I have now divided my recommendation options into low, medium, and high traffic choices. I have found that some advertising options are better for your blog based on the traffic it generates. Please check it out and let me know if you agree. Do you have an option that I haven’t mentioned? How do you make money?
Small Blogs are Hidden Gems
Posted by Not John Chow on May 9, 2008
At 45n5 you can find a list of 335 Make Money Online blogs. Most would go right to the top of the list and seek the advice of the Sages on the mountain top. While at the top many would forget about the masses at the bottom and this would be a mistake. We can learn from all of our experiences and we can learn from anyone. Perhaps one of these from the bottom will be a rising star that shoots to the top. So visit the small amoung us and leran something.
Promote your site with Project Wonderful
Posted by Not John Chow on May 8, 2008
You have read about the option of making money from Project Wonderful. It is a simple system that allows you to sell ad space on your website to the highest bidder. This is one method that I recommend.
You also know that you can buy ads on websites through Project Wonderful by bidding on them. You probably think that this costs money but, you would be wrong. Many of the websites that use Project Wonderful do not set a minimum bid amount which means that you can win the advertising space by bidding zero dollars! That’s right, you can advertise on multiple blogs and websites for free! Free advertising is limited to a two day period but, free is free.
Have you tried Project Wonderful? How do you promote your blog/website? Do you use EntreCard or Site Hoppin? What do you use? Please let me know.
Not John Chow’s “Make Money Online” Plan Updated
Posted by Not John Chow on May 6, 2008
I have finally updated Not John Chow’s “Make Money” page.
Blog Income Report - April 2008
Posted by Not John Chow on May 2, 2008
Here it is the end of the month and I can’t help but thinking “I can do better than this!”
Two business trips and new assignments at work seem to be my biggest excuse. It is definitely difficult to be a husband, a father, a worker, and an entrepreneur at the same time.
That being said, I earned $10.96 this month.
This month key revenues have come from Smorty and Adsense. Adsense is still only pretend money until I hit the magic $100 level.
Smorty $6.00
Adsense: $2.49
Project Wonderful: $1.81
Bidvertiser: $0.37
Widget Bucks: $0.29
For a grand total of: $10.96
Pageviews for April were 2,488 .
I know that I can do better than this if I spend a little more time on it. I continue to struggle with time conflicts that keep me from improving the blog and getting ahead in my posts. I have planned blog posts for May. Now I need to write the posts and then get on with some improvements.
I need to come up with some good content to keep my current readers (that’s you, thank you for being here) and my future readers coming back.
Does your blog make money? How do you do it? What works for you?
Guest Bloggers Wanted
Posted by Not John Chow on Apr 30, 2008
Are you looking to gain recognition as a blogger? Maybe you would like to get some free publicity or maybe even some extra traffic?
Have you ever considered guest blogging? I have. I received some decent traffic from my guest hosting over at MichaelTalk and I think I can get you some decent traffic from my site as well. So, give it some thought and if you think you have something to contribute to Not John Chow dot Com let me know.
Just email me via the contact form. You can either send me your complete post or just shoot me an idea. Either way, I will always write back and tell you if I’d like to use it.
Please make sure you give me your name, the title of your post and also a link to a site that you would like to have promoted in the post. Also, please send me a short bio or some kind of introduction that I can add at the beginning to encourage readers to click through to your site.
If I really like your work, I would consider you for a regular, reoccurring guest blogger.
Have you ever guest blogged before? Is guest blogging for you? Try it and you may find that you like it!
Ouch! WordPress 2.5 Hurts!
Posted by Not John Chow on Apr 28, 2008
I love WordPress but I hate the work that comes with a major release such as version 2.5. The pain for me came in two waves.
First, IE9 on my wide scree Toshiba does not allow me to see the bottom of the media loading screen and what is worse is that I can not even move the box. I know that I should change over to Fire Fox but, I just got used to my set up in IE9 and I want to change on my schedule. So, wen I need to load a picture today, I need to use my sons computer which is running IE8? on XP.
Second, I hate having to fix all the plugins. I do like how some of the themes that I am running give an option on the plugin page to automatically update, I do not like finding fixes for obsolite plugins.
In the future I will be more careful. I will let the majority of bloggers update first. That way I can learn about any potential problems before they happen to me. There will also be fixes in the works by the time I jump in. And of course, the plugins will be updated by then as well.
What do you think of WordPress 2.5? Are you using it? Have you had any problems? Can you share some solutions? What do you think?
Maybe 2.5.1 will be better!
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Banned by John Chow! First Google and Now This!
Posted by Not John Chow on Apr 25, 2008
That’s right folks, John Chow has removed my name from his Top Commentator’s list!
One minute I was there, the next I was gone.
Okay, that doesn’t actually constitute being banned, but I am disappointed. After all, I was beginning to see some traffic benefit from it.
Check this graph showing how my traffic has gone up due to John Chow, Shoemoney, and Zac Johnson’s blog. It isn’t big but, considering the size of my blog, it is significant.
So, what do I do now? I think that I will use a surge method and try to be top commentator every other month for a week and then let it fade. By doing this with different blogs I will be able to spend the time writing better quality comments and I will be attracting readers from different blogs.
What do you think? Is this a good plan? Will it work? What would you do?
Should I drop ScratchBack? What have we learned?
Posted by Not John Chow on Apr 23, 2008
Are you in my Top Spots? Probably not. Don’t get me wrong, I do appreciate the donations I have received but, as I look at simplifying my theme and reducing the clutter, I think that “My Top Spots” is not adding much value.
Do you use ScratchBack? Has it worked for you? Should I keep it? What do you think?
Bump Your Traffic with Shudogg!
Posted by Not John Chow on Apr 22, 2008
While visiting my friend Wade over at Shudogg dot Com I read a fantastic post on how to increase your traffic entitled Extra Bump in Traffic. You should head right over and read it because it is good, useful advice.
Afterwords, stop back and tell me how you “bump” your traffic.
My 100th Post!
Posted by Not John Chow on Apr 21, 2008
I just discovered that this is my 100th post! That is 100 posts in 160 days. Is that a good rate of posting? I don’t know.
I started back in November and just kept on writing. How about you? How long have you been blogging? How many posts do you have in your blog database? How often do you post?
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