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People take to blogging the moment they hear about one of those thousands of success stories of ordinary people becoming millionaires on the internet just by blogging. Most of these people have very little or, no knowledge about blogging and their blogs become a disaster.
Even more disappointing is the fact that there are thousands of blogs out there on the internet which do well in terms of their search engine rankings and pageranks. But these blogs offer little or, no reader experience.
What could be the problem with these blogs?
The problem is that they are not reader-optimized.

Internet Marketing is simple, if you understand how to do it. Yet only 10% of the total people getting into Internet marketing succeeds and are able to make a living out of their online businesses.
If you are wondering why, then it is because of the following -
- People think that Internet marketing is extremely simple and we are used to excusing ourselves from doing things that are extremely simple, just because they are simple. (We all know that going for a walk can do wonders to you health. Walking is the simplest thing to do. But most of us prefer not to do it.)
One aspect that I have seen most of the Internet Marketers ignore is list building. We, internet marketers are so much engrossed into money-making that that we often forget simple things like building a list.
When I started with Internet Marketing, I too had not idea of list building. My way was simple. I would create an ad for the product I was promoting and I would send all the traffic from these ads to the vendors’ website, the product that I was promoting. I was spending a good amount of money in these ads. My earnings were not enough to meet my expenses. All the while as I did this, I was building the list for the vendor.
Shoemoney.com is one of my favorite blogs. Not because it gives me a lot of information or, that there are a lot of articles on blogging or, internet marketing, but because I am inspired by Jeremy. Everything on his blog is of inspiration to me. I get the stimuli to make it as big as Shoemoney one day when I read his blog.
But off and on, I have seen quite a few posts at shoemoney, which kind of shook me to the core. I couldn’t quite agree with what Jeremy had written in his post.
Are you optimally monetizing your blogs or, website?
If you are not using an in-text advertising in your blog, then you are not optimally monetizing it.
Why is it that I have boldened the word “Optimally”?
Most of the blogs are monetized because that is the primary objective behind every blog. While monetization is important it is also important that you maintain the user experience and do not destroy it. This leads us to the point that obtrusion in the form of pop-ups and other banners should be kept to the minimum.








