I am the owner of a funny pictures website that I have been keeping advertising free on purpose. After hitting the 100 000 mark I feel that I should go ahead and monetize the site. What do you guys think are my best options to start making money with the website? The site in question: www.moneyandshit.com
What do you mean? Making a picture unavailable before someone finishes filling out a quiz or signing up somewhere? I am afraid people wouldn't have the patience to do that...
I'm a huge fan of Leadbolt. Of course there is always the traditional methods like adsense or adbrite. I've personally tried them all and they dont work as well. The other method is cpa offers but you will need to make sure you have the right offers for your demographic/traffic and keep a close watch on it. Ive looked at your site and like it so ads/banners in between the pictures may work but you will need to test.
Actually CPA wouldn't be bad for you. I'm sure you know CPA offers work, so I'll spare you the details. But if you choose the right campaign for the type of traffic you attract you could stand to make good money. All you have to do is experiment over and over until you get the right campaign.
Personally, I wouldn't go with content locking CPA networks for your site. I don't think you would get many people to unlock the content to view pictures and it would kill your traffic. I wouldn't go with Adsense either because your site isn't keyword optimized and the CPC would simply be too low even if you get several clicks. I would recommend banner ads for CPA offers that are free. Find out the demographics of your visitors and find offers that would suit them. Then test and rotate the banner ads to find which ones work the best.