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What does my title mean, you may be asking? Well, it is rather simple. As a webmaster, always feel free to advertise. Your job, whether you run a content website with adsense on it, run an affiliate site, or run a site that you’re selling your own products on, IS to sell yourself. Why do we go to ebay when there are other auction websites around? Because they sold themselves. Why do we use Google rather than MSN? Because they sold themselves. Advertising is key and you are more than welcome to do it when ever! Now, this post has two descriptions of advertising. The first, as I’ve mentioned, is always sell yourself. Don’t be afraid when you’re sending a message to a friend on myspace to include a link to your arcade. They’re your friends…They should WANT you to succeed and if a mild link plug in is going to help you out, then who would complain? I harass my friends to go to my arcade all the time…And sometimes it works. So, always sell yourself.
Advertising on your website. Most people on the internet don’t mind advertising. They don’t mind a link at the top of a post, don’t mind adsense thrown in or other methods. Then there are some that do. I will tell you now that the number that mind it are the minority compared to those that don’t mind it. If those that didn’t mind it DID mind it, then there’d be no online money making. But, the fact that most people don’t mind it means that most people just don’t care. Sure, you’ll get a person here or there that says, “why are you making money that way by putting links on the top of your post.” And I tell them. Because I can. This is my website. If I want to throw an affiliate banner somewhere along with an adsense banner somewhere else and then throw in a banner to sell per week and then sell links and put stuff all over my blog, I can. What I am trying to say is that feel free to advertise. If you’re trying to make money and this is your way of life, DO IT RIGHT! Make money. Don’t let someone tell you, “your links in your blog posts irk me.” I’ve received a few people telling me that and I just brush it off. If they don’t like it, they don’t need to read.
My point is this…Feel free to advertise. Feel free to go around and advertise what you want to advertise. If you run a website, ADVERTISE IT! If you run a website, PUBLISH ADS ON IT! Make money on your website. Don’t let people tell you that you shouldn’t put links in your blog posts or that you shouldn’t put so many different ads. Is it making you money? Are people clicking on it? If so, then do it! Chances are, people that are telling you not to do something are just envious of your wealth and will do it once they get their site larger. Just remember…You own your website. Run it like you own your website.
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