make money
on blog
For Money-maKing. . .
* Signed up for a number of Ads Providers. . . Bidvertiser, AffiliateBot, AdBrite (just earlier)
* Signed up for a MyLot account.
* Signed up for SlashMySearch
For Traffic. . .
* Submitted to quite a number of blog directories.
* Added myself to Blogcatalog, MyblogLog and bumpzee.
* Submitted Stories to Digg.com
* Signed up for Associated content which i am yet to write my first article.
* Had Link exchanges with several bloggers.
For any Other:
* I added a WeekLy FreEbie feature on my blog which for this week, Harry Potter E-Book is up for Grabs! get your copy now!
These, among others were done by my own initiative, dictations, or any other guidance from other people. I did have friends whom i value their advises. And guys, for that, Thanks you! You know who you are. I hope i can make more friends and expand my Horizons.
My Earnings So Far. . .
-Expect not to see thousands, hundreds or even tens for that matter. Hey, afterall, im still starting out. Here's what i Got.
* SlashmySearch - $.246 (this i havent done anything. "Hulog ng langit" as we say. . .)
* AffiliateBot - $.91 (Lucky i got a few Clicks. . . Great! )
* Squidoo - $.25 ( Havent updated my Squidoo for ages! )
* MyLot -$.06 (I made 6 comments this week. I dont really got time as of now. If you could post/make comments more, You can earn Way More than i could. register here.
* Bidvertiser -$.08 (As you can see, I only have a single add unit. A single snippet. This figure means i need to tweak, tweak, tweak. )
Total Money Earned So Far - $1.7
This figure is qutie humble but ill take this as a challenge. I see this as an obstacle that needs to be surpassed. i just bear in mind that success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Expect more of this to come your way.
* Signed up for a number of Ads Providers. . . Bidvertiser, AffiliateBot, AdBrite (just earlier)
* Signed up for a MyLot account.
* Signed up for SlashMySearch
For Traffic. . .
* Submitted to quite a number of blog directories.
* Added myself to Blogcatalog, MyblogLog and bumpzee.
* Submitted Stories to Digg.com
* Signed up for Associated content which i am yet to write my first article.
* Had Link exchanges with several bloggers.
For any Other:
* I added a WeekLy FreEbie feature on my blog which for this week, Harry Potter E-Book is up for Grabs! get your copy now!
These, among others were done by my own initiative, dictations, or any other guidance from other people. I did have friends whom i value their advises. And guys, for that, Thanks you! You know who you are. I hope i can make more friends and expand my Horizons.
My Earnings So Far. . .
-Expect not to see thousands, hundreds or even tens for that matter. Hey, afterall, im still starting out. Here's what i Got.
* SlashmySearch - $.246 (this i havent done anything. "Hulog ng langit" as we say. . .)
* AffiliateBot - $.91 (Lucky i got a few Clicks. . . Great! )
* Squidoo - $.25 ( Havent updated my Squidoo for ages! )
* MyLot -$.06 (I made 6 comments this week. I dont really got time as of now. If you could post/make comments more, You can earn Way More than i could. register here.
* Bidvertiser -$.08 (As you can see, I only have a single add unit. A single snippet. This figure means i need to tweak, tweak, tweak. )
Total Money Earned So Far - $1.7
This figure is qutie humble but ill take this as a challenge. I see this as an obstacle that needs to be surpassed. i just bear in mind that success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Expect more of this to come your way.
Case
Study: How to run a great competition on your blog
Case Study: How to run a great competition on
your blogAs an online marketing consultant with a special interest in blogging, one of the ways I tell my clients they can generate a lot of interest in (and traffic to) their site is to run a competition. A competition can generate masses of good (and free) PR for your site, it can “position” you as an online leader in your industry or niche, and it can have tremendous flow-on effects for your entrants as well, in terms of “link love” and exposure, especially.
But a competition run badly can be worse than none at all. So what does a competition run well look like?
Well, wouldn’t you know it, in the middle of looking for one, it came to me! RemodelingMySpace.com approached me for a paid review (via ReviewMe.com), so before accepting the review I did some research on their site to see what their competition was all about. And sure enough I fairly quickly realised someone behind the scenes had a pretty good idea what they were doing, and it would make a great case study for my readers (you!) on how to run a successful competition targeting bloggers.
Who Are RemodelingMySpace.com?
RemodelingMySpace.com is about half-way between a resource/tutorial site and a blog, meaning that the team have worked very hard (and quickly) to build on a strong base of high-quality content. And that is a point I keep making ad nauseam: make sure there’s real steak along with the sizzle. You can’t get away with broken promises for long, and a website that lacks quality content is — when all’s said and done — breaking the promises that your marketing is making. Think about it.
RemodelingMySpace.com launched in December 2006 (four months ago) as a “remodeling idea and how-to aggregator,” and with the goal of becoming the authority site on “remodeling and how-to inspiration and information.” Just four months from launch and the site looks a whole lot older and more established than you’d imagine, which is a credit to the team, who have gathered a list of expert bloggers and some attractive how-to video content.
(Note to self to post about the huge value of adding audio and video to your/my blog!)
The Competition: $5000 Remodel, Blog and Win Contest
The competition RemodelingMySpace.com have launched dangles a very attractive $5000 carrot in front of anyone who reckons they can do a good, creative job of retelling the story of their recent/current remodelling project on their blog. The winner will be chosen both for the creativity they display in the way they present their remodelling project on their blog, as well as for the creativity of the project itself (things like use of space, materials, budget, and so forth).
Actually, the competition promises a lot more than that. There are a range of other prizes and value-adds for competitors which strengthen the overall “value proposition” of the competition for the entrants, and this reflects some sharp thinking on the part of the organizers. In fact, they’ve created a page just dedicated to listing all the benefits of entering (and they’re not just “hot air” things, either).
Paul Marek, one of the team at RemodelingMySpace.com, explains the benefits like this:
It’s simple. All the exposure we’ll be generating for the contest will be passed on directly to the entrants. It’s really a win-win situation for everyone involved, not to mention the great $5,000 first prize, plus our $1,000 People’s Choice Award and the $250 Random Voters Award. With so many ways to win it really makes sense to “enter now”!
I’m going to quickly summarise the important points (as I see them) from that page, and I’d encourage you as a blogger to be thinking about how these might apply with a competition you might run on your blog: