24.6.10 - Risk-taking bloggers make more money
Yesterday I talked about competence and excellence – it’s a theme you’ll be hearing a lot in the next dozen or so articles from me. The basic idea is that “good enough” is never satisfactory – to be successful and to keep moving forward, you have to give it your best shot every single time.
Sometimes [...]
1.6.10 - Ten simple rules for online success
This article was inspired by an offhand rant in an IM session with David – thank you for listening mate.
Over the weekend I was looking at my own life (you know, the usual introspective Sundays) when I was – to put it mildly – interrupted by another whining session from someone who has been seeking [...]
1.6.10 - How to make money from projects you’ll never have time for
Have you ever had one of your ideas ’stolen’ and used by someone else soon after you shared them in a public setting? If yes, you’ll know the frustration and anger that accompanies such a case. It could have been when you were in school and someone else stood up and took the credit for [...]
1.6.10 - Go for broke
I was going to title this one “The Secret to Earning $10k/month from blogging in just 6 months”, but that might have been a bit too much
If you want to make $10,000 / month from blogging in 6 months, here is a quick formula for you:
1) Figure out how you can make this a reality [...]
1.6.10 - When do you monetize your blog?
A friend of mine asked me this morning if he should put ads on the blog he’s launching next week from the first day. There are two opposing ways of thinking about it – some people prefer to have their ads in from the first day while others tend to add them later on once [...]
1.6.10 - The role of money in blogging
For a lot of people, blogging is more than just about the money. It’s about community and sharing and making a difference in peoples’ lives.
At the end of the day though, unless your bed is made of 100-dollar bills, money plays a key role in your blog’s existence.
In a previous post we’ve already talked about [...]
1.6.10 - How to sell your blog in three easy steps
Selling a blog may seem a daunting task, but it doesn’t need to be so difficult or stressing. Perhaps what you need is the right system to assist you in selling your blog.
There are 3 basic steps to selling a blog:
Collecting Blog Stats – This is stuff that buyers will ask for AND information that [...]
1.6.10 - Three keys to buying a blog
As Ryan mentioned earlier, buying a blog can be a nerve-wracking process if you’re doing it for the first time and especially if you’re strapped for cash and are looking for a ‘good deal’.
The first blog I bought was over-priced and I knew it. I still went ahead though and bought the brand and for [...]
1.6.10 - Is your blog a shop or a billboard?
Is your blog whoring out for 5 cent clicks? When it come to making money from blogs, the easiest option seems to be to put advertising on it. AdSense, TLA, Chitika, paid reviews and other advertising gimmicks go a long way towards feeding the bloggers’ need to make money.
It isn’t the only way to make [...]
1.6.10 - Is blogging stressing you out?
In the last month I’ve fired a client, turned down several projects, dropped three of my blogs and brought in writers for another one.
The upside? I now have more time to concentrate on my main project, more time to blog here at Performancing and most importantly, zero stress about work not getting done.
The downside – [...]
