Now is a good time to have some “web real estate”!

Online advertising spending is increasing, in the face of some very difficult times for other advertising mediums. If you have websites that get some decent traffic, you can leverage your traffic into money, through advertising revenue. There are a multitude of  affiliate programs, advertising opportunities, and businesses that will give you a conduit to creating income from advertising on your blog, website or social website.

excerpts from eMarketer:

“Overall, UK advertising spending suffered a double-digit drop in 2009, according to several sources. But the Internet defied this downward trend. UK advertisers spent £3.54 billion ($5.56 billion) online in 2009—5.7% more than in 2008.”

“Because Internet ad spending continued to grow during the economic downturn, online marketers are also well placed to capitalize on the recovery, whether this is slow and halting, or steady and more rapid.”

“The Web already claimed a larger share of UK ad revenues than TV in 2009, according to MAGNA and ZenithOptimedia, and will consolidate this dominance over the next five years.”