How does John Chow make money blogging?
Jun 27, 2009 Blogging
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I’ve been watching this video off and on. It’s a presentation where John Chow laid everything on the line about how he’s been able to make money with his blog. This is very good information! There’s a lot of marketers on the net that would charge for this kind of information, but here it is, free to the web.
You can either see it at JC’s blog, which can be found here, or watch the video below.
My Blog Business Model from John Chow on Vimeo.
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Tags: blog, Blogging, john chow, make money blogging, Video
Diversity in Monetization
Jun 20, 2009 Blogging, Business
It seems like every time I’m hanging around on the Digital Point forums, I see somebody ask questions along the line of ‘how can I make money online with my site?’ only to be bombarded with a salvo of answers that contain one piece of advice.
Not that getting a random persons favorite network (most likely Google AdSense) is a bad thing, but many people fail to branch out beyond one network at a time and simply choose to sit around scratching their heads wondering why they aren’t putting money in their pocket.
If you have ever watched any stock market advice shows, or listened to Dave Ramsey, you already know the best method. The answer is simple: diversify!
First, if your website is getting a ton of traffic, then Google AdSense might be a good thing to run. However, if you only rely on AdSense for income, you are not playing with a full deck. You are simply trusting that some of those visitors will click on the ads. Since that’s not guaranteed (and many people tend to get ad blindness), you need to do more than just run AdSense.
You might look into something a bit more mouse-catching, like Kontera. No, I’m not saying replace AdSense…run both! Kontera, at least for me, gets more clicks because many people are curious about the double underlined keywords in my articles. Not only that, but there are many people on the net that aren’t quite as marketing savvy as some of us, and see a link that looks a bit funny and are, for some unknown reason, compelled to click it just to see what happens.
Yeah, those are the people that want you to fix their computer on the weekends because their kids broke the dang thing on that internet…whatsit…
But lets’ take this a step further. You can have all of the good traffic in the world, but if people don’t click your AdSense or Kontera links, you get nothing. That’s why, if you are pulling good traffic, you need to also get hooked up with a CPM ad network like ADSDAQ or AdBrite. That way, you get paid based on the number of impressions the ad makes, regardless of whether people click it or not.
Also, if your blog is well established, you could probably sell some adspace directly to readers or other bloggers in your niche. Pure profit is a good thing!
If you are only using one or two monetiziation methods on your site, you are missing out on untapped opportunity. Branch out! Get paid!
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Tags: adbrite, adsdaq, adsense, Blogging, google, kontera, Money
Should I Write an eBook?
Jun 5, 2009 Blogging
Oddly enough, I’ve wanted to write an eBook for a while now, but never really figured out a great topic to write on.
Perhaps now I’ve come up with a good subject. Maybe I should start working on this now…or not…I might need some more research.
I promise that this won’t be your typical eBook from an online marketer. Although, I’m really not sure how well it would go over. I most likely wouldn’t be selling it (since the info is available on the net, and I’ll just compile it). I may use it as an incentive to join my mailing list (which you should do, if you haven’t already…it’s free).
I’m open to suggestions.
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Tags: ebook, free ebook, pdf
SEO Smart Links: The Poor Man’s Ninja Affiliate
Jun 3, 2009 Blogging
I came across a post via Twitter that caught my eye…it was a post about ten WordPress plugins that would help increase your blog’s ranking. What I expected to find were the usual suspects (All-in-One SEO, Headspace2, etc.). What I didn’t expect was a plugin called SEO Smart Links.
OK, maybe I did expect to find something with ‘SEO’ in the name, but what I didn’t know about this plugin is that it works in a very similar way to an excellent, yet expensive, commercial plugin called Ninja Affiliate by MaxBlogPress.
What SEO Smart Links does is essentially the same thing as Ninja Affiliate. According to the author, it “can automatically link keywords and phrases in your posts and comments with corresponding posts, pages, categories and tags on your blog” and also (and this is the good part) “set up your own keywords and set of matching URLs” just like its big brother.
The main difference? With SEO Smart Links you will save $97. And THAT is a lot of money…at least for me.
While it is true that I do use Ninja Affiliate, I won it in a contest, so I don’t plan to change soon. However, if you are a beginning blogger trying to break into affiliate marketing, check out SEO Smart Links and see if it can help you get a foothold on cashflow.
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Tags: affiliate links, link cloaking, maxblogpress, ninja affiliate, Plugin, SEO, seo smart links, wordpress, wordpress plugins
Free Stuff from Market Leverage
May 29, 2009 Blogging, Contests, Free Stuff
Forgive me for not having pictures, I’ll have to work on that.
Oh, right…the beginning! Well, a few weeks ago I was playing around on Twitter checking out one of the folks who work for Market Leverage, one of the most awesome affiliate markets I’ve worked with. Long story short, there was a contest, and if you were follower number (whatever, can’t remember off hand), you would win a sweet shirt.
Well, I won the contest. This week I was running around in my big rig, so I wasn’t here when the package came. But when I got home…wow.
Not only was the shirt awesome (a very nice polo-type shirt made by Nike), but there was also a cool Market Leverage bag, a coffee cup (I was needing a new one), and a liquid proof roll-up keyboard (which my wife refers to as ’squishy’)! I was definitely blown away by the bonus swag that came with the shirt! Nothing like free stuff to make your day, right?
Thank you, Market Leverage! On that note, if you haven’t joined ML yet, why not? Not only do they provide excellent service to their affiliates, but they also dish out some pretty freaking awesome swag!
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