Blog Marketing Academy

Last week, I talked about the Ninja Affiliate plug-in for Wordpress. In my eyes, this plug-in is an absolute must-have if you intend to do any affiliate marketing with your Wordpress blog. I just got word from the folks at MaxBlogPress that they’re doing a 50% off special. The special will expire at the end of tomorrow (Tuesday). The plug-in is usually $97. I paid the full price of $97 when I bought it and I’m still happy with it. But, for a short time, you can grab a copy for only $47. … [Read more...]

If John Chow can make money by telling others how much money he makes, why not give it a go! ;) Heheh….just kidding. But, seriously. People like to read about how much money you make. Part of it is voyeurism, potentially. But mostly I think it serves as motivation. We’d all love to make as much money as possible. The beauty of doing it online is the freedom that can come with it. When we read about the success of others, it leads us to strive harder, to learn and to make it come true for … [Read more...]

I recently got an email from the folks at Chitika which informed me that I could make referral commissions on anybody I refer to Chitika for a full 15 months. They even provided me a shortcut link to send my referral link out to Twitter. But, is Chitika really any good? I have been using Chitika for some time over on PCMech.com. I do not put very much into the program and it has been very much one of my minority income streams. But, even without putting much into it, I have been making a … [Read more...]

Several days ago, I noticed that Jeremy Shoemoney posted about an email which offered him $4,800 per month. This weekend, I got the same email: Hi, We've seen your website at http://www.pcmech.com/article/instant-indexing-search-tool/ and we love it! We see that your traffic rank is 30672 and your link popularity is 1032. Also, you have been online since 2/18/1998. With that kind of traffic, we will pay you up to $4,800/month to advertise our links on your … [Read more...]

I am an evangelist for this fact: The TRUE professional blogger needs to know how to market things – and do so – in order to make money. As I’ve said before, it is one thing to write quality blog posts and hit the Publish button. That is the core of blogging, of course. But, you’re simply not going to make very much money at that. MARKETING is the key. You have to not only know how to market your own blog so as to get traffic to it, but you need to know how to market products in order … [Read more...]

I have a lot of respect for John Chow. I’ve met him a couple of times and I read his blog (like a lot of folks). One of the things he does is post monthly income reports of how much money he makes on his blog. Now, I’m not a guy who thinks that kind of thing is really necessary. Personally, I find it to be a little like flashing a wad of hundreds in the face of starving kids. I mean, we get it. You make good cash. Flaunting it seems like little more than an ego boost for John. It does, of … [Read more...]

The news is full of doom and gloom these days and it is, quite frankly, pissing me off. The problems in the economy are real. People are feeling it. However, the problem is that people might start to feel as if it is all outside their control. It isn't. Now is the time that people should be looking into new opportunities. And the Internet is perhaps the best platform out there right now for the average person to make a supplemental or even a full-time income. I've been making my living … [Read more...]