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Jumat, 31 Agustus 2007

Worldwide Blogging Brings Home The Bacon On Cliche Day

I'm going to bore you again with statistics today. This sort of follows on from my posts on Sunday, Monday and Thursday. zzzzz .... zzzzz ....

This time it's about where in the world visitors came from - during August - and how long they stayed.

First a map! This is from Google Analytics and all of the world with a shade of green indicates this blog had visitors from those countries in August. The white spaces are where I've missed out. Not too successful in Africa.

Map of MMMM visitors for August
For August the blog visitors came from 72 countries - though there has been hits from 149 countries since the blog began. I must admit I'd be hard pressed to point to some of them on an atlas.

The two main countries are the USA and here in the UK where visitors stayed for 7mins 02secs and 7mins 52secs respectively.

It's interesting though that people from Singapore stayed much longer at 18mins 09secs and the longest stayers in this blog's top 20 countries were the Mexicans at 25 mins 28secs. It was the Germans that liked me least and only hung around for 1min 52secs - could be a language thing I suppose. I won't say anything more on that as my wife was born in Germany.

Does all of this information help? A little as it once more emphasises the potential of blogging. The whole world is our oyster - and other such naff cliches.

What it does show is the value of affiliate marketing which is truly international. It's probably why the likes of friends and contact programs work so well.

Of course we can get carried away with stats and spend too much time perusing them. It's much more important to actually get on with things and do what 'brings home the bacon' - Friday must be cliche day. Not sure why I mentioned bacon as I'm a vegetarian.

Tomorrow is my Money Making Report - see you all then.

Good luck,
Mike.

Other reading:
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Kamis, 30 Agustus 2007

Unexpected Keywords For A Money Making Blog

I started using Google Analytics, for this blog, at the beginning of the month and I have been looking at my keywords they have listed for this particular period.

I was quite surprised to see that my top keyword for this month is Zlio.

I wrote about this opportunity back in March but quite honestly have done very little to promote it. Somehow though I've got on the front page of Google because of the post.

In case you are not aware Zlio allows you to open your own store and then 'stock it' with a choice out of thousands of products.

The point of this post, however, is about keywords.

Another surprise phrase which is 6th on the list of my keywords is 2.5 million rivets! This is second on Google's first page and is in response to a post I wrote last December Riveting Money Making Thoughts. I happened to mention that the Eiffel Tower has 2.5 million rivets.

The point is that it's worth looking through keywords, that have referred visitors, and doing a follow up to reinforce the words. Oh, I suppose that's what I'm actually doing now!

My usual expected keywords are in the top twenty for this month (mike's money making, making money and so on) but it's the unexpected ones that fascinate me like impossible pie which is number 17 out of 20.

Some will argue that these unusual keywords won't produce quality visitors, this may be true, but when someone arrives at your blog, as in life, you never know what might just happen ...

Good luck,
Mike.

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Southern California Criminal Defense Lawyers & Criminal Attorneys

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Rabu, 29 Agustus 2007

Updates On Auction Ads and PayPerPost

AuctionAds
AuctionAds have improved their service to affiliates and hopefully this will in turn help them make more money from their ads.

I have grumbled in the past that AuctionAds didn't always appear on my blog and, when this happened, other items in the side column took an age to download. This should now be a thing of the past - fingers cossed!

AuctionAds say they have 'doubled the size of our hardware infrastructure and optimized it to ensure near 100% uptime of ad serving (and to make sure your ads are served lighting fast).'

The ads have also been redesigned - see a sample in the side column, about half way down the page. The images have been improved so that they are no longer distorted or stretched as was often the case previously.

All in all a step in the right direction - now all I've got to do is try to make some decent money with them, I've only made about $30 so far.

Make money writing sposnored postsPayPerPost
I have been doing some sponsored posts recently, mainly for PayPerPost. I've always been a little wary about doing them before because I thought it may put people off from reading the blog. I have now written seventeen and it doesn't appear to have made any difference to readership or subscriber numbers. At least not that I am aware of.

There is an interesting article on The Wall Street Journal website regarding sponsored posts, PayPerpost and about how it can benefit advertisers.

An example is given where a company now receives half of their traffic from blogs, compared with around 10% prior to a paid posts campaign.

Looks like sponsored posts can help bloggers and advertisers alike - providing it is handled properly. With PayPerPost I have made over $270.

Note that new PayPerPost members can get $20 for their first sponsored post - click button for info.

Good luck,
Mike.

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Selasa, 28 Agustus 2007

Start Your Day Right With Karl

I've always believed that how you start your day is important. If you set out with the right intentions then things generally go smoothly. Whereas if you think it's going to be a rough day it usually is.

I've been reading Karl's blog, that's him on the right, and it's full of optimism and inspirational messages. Today his post is about Life's Attitude Toward Us - and that's what reminded me about how and why I try to start each day in the right frame of mind.

So who is Karl? He's Karl Moore an entrepreneur and best selling author and the intention of his blog is to inspire and help individuals in their spiritual growth.

One of his themes on Mondays is all about doing Random Acts Of Kindness. Again this is something I tend to do (though not on a Monday) and it can give life a beneficial edge. It may sound daft but it's that old thing about receiving what you give out.

Anyway, he says it a lot better than I do so take a look at Karl's blog and see what you think.

Senin, 27 Agustus 2007

Is This The Secret To Making Money With Blogs?

average time visitors on blogIn yesterday's post I was talking a little about the amount of time visitors were spending on this blog.

Now I know that it's easy to get bogged down with statistics but at the same time they do give all sorts of indicators.

I've been looking again at Google Analytics for the amount of time the average visitor stays. This varies a great deal from different referral sources.

With search engines, for example, I see that Yahoo referrals stay almost two minutes longer than someone arriving from Google. With Yahoo they remain on average for 7mins 49seconds but only 5mins 58seconds with Google.

There are major differences with website and blog referrals. Times can vary between averaging nineteen and twenty minutes, from some sources, and as little as 1min 47seconds from what I always thought of as a good source of traffic. This shows that things aren't always as they first appear.

Whatever the figures show I'm sure that we all want our visitors to stay longer. So how do you do this?

Firstly, there has to be more than just the current posts on view, especially if they aren't very long. A lot of readers are skimmers and will shoot through a post quickly looking for something that interests them. There needs, therefore, to be something of interest to the reader besides your recent posts. Perhaps links to older, more important posts. Ones which you think are interesting and, of course, they need a catchy title - relevant to the subject matter.

There should also be links to previous posts within new posts, whenever possible. Refer to similar things you have written and may be of use to the reader. Since I've started doing this myself I have noticed the average length of visits has increased by three minutes on average.

It goes, without saying, that posts have to be to the highest standard we can do personally. Unfortunately we are not all natural writers and storytellers but we can check basics like spelling and double check to make sure that the message we are trying to convey is easily understood.

For example, I dislike blogs - often technical ones - that love to show off by using abbreviations and 'insider' terms that many will not understand. There's no need. As with any selling - and with a money making blog you are selling - you should keep it simple. Some call this KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid.

Other ways to retain visitors may be with such things as polls, lists of links and information that may be helpful.

This isn't meant to be an in depth post on How To Increase Average Visitors Time On Site. All I wanted to do was to raise a subject that is perhaps worth thinking about.

It's all about Quality Not Quantity - though Quantity and Quality would be perfection - and is no doubt The Secret To Making Money With Blogs.

Good luck,
Mike.

Other reading:
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Discover Junk with YeinJee

Here's a fun newish blog, it's not about money - but it is about all the things you don't need to know!

Things like stone age chewing gum. It seems that some was found during an excavation in Finland and the gum still has tooth prints in it.

Then there's wrestling in chocolate and a 94 year old Australian great-great grandmother who became the oldest person to earn a university masters degree. The two aren't connected, by the way, but illustrate the diversity of subjects covered in the blog. There's everything from science and technology to the mysterious and gadgets. There's even a picture of a 1.2 metre fossilized baculum - look it up if you aren't sure what this is.

You could say the blog is a lot of funny junk.

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Minggu, 26 Agustus 2007

Fair Review Referrals Linger Longer

I wrote about Fair Review a couple of weeks ago in my post Get Some Good Links For Free. I won't go fully into what it's all about again but briefly: you write a review of a blog from their directory and in return other blogger's should write about your blog as well. It helps everyone.

I was looking through some stats for my blog today and spotted that Fair Review are starting to send me referrals. Great!

But there is better news still. The referrals from Fair Review actually linger longer on my blog - an average of over 19 minutes each.

Let's be honest, it's quite easy to get lots of cosmetic hits with such things as hit exchanges, and writing about certain subjects, but most of these visitors virtually go as fast as they arrive. With hit exchanges most stay for under 25 seconds.

As it's quality visits we want Fair Review is actually providing these - at least as far as this blog is concerned. Also some of the referrals have returned to the blog and, when they did so, they then stayed for 30.15 minutes - over half an hour each on average.

So Fair View brings quality visitors, but there is more still!

Rhys, who runs Fair Review, also mentions members on one of his other blogs The Gospel According To Rhys. His Gospel is now my second highest referring blog for this month.

From all of this I'd sum up by saying:

(1) It's quality visits that we want - who linger longer.
(2) Fair Review sends quality referrals.
(3) Rhys is great!
(4) QED

Good luck,
Mike.

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Sabtu, 25 Agustus 2007

Money Making Weekly Report - Week 46

I'm now at week 46 of my Money Making Mission. The aim being to try and earn money, using only free blogs and without any capital outlay.

At last, through the $3000 barrier: $3063.52!!

Below are programs I am currently promoting - in alphabetical order, with a few comments.

Adbrite - Nil
I moaned about Adbrite again on Monday so I won't say anymore. I'll remove them from my list for next week's report.

AdSense $548.08
A little better than the previous week but I'm still not back to my best week totals - yet!

Amazon UK £4.34 ($8.64)
Nothing to say.

AuctionAds $28.58
No commission shown for this week.

Autograph Dealer Nil
I'll remove this one from my list for next week - just haven't got anywhere with it despite over 13000 page impressions.

Convergence Inc $156.60 (over 18's only)
They sent me a check this week for the $14 I mentioned last week - quick payers. Adult only products.

DIY Dating £72.99 ($145.25)
DIY offer a free dating website with choice of designs and content plus use of their massive database. Has possibilities. Received commission this week.

FriendFinderGroup $677.46
My top earner. No problems, commission paid regularly (when over $50). Over 20 websites to promote ranging from Christian and Jewish friendship to Adults and Bondage! Caters for most interests.

Helium $13.10

IcePoster Nil
They have altered their affiliate terms - now 10% commission and $100 threshold for payment to be sent out. Afraid this will be the third program to be disappear from my list for next week. I've just removed their ads from my blogs.

myLot $59.43

PayPerPost $130.83
This is going well at the moment. I also have $101 of sponsored posts waiting to be approved. Payments made on time - once the posts have been on the blog for 30 days.

Sexy Ads $322.73 (over 18's only)
I recieved a check from them yesterday for $34.97. A well run, efficient affiliate program - if suitable for your blog!

You Gov £47.75 ($95.02)
I wrote a post about YouGov on Tuesday. Genuine survey company - want more panel members in UK, USA and the Middle East.

I've also made money from Commission Junction, Cashlinkr, Daytipper, but I no longer promote these. Plus have received additional money from direct advertising and misc. revenue.

Think that's all for this week, thanks for reading this post.

Good luck,
Mike.



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Software To Manage And Sell Your Leads

Customer relationship management, CRM, is all about how companies manage their relationships with their customers. This includes such things as the capture, storage and analysis of customer information.

Needless to say this is done nowadays with computer software, one such company that offers crm software is AIMpromote.

With one single piece of software it is possible for companies to manage their CRM including sales lead management. This is an essential for lead aggregation companies i.e. those who generate and then sell leads.

AIMpromote consider themselves to be a technology leader in sales lead management and are changing the way businesses are managing sales team.

AIMpromote's software has a free setup as opposed to their competition where this often involves having to pay anything from $500 to over $6000. They also offer more features.

Their Lead Management Features include, for example: Lead Attention Meter, Custom Lead List Display,Lead Opportunity Value, Lead Reselling, Unlimited Custom Fields and so on. To see a comparison of AIMpromote's software features against their leading competition please click here.

One of the key objectives of Lead Management is to generate sales related leads, which will finally get converted into Sales Revenues for the company concerned. The AIMpromote's software will assist with this essential function.

The AIMpromote system is a full-fledged CRM that also allows the account holder to also sell leads before, after, or instead of making a sale themselves.

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Jumat, 24 Agustus 2007

Your Story Is Worth A Fortune

I was introduced to the idea that your story is worth a fortune when I was involved with network marketing (MLM) a while back. I think this premise also holds good for money making blogs.

Perhaps the word fortune might be considered a little over optimistic but, there again maybe not, if it is your nature to always look on the bright side of life.

If you can tell your story, about how you succeeded in making money, then others will be influenced by this in a positive way and may be willing to follow your example or suggestions.

The problem falls down though if you haven't a genuine story to tell but carry on as if you have.

By this I mean you can't really advise others how to do something unless you have done whatever it is yourself.

There are dozens of money making blogs about at the moment and many publish what they earn. This is fine, but the idea falls down when the bloggers concerned start giving advice on how to succeed. I've visited a few of them recently and, as an example, one was all about how to get lots of visitors to a blog.

This is obviously a useful subject but where it falls down, as it did in this particular case, was because the blog stats showed that the blog was getting less than 20 hits a day. He hadn't put into practice what he was preaching. He didn't even know if, what he had written, would work in reality.

The question we have to ask ourselves when reading any sort of 'how to' stuff is: Has the person writing the words actually achieved whatever it is themselves?

Going back to how your story is worth a fortune: What do you do if you are just starting out?

Initially you have to tell other peoples' stories until you have established your own.

When I started network marketing at first my wife and I told the stories of people in our upline. Once we had got our business going well we then moved on to relating our own experiences about the volume of sales we had achieved, the number of people we had in our downline, the amount of our Royalty cheques and so on.

If you can tell an honest story, and can back up what you say, others can relate to this. They start to believe 'if this guy can do it so can I'. And once they/we can believe they/we can achieve as well.

Roger Bannister four minute mileIt's like that elusive four minute mile. For hundreds of years it was thought of as impossible. Once Roger Bannister achieved the impossible 37 other runners also broke four minutes in the first year. Now it's commonplace.

Once someone proves something is possible others do the same and forge ahead to something even better.

When telling a story though sometimes it's necessary to adapt it to the person you are speaking to. I don't mean fib, but you tailor it to suit whoever you are talking with.

Back in the 80's distributors were making massive money monthly with Herbalife. But if the person you were communicating with couldn't comprehend such amounts it was simply a waste of time mentioning the figures. You need to read people and give them what they want to hear.

Some of us think in hundreds, some thousands, some tens of thousands, some even millions. It's no good talking about tens of thousands to someone who thinks in hundreds and conversely you can't talk in hundreds to someone who thinks in tens of thousands.

But back to money making blogs. I'd say start building your story about how you are progressing and keep on updating this as the weeks tick by. If the story sounds genuine others will follow your lead.

Good luck,
Mike.



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Kamis, 23 Agustus 2007

So Why Does Your Blog Actually Exist?

So why does your blog actually exist?

I wonder how many of us can answer that truthfully.

There's a host of different answers and reasons. We all start our first post with great enthusiasm but have we a clear picture of why we have brought this life, this growing developing 'thing', into existence?

I started this blog to find an answer as to whether it's possible to make money with free blogs without using any capital or outlay.

I've partly answered this as I've now gone through the $3000 barrier but I haven't met some of my initial targets. I was really aiming for $5000 within a year (though I still have some weeks to go as yet.)

I set this figure at the beginning because, breaking it down to UK money, I thought £50 a week was realistic. The problem was I had no yardstick to measure this by. You read a lot about the big earners with six figure and more blogging incomes - but most took a while to develop this. Wonder what their first year income was, before they learned their trade?

Of course in life, as with Google Analytics, it's easy to get swamped out by too many stats and figures that they all blur and become almost irrelevant.

I do feel though that, with a blog, we should think about the original question of why our blogs actually exist? It's easier than finding out why we exist!

If we can answer this, based on purely our own thoughts and without outside influences, we might just get to where we want to go and gain what we hope to achieve. After all, if we don't know where we want to go we aren't likely to get there.

Good luck,
Mike.

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Low Interest With A Mint UK Credit Card

Credit cards are an established way of life and, if used sensibly, can be of benefit when budgeting our money. But what credit card do you choose?

It's probably all about interest rates and introductory offers. If there are a few added benefits thrown in as well, so much the better.

One uk credit card that currently has various benefits, plus 0% introductory offers is Mint.

Current Mint features include:

  • 0% on purchases until 1 March 2008.

  • 0% on balance transfers until 1 October 2008 (2.5% balance transfer fee)

  • 0% bonus offer until 1 June 2009 on balances transferred during December 2008 (2.5% fee)

  • Typical 14.9% APR (variable)
For the Internet age there is free online account management.

Other benefits include:

  • 24 hour MINT Customer Service

  • Shop online securely with MINT Secure

  • Up to 56 day interest-free period on purchases
All in all a competitive package.

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Rabu, 22 Agustus 2007

A Beautiful Sunny Day Spoilt By BritePic!

St.Clement Church Tower and the Fal River, CornwallToday has been lovely and sunny here in Cornwall. My wife and I decided to go for a long walk along the Fal River from Tresillian to Malpas. It's about five miles from where we live.

It was one of those perfect days, beautiful views, lots of wildlife and when we reached Malpas we had lunch outside of the Heron Inn overlooking the river. On the way back we even picked blackberries for an apple and blackberry pie.

I had my camera with me and took a couple of quick pics, nothing special, just amateur snaps.

"I know," I thought when we arrived home, "I'll write a quick post about BritePic, which is part of AdBrite.

As I've said previously I haven't had much luck with AdBrite but I thought I'd give them the benefit of the doubt and and try out BritePic. This is where they attach adverts to photos you wish to include on blogs.

As I had the photos from my walk I decided to use them, despite them not being anything special. I followed the procedures, did everything properly, put the codes they provided on my post and ... what I got was completely different photos! Not mine at all!

It all took quite a while to do, so I wasted valuable time.

So that's definitely it for me with AdBrite, despite what I wrote on Monday.

Here's a couple of the photos anyway that should have had BritePic adverts attached. The first is of St.Clement Church and the second is the view from where we sat and had lunch.

St.Clements Church, Cornwall
Fal River from Malpas
As for AdBrite / BritePic - pah!

Good luck,
Mike.

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Selasa, 21 Agustus 2007

Make Money Referring Others To YouGov

I'm not really one for doing surveys, even to make money, unless I feel my opinion is really relevant. However one survey and polls company I have persevered with is YouGov.

I haven't made a bundle of money from You Gov, the total to date is £47.25, about $94, but I think there could be potential for making a bit more.

Along with most survey websites it's possible to make money for completing surveys etc. They are a genuine company, by the way - see my previous post on YouGov YouGov Offer £1 Bonus For Joining Their Panel.

Why I now say that there could be some potential for making money with YouGov is because of their referal program 'Refer A Friend'. Here are the details, as per their website:

'For each new member that signs up via your personalised registration link, you will receive equivalent amounts in survey credit for each survey they complete during their first three months of membership.'

In other words you'll make the same amount (for surveys they complete) as the 'friends' you introduce, for the first three months of their membership. If they make £15 ($30) then so will you. If 10 referrals earn a total of £150 then so will you - and so on.

YouGov isn't a big earner, in respect of completing surveys, but if you could refer a few people it might add up to a worthwhile amount.

YouGov are looking for new panel members in the UK, USA and the Middle East.

Good luck,
Mike.

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Senin, 20 Agustus 2007

Set Up Your Own eCommerce Shop

Trading online is big business. What holds back many prospective entrepreneurs is not having the skills to set up an ecommerce shop or store. This is where 123-reg ecommerce can help.

123-reg ecommerce have three packages that require no technical knowledge or software and even hosting is arranged. In other words everything to get started, with your ecommerce shop, is provided. This includes professionally designed templates and payment processing.

Here is what 123-reg ecommerce have to say for themselves:

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123-reg.co.uk now offers great solutions for businesses that want to sell online but don’t have the technical know-how to do so. 123-reg eCommerce is an easy to use, yet powerful, online shop that comes in three sizes and includes a free domain name with the mid and top level shop.

123-reg eCommerce starts from as little as £8.99 per month for a shop of up to 150 products and gives users access to over 100 design templates, several marketing tools, as well as integration to eBay, Kelkoo and other shopping portals. 123-reg eCommerce also comes with trusted SSL encryption, Trusted Shop and Safebuy (UK) certification with the ability to take secure payments through the likes of PayPal, WorldPay and HSBC bank.

Thanks to 123-reg’s web hosting expertise, the new eCommerce merchant solution is pre-configured and fully hosted online in one of Europe’s leading data centres so no software is required to set up a shop or keep it running. With all the advanced features, such as a range of shipping options, stock control, languages and many more, users can customise their shop to suit almost any need.

Mark Beyer, sales and marketing director at 123-reg.co.uk, explains, “Whether you’re a business looking to start online, but lack web experience, or a webmaster wanting to expand with online ordering capabilities without investing in consultancy or unwieldy software, 123-reg eCommerce gives you the whole package. Our prices include the hosting, the marketing and back office tools, so you don’t have to buy anything extra to make your shop work for you.”

All 123-reg eCommerce packages are available on monthly contracts and start from £8.99 per month for the Plus version, £18.99 for the Pro version and £39.99 for Business Pro. The Pro and Business Pro versions include a free .com or .uk domain name

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Thank You Links Plus Adbrite

It seems a while since I published a few Thank You Links.

My thanks, therefore, to the Five Top Blogs that referred traffic to me over the last four weeks:

1. Blog About Your Blog
I've written many times about this excellent blog - it's all about, as the name suggests, blogging about your blog. Some excellent posts and writers, always worth a read.

2. Active Duty Military Money & Matters
This is mainly aimed at the military but there is also some general financial advice. Written by Vause who is a LTJG in the Uniformed Service - must admit I'm not sure as to what an LTJG actually is. However he offers 'advice on money due to his life experiences.'

3. The Million Dollar Experiment Down Under
Another of my regular referrers and a blog I try to read as often as possible. Rob is from New Zealand and is on his way to a million.

4. Web-Dosh
Described as 'an investigation to see if the Internet can be used to make money.'

5. Affiliate Outlook
Antonio is from Florida. He writes, 'I could no longer take the abuse that comes along with the traditional corporate job, so I started my own publishing/web-design business along with two of my associates.' The blog is about affiliate marketing strategies, techniques and tips.

My thanks to everyone who has linked to this blog.

On my last Money Making Weekly Report I wrote that I wasn't going to use Adbrite any more as it wasn't working for me. Tom suggested I had a look at the Adbrite Inline Ads before I wrote them off completely. He has written an informative post on this subject: Inline Ad Alternatives. See what you think, if you are not already involved.

Tom has also written a post about Adbrite itself: AdBrite - A Well Paying Ad Network. His opinion perhaps differs from my own but it's best to always look at several views before deciding on a particular money making program.

It would be interesting to know how others have got on with AdBrite.

Good luck,
Mike.

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Minggu, 19 Agustus 2007

And The Moral Of This Story Is ...

guruThere was a man who was desperate to find out the secrets of life and other mysteries. He read about this Great Master or Guru who lived in a faraway place and how this wise one knew all of the ancient and modern secrets that he was seeking.

The man decided that, despite the place being so very far away, he would travel to see the Master. Success would then be his. Excitedly and full of enthusiasm he started his journey.

To cut a very long story short, after travelling by plane, boat, train, oxen, yak and on foot he eventually reached the mountain at the top of which the wise Master lived.

The mountain was one of the highest in the world but undaunted he set out to reach his goal. He couldn't give in now.

Even though afraid of heights he started his climb towards the summit. The rocks were loose and crumbly and for every few steps he made he also slipped backwards a few. He persevered and also traversed open gullies and sheer rock faces.

The journey was taking him much longer than expected. His food supply was down to a minimum and his water supply was soon used up. His clothes became torn and tattered but somehow, crawling on his knees, even though cut and bruised, and with tears in his eyes, he reached the summit.

He was surprised to see others at the top walking around, laughing and happy. He thought that this must at the very least be Shangri-La.

Barely able to walk he staggered to the Master's dwelling and begged for an audience. He was invited inside and after a long wait his request was met.

The kindly Master patiently listened to the man's story and heard of the hardships and difficulties the man had had encountered.

"My son," said the wise man, "What you have done, to climb the mountain, overcome such difficulties and travel through continents, is a great thing but why didn't you use the same road up the mountain that everyone else takes ..."

Good luck,
Mike.



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Sabtu, 18 Agustus 2007

Money Making Weekly Report - Week 45

I'm now at week 45 of my Money Making Mission. The aim being to try and earn money, using only free blogs and without any capital outlay.

Cumulative earnings are: $2974.49. Below are programs I am currently promoting - in alphabetical order, with a few comments.

Adbrite - Nil
I said last week that I had resurrected Adbrite for a trial on a celebrity blog. I now realise why I dropped them once before. According to their stats I've had 14453 page impressions but ads have only been shown 32 times! In other words when anyone visits the blog there is rarely an ad on display. So it's thanks, but bye bye to Adbrite for me.

AdSense $529.47
My AdSense money has slowed dramatically. I've had $60-$70 a week previously but this week it's been less than $10 - grim! I have been shuffling ads and search boxes around on my celebrity blogs to see if I can rectify the missing clicks.

Amazon UK £4.34 ($8.64)
A small order that gave me 18p (35c)!

AuctionAds $28.58
Some commisssion this week, nothing to add to what I've written previously

Autograph Dealer Nil
I've now had 13,148 page impressions, 131 clicks but no orders. Not too promising.

Convergence Inc $156.60 (over 18's only)
$14 from them this week from an old ad. These are adult only products - they offer free websites for those so inclined.

DIY Dating £72.99 ($145.25)
DIY offer a free dating website with choice of designs and content plus use of their massive database. Has possibilities. Received commission this week.

FriendFinderGroup $675.22
My top earner. No problems, commission paid regularly (when over $50). Over 20 websites to promote ranging from Christian and Jewish friendship to Adults and Bondage! Caters for most interests.

Helium $12.85

IcePoster Nil

myLot $59.28

PayPerPost $96.02
I'm also waiting approval of $108.81 worth of sponsored posts. Received a payment via PayPal from them this week and on time. It's quite easy money as long as you have the time to write sponsored posts as well as your regular ones.

Sexy Ads $287.76 (over 18's only)
Well run affiliate program, lots of promotional material if you have the right site on which to promote their various websites.

You Gov £47.25 ($94.02)
It's gradually creeping upwards. Genuine survey company that want more members from UK, USA and the Middle East. Won't make anyone rich but every little helps.

I've also made money from Commission Junction, Cashlinkr, Daytipper, but I no longer promote these. Plus have received additional money from direct advertising and misc. revenue.

Think that's all for this week, thanks for reading this post.

Good luck,
Mike.



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Check It Out Before You Go Out

Trusted Places is a new community web site where you can give your opinion on different places such as restaurants, bars, cafes, clubs, pubs, hotels and so on. You can also check out other members reviews.

For example, if you fancied a night out in London, there is a map and then headings for the sort of thing you might be looking for. Click on say restaurants and you'll find selections of types of restaurants - everything from Afghan to Vietnamese. And, yes, there are British ones as well!

It's the same if you wanted a London bar , there are over 5000 listed and rated.

Trusted Places is free to join and, though fairly new, already has over 5000 members - you can view their profiles. The website can be used worldwide but the main focus is on the UK at the moment.

A nice idea as the reviews are done by members so should give unbiased opinions.

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Jumat, 17 Agustus 2007

Sensational Secret Revealed About Celebrities

Jordan Kate PriceFree Lessons For Bloggers From Celebrities

When thinking about starting a niche blog the advice normally is to choose a subject that really interests you and one you know something about. I ignored this completely when I started my celebrity blogs.

I knew virtually nothing about the celebrity world and celebs in general. This was actually why I picked to write about them - I like to do things the difficult way!

What did interest me was how some of these people, with virtually no talent and often with limited education can make heaps of money. Though with the girls and women sometimes this was obvious by looking at their photos!

What I've learnt is that the celebrity world is simply a game played out by the tabloid newspapers and various other interested parties. It's all about headlines - the truth isn't really relevant or necessary.

Here's a real front page headline from a tabloid, set in very big print.

JAWS STALKS JORDAN
Terror at hol home

Jordan, for those who don't know, is a British 'glamour' model, real name Kate Price. She's made millions. The headline grabs the attention of readers interested in celebrities. My goodness, what's happened to poor old Jordan? And so you buy the newspaper.

With a worried frown you quickly turn to pages 4 and 5 to read the full horror details ... but it's not quite as it all seems ...

There has been a rumour that a shark has been spotted near Cyprus and our glamour girl has just bought a £1.5 million house on the island. Now she hasn't actually lived there as yet, she's not even in Cyprus at the moment. So what's all of this stalking and terror business?

Well a 'source on the island' is quoted as saying, "Everyone is running scared of the shark and when Kate and Peter hear I'm sure they will be too." Peter is Jordan/Kate's husband and tabloids love a good, unnamed, dare I say made up, source.

This is typical tabloid front page news. The newspapers need the celebrities and they in turn need the newspapers. The headlines are often far removed from the true story.

What bloggers can learn from this is ...

(1) The importance of a good headline or title - it creates interest and gets readers.

(2) The post should have some relevance to the title, otherwise the reader will feel cheated and may not return to the blog again. Being sensationalist may get a few extra visitors but they will probably be one hit wonders.

Oh and (3) You don't have to be clever to make money.

Long term blogging success is built on a firm, honest foundation and not tricks, deceit and half truths.

Good luck,
Mike.

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Kamis, 16 Agustus 2007

Money Making With Sponsored Posts

Make money with PayPer PostAs regular readers may have noticed I have been doing some sponsored posts recently. I've actually done six this month.

In the past I have written about how I have held back from this sort of money making program. There are various reasons for having said this. Mainly because I didn't want my blog swamped with sponsored posts and also I thought that it might affect the number of visitors to the site. I also mentioned about how writing such posts involved extra work.

I've thought about all of this and but then remembered what this blog is supposed to be all about - which is making money. That's what my original mission was. Sometimes it's necessary to remind ourselves as to why we are blogging.

So I decided to try the sponsored post route to run alongside the other things I do. It seems silly to completely ignore a particular stream of possible income.

As I said I've written six sponsored posts and this should earn me about $140. Now what I want to try and determine is if this will have any detrimental effect to my blog. So far it hasn't made a scrap of difference to the number of visitors or anything else - not that I'm aware of anyway.

To adjust for the additional posts I have increased the number shown on the front page to ten. This way regular posts are still easily available and it is also fairer on the people who are paying me money.

At the moment I have only done posts through PayPerPost.

I'll do a proper report on how I get on with this after about six weeks. This will give a decent time span to judge the results.

Good luck,
Mike.



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Quality Home Improvements

When we buy our own home, as well as being somewhere to live, it is also an investment. It makes sense therefore to improve and look after the property.

One company that can help with this in the UK is Anglian Home Improvements. They opened their first showroom back in 1969 and back up the service they offer with a 10 year guarantee.

So what can they help with?

I guess Anglian are best known for Double glazing but there is much more on offer. There is a full range of high quality products including: uPVC windows and doors, conservatories, kitchens, garage doors, garage conversions, driveways and they even have something called Cleanaroof which, as the name suggests, will clean and restore your roof and gutters.

The Anglian website is easy to navigate and will give you much fuller information and details of special Internet offers.

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Rabu, 15 Agustus 2007

Is The Price Right?

price is rightIf you are selling something on your blog, does the price matter? Obviously it's got to be competitive but does it matter otherwise?

Tests have been carried out on this and it's strange but some prices appeal to prospective buyers while others can cause a resistance.

Shops and stores love to end the price with 99p (or cents) and this does prove effective. The difference in cost between £9.99 and £10.00 is nominal but, to a customer, it can make a world of difference between buying and walking on. Though my examples are in UK Pounds, this applies to most world currencies.

If someone buys something for say £4.99, and they are asked by a friend as to how much the item cost, the most likely answer will be £4 - they forget the other 99p.

Prices slightly under the value of a banknote appear inexpensive. If something is £9.99 or £10 the customer is only parting with one banknote (bill) and therefore, in his or her mind, this isn't too expensive.

Prices with even amounts are preferred to odd numbers. There is no logical explanation but £12.95 will normally pull in more orders than £13.95. It's also been shown that amounts up to £15 don't put customers off but they are not so keen on £16 to £19 - though for some reason £19.95 or £19.99 is alright - most odd!

What I'm getting at is that when selling anything, where you determine the price, try out different amounts to see which is the most effective. It isn't always the cheapest that is the best - higher prices sometimes equate to something of more worth in a customers' mind.

Testing is an important part of marketing.

Good luck,
Mike.

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Dreaming Of A Sandy Beach And A Cool Beer

We have had a poor summer here in the UK with rain, rain and more rain. I love where I live in Cornwall but on a blustery day, like today, I get to thinking about sandy beaches, sunshine, palm trees and sipping on a cool Kalik beer.

Let's face it, making money is of no purpose unless you spend and enjoy it.

The name of the beer gives it away as to where I'm thinking of. Kalik is dubbed 'The Beer of the Bahamas'. Yes, the Bahamas sounds just fine.

I have a thing about islands so the Bahamas would be just perfect. It is a region made up of hundreds of small islands, some uninhabited and many with wonderful beaches.

I like the sound of Pink Sands Beach on Harbour Island. The color of red coral found in the area mixes with the white sand to give the beach a pink appearance. This contrasts with the deep blue sky and the green vegetation to what seems to be perfection.

Ah well, reality creeps in and I realise I've got blogging things to do. The thing is though, I save all of the money I make from blogging, in a separate account, and I (along with my wife, of course) use this for vacations and travel.

The Bahamas - it's got to be on my list of places to visit.

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Selasa, 14 Agustus 2007

Make Money By Blogging Clever Not Longer

I've mentioned it before, but back in the 80's I was quite involved with network marketing, sometimes called multi-level-marketing or MLM. It's a perfectly legitimate marketing strategy - but this isn't my theme today.

Through my involvement I was offered some freelance work by an American company who wanted to launch in the UK. They had been going successfully in their own country and wanted to spread their wings, so to speak. From their literature, and their customer number base within the USA, I had the image of a very big concern.

When I met them at an hotel in Exeter I found out that there were only three people running the company plus a receptionist who was really a general dogsbody.

What fascinated me, and taught me a lesson, was that virtually all aspects of their successful business was carried out by others. They had someone who sourced their products, a fulfillment house who mailed out and packed their orders, designers to create their literature etc.

All they actually did themselves was to think and create ideas. They then got others, independent of their own business, to do all of the work.

They were successful because they had time. Time to be creative and innovative.

And, if you think about it, it's time that we need to make money with blogging. Most of us get so bogged down with the routine aspects of our blogs and our limited time soon gets used up. We don't seem to have the time to think, plan and come up with fresh ideas.

There are always exceptions to this, but most bloggers only blog on a small part time scale. This is one of the reasons, until recently, why I have steered clear of sponsored blogs. Some make very good money but they are time consuming.

Going back to my first paragraph this is why MLM works as a marketing concept. You don't have to do all of the work yourself - in fact, if you do, you are not doing it properly.

The original idea behind MLM was for lots of people (your downline) to all sell small amounts of products - and this is why the big MLM earners concentrate on recruiting others into the business (i.e. their downlines).

Has this any relevance to blogging?

Let's just say that the majority of my income from the FriendFinder Group doesn't come from my selling their services to individual customers. It comes from affiliates I have introduced - I get a percentage of what they earn.

Like those American business people, I mentioned earlier, we need to look for ways to make money from our blogs which doesn't add to the number of hours that we have available.

It's working clever, not longer, that is the key to success.

Good luck,
Mike.




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Senin, 13 Agustus 2007

Watch-Those-Dashes-and-Under_scores

Matt Cutts of GoogleThere has been some discussions in various places about dashes and underscores (or underlines as I call them). By this I mean - and _ when they are used in search engine optimisation.

This has all come about because of what Matt Cutts of Google recently said. As I undertstand it he said that Google are 'looking at' making underscores as word seperators. Not that they had already done so.

Has all of this any relevance? Well it has in a way because at the moment an underscore is not treated as a space in Google searches etc., whereas a dash is.

If, for example, you were to enter into a Google search money-making-mission you will get different results to money_making_mission. The reason being that in the first entry this will be looked at as the same as money making mission whereas with the second instance Google will see this as moneymakingmission.

All of this means we have to be a little careful when we choose URL's or when using dashes and underscores in words we consider keywords. At the present time if we want words to be seperate we must use a dash, but an underscore if we want the words combined.

Matt Cutts also wrote about this on his own blog back in 2005 with a post Dashes vs. Underscores.

Little points like this can make a difference to the number of search engine referrals we receive.

Good luck,
Mike.




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Minggu, 12 Agustus 2007

Give Your Posts Some Oof With Thoof!

When you write a good news post or story, or spot one on another blog, do you thoof it?

"Do I what?" you might say.

Thoof it!

Thoof isn't a misspelling. It's a news and info service that delivers you the stories and news that actually interest you as an individual. This all happens because of a fancy sounding 'personalization algorithm'.

Your own posts and stories can help to make up the news that is available - and, of course, there are links to where the story originated.

"A bit like Digg and the others then?"

Sort of, but perhaps in a better way because thoof delivers personalized news that is relevant to each reader.

The stories that may interest you are on the front page - and you can keep scrolling down to read more and more for a very long time.

"Okay, but why the name thoof?"

Ah well, it's because, erm, because ... er, because it gives the story oof! You know makes it stand out. Thoof gives it power - the oof* - thoof. Well it could be something like that!

What the news stories do have though (besides oof) is a ThoofRank. This is based on how interesting a story is to readers who have interests in common with the story. A ThoofRank of over 50% would show it is of above average interest - and has more oof (I made up the last bit about oof!)

Have a look at thoof for yourself. You might just like it.

*the word oof means money, cash and to be rich is to be oofy - not that this is really relevant to anything, but it may come in useful one day.

Sabtu, 11 Agustus 2007

Money Making Weekly Report - Week 44

I'm now at week 44 of my Money Making Mission. The aim being to try and earn money, using only free blogs and without any capital outlay.

Cumulative earnings are: $2887.54. Below are programs I am currently promoting - in alphabetical order.

Adbrite - Nil
I have resurrected Adbrite and I'm giving it another try on one of my celeb blogs. I have previously earned money from them, which is included in my cumulative total, but stopped promoting them as I found AdSense worked better for me. Times change so I'm using one blog as a test.

AdSense $521.72
One of the reasons I thought I'd give Adbrite another go was because I've been disappointed with my AdSense commission over the last few weeks. I still like AdSense though and intend to carry on with them.

Amazon UK £4.16 ($8.32)
Nothing much to report.

AuctionAds $23.80
A little more commission but their ads don't seem to always appear on my blogs - supposedly because of AuctionAds success. They developed quicker than expected but need to get this sorted. I've noticed that when their ads don't appear it makes the blogs side column slow to load - which is annoying.

Autograph Dealer Nil
Not a thing as yet, had a lot of page impressions but it's the commission I want. Will most likely ditch this when current ads disappear.

Convergence Inc $142.60 (over 18's only)
Adult products and I haven't been very active in promoting them for the last six to eight weeks - so no commission. You only get out of affiliate programs what you put in.

DIY Dating £65.52 ($131.04)
They offer a free dating website with choice of designs and content plus use of their massive database. Has possibilities.

FriendFinderGroup $671.52
My top earner. No problems at all, commission paid regularly (when over $50 due). Over 20 websites to promote ranging from Christian and Jewish friendship to Adults and Bondage! Caters for most interests.

Helium $12.65
I like Helium. If I had the time I'd write a lot more articles for them.

IcePoster Nil
No luck here. I'll persevere for a little longer as it should go with my celeb blogs.

myLot $59.18
Pay out okay, but very time consuming to make any 'proper' money.

PayPerPost $58.52
I've done another three sponsored posts for them recently, waiting for approval so haven't added the amounts to my total. No problems and they pay out on time, as specified.

Sexy Ads $287.76 (over 18's only)
Well run affiliate program, lots of promotional material if you have the right site on which to promote their various websites.

You Gov £45.25 ($90.50)
Genuine survey and polling company. They want more members from UK, USA and the Middle East. Get paid for completing surveys.

I've also made money from Commission Junction, Cashlinkr, Daytipper, but I no longer promote these. Plus have received additional money from direct advertising and misc. revenue.

Think that's all for this week, thanks for reading this post.

Good luck,
Mike.

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Jumat, 10 Agustus 2007

How To Make Money With Dropshipping

dropshippingI have to admit that I haven't tried to make money with this online. I have, however, made decent money from this in the past when I published magazines. What I'm talking about is dropshipping.

I can't see any reason why this wouldn't work with blogs as well, as there is only minimal risk.

So what is dropshipping?
In simple terms it's about selling items for other companies and organisations who then send the orders direct to your customers.

It's different to affiliate programs because the customer pays you. You send a percentage of the money you receive to the supplier (main source) and he then mails out the goods. The difference between what the customer pays and you send to the supplier is your profit.

So just to run through it again:

1. You locate a dropshipper (main source).
2. You advertise his/her goods - usually under your own name.
3. When you receive a sale you send an agreed amount to the dropshipper.
4. The dropshipper mails the goods direct to your customer.

As you will no doubt have realised this has many advantages over say buying and selling wholesale.

(a) You have no outlay.
(b) You have no stock to carry.
(c) You have no packaging worries.
(d) You get paid right away - by the customer.
(e) There is minimal risk involved.

So what could you make from dropshipping?
When I was publishing my magazines everything was on a 50% basis. When I sold other publishers magazines I kept half and sent off the other half.

When other agents and publishers got orders for my mags they also sent me 50%.

At the time I was publishing six magazine titles myself and I was an agent, on a dropship basis, for about another fifteen. By doing this I often as not got multiple orders.

Profit percentages will vary dependent on the type of products you are dealing with.

Both sides of dropshipping benefit. Though the dropshipper makes less money per item, he may well have dozens of people selling his products. Overall therefore he has a bigger turnover, increased profits and all he has to do is mail out the products - no advertising costs etc. needed.

As for the person who is actually selling the goods he has the benefits as (a) to (e) as shown above.

There must be snags.
The main one is that you have to deal with honest, reputable companies and people. So this takes a little research. You also have to establish policy for such things as returns, guarantees, non deliveries and so on. And it's best to get this in writing.

There's lots more info on dropshipping, drop ship, drop shipping on Google.

Dropshipping With Blogging.
You could in effect have dozens of products to sell on your blog, which would make you appear to be a sizable concern. You could, for example, write about different items every day, or specialise in a particular niche. It just takes a bit of brainstorming to see the possibilities and get the ideas flowing.

So there you have another string to your bow - dropshipping! Twang ......

Good luck,
Mike.



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Fancy A Flutter?

So the football season all starts again here in England tomorrow. I see you can get odds of 12/1 on Reading beating Manchester United and 9/1 for Fulham winning at Arsenal. Strange things can happen on the first day.

If you like to have a bet online, all of the soccer information can be seen on bet365.

Bet365 offer a full range of betting facilities including a Poker Room where you can play play in their global card room against players from all around the world.

Whatever you like to bet on you'll most likely find it on bet365. There's a full range of sports from American Football and Australian Rules to Volleyball and Winter Sports. The online casino has Blackjack and Roulette and a Games Room with fast instant games.

If you like a flutter have a look at bet365

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Kamis, 09 Agustus 2007

The Money Making Thermometer

money making thermometerI've come to the conclusion with my celebrity blogs that, in respect of making money, they are only as good as the last post.

What I write decides how many visitors I get for that day and this, in turn, is my money making thermometer. Write a hot post and the money rises, do an average post and things get a bit chilly on the money front.

Celebrity blogs are different from a lot of other niches because readers seem to want the latest news. This can be exciting. One of my new blogs had over 3000 visitors in a day but then, a few days later, there was a reality check when the stats showed only 250 hits.

But thinking about this, to a degree, all blogs are dependent on the latest post. I wonder when you visit a blog for the first time how many posts you actually read. It's often the latest post that gets us the return visitors, the subscribers and the clicks on anything we are promoting. Do a rubbish post and the visitor won't linger to investigate some of the better material.

I guess what this illustrates is that old cliche about 'content being king'. If we drop our standards we are missing an opportunity to sell ourselves to the reader.

If this is the case perhaps, if one day we are under the weather or can't think of a good topic, we shouldn't post.

What's best: to post every day or to write less often and have good material?

It's actually not an easy answer as there are benefits for both sides of the argument. Ideally, of course, we should write quality stuff every day.

Sometimes it's possible to theorise too much about blogging - what we should really be doing is simply enjoying ourselves.

Good luck,
Mike.


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Rabu, 08 Agustus 2007

Get Some Good Links For Free!

Here's something new that could get bloggers a few links and free reviews as well. It's from the ever reliable Rhys. His new website is called Fair Review and it's aim is 'growing blogs together'.

I like the idea behind Fair Review because there shouldn't, hopefully, be any losers - at least not if you get in now at the beginning.

So what's it all about?
It's quite a simple idea.

(1) You write a review, with links, to any blog that is listed in Fair Review's directory. It only has to be 100-150 words.

(2) In return you then get listed in the directory so that other bloggers can review and link to your blog.

How easy is that? If you think about the system it's good because you could possibly get lots of reviews, with those important links, to your blog. And we all know the benefits of lots of inward links, don't we?

Now, at the moment, there are only 10 blogs listed in the Fair Review directory. This, therefore, means the odds of your blog being chosen for review, by any new participants, must be good.

Get in early and give it a go. More info on their Frequently Asked Questions page.

Okay, to show that I really do like the idea, I'm joining and my review, on a blog from the Fair Review directory, is below. There is only one listed under the Business category, at the moment, so that's the one I've chosen. I've never seen the blog before - so hope it's okay! Here goes ...

My New Hustle - Make Money Online

My New HustleOn first appearance My New Hustle is pleasing to the eye. It's crisp, clean and looks professional.

My first thought was to try and find out who was behind the blog but I didn't get far with this as there are no personal details. There is an 'About Da Hustle' page but this only tells you what the blog's aims are:

'My New Hustle is about getting your (legal) hustle on! Whether it’s online or offline, I’ll show you different ways of leveraging opportunities so you can benefit and either add to your existing hustles or jump full-time into a new one.'

I'd have liked to have known who Da Hustler is, but I'm just nitpicking.

This is a fun blog, published since late May of this year, and is well written and presented. The latest post is Hustle Hoarding: Coupons...and Dating. It's all about saving money using coupons out of newspapers. Da Hustler says, "I once saw my grocery bill go from $165 to $75 strictly by using the coupons."

There's a picture of Mr.T, remember him, plus some words of wisdom: "Like Mr. T says, I Pity the Fool who doesn’t know the value of a coupon!"

I've always said that saving money is as good as making money so useful tips here. There are also money making hustles like 'Turn $15 Into £50,000 Per Year' and 'Make $100,000 Giving Directions.'

Written by someone with style, go take a look for yourself. It made me smile.

This review is part of the Fair Review Project.

Good luck,
Mike.

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Selasa, 07 Agustus 2007

Pssst! Want Over 10% Click Through Rate?

I wrote a post last month which I, tongue in cheek, titled Scrap The Money Making Banners. The theme was that I thought that most banners, especially those hateful flashing kind, didn't return a decent CTR (Click Through Rate).

I usually get way less than 1% CTR on such ads and, with some, I get less that 0.5%. Having previously been in the mail order business, though, I'm used to seeing figures of a 1% return on mailing campaigns as being the norm.

I'm told that with Google AdWords 0.5% to 1.5% is about average and I see with AuctionAds I'm only getting about 0.7%.

But just look at this for an average ctr - 10.545%!

This is what PayPerPost are averaging with their sponsored posts - some will, of course, be lower and some higher.

They have now got data from over 40k bloggers and 8k advertisers which proves the worth of sponsored posts.

I must admit I was very surprised by these figures. I thought that sponsored posts were often overlooked on blogs and that readers simply scrolled down the page without a second thought. Obviously, from the PayPerPost stats, this isn't the case. You can read more about this on their blog here.

What these PayPerPost CTR figures show is that sponsored posts are actually good value for advertisers. And the blogger who writes the post makes some money as well. Everyone a winner!

Food for thought.

Good luck,
Mike.

 

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