gets a huge amount of traffic.

Frankly, I think it devalues the whole blog industry by promoting the idea that it's OK to receive less than 50 cents a month for a banner ad. That said, I still have PW ads on one of my blogs. It's the one with the best traffic, and even with ads that get cancelled the minute the price goes above 3 or 4 cents a day, I still make about 2 cents a day. Whoopie. Come to think of it, maybe the next time I cash out, I'll just cancel it too.

So, why choose Adgitize? Adgitize is a blog advertising network. It's about advertising- you are not going to get rich there either. But it's a lot less work, and if you are willing to click just 51 ads a day you can at least break even, and maybe make a couple of dollars.

Adgitize serves ads to all the blogs in their system that publish ads. The membership just broke 10,000, with over 18,000 blogs logged. Not all of those are active, but let's say that half of them are. Your ads will be shown on 9,000 blogs without you needing to do anything at all after you create your profile and banner, and pay $14 a month. (There are shorter plans, if you just want to try it out.)

Since advertisers who want to get paid enough to get back their $14 have to click ads, you will get traffic. There is always the argument about whether it is quality traffic. I say, "You have to get people cruising through to have a hope of creating readers out of them."

If you don't want to advertise, you can choose to just publish Adgitize ads and click 100 ads a day. If you do this you will earn a few cents, which eventually ads up to enough to cash out. But, remember, the point of Adgitize is not to make money, the point is to advertise.

You are allowed to block any ads in the system that you feel aren't appropriate for your blog. All blogs are checked by a human being within a few days of their applying to the system, and ones which do not adhere to the standards are turned off. (the biggest issues are original content, no popups or autoplay, must be safe for work, and current material) There are some other customizations available.

Owner Ken Brown says, "We are currently working back through our membership base, now four years since our launch, and are removing blogs which are no longer active or following the standards." That will be a long haul to complete, but it's nice to know that someone is trying to pay attention.

To summarize, I think that Adgitize gives bloggers a lot of exposure for very little work. With only $14 in hand you can start building recognition and getting traffic that will never cost you money again as long as you click those 51 ads a day.


Adgitize

Saturday, September 17, 2011

CMF Blog Advertising Network to Close

CMF, one of the largest of the blog advertising networks plans to shut down in October 2011. Says owner Ben Barden, "For several months we have noticed a sharp decline in activity... It’s reached the point where we can’t ignore it any longer."

Various functionalities at the site will be phased out between now and October 30. Everyone will be allowed to cash out, but you do need to make the requests in a timely manner. For regular cashout, requests need to be made by September 25. After that time, anyone with more than $1.00 in their account will be able to place a final request by October 23.

Also on October 23, widgets will be disabled, and the network will close completely on October 30.

CMF Ads has been a solid advertising option for bloggers for a number of years. It's too bad that more people did not take advantage of the options there, and that it has come to this end.

Read the full schedule of shutdown events at the CMF Blog


Thursday, December 30, 2010

Year End Report- 2010 Online Income


The original purpose of this blog was to track whether I would be able to earn enough income online to sustain life. The big answer is, so far, no.

Earlier, I was reporting the amount earned every day, even though it was pennies. This took way too much time, and was impractical. But, for any faithful, or incidental, readers I may have I’d like to provide a year-end report of my efforts. It's long, but some of you have indicated that you are quite interested. So, here it all is... my successes and other attempts.

There are several categories of income included here: Online writing venues, pay-to-click, and other- mostly blog advertising. I’m not going to post proof of payments... You can either believe me or not, and I have no reason to make any of this up. I will make a few comments about each income source.

Total online income for 2010 is $2666.79. All in all, not bad, but not enough. If I were to write content for eight hours a day I could probably double that, but I would go stark raving mad at the tedium. I’m currently focusing on Shared Reviews, where I think I have the best chance of building significant residual income.

Highly recommended earning sites in green! Not recommended in pink! Your may or may not like in yellow.

If any of these appeal to you, might I ask that you sign up under me? Many sites will just sell your referral to someone else, so why not help a friend? It will cost you nothing. The site names are links, with referral info if applicable.

Online writing venues
for a comparison of four of these, see Comparing Four On-Line Writing Venues
Textbroker: reliable income for decent writers, payouts twice a month. You write, you get paid. No residual income.
date incomeoutgo
9/21 $98.03 
8/21 $39.07 
7/21 $62.71 
4/21 $30.82 
4/6 $33.52 
3/21 $75.06 
2/21 $192.75 
2/6 $66.03 
1/21 $131.24 
TOTAL $729.23 
Shared Reviews: reliable income for diligent writers, payouts seldom on time, but always come eventually. Residual income increases as the body of your work increases. See How to Write Excellent Content for Shared Reviews
date incomeoutgo
12/9 $102.44 
8/26 $64.69 
7/26 $35.73 
6/19 $40.18 
5/21 $55.00 
5/18 $36.45 
4/7 $42.14 
3/29 $33.80 
3/9 $15.00 
2/18 $51.87 
1/14 $60.25 
TOTAL $537.55 
Helium: horrible rating structure which is required for residual income, very frustrating. I reached payout threshold, and will not go back there.
date incomeoutgo
12/9 $27.88 
TOTAL $27.88 
Associated Content: submit for upfront pay (slow response time), or page views only. All carry small residual income which increases as the body of your work increases.
date incomeoutgo
12/9 $7.06 
11/10 $5.44 
10/18 $2.30 
10/13 $5.00 
10/13 $4.11 
10/11 $4.49 
9/28 $2.97 
9/22 $4.35 
9/21 $4.02 
9/15 $4.45 
9/14 $4.64 
9/8 $5.65 
9/8 $4.61 
8/11 $4.01 
7/14 $3.62 
6/9 $3.12 
5/12 $3.02 
4/14 $2.93 
3/10 $4.98 
2/10 $7.55 
1/13 $9.14 
TOTAL $97.46 
Seed: I haven’t had a lot of luck getting content accepted here
date incomeoutgo
8/17 $12.50 
TOTAL $12.50 
Vertical Blogger: was offered two assignments, and then no others
date incomeoutgo
2/5 $45.83 
TOTAL $45.83 
Advertising
Adgitize: primarily for blog advertising, not income, but advertisers who also participate can recoup expenses and make a little money
date incomeoutgo
12/23  $14.00 for ad
12/6 $ 20.85 
11/24  $14.00 for ad
11/7 $21.20 
11/21   $14.00 for ad
10/9 $16.50 
9/21   $14.00 for ad
9/9 $15.69 
8/22   $14.00 pd
8/7 $23.01 
7/19   $14.00 for ad
6/14   $14.00 for ad
6/9 $10.99 
5/16   $14.00 for ad
5/7 $16.97 
4/16   $14.00 for ad
4/7 $20.53 
3/10   $14.00 for ad
3/6 $18.96 
2/7 $17.93 
1/30   $14.00 for ad
1/6 $28.56 
TOTAL NET $57.19 
Project Wonderful: makes pennies a day, but it’s quite trouble-free, and I did better in the second half of 2010
date incomeoutgo
11/2 $20.00 
TOTAL $20.00 
Chitika: contextual advertising, similar to and compatible with AdSense
date incomeoutgo
10/31 $11.27 
4/30 $10.50 
TOTAL $21.77 
AdSense: needs large traffic numbers, very strict regulations about click fraud and content
date incomeoutgo
5/25 $102.56 
TOTAL $102.56 
Private Client
date incomeoutgo
12/10 $55.00 
TOTAL $55.00 
Surveys
PineCone Surveys: you must be invited to join this Neilson survey site which pays $3.00 for most opinion surveys
date incomeoutgo
12/23 $3.00 
12/8 $3.00 
11/24 $3.00 
11/2 $3.00 
10/20 $10.00 
10/19 $3.00 
10/7 $3.00 
10/6 $3.00 
9/7 $3.00 
8/23 $3.00 
8/6 $3.00 
7/12 $3.00 
6/28 $3.00 
5/24 $3.00 
5/14 $3.00 
5/3 $3.00 
4/8 $3.00 
3/12 $3.00 
2/8 $3.00 
1/7 $3.00 
TOTAL $67.00 
My Survey: I’ve been a member for many years. You don’t get paid a lot per survey, but you don’t fill out multiple questionnaires just to be told you don’t qualify. If you are shown a survey, you will be paid
date incomeoutgo
9/22 $40.00 
TOTAL $40.00 
Pay to Click
Cashium: pay to click- not very stable (I make about 3 cents a day)
date incomeoutgo
12/13 $2.29 
TOTAL $2.29 
Neobux: pay to click- reliable, need either basic membership or natural referrals- rented referrals lose you money (I make about 4 cents a day)
date incomeoutgo
11/17 $2.97 
9/10 $1.97 
TOTAL $4.94 
Buxto: seems reliable- I bought permanent referrals, but payout threshold is $50, so I haven’t reached that yet (I make about 15 cents a day)
date incomeoutgo
11/12  $18.00 to buy referrals
TOTAL NET $-18.00 
Clixsense: reliable, Alertpay charges processing fees, so this was my net from $20.77 worth of clicking (I make about 4 cents a day)
date incomeoutgo
1/9 $18.50 
TOTAL $18.50 
PalmBux: has had outages, and lost money for some investors (I make about 4 cents a day)
date incomeoutgo
12/13$2.29 
TOTAL $2.29 
OnBux: seems reliable (I make about 4 cents a day)
date incomeoutgo
11/11$2.11 
TOTAL $2.11 
Other
Swagbucks: get paid for internet searches- all it “costs” you is that their suggestions are the top few choices returned in the list
date incomeoutgo
10/4 $10.00 
4/28 $10.00 
1/26 $10.00 
TOTAL $30.00 
Microworkers: I made cashout and will not return- too many offers are illegal or shady
date incomeoutgo
3/12 $10.69 
TOTAL $10.69 
Other: not at liberty to disclose source- online employment, not permanent
date incomeoutgo
3/24 $600.00 
2/6 $200.00 
TOTAL $800.00 

Sunday, January 31, 2010

CMF Network Ads- Evolving Response


I PREVIOUSLY WROTE I will not be accepting any new network ads on CMF. After my calculations from yesterday, I have decided that it is just plain unfair to those who have paid a full 10 cents a month to advertise here. Instead of their ads being shared among 3-6 others, they are now shared among 12 others, giving them much less exposure time.

I have already accepted the initial wave of ads, but I won't be accepting any more.

UPDATE 2/3/10The CMF staff have addressed this concern by limiting network ads to 30% of the views on any blog. Given this response, I will now accept any network ads that I feel are appropriate.

CMF Ads

Friday, January 29, 2010

CMF Network Ads


CMF Advertising has announced Network Ads for only $10. This option allows advertisers to place an ad across the network of over 600 publishers.

This option became available just four days ago. So far, I have received notices of 10 blogs purchasing these ads. As a publisher, I have the choice to accept or deny the ads. As a publisher, I will receive a very small compensation. This is figured by a formula based on the percent of the total pageviews the advertiser received from your blog.

For example, If over the month that the ad runs it is shown 500,000 total times, and 5000 of those came from your blog then you will receive 5000/500000 (which is 1%) of $9. CMF will take $1 from the $10 as their fee and distribute $9 among the publishers. So, in this example, you would receive 1% of $9, which is $.09.

How does this example compare with reality. Take this blog as an example. In the past month, this blog, according to Google Analytics, received 8943 pageviews. Let's assume that the 11 ads all ran for this month (of course since the buying times don't occur all at once, there will be a different actual total for each). That would mean that each received 8943/11 = 813 pageviews. Let's assume that 600 of the 640 publishers in the CMF system accepted the ad. And let's assume that on average they each receive the same amount of traffic as this blog (a wild guess... but at Alexa rank of about 300,000, this is a sort of average blog). That would mean a total of 8943 x 600 = 5,365,800 pageviews. So my percent of the $9.00 that will be split is going to be 813/5365800 = 0.00152 x 9 = 0.0014. This is just over one tenth of one cent.

What affect will this have on ads placed individually through campaigns? Well, already I have gone from having 2 ads on this blog to having 12. So the two people who paid my requested price are now sharing their time with 10 other advertisers. My requested price for this blog is only $.10 a month, a very reasonable rate, but some blogs charge as much as a dollar, and many charge $.25. Will those publishers accept a flood of ads that will get equal time on their blogs as people who specifically paid quite a bit more to have their ads shown on a particular blog?

I think we have yet to see if there will soon be banners stating "No network ads," similar to the way that we saw "No paid ads" on Entrecard blogs. I have occasionally had as many as 10 regular price ads rotating through two CMF slots in a month, but if the number of network ads increases significantly, I may choose to decline all that would raise the number of advertisers on a particular blog past some limit.

For publishers who receive very few ads this may be a good thing. For publishers who already have a healthy number of requests to run ads, at prices significantly more than what they end up receiving for network ads, it may not be so great. It will probably take a month of actual figures to determine this.

CMF Ads

Sunday, December 27, 2009

CMF Conceives a Way to Overcome Low Click Rates




CMF Ads has been a great way to obtain visibility for your blog logo for the past year or so. They are a stable advertising venue, with high standards, guaranteeing that your blog will not be sandwiched between gambling, soft porn, and get rich quick sites. But it has always been plagued by the fact that there was no incentive for people to click on the ads, so the actual visits to a blog were usually under 5 a month.

Spikes is the solution to that shortcoming. Just introduced, any member blog of CMF can buy a "spike" for $0.20. This will place your banner on the Spikes page where other members can click on it. The 20 cents will buy you 50 unique pages views. Once another member clicks on a banner, it will not be visible to that person again until the 50 views have been reached. (It will become visible again if the person purchases another spike.)

For the people who click on a banner, there is a compensation of $0.002, which means that for 50 clicks you can earn a dime. So you can earn back half of what you spend on a spike for yourself.

This is a great addition to the CMF options!

CMF Ads

web ad income Dec 21 (6 blogs, 2 web sites, writing):
Adsense $.16
Adgitize $.98
Project Wonderful $.006
Chitika $.02
Clixsense $.01
Neobux $.07
______________________
Total: $1.25


web ad income Dec 22 (6 blogs, 2 web sites, writing):
Adsense $1.39
Adgitize $1.01
Project Wonderful $.002
Chitika $.10
Clixsense $.05
Neobux $.13
______________________
Total: $2.68


web ad income Dec 23 (6 blogs, 2 web sites, writing):
Adsense $.11
Adgitize $.99
Project Wonderful $.006
Clixsense $.11
Neobux $.08
______________________
Total: $1.30


web ad income Dec 24 (6 blogs, 2 web sites, writing):
Adsense $.09
Adgitize $1.10
Project Wonderful $.007
Clixsense $.05
Neobux $.04
______________________
Total: $1.29

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

How to Set Up an Ad Campaign at CMF Ads

EDITED TO REFLECT CHANGES MADE BY CMF CMF Ads has just changed the way in which you buy ads on other sites. It's a little more complicated but let me walk you through it.

You have to set up a campaign for each of your blogs. If you want to use more than one graphic from time to time, each one of those will need its own campaign. These have to be approved, so initially it is going to take some time to buy an ad, but once the campaign is set up the process will not be long.

At the bottom of your Dashboard you will see a list of your existing campaigns. If you have none yet, you will only see the link "Add New Campaign." You need to click this even if you only want to buy one ad.



You will then be shown this screen:



Fill in the blanks.
  • What should you name the Campaign? I wasn't sure, so I named my first one Campaign 1. Bad idea! A good idea would have been the name of the blog and, if you plan to use multiple banners, a way to identify which one is part of this campaign.
  • Next put in the URL of your blog that you want to advertise. YOUR BLOG, not the one you want to advertise on.
  • Upload your banner in jpg or png format. You will not be given a screen to proof what you have chosen, so make sure that you upload the correct file. It doesn't look like editing campaigns is an option, so if you discover later that you have made a mistake you will need to delete the campaign and start over.
  • Click the "Proceed" button
  • This will take you to a screen that says your campaign has been added successfully, and lets you click to return to your dashboard.




Now, at the bottom of the dashboard, if you squint at this small graphic, you can see that Just Throw Money has been added to the list, in the middle. On the far right it will say "pending." So now you wait for your campaign to be approved by the admin. It took several hours for my first one to be approved last night, but only minutes for the North Country Trail News campaign to be approved this morning. Just be aware that this may take a while, as each campaign is looked at by a real human.

Once your campaign is approved you will see the choices change as in the bottom line above. On the far right it will say "Ready for Ads" This means that you are ready to go- you can place ads.

To place ads, go back to the right of the Campaign name, and choose "Add" or "Bulk Add". "Bulk Add" is if you want to advertise on all sites under a certain price, or all sites over a certain view threshold. You choose the values. "Add" is for selecting one or a few sites to advertise on.

At the next screen you will be served a list of all the blogs in the system with a small image of their banner. The default sort is by most views. You can also sort by cheapest, and by fewest ads running. Or you can search for a blog by name or keywords. You CAN NOT serve up a list of blogs you have previously advertised on. You can now tell which Campaign you are working with, and even change campaigns via a pull-down list. It can be very difficult to find a blog by name.

Make your selections by checking "Buy Ad" on the far right. It seems as if nothing has happened. But that link will change to the word "Queued." Then you have to wonder what to do next!!!!

Return to your Dashboard.



Now you will see on the far right that "Ads Placed" has changed to a link named "Start." Click this. You will be shown a popup box that tells you the total cost of this campaign and ask if you want to start it. For one ad this seems silly. But if you did a bulk campaign the total cost can be significant.



Now at the bottom of your dashboard you will get the message "More ads may be place in about 1 hour." This simply means that you can't place any more ads with this campaign until the ads you just bought have scripted by CMF software and make ready for posting. On the far right it will say "Ads queued." When your ad begins running that will change to "Ads placed," which makes much more sense at this point, and the "Disabled" message will change back to the links which allow you to buy more ads.

I have to say that this looks nice for people who want to buy large quantities of ads, but a pain in the neck for bloggers who just want to pick a few ads to run.
  • You can still click through from a blog you like and just purchase an ad there... bingo, you're done. This was brought back by popular demand, and is not yet integrated into the campaign system.
  • They are working on a renewal feature, but currently that doesn't exist. Of course, no ads under this new system will be available for renewal for 30 days, so they have a buffer of time.
  • It is WAY too complicated to set up a campaign.


Positives:
  • There is supposed to be better statistics reporting under this system. There is a sample of this in their Campaigns User Guide
  • It's nice if you want to do bulk advertising


Good luck!

Sign Up for CMF Ads

web ad income Dec 6 (4 blogs, 2 web sites, writing): Adsense $.17
Adgitize $.89
Project Wonderful $.03
Clixsense $.04
Neobux $.04
Textbroker $43.65
______________________
Total: $44.82

Monday, December 7, 2009

What's New at CMF? I Won $10, That's What!

I haven't said much about CMF ads for a long time. They are a quiet way to build your blog's reputation. You won't get many actual clicks, but your banner will become well known. They currently have 2,692 ads running. Most blogs are running more than one ad.

I received notice a couple of days ago that I have won $10 worth of credit for winning a monthly contest. I think this was a contest in the forum where you tweeted about why you use CMF and this put you in a drawing for the prize. Hey, I'm happy! I can use it to buy more ads, or I can cash out. So far I haven't taken any cash from the CMF system, but I may consider it.

CMF has been spiffing things up lately. First of all, there colorful new default logo is a lot more attractive than the previous black and white one.

This isn't so new, but their system is now on a US dollar system. There are no points which have to be converted. This makes it easy to calculate what you are getting or giving. Most blogs choose to charge between 10 and 25 cents for a month of advertising. Yes, cents! Some charge as little as 1 cent. The number of blogs that choose to advertise with you will have their banners rotate through the number of slots on your blog. For example, on this blog I currently have 2 slots, but there are 9 ads running. You only see two at a time, but all nine will rotate through as people load this site. There has been some discussion about whether it is better to have 4 ads at 25 cents or 10 ads at 10 cents. You would get the same income over a month's time. I used to have my price set at 25, now I've reduced all my blogs to either 10 or 15 cents. I think this is more reasonable for what the advertiser actually receives, and I'm there for brand recognition, not money.

How much traffic does it generate? For My Quality Day, which I've had in their system the longest, over the past 8 months I've received 141 hits from 33 sites on which I placed ads. That is an average of 4.3 hits per site, or 17.6 hits a month. Not a huge number. But I've never put any cash into the system at all, so I really can't complain. When I signed up, I waited till others advertised with me, let their ads run the 30 days till their fee went in my account and then started buying my own ads.

For a small fee, you can place your blog in a list of those featured on the CMF home page. I just bought 30 days for MQD at $1.00. Not bad!

CMF is run by real people who will answer your questions and try to work out difficulties.

Now for the biggest downer. They just started a new system for buying ads on other sites in the system. I mean JUST. It looks complicated. The previous system was very simple. Find a site, click to advertise. They owner approves your ad or not. Simple. Now there is a form to fill out about running a campaign, and at first glance it's a lot more complex. Maybe I should try to figure it out and explain it here.

At any rate, CMF will get your banner out there in the public view. They are stable and have a very high standard for the blogs they allow, so you can be sure that if you click on one of their ads you will not reach some sleazy scheme.

CMF Ads - 30 day ads starting from $0.01

web ad income Dec 5 (4 blogs, 2 web sites, writing):
Adsense $.06
Adgitize $.96
Project Wonderful $.04
Clixsense $.05
Neobux $.04
______________________
Total: $1.15

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Clarifying CMF Ads Approved Blogs




I mentioned a couple of days ago that I planned to sign up my Get Off The Couch News blog on CMF Ads. They did approve it, but not at first, and an e-conversation with Turnip clarified the issues.

Get Off The Couch News is a daily news report of some event related to quiet, outdoor, muscle-powered recreation in west Michigan. As such, I condense and re-write news articles that appear in newspapers, newsletters, etc. I do use news releases that are issued by various organizations, the Michigan DNR, and other sources. Although I try to be very careful not to plagiarize, CMF felt that there were issues with my use of too much non-original material. Their policy is to not approve article banks.

Turnip and I had some discussion about it, and he agreed in the end that Get Off The Couch News is not strictly an article bank. I write some completely original news reports there as well. (He suggested I do more of that, and I pointed out that while I would love to, it covers half of the lower peninsula of Michigan, I maintain four blogs, and have very little income. Not a very practical idea!) The only items that are copied verbatim are news releases or where I have express permission to do so.

I'm not sure if I will even try to sign up North Country Trail News. It is similar, but with a lot of entries that are submitted by other people, or excerpted from other blogs, newsletters, etc (always with permission). It is my attempt to gather news and use of the trail into one location. But a check of duplicated material in posts would get a lot of hits.

The other issue that I have, with both these blogs, is that I want advertisements that I accept to be somewhat pertinent to their topics. And there aren't very many blogs with outdoor or nature themes. I'm just hopeful that some of them will sign on. I have set the price fairly low, and bought ads on some appropriate blogs. Perhaps they will reciprocate!

So, for anyone wishing to sign a blog up at CMF, perhaps this will help clarify their acceptance policy.

CMF Ads
See Giving CMF Ads a Thumbs-Up

web ad income Oct 24 (4 blogs, 2 web sites, writing):
Adsense $.01
Adgitize $.62
Project Wonderful $.03
My Survey $.10
Clixsense $.05
Chitika $.16
Microworkers $.10
______________________
Total: $.97

Monday, March 30, 2009

Giving CMF Ads a Thumbs-Up

I signed up with CMF ads just over a month ago. I have chosen not to blog about it until now because I was waiting till I had enough credits to advertise as well as display ads.

The premise of CMF Ads is an exchange of advertising via credits you earn, although it is possible to buy credits for cash. If you sign up to display ads you can set a price, the recommended number of credits is 5, and then wait for advertisers to select your blog to advertise on. You can place blocks of CMF ads on your blog. When you see squares like the one above on someone's page, it usually means that they do not currently have anyone who has asked to advertise on their page.

I discovered early that 5 credits is too much to ask unless you have a very high-traffic blog. I get about 100 hits a day on My Quality Day, the blog I signed up with. So I reduced my asking price to 2 credits and quickly got two advertisers. Ads run for 31 days and then you are paid the credits. So at the end of my first month with CMF ads I had 4 credits to spend. I have turned those around and bought ads for the next month on two other sites that each charge 2 credits.

You can actually have more ads running than you do ad boxes. The ads will rotate through your boxes with equal display frequency, and you get all the credits. So it is possible to have two boxes, sell 3 ads at 2 credits each, and earn 6 credits.

There is nothing else at all that you need to do to earn credits. There is no time-consuming clicking. In the 20 hours since I bought my ads they have each received about 30 impressions and 1 click thru. There is a formula by which they calculate the approximate CPM value of your site. And they are currently valuing each credit at $0.25. Credits may be accumulated and sold back to CMF ads at a rate of $10 for 80 credits.

CMF ads is working on a referral system that might earn credits for the referrer. So if you are interested, and click-thru from any link on this page, it would be great.

There are some rules about publisher sites. They must be in English, not be pornographic, contain original material and be updated regularly. They can't be illegal file sharing sites or have automatic popups or redirects.

CMF ads has a support forum. In fact, you sign up for the whole site by signing up for the forum. That is nice, because you don't have to log in to the forum separately.

I need to get busy and place some on this blog!

CMF ads



web ad income today (4 blogs, 2 web sites):
Adsense $.01
Adgitize $.20
Project Wonderful $.22
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Total: $.43

Total to date in March $18.58