What I Have Learned

In Electronic publishing
with Dr. Paul Evangelista

By: Adrienne Taraborelli

 Monetizing Your Blog
• You can make money just by having a blog
• Become part of an advertising network:
Adsense, adBrite, Bidvertiser
• Make money through advertising, even if
people just click on an ad on your page
• Become an Amazon affiliate, provide links to
products on your blog, make a percentage
 Visual Hierarchy
Most important  Bigger things are
more important!
info goes here
on a website

Keep the important

stuff above the “fold”
to eliminate scrolling

Remember: we read left to right

 We Don’t Read We Scan
• Make your blog scannable
• Don’t make them think
• Do this by breaking up your writing with
SUBHEADS
• Helpful to make things bold or large to
emphasize significance.
• Make sure things that are clickable obviously
appear clickable
 Wikis
• Extremely helpful for sharing ideas or files
with a group
• Useful for group projects or planning events
• You can store files on an online space, so you
do not have to email files of keep them on an
external drive