Wordpreneur Carnival #002
Thanks everyone for your submissions to this week’s Carnival. Can’t use all of them since some really just don’t fit into our little slice of the blogosphere.
And an interesting number were little more than “look at this” posts that link elsewhere for the real meat. I’ll link directly to the meat in this Carnival. Although if I didn’t know it existed before and it was your submission that brought it to my attention, I’ll give you and your blog credit.
OK, ready? Let’s get to work!
ProBlogger Darren Rose wrote this series of posts on Positioning Your AdSense Ads over a couple of years ago, but the information’s still as good as ever today. Google AdSense is, of course, the #1 way we online publishers monetize our blogs. Best read all three posts in one sitting (shouldn’t take too long).
She hasn’t made any money at all with her blog, The Peculiar Club, but Kathryn Lang is pounding away at it and Making Money with Online Writing. Read her post to see how and learn how you can do it too.
Maybe Kathryn should read this (so should you): Jeremy Schoemaker (Shoemoney)’s 5 Ways to Make Passive Income on Your Website.
But all the passive income vehicles aren’t going to make you dime one unless you get people to your site. In Advertising & Blogging Tips & News, Jarrod Hunt shares a comprehensive 27+1 Tips for Building and Maintaining a Blog Audience. [SUBMITTED BY: Doris Chua of Home Office Women]
OK, now it’s time for us to sneak in a little success story, the best motivator bar none to give us reason to keep plugging away! Check out this little news bit (Forget Babysitting and Paper Routes, Teen Turns to SEO) on CNET Blogs by Stephan Spencer, who happens to be the father of Chloe Spencer, a 16-year-old who makes $700-900 a month from her blog “for very little work.”
Had enough reading about online writing and all that other techie stuff? Me too. So let’s touch on something deep and primal and really, really simple: Dream Jobs and How to Find Them - Step 1 by good buddy Michael Werner on Dream Jobs Dialog.
More coming in our next edition (Saturday, October 27). See you then!
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3 Responses to “Wordpreneur Carnival #002”
By Kathryn on Oct 20, 2007 | Reply
I did go check out Shoemaker’s post about passive income, and most of the ideas are ones I know about but just haven’t implemented. I really like the donations idea and I am kicking it around in my head, but haven’t decided how to place the button (I did go to one site that said “like my post, buy me a coffee” and it allowed you to click and donate a certain amount of money).
While I love the idea of making money over the internet, I still know that for writing it is all about the print! Queries, submissions, and material - work, work, work - will get me to my end goal of being a successful writer.
By Will Bontrager on Oct 21, 2007 | Reply
Thanks, Eldon. Lots of links to basic information one really should to be aware of in relation to making serious money on the Internet. And all on on page. So cool.
Other income enhancing “tricks” for AdSense, besides testing different positions on the page are the shape or color of the ad and the ad’s surroundings. For examples, a square ad might work better than a tower, or certain images near the ad might elicit more clicks.
Also, if click-through rate gradually reduces, changing the ad shape or color, even if only temporarily, might bring life back into the click-through rate. The eye gets used to things and repeat visitors might no longer consciously see the ads. The change can wake up the attention.
By Wordpreneur on Oct 22, 2007 | Reply
Hi William
Thanks for the AdSense tips. Don’t be surprised to Wordpreneur’s adsense changing in the next few days.
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