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Flixya Case Study

Flixya uses Google AdSense and the AdSense API to remain profitable while sharing 100 percent of revenues from user-generated content.

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Business

Started July 2006 as a video site with a dedicated, loyal member base, Flixya.com has grown to support a thriving social media community. While Flixya makes it easy to share videos, photos, and blogs, the company has also consistently sought to do more to give back to its members and to those in need. From the beginning, Flixya’s goals have been to offer the most engaging elements of popular social networking sites and to allow members who contribute content to the site to share in ad revenue.
The original version of Flixya shared revenues 50/50 with members and enabled them to earmark their earnings for charities. But today, true to its tagline "Share Everything," Flixya has become the first social networking platform to pay members 100 percent of the ad revenue from their user-generated content and have the funds distributed directly to its users.
"We believe that the true value of social networking is the community, and we continue to strive to promote member ownership with our platform," says co-founder and CEO Adam Oliver. "By rewarding the community of contributing members with 100 percent of ad revenues, we believe Flixya represents the second generation of social networking and raises the bar by setting the standard for the future of online social responsibility."

Approach

To share ad revenues with members who contribute content to the site, Flixya needed a contextual advertising service that could deliver ads relevant to a wide body of content across the site. The company also wanted a solution that could be tightly integrated into the site, providing members with a fast, seamless way to sign up and begin earning revenues on their user-generated pages. Oliver then learned about the Google AdSense Application Programming Interface (API). Google AdSense is a program that enables online businesses to earn revenue from serving ads precisely targeted to their sites; the AdSense API is a free service that allows Flixya to integrate AdSense into its site offerings.
"We were excited when we saw the AdSense API. We immediately realized it would enable a new monetization model for us that would generate substantial revenue and push 100 percent of everything earned on user-generated content back to our community," says Oliver. "All this, without the overhead of individual account management, reporting, or time-intensive and costly payment systems to facilitate publisher payments." In 2007, Flixya became one of the earliest users of the Google AdSense API.

Results

"With the AdSense API, we have a solution that fully enables the business model we've long dreamed of. Very few companies online or offline can state that they are giving back 100 percent of the revenue their members earn and still remain profitable."

- Adam Oliver
CEO, Flixya

"The AdSense API took only one day to implement, and it was easy to get started," Oliver recalls. "Since then, the AdSense API has proven to be a great way for us to aggregate and present relevant ads across a broad spectrum of topics that match contributors’ content."
The AdSense API has made it easy for members to sign up on the site and immediately begin to contribute content and earn 100 percent of the revenue from the associated AdSense impressions. "The AdSense API has made things seamless for our members," explains Oliver. "They can apply for a Google AdSense account during the Flixya registration process. It’s quick and very optimized."
Since the AdSense API integration, traffic rates and new sign-ups on the site have improved significantly. Flixya's membership base has grown steadily, mostly via word of mouth. However, Oliver believes that offering 100 percent revenue sharing on user-generated pages is another factor that is contributing to Flixya’s escalating growth rates. Member loyalty is also on the rise since implementing revenue sharing through the AdSense API.
Not only is the site growing, but Flixya remains profitable, even after sharing 100 percent of ad revenues on user-generated content. The company garners substantial AdSense advertising income – which currently accounts for 95 percent of its total revenue – from site pages not directly contributed by users. In addition, the shared revenue is supplemented by referral bounties the site earns for users who sign up through the AdSense API.
"However, we believe the most impressive result of our revenue sharing model is how it is positively affecting our members’ lives," says Oliver. "A single mother of four contacted us to say she’s supporting her family and staying off of public assistance programs from the income she’s deriving from Flixya. In some countries, members report that they are earning more from Flixya than they do from their annual income."
"With the AdSense API, we have a solution that fully enables the business model we’ve long dreamed of," says Oliver. "Very few companies online or offline can state that they are giving back 100 percent of the revenue their members earn and still remain profitable. The Google AdSense API has contributed to our success in many, many ways."


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How to Make Money With Adsense Sites

Advertisements are the backbone of any business. It plays a major role in determining the success of the venture. A few years back internet marketing involved a series of banners and text ads displayed on websites. Today the story is different. Sites referred to as adsense sites display advertisements.

Informative websites which are also search engine friendly contain web pages with ads focusing on a particular keyword. They target a particular section of the market. Their aim is to get people to click on them. In order to build these adsense sites, you have to first find your niche.

Locating the right keywords is an art by itself and this is the second step in placing your ads. For example, if you are marketing a body lotion, an obvious keyword like body lotion may be common. You may then need to identify relevant and rich keywords related to your product.

Place ads in the proper locations:

Adsense sites can be made more interesting with addition of graphics, sitemap and links. By putting up Adsense ad codes at the top of the webpage increases chances of people clicking you’re your ads. With proper and relevant keywords and tags, there is more possibility of search engines picking up and leading to your webpage and ads.

There are softwares available with the help of which you can effectively build hundreds of Adsense sites using reprinted articles. You can just pick up reprinted articles from various sites with the help of these softwares to create your own webpage using your templates. Alternately, you could write your own articles or even hire ghost writers to write for you at affordable rates. It is extremely important to instruct your writers to write articles for you which are keyword rich to ensure maximum traffic to your site. Keyword rich articles are in fact the key to optimum search engine rankings. A good keyword rich article is sure to navigate a lot of traffic to your site thereby increasing your business and profits.

Another thing you must remember is to keep updating your adsense sites. This ensures people are not bored with your site and they keep coming back to view the updates. Constantly posting something interesting and new is the key here. You can successfully hold the interest of your clients making sure your business is lucrative all the time.

Adsense sites are not just money making sites. They require your complete attention in order to ensure you keep up with the competition. You can effectively keep your adsense business flowing with constant updates and dynamic management of the site. Treat these sites as your main source of income even if they are not to ensure maximum profitability from them.

Before you come out with your adsense sites, make sure you are knowledgeable on the subject. Learn how to generate business through keyword rich content. You must know how to effectively host the sites, index them and link them to your other sites, etc. Attention is the most important factor here. Spend some time on your site and see your business grow.

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There is No Google AdSense Magic Package

You heard me right, There is no Google Adsense Magic Package! I know there are so many success stories of Google Adsense Publishers making waves online. The stories are quite interesting and tempting. Savvy online marketers are using such story to sell software and courses which they claim can reproduce such success stories overnight. Newbie Online Entrepreneurs are dreaming of becoming millionaires via Google AdSense publishing. They have heard the success story, they want their own share of the pie, but they want it now, not later.

Scammers are taking advantage of the ignorance of such newbies. This is one of the reigning SCAM in Africa. Too many African Entrepreneurs who are desirous of making money online are being swindled. The scammers offer digital products and services which they claim will bring the dream of the newbie entrepreneur into reality overnight. Who will not like to become a millionaire overnight? Unfortunately, it is all SCAM! Too many wannabe online entrepreneurs have parted with their hard-earned cash for such "GET RICH QUICK PACKAGES". Several months after buying such packages (which they expected to be a CASH COW that will keep generating income even when the owner is sleeping) they are yet to receive the first cheque from Google. They have been unable to generate $100 which is the minimal pay-out!

Now, many are asking "Is it really possible to earn 6digit income per annum from Google AdSense Publishing?" The answer is YES! But not via GET RICH OVERNIGHT MAGIC PACKAGES! Those instant solution packages are SCAM. If they work, nobody will sell them. Instead, the inventor will keep it as a secret. Ask around and see if you will get at least one person that have used such instant package and become a millionaire overnight.

So, what is the right thing to do? First we ask the successful Google Adsense Publisher how they got their success. We do not need to re-invent the wheel. We can learn from their experience thereby avoiding the mistakes they made. That will shorten the time period required to achieve success. One of such Successful AdSense Publisher that I will recommend is Lisa Irby. She produced a little ebook which spelt out the basic factors responsible for her success in Google AdSense Publishing (it is a good read for any beginner). Since the ebook is free and she gave permission for it to be re-distributed, I will be willing to send it to you via email upon request.

After reading that ebook, I will suggest you start a blog or website and open an account with Google as an AdSense Publisher. The earlier you start your own hands-on learning process, the better. You need skills and the earlier you start gathering experience the sooner your success story will come. There are many things to learn. There are great tools (some are free, some require payment) that will enhance your work and simplify difficult tasks. However, you still have a great role to play. None of those tools will take up your responsibility and make you a millionaire while you sleep. Wake up to reality. Nothing good comes cheap. If you are not ready to work, then forget about Google AdSense Income. It is not for lazy people.

Even though there is no Google AdSense Magic Package, you too can earn good income from Google AdSense publishing if you are willing to work consistently for success. Internet rewards patience. Wishing you success in your online ventures. Cheers

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