So far, I have made about $700 from PayPerPost, the blog marketing company that pays bloggers to post about their advertisers, and have another $200 or so pending, which will be paid after 30 days. My start-up and monthly expenses? $0 with Blogger.
I can't stress how powerful this is when you are getting started in internet marketing / blogging, because a lot of newbies spend money on websites, marketing courses, etc. and then don't make much. Their business is in the red, and they are discouraged.
Last week, I was attending a free "infomercial" seminar, and an older man on there said how he was talked into paying $20/month for an autoresponder, and ddn't even know what they did.
I went through all this offline 14 years ago, when I bought the get rich quick and direct marketing courses. I bought into a turn-key business to resell books, and I lost about $2,000.
This time, I wanted to go slowly - my mantra was "micro business" - be small but profitable and build.
So, that is what I have done, I created free Blogger blogs, wrote articles, and monetized them with Adsense and paid posts. While doing this, I have been taking advantage of all the free "infomerical" newletters, ebooks, and videos by the gurus.
Now, I'm taking the money I earned from PayPerPost and spending it on education, and buying lower priced ebooks and videos. I also want to take my payperpost earnings and use the money towards building/buying websites that can pay a passive income.
I think this can be a powerful strategy. So many newbies fail on-line because they spend their own money trying to build passive income websites. I found a way that, while not passive, allowed me to make money online with $0 start-up costs.
Now, I can try and convert this money into a passive income stream.
2 comments:
Interesting post. $700 over how long a period? IMO turnkey products are ok for building prospect lists and to offer as bonuses...but this last approach depends on the product license which often isn't clear until after the product is purchased. Is pay per post ok to use with Adsense?
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The $700 was made over 4 months (Oct, 2006 - Jan, 2007).
Its ok to use payperpost with Adsense, because it isn't a contextual advertising system. Also, I try to keep my payperposts neutral and provide information in the post.
However, when I added Kontera ads to my blog, payperpost complained and said that they did not want them in posts I did for them.
So, I turn off Kontera ads for paid posts by enclosing them in "span name=KonaFilter" and "/span" tags.
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