I was almost angry when I saw the <AUTOPROMOTION> tag in your post. Why writing it? You have to autopromote your products if you want to sell them. This <AUTOPROMOTION> tag makes me feel like you're not serious about your book.
By the way, I was talking about the google ads.
"Here are a few quotes from one of my favourite eMails:" followed by an adsense block. It took me a second to parse that quotes you were referring to weren't "Make 85% profit in 15 Min" and "Real Work at Home Income"
Same thing for the second block. It falls in a very awkward place.
If the ad were off to the side would it be as effective? @ OP I am sure you could play with this and find which is more effective thus increasing or maintaining your bottom line.
I guess I should also add that the ads I'm most likely to remember are those that appear on the page before the content I'm there to read actually loads. I'm assuming this is intentional.
Most importantly, by responding again I'm making your first comment on this thread seem prescient.
I am curious about his analytics on this. I'm not a tech person, I've been selling internet advertising for 5 years though.
They will still give you some advertising exposure for AdSense, but they won't get in the way of people trying to read your blog post, and your product promotions in your post won't get lost in the noise.
Just a suggestion, you're kicking ass and taking names either way!