Hi, I run a bicycle blog for a couple years now and Im looking to increase it's revenues. It generates in average 600 unique visitors daily. I have adsense ads placed on it, but they usually generate about 1 - 2$ daily. I also sell advertising space (100 X 300 in the sidebar) for 10$/month. I didn't really focus on optimizing it's revenues before as it was more for fun. I have done some research about adsense optimisation and what I came across is that the 728 X 90 leatherboard at the top is the best option, along with the 90 X 728 banner in the sidebar. Right now I don't have adsense at the top because I've put an ad for a project I have going on instead. Also, I can't really figure out how much I could charge advertisers for space in my sidebar. One of my important criterias is that I don't want to ruin the user's experience by placing too many ads or putting them in annoying places. My website is www.the-rise.com. All comments and opinions are more than welcome
Why not find products to advertise as an affiliate ? And make the 30$ you make for 1 month of work on just 1 product sell..