Last week I did an email interview with Troy Story owner of the blog How to make $100 on the Internet, the interview was about how I use this blog to make money. Troy used those emails and the services of a friend to create a podcast of the interview with his friend pretending to me and Troy interviewing him reading my answers. To listen to the podcast and the interview click here. I would like to thank troy for taking an interest in my blog and my quest, thanks Troy.
Two weeks ago I signed up with Pay Per Post(aff.), a site similar to Blogsvertise(aff.) and Blogitive in that they pay you for writing posts about sites that they specify. It took about a week and a half to approve my blog, but when they did there were plenty of opportunities available. I've already completed 2 posts for them for a total of $13, this will be paid into my Paypal account in 30 days. I'm not going to do a full review here because in the next day or so I plan on writing an article to compare the three paid to post sites that I use. I can say however that so far Pay Per Post(aff.) seems pretty good and well worth giving a go.
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Why don't we take a break from making money for a while and check out some funny videos at http://www.jokeroo.com/. If you're feeling down or a bit bored why don't you check this site out, there are hundreds of videos to keep you amused for hours on end. There are new videos added regulary, so you can keep going back for more.
Welcome to the 8th edition of internet money makers carnival and as usual we have a great bunch of articles to get your teeth into.
Matthew presents This is NOT a sponsored post. posted at Blog About Your Blog, saying, "The age of “sponsored posts” is upon us. The blogging world is changing, google adsense and affiliate programs aren’t cutting for the average blogger."
Phil B. presents Another Fundamental Flaw with Online Advertisement « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying, "Imagine for a moment, you are reading an interesting article or watching a cool video on the Internet for free. That’s not hard to imagine, since you are doing it now. Now imagine that you want to give thanks to the provider for the content that you just saw, so you intentionally click on an advertisement on that webpage."
Joseph presents What is passive residual income? posted at penny pinching.
laura211 presents 11 Websites That Pay You To Write posted at My Journey to One Million Dollars, saying, "This is my most popular post so far so I thought I'd submit it to your carnival. Thanks for taking the time to host such a great carnival. -Laura"
Stefanie presents Let's Make Some Money with Posts! posted at Random Encounter of We, saying, "Easy and quick way to make some fast cash by posting on your blog."
Moneywalks presents How to increase your Google PageRank posted at moneywalks.
David presents Top Reasons for Blogging. And Yes, Some People are Getting Rich Doing It posted at Worldwide Success, saying, "Blogging can be a lot of work as many bloggers will attest. And yet, there are hundreds of thousands of people out there blogging every day. So why do people blog? Some do it for the money. In fact, a few people are making a lot of money blogging."
Matthew Paulson presents Saving Money Through Coupon Arbitrage posted at Getting Green.
Corey presents The Struggle to Make Money Blogging posted at myopiniononeverything.com.
Chuck Russell presents AGLOCO; The Next Big Internet Money Maker posted at Make Money Online.
John C Vincent presents Social Bookmarking Secret For Massive Traffic posted at Blogging and Social bookmarking are awesome tools for driving traffic to websites..
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Welcome To Our New Store: Anime Culture! posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "How my first CafePress store came about."
Chuck Russell presents Drive Traffic To Your Site With Comments posted at Make Money Online.
Violeta presents Find out how much money you can make with AGLOCO » All Tips and Tricks posted at All Tips and Tricks.
RobStGeorge presents How to Make the Technorati Top 100,000 in 90 Days posted at The Million Dollar Experiment heads Down Under, saying, "We look at ways to make the Technorati Top 100,000 in less than 90 days."
Will Chen presents Can you really make money from taking online surveys? posted at Wisebread.
Stephanie Foster presents What?s the Point? posted at Aspects of Home Business Blog, saying, "A post about not limiting yourself to the next hyped up product or just selling to your fellow internet marketers."
TJP presents How to Invest in AGLOCO posted at Investor Trip.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of internet money makers carnival using the carnival submission form.
Past posts and future hosts can be found on the blog carnival index page.
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Please welcome this weeks tenant Rizzo Music, a blog with reviews of music from the 90's and beyond, please take some time and give it a visit.
Here are my results for week 18.
Visitor Stats Last 7 Days
Page Views: 726 Down 23
Unique Visitors: 486 Down 53
Returning Visitors: 87 Up 2
Total Page View for Last 18 Weeks: 11,534
Total Unique Visitors for Last 18 Weeks: 7,602
Top 5 Referrees This Week:
Technorati: 26
Mike's Money Making Mission: 23
Blog Carnival: 16
One Old Green Bus: 13
The Million Dollar Experiment heads Down Under: 11
Visits from search engines this week: 168
Cumulative Earnings
Google AdSense(aff.): $42.23 (approx. £21.55) Up £1.59
Adbrite(aff.): $11.88 (approx. £6.06) Up £0.45
Friend Finder(aff.): $2.71 (approx. £1.38) Up £0.03
Ciao(aff.): £14.21 Up £0.56
Blogsvertise(aff.): $22.50 (approx. £11.87) No Change
Blogitive: $10.00 (approx. £5.12) No Change
Money4Blogs: £50.00 No Change
Commission Junction: £0.00 No Change
MyLot(aff.): $2.62 (approx. £1.34) Up £0.40
Pay Per Post(aff.): $0.00 New
Grand Total: £111.53 Up £3.03
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A review of My Quest has been published at Soapbox Jury by Tom Jackson, who I would like to thank for his positive comments and score of 6/10 (it should have been 10/10 but there's no accounting for taste is there). You can read the full review by here.
Welcome to the 7th edition of internet money makers carnival.
John presents Steps To Take In Making Money posted at OhCash.com, saying, "What do you have to do exactly to make money? Here is a summary of a few steps towards success."
John presents All about attitude posted at OhCash.com, saying, "It’s all about attitude when it comes to accomplishing your objectives. It will make the difference between success and failure."
John presents Generating income online posted at OhCash.com, saying, "Knowing how it works online before making money is crucial. Here is an article that may guide you."
John presents Job or NO job ?!? posted at OhCash.com, saying, "A job might not be your best option, but getting one doesn’t hurt. Get the pros and cons of each side."
John presents Money opportunities? posted at OhCash.com, saying, "Opportunities are everywhere. Spotting them and taking advantage of them is the key."
John presents Do you have what it takes? posted at OhCash.com, saying, "It takes more than just skills and knowledge to succeed. Get the feel of the inner workings."
John presents What Determines Success? posted at OhCash.com, saying, "Many people are confused when it comes to success. It is a lot more than just money."
John presents Know Your Sacrifices posted at OhCash.com, saying, "Starting a business takes a lot of sacrifices, and everybody knows this. But what exactly are these sacrifices and how to deal with them?"
John presents Are you happy? posted at OhCash.com, saying, "What’s the point of living if you’re not happy? All the cash in the world will not bring you happiness if you don’t know how to live."
kumiko suzuki presents How I Achieved Over 1500 Hits In My First Two Weeks posted at Kumiko's Cash Quest, saying, "6 easy and tested steps to generate traffic!"
Guhan presents Improving a blog´s google page rank - Updated posted at Make money online with internetbazaar tips!, saying, "A list of easy hints to increase google page rank."
Guhan presents Make money by sharing your videos posted at Make money online with internetbazaar tips!, saying, "Make money by sharing your or others videos."
Murad Ali presents Marketing is about Messages; Not Sales. posted at The New Business World.
Vahid Chaychi presents Adsense to Your Bank Account posted at Work at Home Entrepreneurs.
Troy Price presents Episode $10 Shownotes: posted at How to make $100 on the Internet, saying, "Check out my podcast series "
Steve Faber presents How Can I Be a Successful Entrepreneur? posted at DebtBlog.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents My First Ever Money Report posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "This article discusses how my online endeavors and other financial projects are doing."
Chuck Russell presents A COOL Concept To Make Money posted at Make Money Online.
Will Chen presents A Brief History of Internet Gluttony, or How to Fill Your Mailbox in a Few Simple Steps posted at Wisebread, saying, "Making money online the old fashioned way: Getting stuff for free."
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of internet money makers carnival using my carnival submission form.
Past posts and future hosts can be found on my blog carnival index page.
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Here are my results for week 17.
Visitor Stats Last 7 Days
Page Views: 749 Up 120
Unique Visitors: 539 Up 93
Returning Visitors: 85 Up 7
Total Page View for Last 17 Weeks: 10,808
Total Unique Visitors for Last 17 Weeks: 7,116
Top 5 Referrees This Week:
del.icio.us: 24
Blog Carnival: 19
One Old Green Bus: 19
Mike's Money Making Mission: 18
Technorati: 17
A lot of my traffic is now coming via search engines with 206 visitors this week.
Cumulative Earnings
Google AdSense: $39.39 (approx. £19.96) Up £3.86
Adbrite: $11.06 (approx. £5.61) Up £0.77
Friend Finder: $2.64 (approx. £1.35) No Change
Ciao: £13.65 No Change
Blogsvertise: $22.50 (approx. £11.87) No Change
Blogitive: $10.00 (approx. £5.12) No Change
Money4Blogs: £50.00 No Change
Commission Junction: £0.00 No Change
MyLot: $1.86 (approx. £0.94) Up £0.39
Grand Total: £108.50 Up £5.02
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I'd like to extend a warm welcome to my latest tenant New York Nitty-Gritty, a photo blog consisting of guess what? Pictures of New York of course. These aren't holiday snaps, but dramatic, beautiful and professional photos of the New York skyline.
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There has been a lot of excited talk over the last week or so about a possible Google PageRank update (see this article for more info on PageRank), so I just had to check my own. At first I only checked the homepage and was disappointed to find that this hadn't been assigned any PageRank, but on further investigation I found that some of my individual post pages had. So far I've found about 17 pages with PageRank between 2 and 4, I'm hoping thats not the end of the update and that the PageRank filters up to my homepage.
In my post Commission Junction Revisited I stated that one of the reasons I wasn't making any money with Commission Junction was that I was trying to promote too many products. To remedy this I have chosen to focus my attention on marketing KeyCompete, see my last post for more details of KeyCompete. For the next month I am going to concentrate my efforts on KeyCompete once the month is up I will review the results and either continue promoting the product or move onto something else. I will of course keep you updated with my progress.
Welcome to the 6th edition of internet money makers carnival and another bumper crop of money making articles, please enjoy.
Forrest Webber presents One Minute Money (AGLOCO) - Built for a College Student posted at One Minute Money - Built for A College Student.
RobStGeorge presents The Bloggers Octet- 8 Proven Methods to get your Blog Earning! posted at The Million Dollar Experiment heads Down Under, saying, "8 no nonsense methods to really extract some cash from your blog site!"
Matthew Paulson presents Quit Sending HP & Lexmark Your Paycheck! Save Money on Printing! posted at Getting Green.
monertize yourblog presents Paris Hilton to promote blog? posted at Monetize Your Blog.
Matthew Paulson presents A Recipe for Financial Disaster posted at Getting Green.
Vahid Chaychi presents The First Step to Start Working From Home posted at Work at Home Entrepreneurs, saying, "Investing can be easily managed from home. There are many people who do it. Learn what is the first step to start working at home."
Murad Ali presents U.S. and Canada Going to Trade War! posted at The New Business World.
John Wesley presents An Easy Way to Get Paid for Something You Already Do posted at Pick the Brain - Wit and Wisdom for Your Inspiration, saying, "Everyone should be doing this. You have nothing to lose!"
Daniel Scocco presents 200 Prefixes and Suffixes for Domain Names posted at Daily Blog Tips.
Yan presents Why Modoshi will beat DealsPlus posted at Pro Bargain Hunter.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents How I Boosted My Woeful Web Traffic posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "Boost your web traffic first so you can make money later."
Bryan C. Fleming presents Million Dollar Savings Club Update: Day 135 posted at Bryan C. Fleming.
Wise Bread presents The Business of eBay posted at Wisebread, saying, "Lynn Cognito shares the secret of how to build a profitable eBay business."
Praveen presents Unix Simplicity: Pay Per Post is great! posted at Unix Simplicity.
Steve Faber presents What's Your Financial New Year's Resolution? posted at DebtBlog.
John presents Money opportunities? posted at OhCash.com, saying, "Try to get a feel of money opportunities available."
Tom Murphy presents Allowing international eBay bidders - yes or no? posted at PGA Auctions, saying, "A number of eBay sellers shy away from International sales.. I don't understand why."
Ruben presents Monetize Your Blog With Chitika eMiniMalls posted at Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine.
Ruben presents Monetize Your Blog with AdBrite posted at Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine.
Ruben presents How to Turn Your Adsense Earning from $10 to $800 a Week: Techniques and Strategy Disclosed posted at Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine.
Ruben presents How Much Money Successful Bloggers Are Making Online? posted at Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine.
Ruben presents How to Possess the Most Active Ingredient for Successful Blogging posted at Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine.
Mark Abrahams presents The Secret Of Choosing A Profitable Affiliate Program posted at Internet Affiliate Marketing Secrets.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of internet money makers carnival using our carnival submission form.
Past posts and future hosts can be found on my blog carnival index page.
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Here are my results for week 16.
Visitor Stats Last 7 Days
Page Views: 629
Unique Visitors: 446
Returning Visitors: 78
Total Page View for Last 16 Weeks: 10,059
Total Unique Visitors for Last 16 Weeks: 6,577
Top 5 Referrees This Week:
Mike's Money Making Mission: 19
The Ultimate Make Money Online Blog: 17
Blog About Your Blog: 16
Blog Carnival: 16
del.icio.us: 15
Most of my traffic is now coming via search engines with 166 visitors in the past 2 weeks.
Cumulative Earnings
Google AdSense: $31.53 (approx. £16.10) Up £0.41
Adbrite: $9.47 (approx. £4.84) Up £0.09
Friend Finder: $2.60 (approx. £1.35) No Change
Ciao: £13.65 No Change
Blogsvertise: $22.50 (approx. £11.87) No Change
Blogitive: $10.00 (approx. £5.12) No Change
Money4Blogs: £50.00 No Change
Commission Junction: £0.00 No Change
MyLot: $1.08 (approx. £0.55) Up £0.06
Grand Total: £103.48 Down £15.89
The reason my total has reduced this week is that I have removed some of the survey sites I no longer use and that I will not get the money from as I haven't met the minimum pay out value. Other than that not much money made this week, but I do have some plans that will hopefully change that over the next few weeks.
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I can't believe it but this is my 100th post on this blog, it seems like no time at all since I started my quest and here I am 4 months later writing post #100. I would like to thank all my loyal readers for your continued support and I hope you continue to read for the next 100 posts.
Thanks
Martin
Commission Junction was one of the earliest money making programs that I joined when I first started this blog and so far it hasn't made me a penny. For more information on Commission Junction please see my original post. I believe there are a couple of reasons for this;
Even though I've yet to make any money from Commission Junction yet, I still think there is potential there. I have been getting clicks they just haven't been converting to leads or sales, to solve this I need to;
So the first thing I have to do is select the best product to promote for this site and that will be my aim for next week. Once I've chosen this product I will create a new plan for marketing it and I will let you know how it goes.
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My tenant this week is Freebie Chaser, a blog specialising in finding free stuff on the internet so you don't have to. Please visit this blog by clicking on the thumbnail to the right.
Welcome to the 5th edition of internet money makers carnival, read and enjoy.
Phil B. presents Online Weekly Ads are Annoying and Too Small « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity.
Gina presents Gina's Tax Articles: Bartering and Taxes posted at Gina's Tax Articles.
Bofia presents It doesn't take hard work to make money posted at Bofia's Blog.
Travis Wright presents The Next Millionaires posted at Cultivate Greatness, saying, "Over the next 10 years, there will be 10 Million NEW millionaires created, will you be one?"
Murad Ali presents "Friday Entrepreneurs: Sarah Deutsch, Pinkleberry Services" posted at The New Marketing World.
Mark Abrahams presents How To Choose A Highly Profitable Niche - Even In A Downward Economy posted at Internet Affiliate Marketing Secrets.
Sam presents eBay Auctions, The famous, the weird and the wealthy. posted at Surfer Sam and Friends.
Murad Ali presents Three (3) Easy Ways to Optimize Your Blog posted at The New Marketing World.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Silicon Valley Blog About Money, Finance, Geek Culture and Cyberspace posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "Here's where I try to monetize my blog, but I've got a loooong way to go!"
larryb presents Wordpress Tactics - Monetize that blog posted at Welcome to Build a Niche, saying, "Use the tactics to monetize your wordpress blog"
Ruben presents Successful Blogger Gets 50,000 Visitors per Month Doing Blog Carnival Submission – Blog Traffic Strategy 10 posted at Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine.
monertize yourblog presents Text Link Ads now available for Blogger users posted at Monetize Your Blog, saying, "This another another alternative to adsense for blogger.com bloggers."
Yoski presents AGLOCO posted at Stingy Students.
Murad Ali presents Advantages of Advertising on the I