Can anyone recommend a well supported plugin that allows inserting ads between posts and/or perhaps other parts of the site.
Something that can be controlled so it's not overwhelming. it would have to allow both Google ads (and others?) along with custom ads such as my own ads being placed here and there.
Also, does anyone know of a way to have a banner or notice pop up for all new or all guests visiting?
That plugin is only for google adsense, depending on how your ads work you could embed them as html widgets. Those allow adding html and javascript.