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Let’s Get Monetized

You’ve probably noticed that things have gotten a lot more whiz, bang, blinking advertisement-like around here in the past couple days. This is a good thing. This means that there will be a direct correlation between the number of people who view this website and the amount of money I can perhaps, potentially make off of it. (It’s early days yet, so we still have to see how it pans out.) It will hopefully mean I can spend more time writing here and less time taking on an assortment of other crappy assignments. Or maybe even pay for some child care so I can do both. Imagine that.

I’m excited to be part of She Blogs Media, a new marketing/ad network for Canadian women. They seem to have a good team over there and a solid network of bloggers behind them. They even have hats!

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Nothing else will really change around here. I’ll still write about my failed attempts to go to the park without becoming violently ill and our family trips to such glamourous vacation destinations as Brampton, Ontario. I’ll still do the occasional sponsored post because, just like you, I like earning money.

And, guys, you know I have nothing to do with selecting which ads appear, right? I neither endorse nor oppose the companies or products that are being advertised. I simply sell them the space. I’m good with that. I hope you are too.

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Advertise to Urban Canadian Moms

Welcome to the new AdSense-free Playground Confidential. Isn’t it so nice and … white? I wish I could write that I have decided to blog for the sheer joy of it and that I am no longer seeking advertising revenue to support my hobby. But that is not the case.

Google AdSense has decided that my blog “has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers.” They’ve shut me down, in other words, for violating their Terms and Agreements. I was pretty taken aback — to say the least — when I first received the email. I mean, this is a one-woman show here. I actually write my own content and rely on a growing base of loyal readers for my traffic. There’s nothing but make-money-off-Google-ads schemes every which way you look. There are scads of sites that are filled with RSS feeds and stolen or cobbled together content designed to maximize search engine optimization and confuse readers into clicking on ads. And they cut me off. Me!