There are two kinds of professionals in the world — the ones who just work hard, and the others who work hard and work smart. The greatest level of success comes to the people who find a balance between hard work and smart work. This is certainly true in the world of Internet marketing.
As a blogger, you must be working day and night to produce great content, drive traffic and make money from ads.  But it is easy to overlook some of the simplest methods of increasing traffic and thus AdSense earnings by a significant amount.
So – in today’s post I am sharing one of the simplest ways to improve traffic and increase your income!
Benefits of using long tail and high CPC AdSense Keywords:
Surely you are aware of the fact that the most targeted traffic your blog has, the more money you will make. Similarly, the more high-CPC keywords you are using, the more your AdSense earnings will increase over time.
I have written about long tail keywords in the past and explained how these keywords help you to rank higher with search engines.  I have also explained how long tail keywords are easy to rank for and help you to get highly targeted organic traffic.
Now suppose we could find a way to identify the perfect combination of long tail keywords that are also CPC AdSense keywords? Â Sounds like a money-making combination, does it not? Â Read on!
Next, have a look at another great tool called Semrush, which I am about to introduce to you. Semrush will assist you in identifying long tail, high CPC keywords literally within seconds!
Using Semrush to find profitable AdSense Keywords:
Semrush is one amazing tool and is a unique tool in terms of the amazing features it offers. I won’t go into a detailed explanation of this tool here because you can refer to my review article to learn all you need to know about using Semrush. What I want do today is show you how you can use this tool to find profitable AdSense keywords.
To get all you can from this excellent tool, I suggest you first compile the following tools:
- Google Docs spreadsheet or any other tool you’re using to manage keywords.
- Semrush account. (Get complete 14-day free trial using this link)
- List of high and medium authority blogs in your niche.
Login to your Semrush account, and type the name of the domain that you want to use for finding long tail high CPC keywords. For example, in this case I’m using Warrior forum
On the next page, click on organic keywords > Full list, and you will be shown a list of keywords that are driving traffic to the Warrior Forum.
Now, you simply need to sort the list by clicking on the CPC tab, and it will sort the list in order of high CPC keywords first.
Interesting to note is the fact that the majority of high CPC AdSense keywords are usually long tail keywords. Indeed, some of them are as high as $300+ per click!
Now begin copying the keywords which you think are most suitable for your blog. (I usually note most of the keywords on my content-planning Google document, and I use these notes later for structuring content on ShoutMeLoud or any other blog.)
Continue to repeat the process for the other domains on the list, and by the time you have completed this exercise, you will have an extensive list of high-CPC AdSense keywords.
Since you are already targeting niche-based long tail keywords, you are most likely to rank higher and drive traffic on those keywords. This is one of the simplest and fastest ways to skyrocket your AdSense earnings.
Keep in mind that you need to make sure your keywords are driving traffic from countries like the United States. Otherwise, you are not maximizing your potential from this tip.
Semrush is one of the best search engine marketing tools available, and I highly recommend that you take it for a test-drive at the very least. You can use the link below to get completely free access to Semrush for 14 days, which usually costs $150. (You do need a credit card to take advantage of this offer, but you can cancel your subscription anytime within the 14-day trial period.)
Take the 14- day free trial of Semrush!
I have also created this video tutorial to explain how you can use Semrush to find highly profitable AdSense Keywords:
Let me know if you use any other tools to find profitable long tail keywords.
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Very informative post, I now have a clear direction. Except for one thing I don’t get is when I check the with adsense keyword planner CPC it shows a big difference between semrush CPC. Or does the rate vary on difference circumstance?
target keywords: yahoo answers marketing and online business costs.
Hey Harsh,
Really 50$/click is impressive earning… Really this is very excellent earning of the blog…. semrush is very fine work for me..Thanks for the amazing tips.
Hmmm…I guess I would have to try semrush. I’ve been meaning to try out niche marketing for some time now.
Thanks for the tip
Does it gives the real keyword cpc as they are many such software which gives the wrong cpc record
Hello Harsh,
I tried this and got a wonderful results. Thanks to share this wonderful tool,. Yesterday got a CPC of $45.
High CPC keywords really bring wonderful results but finding them is not so easy. I once applied a long tail keyword related to insurance claims and I got almost $7 per click and my adsense income for one day was more than $100. I will try SEMRUSH to increase my adsense income
Thanks Harsh, I was very much in need of this kind of info and tool. I really won’t mind paying $160 if it can help me get some long-tail keywords which can make me earn far more than I will pay to SEMrush.
Now, my blog is getting good enough visitors, I hope this would be the right time to go for something like this, which would increase the conversion rate.
SEMRUSH is really a powerful tool. thank for your guide, i will apply this in my next campain.
i think i have to try this once lets see what happened i think it surely help me to earn more.. thanx for awesome article
Hello sir,a real nice article from you.Am been tring hard to improve my blog’s adsense cpc but now I guess it’s time to be smarter.
This is an amazing post i must say. Long tail keywords has been my delight right from time, they produce great results for me.
Yes bro its fine.. The problem is that is it fully safe method ?
@Abdul
Yes it’s completely safe…As you not using and black-hat or illegal trick.. This is simple and smart way to increase AdSense earning.
good to read this post harsh i recently understand a smart posting trick with it i can rank on original keywords like AARP Auto Insurance these kind of keywords has cpc Rate of $5 to $10 but my adsense account counting 0.20$ at each click its 3rd day i ranked on these kind valuable keywords what you say whould my blog can get high cpc rates…
i receive all traffic by google without any black hat way..
hersh, please help me out… i have about four youtube channel and associated with one google adsense, gotting about 600views and up to 18 clicks but my cpc revenue is $0.03- $0.04 per click. please how can i increase my cpc revenue in my youtube channels
Hey Davies,
Target the right audience. CPC mainly depends on the keywords and country. If you have visitors from countries US, UK, and Australia then your Youtube CPC will be higher. Also, Do a proper SEO of your videos,so that your videos are discoverable and you get more views and searches.
Good and insightful post but SEMrush would not accept my master card. If you can help me get high CPC AdSense keywords are usually long-tail keywords of my site kutufam.com Hope to hear from you
I will definitely try this…
Long tails keywords have always been helpful, but never tried SEMRUSH.. But will definitely give it a try.
Thanks for the informative post 🙂 and 14 days free trial too hehe
Very informative post for any blogger. But don’t you think that its too expensive for any newbie blogger? How can a newbie blogger afford $160? Please share some free alternatives of Semrush tool.
@Ankur
I have given 14 days free trial coupon, and 14 days is good enough to create a huge list of such Keywords….. And once anyone is using SEMRUSH for profit, he won’t mind paying… They also have cheaper plans….
Hi Harsh,
Is this tool only helpful to earn money from CPC ?
I have a blog which earns money through affiliates. How can this be helpful?
@Avadhut
You can take advantage of long tail Keywords to drive highly-targeted traffic….And it will help you to improve your aff. sales.
@Ankur
totally agree with you. it’s too expensive for the newbie. I use SERPstat as an alternative. It also has quite generous trial and then it costs like 20$
Excellent and much useful info! Well, SEMRUSH and Easy WPSEO tools/plugins are much helpful to find/optimize keywords. Thanks for sharing and tweeted 🙂
Hi Harsh,
I got one doubt here. It may sound true for WarriorForum or SML; getting 50$ CPC ad. But does that hold true for average blogs too.?
Or Google serves these high value ads only on the blogs and sites which are having a minimum set pageviews a day and all.
Thanks Harsh, this article worth reading and implementing too. Long tail keyword are future of internet world.
These long tail keywords has helped me to draw targeted traffic to my site. Its good to see that Semrush is giving results with CPC rate..
Thanks Harsh for this wonderful knowledge
Hey Harsh,
Excellent information for those who are looking to earn more in blogging. Because 99% of the people don’t make money, a few dollars a month. Most people do not know how exactly to make it work on choosing the topics. Hope this will help them.
i made $43 from one single click in competitve market but adwords cpc was only $6. so, i don’t know how i made 42 may be visitor bought big ticket item.