Blogging For Profit: (BFP 102)
Do you want to make money blogging? If you do – you’re not alone. More and more bloggers are finding that blogging is a profitable venture. Be it in few extra dollars or making enough money to stop you from getting a part time job or getting it point where they are able to make a full time living from their blogging – there are tens of thousands of bloggers who make money blogging.
what about you?
In this page I want to share some information for beginners on how to make money blogging. For a very quick and broad visual intro – check out this Making Money Blog Mind Map which visualizes just SOME of the ways bloggers make money blogging.
#1 – keep in mind that every blog is unique on how it can make money. Some of the following streams of income will work on someblogs a lot better than others – the key fact is to experiment with as many as possible and see what works best for you.
The following are streams of income.
1. Continuity Programs. This is another newer category for me but one that continues to grow. A continuity program is a site where you earn a recurring income from people who subscribe to a service you offer. For me this includes two sites – ProBlogger.com and ThirdTribe Marketing.
Both programs are membership sites and generate monthly income from the thousands of members that they have as a part of them.
2. Private Ad Sales/Sponsorships Private ad sales directly to advertisers have fallen in the last year. This is partly due to a change in the economy as it is. Note that this area does vary a little from month to month depending upon the campaigns you’re asked to run – we’ve had a couple of months where it actually ranked #2 in the last year. This includes ad sales of the 125 x125 ads as well as a campaign or two at Digital Photography School .
3. Chitika Chitka continues to be a great performer for bloggers. They traditionally have worked best on product related blogs although their Premium ad units now convert well on a larger range of blogs. They do continue to perform well when you use them over and over again.
4. Amazon Associates. Amazon’s affiliate program has been one of the big movers. used to make a few odd dollars from it – how ever in recent times it has become a significant earner.
5. ProBlogger Job Boards The job boards here at ProBlogger continue to grow each month in the number of advertisements that are being bought. This enabled you to invest most of the money that they’d earned a while back into getting a new back end for the boards and to redesign them. These job boards now bring in over $1000 amonth in revenue which is pretty nice considering that they are so low maintenance to run. They also offer a service to readers and add value to the overall blog . The only problem that you can face with the job boards is that there are so many bloggers looking for work that the demand for jobs far exceeds the supply. On the good side of things is that advertisers are reporting getting amazing quality of applications.
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Blogging For Profit: (BFP 101)
Blogging For Profit: (BFP 101)
Many people who blog this days simply want to share their passion about something. But then there are this set of business-minded individuals out there, who have found a way to maximize their blogs to bring in a little extra cash for themself.
If you're interested in this, pls sit back and relax for i will take you through a journey of five strategies that could turn your blog into an ATM MACHINE.
1. Selling advertisment.
This is likely the most common means of leveraging a blog to generate income. If it happens that your blog is well-known, or one that is well-received in a particular niche, it's always possible to sell ad space on your blog. For Big Blogs and services such as Google's AdSense or BlogAds, bloggers can establish ad programs.
AdSense's — which lets you select several ads that are consistent with the content of your blog — pays you based on how many readers click on the ads. it's free to set up.
BlogAds, on the other hand, hooks bloggers up with up coming advertisers and levies a commission in return for any ad placements.
2. Affiliate programs
Here is another click-through opportunity. Affiliate programs enable your blog to serve as a middle man between the readers and product. One of which is http://www.amazon.com If, for instance, you offer book reviews or even just mention a book in passing in your blog , an affiliate program provides a means for your readers to click directly from your blog to Amazon to obtain further information about the book. If they bring out the checkbook or credit card, you get paid as well.
3. Solicit contributions.
Not every blog earnings involves hawking goods or services. Ask for contributions. If, for instance, your small-business blog supports a cause or issue in some fashion —say you repeatedly mention tax reform, health care or some other topic — you can always ask for reader support. Even if you've attracted a group of regular followers who simply enjoy reading what you have to say, they may be willing to underwrite their loyalty with a little financial help. Programs such as PayPal, liberty reserve, payza make it easy to establish a simple on-site contribution collection button.
4. Sell your services in your blog.
Many people associate blogs exclusively with a cyberspace-based soapbox — a place to post your opinions, an ideal place to share your thoughts with others, but don't over look the capacity to generate new business ideas as well. what you may be able to offer to your client or customer who may be reading your blog can spread your opinion and your business motive at the same time. "Instead of short commentaries that begin a dialogue with readers, as many blogs do you could over to do a service or sell your product (e-book).
5. Customer relations.
Not all marketing material inserted in blog content have to be limited to bringing in completely new business. By using a blog to regularly communicate with existing clients as well as other readers, you can take advantage of the opportunity to fully inform them about everything your business does. That may expand your readers' understanding of the full scope of your products or services.
To be continue......
Many people who blog this days simply want to share their passion about something. But then there are this set of business-minded individuals out there, who have found a way to maximize their blogs to bring in a little extra cash for themself.
If you're interested in this, pls sit back and relax for i will take you through a journey of five strategies that could turn your blog into an ATM MACHINE.
1. Selling advertisment.
This is likely the most common means of leveraging a blog to generate income. If it happens that your blog is well-known, or one that is well-received in a particular niche, it's always possible to sell ad space on your blog. For Big Blogs and services such as Google's AdSense or BlogAds, bloggers can establish ad programs.
AdSense's — which lets you select several ads that are consistent with the content of your blog — pays you based on how many readers click on the ads. it's free to set up.
BlogAds, on the other hand, hooks bloggers up with up coming advertisers and levies a commission in return for any ad placements.
2. Affiliate programs
Here is another click-through opportunity. Affiliate programs enable your blog to serve as a middle man between the readers and product. One of which is http://www.amazon.com If, for instance, you offer book reviews or even just mention a book in passing in your blog , an affiliate program provides a means for your readers to click directly from your blog to Amazon to obtain further information about the book. If they bring out the checkbook or credit card, you get paid as well.
3. Solicit contributions.
Not every blog earnings involves hawking goods or services. Ask for contributions. If, for instance, your small-business blog supports a cause or issue in some fashion —say you repeatedly mention tax reform, health care or some other topic — you can always ask for reader support. Even if you've attracted a group of regular followers who simply enjoy reading what you have to say, they may be willing to underwrite their loyalty with a little financial help. Programs such as PayPal, liberty reserve, payza make it easy to establish a simple on-site contribution collection button.
4. Sell your services in your blog.
Many people associate blogs exclusively with a cyberspace-based soapbox — a place to post your opinions, an ideal place to share your thoughts with others, but don't over look the capacity to generate new business ideas as well. what you may be able to offer to your client or customer who may be reading your blog can spread your opinion and your business motive at the same time. "Instead of short commentaries that begin a dialogue with readers, as many blogs do you could over to do a service or sell your product (e-book).
5. Customer relations.
Not all marketing material inserted in blog content have to be limited to bringing in completely new business. By using a blog to regularly communicate with existing clients as well as other readers, you can take advantage of the opportunity to fully inform them about everything your business does. That may expand your readers' understanding of the full scope of your products or services.
To be continue......
Monday, February 18, 2013
Your business with fiverr
Fiverr to Grow Your Business and Get More Traffic to Your Site
You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars trying to grow your business. You can hire people to do many of the jobs you need for just $5. Yes, $5.
Fiverr is a microjobs site that provides a platform for writers, artists, and others willing to do odd jobs for only $5.
What does that have to do with your business? For the price of a bottle of coke, you can outsource jobs like getting thousands of fans for your social profiles, content for your blog, or even a logo for your site.
Here are just a few of the ways you can use Fiverr to grow your business and drive more traffic to your site:
Brand Promotion
Getting your brand in front of as many people as possible is one of the best ways to grow the reach of your business. Active bloggers and social media personalities postbids on Fiverr to share information about your business or product with their large numbers of followers. This can include a Facebook post, a tweet,a link on a blog, or even a contest promoting your product.
These sponsorships can grow awareness for your brand and drive more traffic back to your site, helping you to grow a stronger reader base or opt-in e-mail list.
you can make your page appear a bit more popular until you can grow the fans organically. Most fans or followers you purchase on Fiverr will not be from real people, so they will only help with appearances, not conversions.
Fiverr offers many more opportunities for you to outsource work for your blog that can help you get more traffic and grow your reader base. Not only does it allow you to perform these jobs quickly, butit also allows you to do it on a budget.
You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars trying to grow your business. You can hire people to do many of the jobs you need for just $5. Yes, $5.
Fiverr is a microjobs site that provides a platform for writers, artists, and others willing to do odd jobs for only $5.
What does that have to do with your business? For the price of a bottle of coke, you can outsource jobs like getting thousands of fans for your social profiles, content for your blog, or even a logo for your site.
Here are just a few of the ways you can use Fiverr to grow your business and drive more traffic to your site:
Brand Promotion
Getting your brand in front of as many people as possible is one of the best ways to grow the reach of your business. Active bloggers and social media personalities postbids on Fiverr to share information about your business or product with their large numbers of followers. This can include a Facebook post, a tweet,a link on a blog, or even a contest promoting your product.
These sponsorships can grow awareness for your brand and drive more traffic back to your site, helping you to grow a stronger reader base or opt-in e-mail list.
you can make your page appear a bit more popular until you can grow the fans organically. Most fans or followers you purchase on Fiverr will not be from real people, so they will only help with appearances, not conversions.
Fiverr offers many more opportunities for you to outsource work for your blog that can help you get more traffic and grow your reader base. Not only does it allow you to perform these jobs quickly, butit also allows you to do it on a budget.
Monday, May 25, 2009
BEST AFFILIATE TIPS
Affiliate programs can be a big source of revenue. The key to maximizing your earnings is engaging your readers. Unlike traditional ads where you are paid for impressions or clicks, affiliates are only paid when/if a specific action is performed. The action might be a purchase or signing up for a newsletter, but regardless, you are not paid until you've compelled your readers to act.
With that in mind, here are the Top 10 Commandments for affiliate marketing success.
1. Know Your Audience
The most successful way to use affiliate programs is to anticipate and meet the needs of your readers. Consider why they are coming to your site. What are you providing that they are looking for? Make sure the affiliate products you are promoting provide a solution to your audience's problems.
If you are writing about sports, don't put up affiliate ads for printer toner just because everyone has a printer and those programs have a high payout. The people who are coming to read commentary or get stats for their favorite teams aren't thinking about those things when they're on your site.
The more relevant the ads are to your readers, the more likely they will use them.
.2. Be Trustworthy
Readers are savvy. They know an affiliate link when they see one. If you break their trust by promoting a product you don't believe in or take advantage of their visit with too many ads, they will leave and never come back.
It is your repeat visitors that will drive traffic. They are the ones who will give you linkbacks, spread the word, and recommend your site as the go-to place for valuable content. You need to build a relationship based on genuine content.
If your visitors don't think you're being honest, they won't read anything else you have to say.
.3. Be Helpful
Think of affiliate ads as additional resources that complement your content. Give value to your content by making it helpful, useful, and informative.
Don't put up a list of your favorite books, hoping people will click on the affiliate link, purchase the books (just because you listed them), so you can cash in on a sale. Take some time to write a detailed review, and use affiliate ads to point them in the right direction if they decide to act on your information. That's what affiliate ads are for. If you write a great review recommending a book and readers buy the book because of it, you should get something for that.
But just throwing out links to products with no rhyme or reason will result in a quick exit by visitors.
.4. Be Transparent
Always disclose your affiliations. Your readers will appreciate your honesty, and will feel better about contributing to your earnings. If they sense that you are being less than honest about your affiliations, they are savvy enough to bypass your link and go directly to the vendor just to avoid giving you referral credit.
Honesty and full disclosure is a necessary part to building a loyal reader base. They know they are supporting you by using your referral links. Make them happy and eager to do so.
.5. Select Carefully
Take the time to go through all the different options for products or services available through the programs. Put some thought into which products or services your readers may need or like. Also, change the ads around often, try different ones, and use different graphics and text to see which are the most effective.
It may take some time before you figure out the best formula, and you may also find that you need to continually rotate ads to attract more attention.
.6. Try Different Programs
If one particular program doesn't seem to be working for you, try another one.
Affiliate programs don't look the same. They offer different products, services, and payment structures. Some programs will have a lifetime payout on sales while others will limit it to 30-90 days. Some programs allow much more flexibility in the types of ad units available, as well as colors and design so it fits better on your site's layout.
Also, check your favorite vendors to see if they run their own affiliate program. Sometimes you can go directly to the source. You're not limited to big affiliate networks.
Integrate systematic ad testing into your strategy to maximize your profits.
.7. Write Timeless Content
Your old content can still be valuable even though it's no longer on your front page. Take advantage of the long term opportunities by making sure you provide timeless content.
If visitors come across your older content first, and find that it offers dated information, they will leave right away. Of course, information moves forward, so relevant content changes quickly. You can make your content timeless simply by adding links to your updated articles on your old ones.
Many platforms allow you to show "most recent" or "most popular" or "related articles" on every page, so no matter how old the article is, it will always show access to your new ones. Your old content can make money for you indefinitely.
.8. Be Patient
Affiliate revenue grows and builds up with time. Remember that some programs offer lifetime payouts. If you refer a visitor, you may continue to make money from that one visitor even if he doesn't come back to your site. Also, as long as you have referral links still active in your old posts, they may still payout for you.
Affiliate programs aren't a get rich quick plan, but it provides opportunity to make passive income in the future.
.9. Stay Relevant
Keep up to date on the latest offerings of your affiliate programs. New ad units, advertisers, and tools are constantly being added to improve usability and be more visually appealing. Small changes go a long way in motivating action by readers. You may be left out in the dust by being complacent with your strategy.
Don't get lazy about monitoring trends and exploring new opportunities.
.10. Content Comes First
Above all else, your content must be your highest priority.
Your content is your foundation, the life blood on which the site exists. Without valuable and helpful content, readers won't come. Focus on providing excellent content, and the monetizing strategies will work out.
Once you start compromising your content to cater to the affiliate programs or any other money making venture, you will lose your readers. Once that happens, you will lose the opportunity to receive any earnings from any of your ads, be they CPM, CPC, or referral based.
With that in mind, here are the Top 10 Commandments for affiliate marketing success.
1. Know Your Audience
The most successful way to use affiliate programs is to anticipate and meet the needs of your readers. Consider why they are coming to your site. What are you providing that they are looking for? Make sure the affiliate products you are promoting provide a solution to your audience's problems.
If you are writing about sports, don't put up affiliate ads for printer toner just because everyone has a printer and those programs have a high payout. The people who are coming to read commentary or get stats for their favorite teams aren't thinking about those things when they're on your site.
The more relevant the ads are to your readers, the more likely they will use them.
.2. Be Trustworthy
Readers are savvy. They know an affiliate link when they see one. If you break their trust by promoting a product you don't believe in or take advantage of their visit with too many ads, they will leave and never come back.
It is your repeat visitors that will drive traffic. They are the ones who will give you linkbacks, spread the word, and recommend your site as the go-to place for valuable content. You need to build a relationship based on genuine content.
If your visitors don't think you're being honest, they won't read anything else you have to say.
.3. Be Helpful
Think of affiliate ads as additional resources that complement your content. Give value to your content by making it helpful, useful, and informative.
Don't put up a list of your favorite books, hoping people will click on the affiliate link, purchase the books (just because you listed them), so you can cash in on a sale. Take some time to write a detailed review, and use affiliate ads to point them in the right direction if they decide to act on your information. That's what affiliate ads are for. If you write a great review recommending a book and readers buy the book because of it, you should get something for that.
But just throwing out links to products with no rhyme or reason will result in a quick exit by visitors.
.4. Be Transparent
Always disclose your affiliations. Your readers will appreciate your honesty, and will feel better about contributing to your earnings. If they sense that you are being less than honest about your affiliations, they are savvy enough to bypass your link and go directly to the vendor just to avoid giving you referral credit.
Honesty and full disclosure is a necessary part to building a loyal reader base. They know they are supporting you by using your referral links. Make them happy and eager to do so.
.5. Select Carefully
Take the time to go through all the different options for products or services available through the programs. Put some thought into which products or services your readers may need or like. Also, change the ads around often, try different ones, and use different graphics and text to see which are the most effective.
It may take some time before you figure out the best formula, and you may also find that you need to continually rotate ads to attract more attention.
.6. Try Different Programs
If one particular program doesn't seem to be working for you, try another one.
Affiliate programs don't look the same. They offer different products, services, and payment structures. Some programs will have a lifetime payout on sales while others will limit it to 30-90 days. Some programs allow much more flexibility in the types of ad units available, as well as colors and design so it fits better on your site's layout.
Also, check your favorite vendors to see if they run their own affiliate program. Sometimes you can go directly to the source. You're not limited to big affiliate networks.
Integrate systematic ad testing into your strategy to maximize your profits.
.7. Write Timeless Content
Your old content can still be valuable even though it's no longer on your front page. Take advantage of the long term opportunities by making sure you provide timeless content.
If visitors come across your older content first, and find that it offers dated information, they will leave right away. Of course, information moves forward, so relevant content changes quickly. You can make your content timeless simply by adding links to your updated articles on your old ones.
Many platforms allow you to show "most recent" or "most popular" or "related articles" on every page, so no matter how old the article is, it will always show access to your new ones. Your old content can make money for you indefinitely.
.8. Be Patient
Affiliate revenue grows and builds up with time. Remember that some programs offer lifetime payouts. If you refer a visitor, you may continue to make money from that one visitor even if he doesn't come back to your site. Also, as long as you have referral links still active in your old posts, they may still payout for you.
Affiliate programs aren't a get rich quick plan, but it provides opportunity to make passive income in the future.
.9. Stay Relevant
Keep up to date on the latest offerings of your affiliate programs. New ad units, advertisers, and tools are constantly being added to improve usability and be more visually appealing. Small changes go a long way in motivating action by readers. You may be left out in the dust by being complacent with your strategy.
Don't get lazy about monitoring trends and exploring new opportunities.
.10. Content Comes First
Above all else, your content must be your highest priority.
Your content is your foundation, the life blood on which the site exists. Without valuable and helpful content, readers won't come. Focus on providing excellent content, and the monetizing strategies will work out.
Once you start compromising your content to cater to the affiliate programs or any other money making venture, you will lose your readers. Once that happens, you will lose the opportunity to receive any earnings from any of your ads, be they CPM, CPC, or referral based.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Finding the ideal affiliate Company
I was winding my way up the levels of a very crowded parking garage the other day. The line of cars desperately seeking a spot ahead of me kept turning to the right.
So, of course, it occured to me that perhaps there would be less competition for a space if I went via "the road less traveled by", to the left. And indeed, there was.
Unless you are an Internet Newbie, you've probably learned by now that making money on the web isn't easy ... certainly not as easy as many sales pitches would have you believe.
Yet, this doesn't seem to deter the millions trying to compete in perhaps the most crowded web market of them all, namely, Internet Marketing.
This is not to suggest that great success is not possible in Internet Marketing. To the contrary, I can rattle off a number of names that were virtually unheard of a year ago who have done tremendously well.
They did so with innovative tools or insights that contributed something new and valuable to this marketplace. They also possessed outstanding copywriting and marketing skills that turned their innovations into sales. And in every case, they worked their tails off.
But compared to the huge numbers of people trying, real success in this field is something truly special, rather than the norm.
The fact remains, however, that money making opportunities still abound on the Internet. There are "green pastures" all around us and I believe smart marketers will use the skills they've learned in our very crowded marketplace to their great advantage elsewhere as well.
Where do you look for them? Well, I've found that digging around the search engines provides a wealth of information.
I found that the seach term "homework helper" was getting over 8,000 searches a month, which probably translates to at least 5 times that number on Google.
What's more, there were only 88,000 listings for the term on Google ... a far cry from the usual million+ results for the typical Internet Marketing term.
With more digging, many more opportunities in this niche were uncovered. The result? A new, profitable "non-marketing" web site was born.
This site, in just over two months, is now getting nearly as much traffic as my main site, over a year old, and looks to go roaring past it this month.
This opportunity potential is virtually everywhere. It's just a matter of doing a little research.
Here's a couple more quick examples:
Want to get into the "sun glass" business ... or set up an Affiliate site for this niche? "Polarized sun glasses" gets 3481 Overture searches, but only 23,400 Google listings. Again, opportunity.
Interested in paintball? "Paintball supply" gets 14,010 Overture searches, but has only 45,400 Google listings. Can the opportunity knock much louder?
I found both of these in about 7 minutes by jumping back and forth between Overture and Google. What are you interested in? Ready for a little digging?
I'm not suggesting that people abandon their Internet Marketing dreams by any means. There are certainly great achievements ahead. But why not, at the same time, "take the road less traveled by" and use your web marketing expertise in less crowded niches steeped in opportunity?
So, of course, it occured to me that perhaps there would be less competition for a space if I went via "the road less traveled by", to the left. And indeed, there was.
Unless you are an Internet Newbie, you've probably learned by now that making money on the web isn't easy ... certainly not as easy as many sales pitches would have you believe.
Yet, this doesn't seem to deter the millions trying to compete in perhaps the most crowded web market of them all, namely, Internet Marketing.
This is not to suggest that great success is not possible in Internet Marketing. To the contrary, I can rattle off a number of names that were virtually unheard of a year ago who have done tremendously well.
They did so with innovative tools or insights that contributed something new and valuable to this marketplace. They also possessed outstanding copywriting and marketing skills that turned their innovations into sales. And in every case, they worked their tails off.
But compared to the huge numbers of people trying, real success in this field is something truly special, rather than the norm.
The fact remains, however, that money making opportunities still abound on the Internet. There are "green pastures" all around us and I believe smart marketers will use the skills they've learned in our very crowded marketplace to their great advantage elsewhere as well.
Where do you look for them? Well, I've found that digging around the search engines provides a wealth of information.
I found that the seach term "homework helper" was getting over 8,000 searches a month, which probably translates to at least 5 times that number on Google.
What's more, there were only 88,000 listings for the term on Google ... a far cry from the usual million+ results for the typical Internet Marketing term.
With more digging, many more opportunities in this niche were uncovered. The result? A new, profitable "non-marketing" web site was born.
This site, in just over two months, is now getting nearly as much traffic as my main site, over a year old, and looks to go roaring past it this month.
This opportunity potential is virtually everywhere. It's just a matter of doing a little research.
Here's a couple more quick examples:
Want to get into the "sun glass" business ... or set up an Affiliate site for this niche? "Polarized sun glasses" gets 3481 Overture searches, but only 23,400 Google listings. Again, opportunity.
Interested in paintball? "Paintball supply" gets 14,010 Overture searches, but has only 45,400 Google listings. Can the opportunity knock much louder?
I found both of these in about 7 minutes by jumping back and forth between Overture and Google. What are you interested in? Ready for a little digging?
I'm not suggesting that people abandon their Internet Marketing dreams by any means. There are certainly great achievements ahead. But why not, at the same time, "take the road less traveled by" and use your web marketing expertise in less crowded niches steeped in opportunity?
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