Posted by chiefpro on
May 5, 2008
People love eBooks! There is something genuine feeling about a PDF file rather than words published on a blog in HTML (or XML). I don’t know what it is but it works. If you have an experitse or uncommon knowledge of something, then a great idea is to write an eBook on the subject. It can be as little as 10 pages in length, just make it fun and interesting. So what’s the point? Are you going to sell your eBook to make money. No way! No one wants to pay for an eBook. Give it away instead and watch the traffic on your site build up! That’s the real point here — more traffic means more clicks and more pageviews! Make that money!
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Posted by chiefpro on
March 31, 2008
Why I am writing about creativity? Well the make real money online, I talking about the next level of making money online, you need to be creative. Its relatively easy to follow the trends and the pack and make money online. All that takes is information and learning. With that you can probably make a few hundred or thousand dollars a month. But to take it to John Chow level making money online ($30,000 a month), you need to be an innovator — that is to say, be creative! So let’s look at ways to improve your creativity.
1. Constant Brainstorming
To come up with new ideas, you need to be in “idea mode” 24/7. This means thinking about ways to make money whenever you get a free moment. Its hard to describe this mindset, but think of it like wearing special glasses. You try to see the world differently, one from a standpoint of new ideas. You take trends and think about the logical (and illogical) next steps to making money.
2. Put it Down on Paper
This goes hand in hand with “Constant Brainstorming” — writing down these ideas and keeping them handy is a way to visualize them. I keep a small (tiny) notebook in my pocket with a pen so I can write down whatever comes to mind. Being able to record and then recall your ideas helps you get in the mode of creative thinking. It also supports the further development of those ideas because you constantly have previous work to build upon. I suppose jotting ideas down in a PDA is fine too, but there is something special about a pen and paper.
3. Try Creative Hobbies
This one doesn’t seem to fit but it really works. To develop you creativity you need to spark your creative center within your brain. If you don’t do art or read often, then you are perhaps not using your creative brain trust enough. Find something creative to do and give it a try (e.g. drawing, painting, reading, musical instrument, making online videos, photography, music appreciation). You might actually enjoy it, but it will also help sharpen your creativity to use in making money.
4. Read Up on Creative People
Learning from the past and from people’s past experiences is useful. Think about reading biographies of great historical innovators like Edison and also modern gurus like Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett and Rick Rubin.
5. Lose Your Fear of Failure
To truly be creative you need to be fearless. Trying new things, being a pioneer and a risk taker, requires no fear. It’s like that 1990’s slogan “NoFear”. To be free from fear means to be free to be creative. How to do this? I’m no expert but I feel one key element is embracing failure. When you fail you cannot feel sorry for yourself or discouraged. Instead you need to embrace it, learn from it, and be grateful for it even. It is in failure that you learn most about what it takes to succeed.
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Posted by chiefpro on
March 18, 2008
Well I’d like to say your are looking at it right now! More generally, I mean you can spot trends in Making Money Online by engrossing yourself in the topic. Read and participate all you can in the blogosphere. This is really a key way to spot new trends as they break and get in on the ground floor. Add these blogs to your daily read:
John Chow
Andy Beard
Zac Johnson
Shoemoney
Find a large list of top blogs at the Top 100 Make Money Blogs list. These people are experts at making money online and they are more than happy to share their information with you. Become regular readers and comment contributors and you will start to see your knowledge and instinct grow!
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Posted by chiefpro on
March 18, 2008
1. PayPerPost
PayPerPost is the largest paid blogging service out there. With over 100,000 blogs in their system, PPP is a giant. With that size comes a full-time sales force to find new advertisers. Other pros are the ease of use, ease of entry (blogs must be 30 days old, with 10 posts), and payment reliablity.
The major drawback is… Google! Google has launched an all-out offensive on PPP where they rank PPP blogs with a big fat zero (PR 0) when they realize it. A good page rnak of 3 can mean $15 for a 200-word post, but you might only have 30-60 days before Google takes away your PR.
2. PayU2BlogA favorite of mine, PayU2Blog is a horse of another color. Instead of a marketplace where you look for and take offers, PayU2Blog’s administrators assign you offers only a weekly basis. This can be a good or bad thing depending how you look at it. The good thing is that you don’t have to fight for offers. Once assigned, you have about a week to finished them.
The bad news is that you are limited to whatever they give you. Another good point is that most offers are for placing a link only. You don’t have to write about the company or the product — you just have to insert the link in a post where it makes sense. A bad point is that each offer is worth only $5, but that’s not bad considering it’s only a word in a minimum 60 word post.
PayU2Blog also seems a little more selective in letting new members in. It might be difficult to join without a PR higher than 0.
3. SponsoredReviews
A relative newcomer to the ranks (although still over a year old), Sponsored Reviews is a marketplace like PPP. The different is that instead of taking and immediately completing any offer you qualify for like in PPP, here you have to make an offer for the job and bid a payment amount. You can makes hundreds of bids without getting a single taker, but then again, with a high PR, you could make $20, $30, or $50 a post.
A bad point is that Sponsored Reviews takes a 35% cut of your earnings off the bid you make (e.g. you bid $20, you only get $13). A good point is that you get notified by email when an advertiser accepts your offer. Then you have a few days to complete.
Other Services
There are lots of other paid blogging services out there, but currentlyt none of them float by boat, meaning they don’t provide a steady income and can be sporadic. These include:
Smorty (hard to get offers, fill up quickly, new offers not very often, $5-10 usual size)
Blogitive (not many new offers, offers are shown only after higher ranked bloggers turn them down, $5 for 200 words is a lot of writing)
Blogsvertise (good payout $5-$15 for 75 words, but not many offers, new offers emailed to you but not regularly)
CreamAid (an original, but lousy payout (starting at $1), even if you take offer you are not guaranteed payout)
ReviewMe Marketplace (not many offers, high word count, low monthly maximum on offers you can take)
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Posted by chiefpro on
March 18, 2008
WordPress is the recognized leader when it comes to blogging platform. Hosted on your own site, a WordPress blog can be highly customized and very useful. Picking the right theme is key, especially if you want to make money off it. This blog uses a WordPress theme which is optimized for Google AdSense. Just take a look and count how many different Google ads are seen. Luckily this theme was free to download and use. See the footer for the Theme Name and a link to get it. More sophisticated WordPress themes allow you to sell advertising slots directly to advertisers. The downside is that these themes can cot $50 to $500 each, and that’s just for a single use license. Here’s an example of a site using the powerful Revolution theme, ThaGuru.com.
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Posted by chiefpro on
March 16, 2008
Disclosure is important when it comes to Making Green. How? Well simple — you don’t want to piss off the hand that feeds you, namely Readers! You thought I was going to say Advertisers, right? Well advertisers are important but its the readers who give you page views, click on your ads, and buy your affiliate merchandise. Disclosing means being open about advertising and sponsorship. Disclosure means not “hiding” links or trying to trick people to click on your ads. It’s as simple as that. Start off with a disclosure policy and link to it in your sidebar or at the end of each post. You can setup ads to match your site’s theme, but don’t try to hide them. There is a fine line to be drawn here and the key to disclosure is not crossing it.
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Posted by chiefpro on
January 6, 2008
How can you start a blog about Making Green without starting off with the master of Making Money Online, John Chow? John has turned the Internet into a money making machine, not just with his website — TheTechZone.com — but also with his blog. Check out his most recent numbers from this nice graph from JohnChowGraphs.com:
Amazing, isn’t it. If you want to Make Money Online, check out JohnChow.com and learn a thing or two. Thanks to 365ToFreedom.com for the nice graphs!
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Posted by chiefpro on
January 5, 2008
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