That's the first month of the year ticked off.I think January went pretty well. As I said last month I'm not going to say how much I have earned any more, for various reasons, but these are a few of the programs that sent me money:
Google AdSense
Some people knock AdSense but I find it a good, reliable earner. Plus the money is paid direct to my bank account, on time, every month. Yes, there are alternatives but why rock the boat when something works. The reality though, with any of these sort of programs, is that you need a decent amount of traffic to receive a worthwhile amount.
FriendFinder Group
This isn't for everyone but I get checks every month from them. They are a big, reliable affiliate program with dozens of websites (Christian and Friendship to Adult and Bondage!) to promote.
Voxant Newsroom
I'm doing well with Voxant because of my good celebrity blog traffic. They pay $4* per 1000 on news videos that run automatically. Yes, these can be annoying but on one blog alone I had around 150,000 visitors in January, so the sums add up nicely.
Sexy Ads
Another one that's not for everyone but I find they are very efficient and have good promotional material - providing you have the right sort of blog/visitors. Checks arrive on time.
PayPal
This is the method I use for any direct advertising or reviews. I then withdraw the money monthly which makes the bookkeeping easy for tax - and all that other horrible stuff!
Convergence Inc
For over 18's only. It's adult products but I can get away with advertising this on some of my celebrity blogs. Convergence will set up anyone with a free website. It's big percentage commission and they pay out when they say they will.
So that's the money bit. As far as vistors go it's been an excellent January. I slightly missed out on the target I set myself for Celebrity Insider but managed 148,753 unique vistors for the month according to extreme tracking but over 160,000 if I look at Icerocket stats.
Regarding Mike's Money Making Mission the following were the Top 5 Referrering Blogs. Other websites, search engines etc may have sent more traffic but I appreciate the help given by other blogs. My thanks to the following plus all blogs that have sent me referrals - see my MMMM Links Page.
1.
Make Money Fa$t
2.
Web-Dosh
3.
My quest to make money on the Internet
4.
Money Money Money
5.
Active Duty Military Money and Matters
That's it for now. It's been a hard day for my wife and I because of what happened this time last year.
Good luck,
Mike.
* Update: I have just seen that the rate per 1000 has been reduced with Voxant to $3 from today (Feb 1 2008)
