So you want to take your training wheels off

Hubpages is a great community, and the best ad revenue sharing program I have found yet.

In case your new to Hubpages, heres how you make money, Hubpages will share 60% of all ad impressions with you , they do this by allowing you to enter your own third party ad programs publisher codes into their system, then their servers will place your ads in for 60% of all impressions.

This is actually a very good deal, because the authority and reputation given to hubs will rank your content must higher in search engines, then your first pitiful sites can ever hope for,

So if your not a Hubpages producer already Join/ Signup in a new tab and then come back.

So you know what your doing you say, time to move up to the big leagues and earn 100% of your earnings...or maybe even add another revenue source to your existing hubs.

Time to join a publisher network. As your first introduction I suggest the following two networks, PepperJam Network and Commission Junction, in that order.

Commission Junction used to be king, but they lost eBay, they have terrible affilliate support and their website is antiquated.

PepperJam is most definitely where you should start

Yes, the words are true...they pay $10.00 USD just to sign up with their network.

Now, unlike most affiliate programs they have a low payout threshold, you can paid out once you reach $25.00. You could realistically make that in your first day, if you really have outgrown your training wheels that is.

One thing to keep in mind, did you have trouble being accepted into the hub related affiliate programs? Yes, then your going to be in for even more issues when you attempt to join publisher networks...just having some Hubpages isnt going to cut it...your going to have some of your own web real estate, thats right, a couple of blogs, your very own domain even paid hosting!

None of these are openly required but they do want partners that have earning potential...a good ppc marketer, article writer or BUM marketer could benefit from the program, but may have to actually send a personal email or make a phone call to prove their capabilities.

Join now - PepperJam Network affiliate sign up with $10.00 sign-up

Just for the record, this $10 sign on bonus is only valid if you are referred by another member like myself, just going to the webpage via type in will invalidate you for the bonus.

Now, on to the good stuff. PepperJam has many features that draw me to it, that endear the network to me over the other 15 or so that I promote.

• Overall Interface- The general GUI is great, its very user friendly, self explanatory and easily navigatable
• PJN Storebuilder - You can select a topic and the storebuilder will build you a very attractive and customizable store module that features your affiliate products
• PepperJamAds - a built in link builder that will create an adsense style contextual ad module
• Easy Communication - Your affiliate or network managers information is clearly displayed inside your dashboard, you can actually email and speak with someone - this is unheard of! At least until you are raking in some major bucks - There is also a chat now feature! Take it from me, this is a great feature and rather unique.

Pepperjam now has eBay on their network! Other top programs include all the Acai products, all the various dating networks and top brands like RocaFella !

PepperJam actually rewards its members for blogging and promoting the network, an article like this one would be worth $10.00, you can submit 5 different articles a month to the program, thats a pretty easy fifty bucks especially if your topics ever include internet marketing or paid writing blurbs anyway.

Disclaimer: This article is not eligible and I am not being paid for it

To be eligible you must have your site approved before submitting an article, from experience I can tell you that free web hosts are NOT accepted - so no hubpages, no wordpress.com and no blogspot blogs will give you direct paid income for a post.

This is actually true with most pay per post programs, and as an aside, wordpress.com sites are not supposed to have any advertising or paid posts on them.

In comparison to PJN, Cj.com is a dinosaur, but it does have a huge collection of publishers, they pay on time and you will figure out the interface. You really should also join their program.

Also for some reason I always get log in issues with firefox and had to permanently set cj to open with my IE tab

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As you progress in article writing, internet marketing and affiliate marketing, you will quickly learn the need for control of your own domain names and subdomains, and you will want the security of having your own hosted space.

Some free web site resources: (Training sites)

Blogspot.com - Tons of great templates, AdSense compatible, affiliate compatible, just no pay per posts adult content allowed

Wordpress.com - great way to learn the wordpress program but ads are a no-no

Weebly.com - Pretty easy template based free from web design pages (not a blog)

Hubpages.com - Your on one!

Some top paid hosting and domain providers

Godaddy.com - 7.49 domains, has a cpanel based installer and hosting services installer - many free programs available - Great 24 hour customer service

HostGator - Has fantastico installer - one click wordpress installs along with many other great hosting and content management programs