Making Money
Secret To Maximum Blog Income And Conversion [Tactic Video]
Confession: Blogs suck at converting visitors into money.
Say what?! In this video, I explain what I mean and what you can do to get maximum benefit from the visitors who come to your blog. Click Here To Continue Reading »
How To Sell Ads On Your Blog
Banner advertising is usually the first monetization option explored by any blogger looking to make some money. Within this method are two ways of going about it: (1) Using ad networks like Adsense and, (2) selling it yourself.
Some may get confused on the basics of how to sell your own ad space. In this article, I’ll shed some light on that by providing an overview.
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Bloggers, What Went Wrong?
Something went wrong. There are simply too many bloggers out there who are struggling to get good traffic numbers and/or make any money with their blogs. And there are some people who would probably look at those bloggers and LAUGH!
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Using Ustream To Make Money
I have been a user of Ustream for some time in order to put together a live broadcast online. Have you ever thought about doing it yourself? Did you know that you can use it to make some money? Here’s how.
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Free Versus Paid? When Do You Charge?
Blogging is, by nature, the business of giving away free content. And it cannot be any other way. However, in order to make money, you’ve got to charge people for something. So, where is the cut off?
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Why You Need A Merchant Account, Bloggers
Banner ads and affiliate offers are only going to take your quest for income from your blog so far. Before long, you’ll realize that selling things and making your own offers is where the real money is at. When you sell things, you need a way to process orders. That is where your merchant account comes in.
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You Can’t Make Six Figures By Blogging
Say what? You mean, after all this time where I show you how to make money with your blog, I spill the truth that you really can’t make money this way?
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March 2009 Blogging Income Report – The Last?
Well, we’re a week into April. It has become a custom to post an update on how I’m doing in my blogging business. So, how much money did I generate with my blogs in March?
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Product Brainstorming For Your Blog
It is quite obvious that this blog is aimed to help turn bloggers into better and richer bloggers. My position is that you have to treat your blog like a business if you want it to be one. Well, businesses sell things. What can you sell on YOUR blog?
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Blogging Income Report: February 2009
I have made a little habit out of posting monthly income reports to this blog. The one for February was delayed because my accounting was WAY behind. I won’t get into why that is the case, but I spent several hours today getting it caught up.
This year started out with a bang. I brought in $21,129.30 in January. Much of that was due to the January membership drive on PCMech that I ran while I was on a cruise. The full story behind that is in my free report which you can get by signing up to the mailing list on the right.
Alright, so how did things pan out in February?
Total gross income for February comes in at $11,797.12.
A rough breakdown of that for the month is:
- Advertising: $4,598.93
- Affiliate Commissions: $484.09
- Consulting: $1,070.00
- Membership Fees: $5,640.23
All in all, it was a pretty standard month. I didn’t really push any affiliate offers that hard. I had no membership drives. Consulting was a little higher than normal, but all in all, February was a month of nothing out of the ordinary whatsoever.
So far, March is shaping up well. As of today (the 12th), I’ve already generated a bit over $17K this month. So, I look forward to seeing what March will end up looking like.
I will be launching a new product (probably within a week) which will build up a new income stream. After that, I am going to town on a brand new membership program dedicated to bloggers like you. Without getting into too much detail yet, I intend to fill a big, GAPING hole that is keeping bloggers from making good money. I’m gonna be getting into some ninja stuff for you guys.
So, stay tuned. I’m stoked about it and I can’t wait to start seeing it come to fruition.
I'm David Risley. I've been making my living as a blogger for over a decade. Blogging is my business and how I support my family. With this blog, I'm just gettin' REAL and telling you how this business works. 
