Category: Making Money

BANS Is Not Dead Yet

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!My theory about Google slapping BANS may not be correct. Has Google penalized .info’s? Yes. Does Google penalize duplicate content? Yes. Is BANS still useful for creating eBay affiliate sites? I think maybe so. I was listening to Vic’s [...]

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Bring It On; It’s Write Now Unleashed

I haven’t done a post about Vic yet only because I was waiting to give you some quantifiable results to see if following his advice really does work. The reason I don’t have those results yet is not because of Vic but because of me and time commitments.
I’m slowly but surely plugging away. But I [...]

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Just In Case; Recession Proof Your Life, Blog, And Finances

photo credit: Mars Hill Church Seattle
The definition of a recession is when there is a decline in gross domestic product or negative real economic growth for two or more successive quarters of  a year. Some predictors of a recession are stock market drops and an increase in unemployment.
Experts argue whether we are in a [...]

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Free Blog Monetization Strategies E-book

photo credit: Edwin Dalorzo
I’m getting quite a collection of E-books. If I ever lose Internet access I’ll still have plenty of reading on my computer. Matt Jones from Blogging Fingers has written a new E-book on Strategies For Blog Monetization. You can download it for free on his site.
Plus 10 people who download the [...]

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CPC and AdWords, We All Have To Start Somewhere

This post is a bit of a continuation of my AdWords Basics and Internet Marketing Inspiration. I’m about halfway through with the tutorials on Google AdWords Learning Center. And my AdWords account has graduated from Starter Edition to Standard Edition.
I’ve also discovered that there is something called a GAP exam. Where if one passes and [...]

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New Advertising Options For Bloggers And Free Advertising

I have recently signed up for 2 new advertising options. The first one is Mark Weilgus of 45n5’s new Show Your Ad Here network. I really like the simplicity of this one. I chose to test this program with my 468×60 banner ad.
Currently it is displaying my link to neverblueAds. But, for 5$ a week [...]

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AdWords Basics

Today I decided to do a little experiment using AdWords. This is my first foray into PPC marketing, and I just put up a quick little ad, directed at this site, to promote my subscriber contest. Google gives you two choices a starter edition and a standard edition with more options.
I went for the starter [...]

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Sign Up For Pay Per Play

I find it quite annoying, when I click on a site, and audio starts playing automatically. I normally prefer to browse in silence, or have something of my own choosing playing in the background. So, why would I sign up for Pay Per Play?
There are some instances, where something like pay per play could [...]

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I Switched To Never Blue Ads

In case you’ve recently noticed. I don’t have any AdSense ads on this site. I’m still a fan of AdSense and I plan on using it for some niche sites I’m developing. But I recently found out that I was smart priced and AdSense isn’t the best monetization choice for this blog.
If you don’t know [...]

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Make Money With Your Blog Promoting Affiliate Sites

Recently, the method of monetizing blogs has been shifting. To avoid Google penalties, web publishers are putting more energy into promoting affiliates.
Zac Johnson gives an example of one way to do this in his Super Affiliate’s Guide to PPC Marketing. Mark over at 45n5 actually gave this a shot and shares his adventures in his [...]

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