Webmasters and blog owners are always scheming to find ways to attract guest writters and sharing your revenue is one big attraction that could pull many new writters.
I can understand why guest writters are more willing to post if the incentives are in place and can not be passed up. Serradinho has been open for guest writters for a few months already and a few have signed up.
Ricky from GeniusGeeks.com asked me a few days ago If I would make Serradinho a revenue sharing blog as he would guest post more. That got me thinking really hard about what would attract more writters.
Basic Plugin Description
Author Advertising WordPress Plugin allows blog admins to create a revenue sharing program utilising one of the many advertising programs out there i.e Yahoo, Google Adsense, Amazon, Allposters etc. It can also be used as a banner manager, author photo/website widgets.. actually it has about a zillion uses.
- Developer: Harley
- Author site: Harley Quine
- WordPress link: Author Advertising
Installation:
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Modify the settings in Settings > Author Advertising Config
- You may have to modify your theme depending on which theme you are using. Full usage instructions are on the plugin page.
Admin has complete control over:
- The percentage of author adverts to admin adverts
- The user level that an author has to be before they get to participate in the revenue sharing program
- Whether to randomise author ads on the front page of the blog
- The page that authors see before entering their publisher id
- Custom fields where you can collect additional information from your authors and display it
- The positioning and content of ads
- Up to three Author Advertising widgets
- The information that authors enter
WordPress Plugin - Author Advertising Options
The options for the admin are straight forward and simple to set up and be running in just a few minutes. The admin can select which lowest user levels qualify for the revenue sharing program and which do not.This can be used to entice writters to publish a certain number of posts before they can start sharing in the revenue.
User Levels shown in my backend:
- Administrators
- Editor
- Author
- Contributor
Best plugin option would be that the admin can choose what percentage of ads are from admin and guest writters.
Enter your Adsense details:
When the guest writter is logged into the backend, they will be able to see ‘Adsense Advertising’ link under the dashboard panel. This is where the user will enter their Google Adsense details to be used.
The admin can also add some additional information on this page for the user. This can help the user to better understand the location of the ad slot, conditions and terms, etc. The admin could also just create a post and refer to it via a link on the page, it depends and varies on each site/blog.
How to setup plugin:
The admin has 2 choices when implimenting the code. They can either use the automatic postitioning which might not work on all themes or by calling a function. The plugin provides four html text areas where the adsense code can be placed and altered by the admin.
WordPress Plugin - Author Advertising Code Block
Current automatic positioning:
- Advert Place 1: Just before the posts start in the main content.
- Advert Place 2: At the end of the posts in the main content.
- Advert Place 3: At the very end of the page, in the footer.
- Widget: The Author Advertising widget.
Final Thought
This plugin is not for everyone or for every site/blog, but it could bring in many guest writters. Are you using this plugin or a similar plugin? What are your experiences with this kind of promotion or plugin?
Would love to know what you think, please make sure to leave a comment and share your opinion.
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Now I do like the sound of this, I have several guest bloggers on my blog and this is something that I will consider using to give something back to fellow bloggers who are guest posting..
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Thats a Nice Plugin for Revenue Sharing Program Integration and I think most of the Blogs use this plugin only.
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I am quite aware of this plugin but I don’t think that I am going to use it right now since my blog is not that yet popular. Maybe next time.
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Thanks George. I’ve been looking for something like this for my Swedish TV-site.
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Amazing stuff
thank you so much for sharing the informative article.
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Excellent find! I do not plan to use such ads on my main blog, although I’ll have to look at the others besides adsense, but might be really useful on other blogs.
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@Dennis – this plugin could be used for many other programs out there, not just adsense.
I don’t plan to use and ‘Adsense-like” ads on my main (DE.com) blog, but on other blogs I might….I’m not sure yet on other types of ads, as I already have something planned.
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@Dennis – what have you got planned? I hope you can share it with us
It’ll be part 2 of this post – –
Due to be written today or tomorrow for the next round of publishing; 2+ posts at the same time.
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It might attract bloggers to write on your blog. But I think it will work well on famous blogs. Maybe mine still need to improve more before I implement the plugin =)
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This was a good resource plugin for multi-author blogs. I am planning to invite my friend as co-admin, so that this plugin will surely help him.
I installed this plugin for my own purpose and it working fine. One can also install the code through php to get more control. I really like this plugin.
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@Arafat – yes, one could use the php code for it as well. One could also not use the plugin at all and create a function to create extra profile field and use it.
I am just surfing for this type of plug-in that have revenue sharing features.
Thanks George
I’ve tried out every revenue sharing plugin I’ve seen and I feel author-advertising is the best.. Thanks for the tutorial…. I bet it’ll help many people who are new to the plugin…
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@siddhu – thanks for your feedback. I know many bloggers who have said the same about this plugin and wanted to share it with others who are new to blogging or who are looking for something like this.
Revenue sharing seems like a great way to get guest writers on your blog, and it should come as no surprise that there is of course a plug-in for that. Thanks!
Revenue sharing program attracts writers to write more. You were very quick to upload the plugin George. Heads up for your efforts. I really appreciate this step.
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I am going to try this plugin for my blog, hope it works out well.
@omega shipping – let us know how it goes with the plugin, feedback is always welcomed.
Nice plugin and most bloggers like ShoutMeLoud is also using it to draw more guest bloggers. Thanks George
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thank you for a great plugin information, this is awesome
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me also thinking to start revenue share
this plugin will help me
ATUL
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George,
Can you tell me how to insert the custom codes on thesis theme –
I want to place the adsense ID just below the POST TITLE and just after the Article is Over.
Please help
Thanks
@Al – You can use the following hooks:
After post title: thesis_hook_before_post
After post: thesis_hook_after_post
For a full list of thesis hooks and details.
I apologize George, I don’t really understand. Can you give me, if you don’t mind a full code with the google Ad and the hook? Also, should I place that in custom_functions.php?
I am poor in coding.
Thanks in advance
I actually did what you said using the thesis open hook plugin George. But guess what. Adsense ads are coming in the homepage also. I wanted it in single post pages only.
Any advice please?
@Al – ok, you will have to use the is_single check as then it just displays on posts and no where else.
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