This will be quick as I'm short on time...
1. Ehow $140. Roughly $100 from my moneymaker.
2.Amazon.com Almost $10.
3. Adsense Almost $40.
So just shy of $200 this month in ad revenue income.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
BOOYA! WOOT!
#1 baby! Several times over. In less than a month. Yup. One of my niches is now ranked, highly, by Google and I will probably have somewhere around a $10 adsense day today. Maybe. We'll see. Because adsense is nothing if not unpredictable.
But, yeah, baby. #1!
I also had a $7 update from ehow. I'm getting there.
Happy dance.
Happy dance.
Joy. Joy. Joy.
I'm a little excited.
As for Demand Studios, I see their writer scorecard is live and I'm now completely demotivated. Even though my rating is above average, I still don't feel it reflects the quality I give them (and note the writing quality here on this blog is NOT stellar and I don't claim it is so please don't think it's representative of my professional writing--this is my brainstorm and blow off steam blog. It's not meant to be pretty.).
For me, until they make it so we can rate the CE's back or at least dialogue with them when they are unreasonable instead of having to walk away or risk outright rejection (which counts against you and can cause you to be terminated so lots of people just walk away), I'm going to be peeved.
Still, I need to put on my big girl panties and just write for them. I need the income because niche blogging isn't going to meet my income needs for a while.
But, yeah, baby. #1!
I also had a $7 update from ehow. I'm getting there.
Happy dance.
Happy dance.
Joy. Joy. Joy.
I'm a little excited.
As for Demand Studios, I see their writer scorecard is live and I'm now completely demotivated. Even though my rating is above average, I still don't feel it reflects the quality I give them (and note the writing quality here on this blog is NOT stellar and I don't claim it is so please don't think it's representative of my professional writing--this is my brainstorm and blow off steam blog. It's not meant to be pretty.).
For me, until they make it so we can rate the CE's back or at least dialogue with them when they are unreasonable instead of having to walk away or risk outright rejection (which counts against you and can cause you to be terminated so lots of people just walk away), I'm going to be peeved.
Still, I need to put on my big girl panties and just write for them. I need the income because niche blogging isn't going to meet my income needs for a while.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
THIS AND THAT
First, Julie has a nice article about writing related posts on ehow that ehow writers will find helpful.
Things are chugging along with my niche blogging effort. I have made a little money from Infobarrel this week, which is amazing since I don't think I have even 10 articles up. But I'm working on it.
This week, I plan to start some hubs on hubpages as well.
The only thing is, I've been sort of pooped lately and feeling low on energy. I need a good kick in the pants.
I also dipped my toe into outsourcing content and was NOT impressed. Terrible writing and no research and I was paying $10 for 400-500 words, which is less than writers deserve, but more than most of them get. (I know because I've been there, done that!) It doesn't help that I outsourced content for areas where I have expertise so I can really spot the lack of research. I don't know if I'll try to outsource content again. At least not until I can pay enough to get a good writer.
Things are chugging along with my niche blogging effort. I have made a little money from Infobarrel this week, which is amazing since I don't think I have even 10 articles up. But I'm working on it.
This week, I plan to start some hubs on hubpages as well.
The only thing is, I've been sort of pooped lately and feeling low on energy. I need a good kick in the pants.
I also dipped my toe into outsourcing content and was NOT impressed. Terrible writing and no research and I was paying $10 for 400-500 words, which is less than writers deserve, but more than most of them get. (I know because I've been there, done that!) It doesn't help that I outsourced content for areas where I have expertise so I can really spot the lack of research. I don't know if I'll try to outsource content again. At least not until I can pay enough to get a good writer.
Friday, July 24, 2009
FROTHING
1. I am so beyond ticked that I wrote such a better article on a topic and the editors of the website (that shall remain nameless, but I'm sure you can guess) picked a crappy article on the same topic for the homepage. It doesn't even conform to the site's format standards!!!! I am SO annoyed. It further confirms my suspicions that there is a serious flaw in the business model on that website and affirms my decision to control my own content as much as possible.
I can see a crappy article being on the homepage, that can happen to any site, but to highlight content in violation of the site's guidelines? After they've pissed off their contributors by deleting content with the same format violations with no warning? Nuh-uh. Something is wrong, wrong, wrong with their business model and I think it hurts their credibility. I question how long that kind of stupidity is sustainable for both site owners and users.
2. I have made some money on my Amazon affiliate links. Less than $5, but I'm amazed because I would've never predicted the traffic source for that income. People are buying (small) appliances based on something I wrote, which just makes me smile. I was trying to be helpful and it appears I was successful.
3. Adsense is rocking! I have a 5% click through rate already and the site is only a month old and has only had adsense for 1 1/2 weeks. I did monetize it right away (which is a huge no-no) but only because the topic is so time sensitive with an expiration date in just a few months. I don't rank really well yet on Google, however, I have an ad revenue article that is in the top 10 results, which has been driving traffic to the niche site. This topic is HOT and all over the news so tons of people are looking for information.
4. My ad revenue earnings are chugging along. I will definitely, overall, make $100 this month. Or more. There's still a week left.
Okay, now I've got to get cracking!
I can see a crappy article being on the homepage, that can happen to any site, but to highlight content in violation of the site's guidelines? After they've pissed off their contributors by deleting content with the same format violations with no warning? Nuh-uh. Something is wrong, wrong, wrong with their business model and I think it hurts their credibility. I question how long that kind of stupidity is sustainable for both site owners and users.
2. I have made some money on my Amazon affiliate links. Less than $5, but I'm amazed because I would've never predicted the traffic source for that income. People are buying (small) appliances based on something I wrote, which just makes me smile. I was trying to be helpful and it appears I was successful.
3. Adsense is rocking! I have a 5% click through rate already and the site is only a month old and has only had adsense for 1 1/2 weeks. I did monetize it right away (which is a huge no-no) but only because the topic is so time sensitive with an expiration date in just a few months. I don't rank really well yet on Google, however, I have an ad revenue article that is in the top 10 results, which has been driving traffic to the niche site. This topic is HOT and all over the news so tons of people are looking for information.
4. My ad revenue earnings are chugging along. I will definitely, overall, make $100 this month. Or more. There's still a week left.
Okay, now I've got to get cracking!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
SOMEONE HELP ME
I am a woman obsessed. I have never been known to have OCD tendencies...until now.
Now I refresh and refresh all my earnings pages. Ehow. Infobarrel. Adsense. Statcounter. It's like a tic and I can't stop. I'm afraid google is going to ban me from Adsense for refreshing the earnings screen too much.
Other than the need for some good psychotherapy and medication, I am chugging along. I've picked topics that I have some expertise in and have been building content. I guess it pays to be insatiably curious and to have good retention of obscure minutia. Believe it or not, I was a Fortune 500 manager and a massage therapist and a writer and a baker. All at the same time. I was made to be a nice blogger, I guess.
We have even had some ad clicks. So exciting.
And that is all. Just learning, learning, learning and writing, writing, writing.
Now I refresh and refresh all my earnings pages. Ehow. Infobarrel. Adsense. Statcounter. It's like a tic and I can't stop. I'm afraid google is going to ban me from Adsense for refreshing the earnings screen too much.
Other than the need for some good psychotherapy and medication, I am chugging along. I've picked topics that I have some expertise in and have been building content. I guess it pays to be insatiably curious and to have good retention of obscure minutia. Believe it or not, I was a Fortune 500 manager and a massage therapist and a writer and a baker. All at the same time. I was made to be a nice blogger, I guess.
We have even had some ad clicks. So exciting.
And that is all. Just learning, learning, learning and writing, writing, writing.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
NICHE BLOGGING LINKS
I am psyched to report I've made a little bit of money on my 2 niche blogs. It's less than $5 but it's still something. I am going gangbusters on ehow as well and am holding my breath as I wait to see if I'll make it to $100 this month--and I haven't written anything since the beginning of the month.
Partly because we've been traveling, the baby has stopped sleeping (ugh!), and I think I'm catching a cold.
Here are some interesting links on niche blogging and making money with blogs:
Happy niche blog reading!
Partly because we've been traveling, the baby has stopped sleeping (ugh!), and I think I'm catching a cold.
Here are some interesting links on niche blogging and making money with blogs:
Blogging tough way to make money - but here's how-- I actually disagree with this article. The monetary rule-of-thumb seems to be outdated. Fifty cents per 1000 hits? I don't think so--I'm doing better than that and I don't even have 1000 hits yet. Still it was an interesting, if outdated, read.
How to Make Money from your Blog -- A nice overview of what it takes to be a niche blogger.
How to Build a High Traffic Blog -- Another nice overview from someone who is an expert.
Happy niche blog reading!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
RAINMAKER
I have my first rainmaker, one article that is raking in the dough over at ehow. I've had $10 earning jumps in one day and have around $40 in earnings so far for July. Which is a huge jump.
On the one hand, it's exciting to have a money maker finally.
On the other hand, it's depressing because I have 40 some odd articles that are earningpennies dimes. And that's on a good day!
Plus, my rainmaker has an expiration date. The topic will go belly up in the Fall because that's when the program I wrote about ends. So another bummer, this is just a temporary blip.
I need to write a lot of articles to make up the income gap, which does not sound like fun at all. Blech.
On the niche front, I wrote some articles to build backlinks to my niches and am still waiting for them to go live. The approval process is taking forever. In fact, I just got back from a 2000 mile road trip and the articles (just 500 words each) are still in the editorial queue. Hard to imagine that I can drive faster than someone can review a 500 word article!?!?!
On the one hand, it's exciting to have a money maker finally.
On the other hand, it's depressing because I have 40 some odd articles that are earning
Plus, my rainmaker has an expiration date. The topic will go belly up in the Fall because that's when the program I wrote about ends. So another bummer, this is just a temporary blip.
I need to write a lot of articles to make up the income gap, which does not sound like fun at all. Blech.
On the niche front, I wrote some articles to build backlinks to my niches and am still waiting for them to go live. The approval process is taking forever. In fact, I just got back from a 2000 mile road trip and the articles (just 500 words each) are still in the editorial queue. Hard to imagine that I can drive faster than someone can review a 500 word article!?!?!
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