I know I can make money off the Internet. The problem is, I am still trying to figure out how.
I have just started a new site in an effort to put me on the road to financial freedom. I say that with a bit of a chuckle, because to date, I have made a grand total of 4.11 on google adsense. Needless to say, I don't get much traffic on any of my sites.
Its not enough to have sites and blogs, and everything else, but you need to have great content. I just realized that, and I thought to myself..."Self...What are you really good at?" I am very good at ALL THINGS PHOTOSHOP. I make all my own gifts, which are treasured by the recipients, by the way. I make movie posters, magazine covers, collages.. and on and on.
I decided to create a site where I could sell the templates I use to make such gifts.
http://phototemplates.comlu.com/
It was a lot of work to get the site up and running. I used osCommerce, a php script which allows you to create a site, add products, and set it up for paypal so people could download your products immediately after buying. So far, I have some hockey templates, ballet templates, magazine covers, figure skating templates, Chirstmas cards and Trading Cards. I have a lot more templates ready to go, but it is time consuming to upload and catalog them, so I will be doing this bit by bit.
These things will be great for photographers looking to give their customers a little something different. I have looked around at the other sites offering such products, and in my opinion, mine are not only different, they are more attractive, better prices, and will sell like hotcakes...if I can get potential customers to my site. (Which is what I am currently working on!)
Til next time
Lori MacDonald
Earnings to date: $4.11
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Worthless Traffic
Have you seen them? Sites that promise free traffic to your website? The same sites also promise that if you pay for a membership, you will double, or even triple your traffic. I was gullable enough a while back to sign up for some of this crap. You complete some offers, giving out your email, and some of your precious personal information, and you then qualify for 50 visitors. These visitors are redirected, just like you are, to the site of some other unsuspecting site owner. The sites I was redirected to after completing the offers were sites that I wasn't remotely interested in reading. I left immediately. My visit counted as one of the 50 promised visitors, but it meant nothing.
If people come to my site, I want them to be people who are interested in what I have to say. Likewise, if I visit someone's site or blog, I want to be interested in what they have to say. Otherwise, I am just wasting my time.
Don't fall for that trap. It might sound like the answer to your traffic woes, but it is a load of garbage. The only way to improve your traffic is to:
1. Write good content.
2. Update your content regularly. People who like your work will come back for more.
3. Use good keywords and labels to get you noticed on the search engines.
4. Build a following. Comment on related blogs and websites, not just as a way to leave a link for
people to follow back to your site, but to become known for your thoughts and opinions.
This can't be done overnight. You can't just start a blog one day, and expect to have hundreds of visitors overnight. It takes hard work, a lot of thought and dedication, and the willingness to learn A LOT about your subject matter.
I am learning a lot myself on my road to become THE QUEEN OF BLOGGING INCOME.
Til next time...
Lori MacDonald
Earnings to date: $4.01
If people come to my site, I want them to be people who are interested in what I have to say. Likewise, if I visit someone's site or blog, I want to be interested in what they have to say. Otherwise, I am just wasting my time.
Don't fall for that trap. It might sound like the answer to your traffic woes, but it is a load of garbage. The only way to improve your traffic is to:
1. Write good content.
2. Update your content regularly. People who like your work will come back for more.
3. Use good keywords and labels to get you noticed on the search engines.
4. Build a following. Comment on related blogs and websites, not just as a way to leave a link for
people to follow back to your site, but to become known for your thoughts and opinions.
This can't be done overnight. You can't just start a blog one day, and expect to have hundreds of visitors overnight. It takes hard work, a lot of thought and dedication, and the willingness to learn A LOT about your subject matter.
I am learning a lot myself on my road to become THE QUEEN OF BLOGGING INCOME.
Til next time...
Lori MacDonald
Earnings to date: $4.01
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Blogsvertise
I signed up yesterday for Blogsvertise. I was accepted, and in my acceptance email, I was told that I should be receiving an offer soon.
The offer is to evaluate a product or website, and write a review on my blog about this product or website. I have done some research, and in reviewing other people's blogs, I have come across people who are making a lot of money providing such a service. Some bloggers have suggested a site called PayPerPost. I have signed up for that service as well, but I don't qualify just yet becuase my blog needs to be at least 30 days old in order to qualify.
One blog I came across showed a list of all the author's revenue for a month from 2 blogs. He made about $300/month on Blogsvertise and $500/month on PayPerPost. Along with his income from AdSense, Chitika, and numerous other programs, he was making over $1100 a month. Thats some serious money coming in from just 2 blogs, and what he described as very little effort.
I am still sticking with my plan, and once a week, I will itemize my revenue for the week. I don't expect it to be a lot, because I just started, but I will update on what I find is working for me, and what is not. I am determined to become THE QUEEN OF BLOGGING INCOME, and start living the life I was destined to live.
Peace out
Lori MacDonald!
The offer is to evaluate a product or website, and write a review on my blog about this product or website. I have done some research, and in reviewing other people's blogs, I have come across people who are making a lot of money providing such a service. Some bloggers have suggested a site called PayPerPost. I have signed up for that service as well, but I don't qualify just yet becuase my blog needs to be at least 30 days old in order to qualify.
One blog I came across showed a list of all the author's revenue for a month from 2 blogs. He made about $300/month on Blogsvertise and $500/month on PayPerPost. Along with his income from AdSense, Chitika, and numerous other programs, he was making over $1100 a month. Thats some serious money coming in from just 2 blogs, and what he described as very little effort.
I am still sticking with my plan, and once a week, I will itemize my revenue for the week. I don't expect it to be a lot, because I just started, but I will update on what I find is working for me, and what is not. I am determined to become THE QUEEN OF BLOGGING INCOME, and start living the life I was destined to live.
Peace out
Lori MacDonald!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Two years trying to make money, I have made $3.94
I am a smart girl. I have read all of the post out there about making money blogging. I have set up blogs, put up a couple of posts, added the adsense feature and sat back and waited for my ship to come in. After 2 years, I have made $3.94.
I have read about bloggers making 6 figure incomes, just writing about their interests. I want to do that too. I have a lot of interests. I knit, I garden, I cook, I raise 2 teenage children, and a whole whack of other things besides. I want to cash in on this internet-extravaganza that a lot of other people are doing and making big bucks doing it.
I have realized that it is not enough to just write a couple of posts and sit back and wait. In order to make this endeavor a success, I have to blog, blog, blog. I have to add the appropriate content to make people come back for more, and most importantly, never give up, even if a month goes by and I don't get anywhere.
There are a lot of things I can do to make this a success. I have already signed up for Chitika. Lets say your blog is about, I don't know, widgets. If your reader finds your blog through google by typing in widgets, the Chitika displays ads targeted around widgets. I am adding this code to all my blogs, and see how it does.
Of course I have adsense enabled on all my blogs. I don't get much out of this...yet. I am assuming the reason for this is that I have not taken the steps necessary to get the traffic flowing through my content.
Over the next week or so, I will be continuously updating my blogs and trying to find new and interesting ways to promote them so I can get some traffic, and see if that makes a diffence. I was told that one way to get people to go to your blog is to comment actively on other peoples blogs. I will be trying this. Also, I will be seeking out forums on the topics I have my blogs based upon, and see how this goes.
Till next time,
Lori MacDonald
Earnings to date: $3.94
I have read about bloggers making 6 figure incomes, just writing about their interests. I want to do that too. I have a lot of interests. I knit, I garden, I cook, I raise 2 teenage children, and a whole whack of other things besides. I want to cash in on this internet-extravaganza that a lot of other people are doing and making big bucks doing it.
I have realized that it is not enough to just write a couple of posts and sit back and wait. In order to make this endeavor a success, I have to blog, blog, blog. I have to add the appropriate content to make people come back for more, and most importantly, never give up, even if a month goes by and I don't get anywhere.
There are a lot of things I can do to make this a success. I have already signed up for Chitika. Lets say your blog is about, I don't know, widgets. If your reader finds your blog through google by typing in widgets, the Chitika displays ads targeted around widgets. I am adding this code to all my blogs, and see how it does.
Of course I have adsense enabled on all my blogs. I don't get much out of this...yet. I am assuming the reason for this is that I have not taken the steps necessary to get the traffic flowing through my content.
Over the next week or so, I will be continuously updating my blogs and trying to find new and interesting ways to promote them so I can get some traffic, and see if that makes a diffence. I was told that one way to get people to go to your blog is to comment actively on other peoples blogs. I will be trying this. Also, I will be seeking out forums on the topics I have my blogs based upon, and see how this goes.
Till next time,
Lori MacDonald
Earnings to date: $3.94
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