i'm confused about what i can promote on my blog, and ads.

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  superiorfeline · Member · Feb 17, 2014 at 1:17 pm

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  first, i want to know if i can even try to promot my own ebook on my blog by asking visitors to buy it at the end of posts, or mentioning it in posts, and then directing them to amazon where they can buy it. you cant buy it from the blog, and it is related to the blog’s subject, same niche.
  second, can i run ads on my blog? this is NOT a self hosted blog! the hosting is free. are there any kind of ads i can run, and where do i find them? i dont even have a sidebar and dont know how to build one.
  third, if i cant run ads on this blog and have to resort to self hosting, how much does it cost? and what will happen to the old blog? will it convert to new, or disappear?

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  timethief · Member · Feb 17, 2014 at 7:22 pm

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  third, if i cant run ads on this blog and have to resort to self hosting, how much does it cost? and what will happen to the old blog? will it convert to new, or disappear?

  Please allow me to cut to the chase. No you cannot run your own ads on any free hosted WordPress.com blog. Please read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate and here’s how to move to WordPress.ORG.

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/

  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  http://wordpress.org/themes/
  http://wordpress.org/plugins/

  3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/

  6. Set your wordpress.com blog visibility to private. To change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  Alternatively you can purchase a Guided Transfer and Staff will do the move and set up for you http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  NOTE: WordPress.com and WordPress.org have different log-ins and run different versions of themes with same names. If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.