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Don’t Ask Stupid Questions

October 17th, 2006 at 10:23 pm

This is the kind of question I often answer:

Why am I not making any money online?

And usually the answer comes down to these words:

Because you don’t have a website!

Don’t ask stupid questions, please.

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Brainwashed by the idea of making money online

September 1st, 2006 at 8:35 am

Chris from Performacing.com wrote ten great and very realistic tips for all who would like to make a living out of blogging.

Don’t have any illusions about it being your sole income until you see evidence in your bank account.
Diversify, do not rely on one blog or one income stream.
Choose your niches carefully.
Experiment with formats, layout and article types.
Analyse your traffic and do more of what works.
Market yourself and your blog, write killer headlines, linkbait.
Network network network - a good portion of success comes from who you know.
Consider a paying gig as well as your own blogs.
Join a team or a network if you feel you haven’t got all necessary skills but can write.
Keep at it, the rewards take a while to arrive so it takes stamina.

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According to washingtonpost.com there is a new model for getting rich online: Earn pennies at a time in exchange for allowing Google or Yahoo to place advertisements on a personal or small-business Web page.

Andrew Leyden of PodcastDirectory.com receives nearly a million hits and makes around $30,000 to $40,000 per year:

I went from literally 26 cents a week or something like that to several dollars an hour by using Google’s AdSense software. I get paid while mowing the lawn. I get paid while cleaning the garage. I get paid driving my wife to her office, buying groceries, seeing a movie, playing video games, or just surfing the Internet. That’s really the nice thing about AdSense: No matter what I’m doing, people keep clicking and I keep getting paid.

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Online advertising terms

November 23rd, 2005 at 9:49 am

Pay-Per-Click basic terms explained:

Bid
The amount that advertisers are willing to pay for a click.

Budget
The amount of money that an advertiser sets for a campaign. Publishers allow for advertisers to set daily, weekly or monthly budgets.

Clickthrough Rate (CTR)
Percentage based on the total number of clicks divided by the number of impressions.

Conversion Rate
The percentage of people whose clicks have resulted in a sale or desired action in relation to the total number of clicks on an advertisement.

Cost Per Click (CPC)
The cost or cost-equivalent paid per click-through to an advertiser’s website.

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