17 Nov
Posted by Dom
Tags: advertising, investment, money, profit, tips
Money Blogger continues to grow at a rate far beyond what I had expected. We’re only 5 weeks old, but we’re on course for well over 100 subscribers and $200 revenue this month.
But looking at all the graphs got me thinking - what do I want from Money Blogger?
If you’re a regular reader, you’ll [...]
WidgetBucks, who until today were featured quite prominently on Money Blogger, have just changed their payment policy.
Now, ad networks changes their terms and conditions all the time, but the WidgetBucks change is the most mindblowingly stupid idea I’ve ever heard:
From now on, publishers will only be paid for trafffic from the US and [...]
30 Oct
Posted by Dom
Tags: advertising, diversification, google, pagerank, revenue, search
If last week’s fuss over sudden loss of PageRank on many blogs proved anything, it’s that you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Even though this particular change doesn’t seem to have affected search results, it does show that you can never rely on things staying the same. No matter how good your [...]
26 Oct
Posted by Dom
Tags: advertising, revenue, success, techcrunch
If my previous post about quitting blogging was enough to make you want to go and jump off the nearest bridge, take heart, because this proves it is possible to make a living out of blogging - and then some.
Michael Arrington set up TechCrunch - a blog about Internet startups in silicon valley - [...]
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m going to look at ways of getting more traffic into a blog this week - and one of the simplest ways to get traffic is a good old-fashioned advertising campaign.
I’m going to be experimenting with Google AdWords, but I need to think about (1) what my primary goal is, [...]
I’ve been using Text-Link-Ads on my other sites since April, so I wanted to give a specific example of how TLA enabled me to kick start a site that previously made very little revenue.
If you don’t already know, TLA allows you to sell “hard coded” text links on your site. Advertisers benefit because not [...]