Blogging for Money - Various Ways

Blogging for money has come a long way since 2004 -05. While blogging for money paid rich dividends 7 - 8 years back - many layers has come into the simple process in the interim years.

Blogging for money is not just about finding a niche and putting useful posts at regular intervals - any longer. People made millions following that simple formula some years back. Now, the gaps are filled, more opportunities have arisen, more advertising money is being poured in, the audience is more targeted and the complications have risen manifold.

Content can be used to draw eyespace, bring readers and the same content can be used to market products, teach, engage - while the inline text can be used as spinoffs for further advertising. Job boards, forums, ebooks, courses, virtual products, videos, physical products can all be entwined with simple blogging to garner some dollars.

Here is a link to a page at problogger that shows the various ways to make money by blogging.

http://www.problogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ways-to-Make-Money-Blogging1.png

Dont give up - a niche, perseverance and persistence should still pay.

Blogging for Pennies Post Google Panda

As I trudge out of the Google Panda trap - it is time for me to take a closer look at my resources and objectives. I have been proud to call myself a (sort of) professional blogger the last few years. However lately I find myself looking at job ads more closely. So the need for a closer look. At whether one can still blog to make money post Google Panda?

Where has my money come from the past couple of years?

99% from Google adsense

99% of that from Xomba.com

I am going to look at the 1% figure more closely.

I have earned some dollars from Amazon.com. That is the (less than) 1% I have not earned from Google adsense. I feel that has been more by fluke than effort. However from notes from the numerous making money online sites that I visit - I find that Amazon is a substantial source of income. How is it so? Well effort, I guess.

My interest here is - can I make money from Amazon? Can I increase the 1% to lets say 10%? Of course. But again a professional effort is needed for that. The upshot is it can be done with the help of lots of effort but not necessarily any monetary investment. Lots of articles and reviews targeted for Christmas posted about yesterday. Does Blogger look askance at Amazon targeted posts? Dont think so. They have after all included Amazon in the "Monetise" section.

Now about adsense but non-Xomba income. Xomba is coming out of its hubpages, bookmarking hangover. But there still seems to be some confusion about where it is positioning itself. It touts itself as a writing community for geeks and fanboys...what is that? I have a lot of effort and sweat poured into Xomba these last 4 years. Just hoping it doesnt go waste. In the real world- if you have some experience at a company - you can carry that to the next job. In cyber world - i think you have to leave behind your CV and start anew. So more the reason to start your own blog! But of course I am too emotionally involved with Xomba to really leave the site. Its got a great community, some cool stuff in features - and Nick is a dear;-)

I have a few blogs around - and it is actually making me a few pennies EVERYDAY. I think that's important. I used to get a few pennies a month - a few months back. My income from Best - Reviewer has also picked up. However I am not sure of the commitment of the James guy towards the site. I mean he has a lot of big plans - so why wont he ditch the site midway and go onto something bigger? A pity, for it is a fun site. 

Other sites I look at sometime - yousaytoo.com and shetoldme.com. Any other suggestions? Of course I must be registered at a dozen sites like infobarrell, hubpages, squidoo, triond, etc etc. Just no point spreading out so thin!

So what's plan A, B, C...?

• Attack Amazon
• One blog post a day
• More research on what I write
• Write original - no more posting the same thing at Xomba and on my blogs - no point
• Take it seriously - while surreptitiously looking at job ads;-)

Why it should work? 

The no. of people searching for stuff wont dwindle.
Advertisers cant afford not to use online ads
And you should be ready with stuff to be at the right place at the right time.
Right place and right time - still undefined - so make sure the stuff's good!

Cant think of anything else!

Has Google Panda been Successful?

From personal experience - I would say - YES! The party is over. Adsense money wont come easy. But if you are new to the internet writing - make money by online writing - breed, the news is good. The implementation of Google Panda must have thrown up so many orphaned keywords. All the keywords and SEOed content by content farms - would be working minimally. So just identify a niche - do some quality writing - and grab that space! There is money to be made out there. The good thing is trash, duplicate content - is not going to make that money.

For me it has been a very disappointing month at Xomba. Xomba has done a 360 degree turn. No writing for money. However, is there still money to be made at Xomba? I think so. Lists are all the rage. Xomba still gets good eyeballs - so if you write for Xomba - make use of lists and reviews. And wait.

$50000 Online in 2012 - A Dream or Reality?

I just read from a blog that the blogger made $50000 from writing online in 2010. I know people make much more than that too...


So is $50000 a year a dream in blogging for me? My income for the past 2 years has been around $12000 py on an average. $50000 is more than 4 times that. Can an "unprofessional" and "uncommitted" blogger like me make that kind of bucks, online?


I feel it is too late (already) in 2011 to keep a target of $50000. Maybe a $20000 target for this year will do. After all I also have to clear my CFA Level 1 this year.

So how about $ 50000 by 2013 end as also clearing all levels of CFA by June 2013.

How does one go about it?

To find out how I am doing with my CFA prep - go to

mycfablog.blogspot.com

Keep following this blog for the money part!

Here is the link to the blog where the user talks about getting more than $50000 I 2010. I believe her. I know it can be done!


http://paulamooney.blogspot.com/2011/01/5046277-total-writing-income-online-for.html

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A Guide to "Make Money With Facebook Ads"

If you have been for sometime into affiliate marketing 0 you must have heard the name of Jonathon Volk. He is one of the stars of affiliate marketing. Volk has loads of ebooks talking about how to make money online. Well, he has made a ton of money promoting his products - so maybe one should listen!

Here is a product from Jonathon Volk called "A Complete Guide to Making Money with Facebook Ads". There is a promotional free video which talks about the product too.

Check out the guide to make money through facebook ads here

A Complete Guide to Making Money with Facebook Ads

Can One Make Money with Cell Phones?

Every youngster has invested something into a cellphone - be it either time, money, energy. They know more about handling a phone then we middle aged types do. But how many try to make a cell phone pay? True most of the games, music, happening apps are being made by 18- 24 year old...but what about the general run of youngsters - who are not developers. Is the cell phone just an entertainment system for them? After investing so much into it? There are many ways one can make money via a cell phone. Not exactly millions - but everyday pocket money. There are many tasks that just require a pair of nimble hands knowing how to use a phone - that pay. Small tasks like getting photos of local areas, or otherwise, scanning codes, moving items, customising ringtones, even singing a song for a youtube video - that one can do - are being required by ecommerce providers. One just has to know where to fnd the tasks and make them a paying option. So why not use that beautiful gadget to pay for your fine wine? As I was going through the clickbank marketplace - I came across this very descriptive video of a teenager describing "How to Make Money with a Cell Phone"?

Can one really make that much money with a cell phone?

Is it worth trying out? Maybe teenagers who are constantly texting will indeed find it a novel experience trying to earn through a cell phone.

I find the cell phone a bore - all my friends are on FB or gmail chat!

But in case you are keen on trying to earn money through your mobile - this is as good a place as any to give it a shot! Just dont blame me if it doesnt work.

Click Here To Know How to Make Money Via Ur Cellphone!


Always remember the 2 Ps while trying to make money in the "not so" time tested way - patience and Perseverence. Add a dose of belief to it too!

I Joined Shetoldme.Com

I joined shetoldme.com today.

Why do I like the look of Shetoldme.com?

• The site shares 100% google adsense revenue
• Nice referral program
• Easy bookmarking of blogs and links with Scoops with even a browser tool
• James writes a nice ireverent welcome letter making one feel (almost) welcome!
• The site ranks around 18000 on Alexa now

Try shetoldme.com to publish, link, promote your blogs or just browse through some interesting reads - and make money by participating! 

http://shetoldme.com/

Have You Backlinked Your Blogs?

Have you backlinked your blogs?

Ok -you have written a great post and have published it at Xomba or hubpages or your blog or anywhere. What do you do to get it backlinked?

I just realised that only very few of my posts are backlinked. On top of that came the realisation from blogspot stats that the majority of my reads for mylittlelogbook.blogspot.com comes from yousaytoo.com. Yousaytoo.com is a site that provides a platform to provide backlinks to your blog.

I also read at a forum on Hubpages that a member who gets around 20000 pageviews a day systematically bookmarks all his posts at xomba, snipsly, etc!

That really made me pause. All these news and information on top of each other must be providential. I have more than 9000 posts at Xomba. and some 90 odd posts at hubpages. Enough you say to be having 100000 page views a day! But I dont have even a tenth of that. As of yesterday - I have started the effort to link and bookmark my posts, blogs as much as possible. The effort is official now!

Join Yousaytoo.com here!

Hub Pages - Make Money By Writing!

If you think all "make money from home" schemes are scams - think again. There are plenty of genuine websites out there where you can make money by writing. And you don't have to pay a cent - it is all for free! HubPages is one such site. Here is what the website says

"Write content-rich, informative and topical articles on whatever topic areas that you know and love.
Earn money through Google AdSense, Amazon and eBay ads. Many of our users are earning hundreds of dollars per month and some are even earning thousands.
Over 100,000 published writers and 21 million readers every month! High credibility with search engines Google and Yahoo."

The site has an Alexa ranking of #268 as of now. That is pretty high by any standards. What does this ranking mean? Alexa ranking can be taken to a kind of popularity meter on the search engines for a website.

I have known people on hubpages making more than a thousand bucks (usd) a month, every month - with just a few hundred published articles! To make money at Hubpages you need to have affiliate accounts. Hubpages guides you how to get affiliate accounts from Amazon, Google Adsense, Kontera, eBay etc. All you need to do is start writing.

How to have a hundred plus articles at hubpages? It is easier than you think. Write one article of at least 200 words every 3.65 days, create your hub, - and you have a 100 in a year. The more you write - the merrier. So if you love writing, there is no better way to make money from home. HubPages has a Thirty Days Challenge in which one is challenged to write 30 hubs in Thirty Day! Focus on a topic - try that - and you will see how the writing bug bites!

However, if you know a way to make money without any work at all - please tell me!

Join Hubpages here! You need, time, some effort, love but no money.


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