How to Make Money Online by Putting Kontera In Your Blogger Blog

Making money online is not a bad thing, but it very fulfilling to blog for passion and not for money. You can implement Kontera in your blog in just few minutes. Kontera is a very effective program and I recommend it to you. You have to put into consideration that different money making programs perform differently in different blogs because of many reasons which I won't cover in this post.Therefore, the best thing to do is to try and see how it works with your site. Remember, that patience pays.

Registration

• Log in to www.kontera.com/publishers/signup
• Click Publisher Sign up
• Fill in the publisher application form. The details needed are
•  Site URL
• Site category
• Site language
• Monthly Pageviews
• First name
• Last name
• e-mail, which will be used as your username
• password
• Below the confirm password is the license agreement which you can download or print
• Ensure that the following check-boxes are ticked: -
• ' I will not place the Kontera tag on sites that include incentives to click on ads' check-box
• 'I will not place the Kontera tag on sites that include pornographic on my site' check-box.
• 'I agree that I will not click on the Kontera ads that I serve on my site' check-box
• Tick the check-box, I accept Kontera's Terms of service'
• Enter the Captcha as shown on the box
• Click Create Your Account

A  message appears that your application has been successfully submitted and informing you that you will receive  verification email in your email account.

Activating your account

To activate your account and fill your account information:-

• Log in to your e-mail account, open the mail from Kontera. Click the link provided
• Click continue
• Along the line “To pick up your Kontera tag, please click here”  click Click here
• Fill in your account information. The details are:
• First name
• Last name
• Street Address 1
• Street Address 2
• City
• Country
• State
• Zip code
• Phone number
• Then click Next

Getting  your Kontera Tag

You have to select your platform. The platforms includes; Website, Wordpress, blogger, Joomla and Drupal

• Since you are using blogger platform, choose blogger 
• Click Kontera it.
• When you click Kontera it, another page will appear, where you will have top select the  blog's URL; in my case it odesktestsguide
• Input the Title; in my case I typed Kontera Ads.
• Immediately after this is the edit content and the edit template codes which you can expand to see their contents. Click Add widget button to add the code to your blogger blog.

After placing the tag in your blog it take up to 24 hours for Kontera systems to update and for the Kontera In-Text ads to appear on your site.

At this point no further action will be required as Kontera’s self learning algorithms will analyze your blog’s pages each time they load to serve the highest paying and most relevant ads for your blog.

How To Resize Images Before Uploading Them to Your Blogger Blog

Image size

When uploading an image it is good to put into consideration the size of the image. The size and the resolution should be good because if the image is too big, then it will take too much time to load. If the image is too small then it will not be visible. Do not annoy your visitors because they will avoid your blog or your website. Always re-size your images before you upload them. Paintbrush is the best tool to use because it is readily available and it is free.

Paintbrush

This is a free open source application. It is a basic image editor, which is very simple to use. You can crop a photo, add some text to an image and even re-size a photo before you upload it to your blogger blog.

With paintbrush you can save the file in these formats: png, tiff, gif, JPEG, 24 bit color bitmap, 256 color bitmap, 16 color bitmap and monochrome bitmap.

Steps of Resizing an image

1. Click Windows Start Button
2. Hover over All Programs
3. Select Accessories
4. Click Paint
5. Open the image that you want to edit
6. Click Image Menu at the top
7. Select Stretch/Skew image
8. Chose the percentage figure to re-size the image
9. Click OK
10. You can keep maneuvering the percentage figure until you get the desired size
11. Click File, then click Save or Save as. I would advise you to save your file with a a JPEG format and also to always use a uniform format throughout your site
12. Once you have save your file, sign in to your blogger.com account and open the post you wanted to upload you image to
13. Click Insert Picture Icon just next to Link icon
14. Click Upload
15. Click Choose files
16. Browse to location where you have saved your image and click open. The file will start to upload
17. Once the file finishes to download, click Add Selected
18. Then highlight the image and click on Caption. Now add a descriptive caption if you are serious on optimizing on search engines
19. Highlight the image again and click on Properties. Put a descriptive Title text in order to optimize on search engines. Also put a descriptive Alt text so that those browsers that have disable loading of images can have the text displayed instead of the image. the Alt text should be descriptive enough.
20. Click OK

I wish you the best as you work on your blog's search engine optimization for faster loading of your blog or website.

How to Sign up for Chitika Publishers Program

If your blog or website have quality content and good search traffic, then monetize it by using Chitika ads. Chitika is an online advertising network that allows publishers to earn revenue by displaying ads on your website, blog, app or mobile set, with content from Chitika's network of advertisers.

You can use Chitika ads with Google AdSense  in the same website, or blog because Chitika Ads are non-contextual and do not look like AdSense units.Chitika ads are non-intrusive.

Chitika pays every month on the previous month's earning and payments are sent after your account earn at least $10 (USD) for Paypal payouts or $50(USD) for checks.

Steps of Getting Started with Chitika

1. Open Chitika site, which is Chitika Publishers Website
2. Click Get Started
3. Fill in the Publisher Program Application Form that appears on the screen.
• First name
• Last Name(or Company Name)
• Username
• Password
• Website
• Email
• Captcha:  Type in the captcha that will will shown. this is used to keep off robots applications. If you cannot  see the captcha properly click to generate another captcha.
4. Tick the check box  'I would like to receive periodic new updates from Chitika', though this is optional
5. Tick the check box  'I accept Chitika's Terms & Conditions.
6. Click  Submit Application tab. If your application form have some errors, you will notified and then after correcting, you can submit it again
7. Once you click Submit Application, you will receive a "Confirm Your Application"mail through the email address you specified.
8. Open the mail. In order to verify that you sent the application, verify your email address by clicking on the link that will be shown below.  This process helps Chitika  to ensure that other people are not submitting applications on your behalf without your authorization.This should take you directly to a page to complete your application.  If it does not, copy and paste the full URL into your web browser's address box and hit the "Enter" key on your keyboard. Once you confirm your email, Chitika team will manually review your application to ensure the highest quality service for both you and their advertisers.
9. Fill in the following information in the Verify Application form that appears on the screen.
• Street 1
• Street 2
• City
• State
• Postal address information
• Country
10.  Click Verify Application Tab once you are through. The information is used to expedite the approval process. It is also used by Chitika when they are sending your payment checks.
11. Once you click Verify Application, your application will be submitted to Chitika for review and a confirmation link will be emailed to you. If you don't receive the confirmation within 1 hour, you can contact Customer Support. To ensure delivery, you should add "support@chitika.com" to your address book
12. In my case, within one day, Chitika had already approved my application. Your application may take up to 7 business day (Monday - Friday) to be reviewed.
13. Chitika also gives you a chance to tell your friends through email, twitter or Facebook about their referral program, which enables you to earn 10% of your friend's revenue for 15 months as long as they remain in the program.
14. You can now log in to your Chitika account by using the username and the password that you specified.The site is Chitika Publishers
15. Remember that you will not be able to see the Chitika ads in you blog or website until you put your Chitika code in your blog.