Goals For The Make Money Online Blog

It is finally that time of year, and I plan on making some changes to this blog in 2008 that will make it more interesting. I enjoyed writing the list posts and the case studies most, and if the readers found them helpful I will continue with those. The other great part of having this blog was meeting other webmasters that share the same interests and goals as myself.

Here are my money making blog goals:

- Write more insightful and higher quality posts
- Finish my eBook and get some reviews then publish it at the blog
- Post more affiliate program reviews
- Post on a daily basis and write more during my free time
- Full up the advertising space and start looking into paid reviews
- Get the attention of more known bloggers such as John Chow, Dosh Dosh, Andy Beard, and everyone else!

Of course the goal never changes,

Lets Make Money Online!

Posted in: Blog, Ideas, Make Money Online, Search Engine Marketing | Date: February 22nd, 2008 | Posted by: Derek | 1 Comment »

Blogging With A Purpose: More Ways To Make Money Online!

Been a while since my last post and I am going to attempt to get back on track for the new year now. If you did not get the chance be sure to read my money making goals for the new year which outlines my plan for 2008.

Blogging takes dedication, something which everyone needs to succeed. A great example would be my post about the 5 reasons why the top bloggers are successful where I outlined some of the most important aspects of making a great blog. The hardest part for me has been time. It takes about an hour to make a solid post and even longer if I have to do research beforehand. It is worth it in the long run to make these posts but short term the results are minimal. Once the search engines pick up the content it is a nice boost though. Plan a free day for blogging. This is something that I am going to do for the new year. Mass produce some high quality content and see how it ends up.

Case studies and lists seem to be the popular posts on my blog. They are easy for the readers to follow and in the example of case studies, give them a reason to come back. That will be one of my areas of focus for the new year, increasing RSS subscriptions. I tried not to pay attention to it during the early stages of the blog and instead I wanted to produce lots of content! Between RSS and Technorati I should be able to bring the popularity of this blog to new heights and even make some great friends while doing it.

Advertising is going to be my main focus for this month. It is important to secure some relationships with people that are looking to promote their web based products and want more exposure to the webmaster community. Up until this point advertising and promotion have not been much of a goal either but not anymore! As I secure more advertising relationships and build a better reader base I will have no choice but to make more posts daily and have them on important topics that all the webmasters want to read.

This year I want to post more on the following subjects:

Affiliate Marketing
Search Engine Optimization Techniques
Free Ways To Build Traffic
PPC Reviews and Tutorials
SEO Services
Wordpress Plugins and Templates

Posted in: Blog, Case Studies, Ideas, Increase Traffic, Make Money Online, SEO, Search Engine Marketing | Date: January 14th, 2008 | Posted by: Derek | 3 Comments »

Three Reasons Why Updating Your Blog Is Important

Well I have been slacking most of this month on updates and need some motivation to start making quality posts once again. In order to get the search engine ranking strong I need to make at least one new post per day. When I have extra time I plan on making 2-3 posts, even if they are shorter then I would like I can go back and edit them later. Here are my three reasons why updating your blog (and my own) is so important.

 It Increases Traffic

The search engines will take notice of your blog and come more often. This means you will get more pages indexed faster and rank better for the keywords you are trying to target at each post.

 It Keeps Visitors Coming Back

Posting daily is essential to keeping visitors coming back. You will  get more RSS subscribers and at the same time a loyal reader base. Why do you think John Chow and Shoe Money have so many RSS subscribers? They post something that is interesting but at the same time will help them learn to make more money online. I have not taken a look at paid reviews yet which helps keep this blog my own word and everything that I want to talk about can be posted here.
There Is Value In Posting

With more traffic and link popularity you can sell text links at a higher price and charge more for paid reviews. The better quality the post is and more natural traffic it brings in the more value it will have.

Posted in: Blog, Ideas, Increase Traffic | Date: December 26th, 2007 | Posted by: Derek | 2 Comments »

Proxy Growth and Earnings Experiment

In order to practice my search engine optimization and because proxies do not require a great deal of money to start up I decided to create some proxies for my December project. When I owned some in the past I was ranked real well on Google for competitive terms such as unblock myspace and myspace proxy. Right now I have to look for a proxy host and most likely will need a dedicated server. These sites pull in big bucks once they get big and I have been able to get a higher CTR then with most of my other sites. Will update this with more details when I set it up!

If you have never seen a proxy before check out this great lists of free proxies.

Posted in: Case Studies, Ideas, Make Money Online, SEO | Date: December 5th, 2007 | Posted by: Derek | 1 Comment »

10 Reasons Why You Should Create a Blog

Since everyone should create a blog. Here are the some reasons to consider for those that have not started one.

1. You can meet new people
2. You can create a blog for free
3. It requires no HTML or programming knowledge
4. Blogging is fun
5. Blogs can make money
6. You can pick the topic
7. Anyone can interact with the blog
8. You can build a reputation as an expert
9. You don’t have to update it everyday (although it is suggested!)
10. Your blog could make you famous

Posted in: Blog, Ideas, Make Money Online | Date: November 29th, 2007 | Posted by: Derek | 3 Comments »