Posted on April 29, 2005 by Georganna Hancock

Roger Simon, Charles Johnson, and Marc Danziger “have been sneaking around over the last few months, trying to turn blogs into a business.” At least, that’s what Simon said in April 28, 2005: An Open Letter to All Bloggers He continues, “We are working on another model that will sell ads en masse, [...]

Posted on April 28, 2005 by Shanti Braford

Just came across this AdSense Heat Map. Neat.

Posted on April 21, 2005 by Harold Johnson

One sure way to make money blogging or podcasting is by having visitors to your site click your ads. The question is, how do you get them to do that? You can’t just set up a blog and expect visitors to click your ads out of the goodness of their hearts. You’ve [...]

Posted on April 19, 2005 by Shanti Braford

Just came across this post on Work Boxers.
It seems Weblogs Inc has reached the $1400/day plateau in AdSense revenue.
Last week I had taken Jason to task for revealing his CTRs and CPMs.
I had also said that I wasn’t impressed by his AdSense numbers. Clearly, I was right.
With just a few minor tweaks, Weblogs Inc [...]

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Shanti Braford

Interesting post on webmaster world on finding good affiliate niches.
Some highlights:

Finding niches with good profit.

Commission Junction EPCs – view the full advertiser list and sort by EPC, search from the top down and don’t be afraid to sort different ways and dig around. Use your head when looking at this data. (Hint, watch for [...]

Posted on April 14, 2005 by Shanti Braford

Via webmaster world:
To create your own pretty charts, simply follow these quick instructions:
1) Download your CSV file from Google (its above every report you can make) I recommend taking the “All Time” report because if gives a larger sample size.
2) Open Microsoft Excel or a similar spreadsheet application. These instructions are really for Excel, but [...]

Posted on April 13, 2005 by Shanti Braford

Work Boxers has a great piece on the Weblogs Inc. vs Gawker models:

Here we have two successful blog network, with two different methods of building their network. Which one is best for anyone else looking to go this route? Let’s discuss.

On the Gawker Model:

Gawker doesn’t release a million sites like Weblogs Inc., but instead takes [...]

Posted on April 11, 2005 by Shanti Braford

If you want to learn how to make some serious money via blogging, why not ask someone who’s actually doing it?
Enter Darren Rowse – a blogger who just possibly makes a six-figure income from his blogging efforts.
For now, there are way too many juicy links and details to post about Rowse’s success. If you [...]

Posted on April 10, 2005 by Shanti Braford

This was cross-posted to SEO Updates here. I realized this post actually relates more to making money via blogging, etc. than SEO.

Just came across this great thread on Webmaster World.
If you are running AdSense on your website, and haven’t yet experimented with the new Ad Links unit, you should definitely give the entire thread [...]

Posted on April 10, 2005 by Christy Patrick

Yahoo! currently has a feature on podcasts,“Homespun ‘Podcasts’ Explore Universe of Topics”. Here’s a taste:
Some amateur podcasters hope to quit their day jobs.
Todd Cochrane hopes to attract more advertising dollars for his twice-weekly technology show “Geek News Central” (http://www.geeknewscentral.com) by setting up a network of podcasts that meet professional standards for sound quality [...]