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The Long-Term Approach to Blogging

The Long-Term Approach to Blogging
22 Aug 2007

Making Money Building a business takes time. If you’re hoping to make a business out of your blog, blogging is no exception. Sure, there are some ways to quickly make a little bit of money, and yes, the risks are much lower than starting a traditional business. But overall, building a steady income through a blog is similar to any other business venture, it doesn’t happen overnight. Many bloggers hope to launch a blog and start making money right away. ...

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Google Adsense – Perfect for the lazy blogger

Google Adsense – Perfect for the lazy blogger
12 Aug 2007

Making Money With the latest Google PageRank just round the corner my thoughts for Blogging Tips are starting to turn towards how I can start making money from this blog. Apart from Google Adsense, there are currently no advertisements on Blogging Tips. Whats so special about adsense you might ask? Well, adsense was added to the site because I am lazy. Pure and simple. I didn’t want to spend too much time looking at ways to make money from this blog a ...

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CPA with Google Adsense – A new way to make money with Google Referrals

CPA with Google Adsense – A new way to make money with Google Referrals
24 Jul 2007

Making Money Tom LeDree brought this to my attention in the forums. I haven’t seen this publicised elsewhere so I thought I’d give you all a a brief summary of the new options you have with referrals in Google Adsense. In a nutshell In short, Google Adsense now offers CPA affiliate marketing. CPA stands for Cost Per Action which basically means you qualify for a payment if the action is completed. The CPA is different for every site, for example ...

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A quick update of the Text Link Ads InLinks Option

A quick update of the Text Link Ads InLinks Option
14 Jul 2007

Making Money I got an email yesterday from Text Link Ads informing me that the text links were not being displayed on one of my sites. It turned out to be a blank file caused by moving server a few days ago. I fixed it pretty quickly but after 6 or 7 hours my stats were not reflecting the ads being live so I dedicated to give them a call. The stats problem was quickly resolved so I asked a few questions about the Text Link Ads InLinks Option, the inlinking ...

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The right way to respond when you mess up

The right way to respond when you mess up
13 Jul 2007

Making Money I have been a text link advertiser on CSS Elite for about 3 months now. I was checking some backlinks yesterday and I quickly realised that my text link had been removed from the site. I checked a cached version of the blog from last week and Blogging Tips was not listed. I contacted Todd about it and expressed my dissapointment in the situation. Todd emailed me back very quickly and apologised for the link being down. His template had a maximum ...

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Technorati’s authority value is now worthless

Technorati’s authority value is now worthless
13 Jul 2007

Making Money I spoke in April about why I believe advertising networks should stop using Alexa to determine rates for publishers. Jonathan from SmartWealthyRich got me thinking about the subject again with his post ‘Why I Feel Like Breaking Up With Alexa‘. More recently I talked about my dislike for viralink.It seems that the viralinker’s have won, well perhaps they have not won but they have definately succeeded in making the Technorati ...

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The Miami Affiliate Summit

The Miami Affiliate Summit
11 Jul 2007

Making Money The Affilliate Summit in Miami has came to a close. Unfortunately, I did not attend the event however top blogger Zac Johnson did manage to go. Zac’s been writing recaps the last few days in his blog. At the summit he managed to meet two of my favourite bloggers, Jeremy from ShoeMoney and Jim Kukral. If you want to read more about Zac attending the Affiliate Summit, please check out the following posts : Day 1 – Affiliate Summit East ...

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Text Link Ads InLinks Option

Text Link Ads InLinks Option
06 Jul 2007

Making Money I decided a few days ago that I would start selling text link ads here a month or so before the blog gets a page rank. Whilst submitting the blog to Text Link Ads I was asked if i wanted to try the inLinks advertising method. This happens at Step 4 of adding a new site to TLA. Here are the screens you will see if choose to use this advertising method with Text Link Ads. I read about this advertising option in May but if im honest, I didn’t ...

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Are you happy to cut out the middle man?

Are you happy to cut out the middle man?
25 Jun 2007

Making Money An advertising network is simply a middle man between someone who wants to sell advertising and someone who wants to advertise. In return the middle man gets a fee for providing this service. This fee is normally a percentage of the advertising cost however it depends on the site. Sites such as ReviewMe, Text Link Ads, Sponsored Reviews and Pay Per Post are hugely popular amongst bloggers. Unlike Google Adsense and Adbrite and similar ...

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You may now use 3 Link Units per page through Google Adsense

You may now use 3 Link Units per page through Google Adsense
11 Jun 2007

Making Money JohnTP brought this to my attention today. Google have announced that you can now use 3 link units per page with Google Adsense. Previously, publishers were restricted to 1 link unit per page. I’m not sure why google have increased the number of link units but im not complaining! This should be good news to the majority of adsense publishers, particuarly those who have some spaces available in their ad areas. On the whole i personally find ...

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