http://adnetwork.ymexchange.com Get Paid to Blog about Youth Ministry. Connecting Youth Ministry Bloggers to Advertisers. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:37:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In case you missed it, Youth Ministry Exchange (ymexchange.com) was recently purchased by Youth Specialties. Here's the press release.  Of course, the Ad Network will just keep on rolling along. Look for us to add more bloggers soon as well as more advertisers. Please check out the advertisers page or learn more about applying to ... http://adnetwork.ymexchange.com/2008/06/26/youth-ministry-ad-network-joins-youth-specialties-family/ We're happy to report that April payments to bloggers have all hit PayPal accounts. Some of our bloggers made enough for a cup of Joe at Starbucks while a couple others are doing quite well. All this to say... 3 things that make our ad network different from others. We share ... http://adnetwork.ymexchange.com/2008/05/06/april-payments-sent/ March 31st, 2008 concluded the pilot period for the Youth Ministry Ad Network. After a 3 month test period we are happy to report that the network will continue and is now fully funded by advertisers. (Pilot period guaranteed financially by Youth Ministry Exchange.) As of today we have paid youth ... http://adnetwork.ymexchange.com/2008/04/05/pilot-period-ends-network-a-success/ How do I take my small blog to a bigger audience? One simple, guaranteed way to do this is to link OUT to other blogs and websites. Why? Beyond it being polite, it's a great way to get larger blog authors to look at your site... and maybe they will ... http://adnetwork.ymexchange.com/2008/03/24/build-traffic-by-linking-back/ Here is some atypical blog advice. Spend a lot of time getting to know your audience. Find out the types of posts that they like, find out what they are looking for, and then... do something crazy. Give it to them PLUS some stuff they aren't looking for. Why? Well, chances are ... http://adnetwork.ymexchange.com/2008/03/12/define-your-audience-then-dont-stick-to-it/ The first month of the ad network is now behind us and we are all very pleased with the results. As with any new venture, we've learned some things. Some were obvious and some were not so obvious. The bloggers got paid. (At least those who told us how to pay ... http://adnetwork.ymexchange.com/2008/02/06/january-results-are-in/ Sometimes small things can make a big difference in getting your blog post read. So let's cover the basics first. Follow these 3 tips and you are guaranteed to draw more traffic to your blog. Write a good title. When you title a post, imagine you are searching Google. Does your ... http://adnetwork.ymexchange.com/2008/01/07/3-quick-tips-to-increase-blog-traffic/ It's Tuesday morning, January 1st 2008. As a new year dawns I shake of the dust from staying up too late, try to remember to write "2008" on checks, and read the 1,000 blogs about it being New Year's Day. And January 1st, 2008 also marks the official launch of the ... http://adnetwork.ymexchange.com/2008/01/01/the-ad-network-is-underway/ If you are in youth ministry and you have been blogging for a while you likely have two things in common. You are influential to an audience You could use some extra money The Youth Ministry Ad Network is designed to help combine those two things. We pay you to display our network ... http://adnetwork.ymexchange.com/2007/12/16/get-paid-to-blog/