A Beautiful Sunny Day Spoilt By BritePic!

Today 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.



As for AdBrite / BritePic - pah!

Good luck,
Mike.

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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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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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