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Google Reveals AdSense Publisher Revenue Share
Posted on May 25, 2010
It's hard to believe that I have been in the AdSense program since its inception in June 2003. In that time, I have generated a substantial passive income by placing... Continue Reading
Cash Keywords
Posted on March 15, 2010
If you've been following my blog for the past few months, you'll know that I am being extremely selective when it comes to endorsing products that are not my own... Continue Reading
Kontera Offers My Readers 70% Commissions
Posted on March 12, 2010
I can't believe it has been over five years since the release of my first ebook on how to make money with Google AdSense. Originally titled "What Google Never Told... Continue Reading
The Reason You Haven't Achieved The Success You Want... Yet
Posted on December 30, 2009
You can now create a website in about five minutes. You can sign up at a blogging platform, write your first post and read it online instantly. The next day... Continue Reading
Using Communications To Create A Community
Posted on December 22, 2009
Internet marketing isn't about technology. It's never been about technology. The computers and the Internet, the multimedia uploads, webinars and ebooks are all just a means to an end. They're... Continue Reading
What Did You Call Me?
Posted on December 14, 2009
The French call people who use the Internet "Internautes." I like that. It makes us sound like explorers seeking out new life and new civilizations in cyberspace. When I open... Continue Reading
Success On Twitter Is All About You
Posted on November 16, 2009
We knew it would happen. It always happens. Not long after Twitter's popularity hit the stratosphere, the spammers began swarming. Now direct messages boxes are packed with Mafia invitations, follower... Continue Reading
Improve Your Clickthrough Rates
Posted on November 10, 2009
Creating a successful Internet business is all about bringing in users and turning them into cash. The more of those users you can convert, the more money you'll make. Your... Continue Reading
Are You A Dreamer Or An Achiever?
Posted on October 26, 2009
Since I've been online, I've seen some amazing changes take place on the Web. Perhaps the biggest though is how easy it's all become. Building a website used to be... Continue Reading
Become The Ruler Of Your Twitter Watercooler
Posted on October 9, 2009
Twitter isn't the only microblogging service on the Web. It's not even the best microblogging service on the Web. In Twitter Power, I describe a number of sites that also... Continue Reading
Prepare your Product Launches with Social Media
Posted on October 2, 2009
I've had a ton of different business ideas. At the time I dreamt them up, they all looked like winners. It didn't always pan out that way. There have been... Continue Reading
Choose Affiliate Products You Trust
Posted on September 9, 2009
Affiliate products make up a large part of my income. They're one of the revenue streams that I use on my websites and I often recommend selected products to the... Continue Reading
The Power Of Twitter Keywords
Posted on September 3, 2009
Twitter looks so easy, doesn't it? You don't have to plan and research like you do when you're writing a blog post. You can write whatever's on your mind and... Continue Reading
Creating Multiple Revenue Streams
Posted on August 12, 2009
Whatever your biggest motivation for starting your business, you want to make your life easier. You want to make it wealthier, happier, freer, more comfortable... but also easier to manage... Continue Reading
What Will Social Media Cost You?
Posted on March 29, 2009
I remember when Guerrilla Marketing came out. I was so excited. Here were a bunch of different methods to run powerful marketing campaigns without spending a dime. It was revolutionary... Continue Reading
Your Work as a Publisher
Posted on March 17, 2009
I've seen some really clever things done with ads on the Web. I've seen some pretty dumb things too, like whack-a-mole banners and flashing skyscrapers that make you want to... Continue Reading
The Rules for Giving Away Freebies
Posted on March 7, 2009
I love giving things away. I know, I'm supposed to be a marketer. I'm supposed to know how to get the full value for everything I supply. But every year... Continue Reading
How Successful Is Your Website?
Posted on January 23, 2009
It shouldn't be a difficult question. If you want to know whether your site is a success, you don't have to look further than the last line in your AdSense... Continue Reading
Get The IRS To Pay YOU Taxes!
Posted on January 14, 2009
I'm sure you've heard all the reasons for working for yourself. You can set your own schedule. You can be your own boss. You won't have to commute. You can... Continue Reading
All Change Please
Posted on December 31, 2008
It's all changed. It happened so fast, we hardly even noticed. But looking back, it's incredible how different everything is today. When I started out in Internet Marketing, no one... Continue Reading
Can You Turn Pictures Into AdSense Profits?
Posted on December 26, 2008
AdSense has a weakness. It's not very good at handling images. Fill your blog or your website with pictures of your cat, your family or your vacation in Yosemite and... Continue Reading
And The Real Secret Of Success Is...
Posted on December 22, 2008
I love meeting people who are just starting out as Internet entrepreneurs. I love their enthusiasm, I get a thrill out of hearing their plans for the future, and I... Continue Reading
Creating Advertising Platforms on Your Website
Posted on December 16, 2008
I believe that anyone can make money as an online publisher. I've always believed that and I've seen enough people set up websites and generate income to keep believing it... Continue Reading
Is Your Website An Evil-Doer?
Posted on December 13, 2008
Google doesn't just have the best search engine on the Web. It doesn't just have the best contextual advertising system on the Web. Heck, it doesn't just have the best... Continue Reading
What Do You Need To Know?
Posted on December 9, 2008
"Focus on what's meaningful, not what's measurable." I wish I'd said that. It wasn't me though. It was Warren Buffet, a man much smarter -- and a great deal wealthier... Continue Reading
The Power of your Community
Posted on December 4, 2008
It happens even before your site really starts to make money. You post articles, market your content, pick up comments and find that other sites are talking about you. All... Continue Reading
Can I Ask You A Question?
Posted on November 29, 2008
Whenever I attend a conference I always try to listen to as many of the other speakers' talks as possible. I can't think of a single talk that hasn't taught... Continue Reading
Turning Your Audience Into A Community
Posted on November 26, 2008
Life must be hard for television executives. To decide how much to charge advertisers and whether they should commission another season of a show, they have to know the size... Continue Reading
Keeping It Positive
Posted on November 24, 2008
If you've got nothing nice to say, say nothing. It's a great rule to follow when you're offline. Online though, saying nothing just isn't an option. As an online publisher... Continue Reading
Your Site Will Cost You...
Posted on November 20, 2008
Online publishing is a business. Like any business it requires work. It requires paying taxes. And it requires investments of cash to keep going. That last hurdle is the one... Continue Reading
Psst, Want to Know a Secret...?
Posted on November 17, 2008
"What's the secret to creating a successful online business?" I probably get asked that question about a million times a year. Here's the answer... But first, I should warn you... Continue Reading
Your Life In 140 Characters
Posted on November 15, 2008
What would you say if I told you that you can boost your profits by typing just 140 characters? (That's about the length of this paragraph.) If you're smart, you... Continue Reading
Do The Design Thing
Posted on November 13, 2008
There are times when I really don't like surfing the Web. I'll toss a search phrase into Google, get a list of results that look interesting and when I click... Continue Reading
The One Thing More Valuable Than Your Business
Posted on November 3, 2008
There's a huge amount to learn when you set up an online business. You have to know how to build a website, how to bring in traffic, and how to... Continue Reading
How to Outsource for Success
Posted on October 30, 2008
It took me a while to figure it out. It took me a little longer to accept it. (My wife, by the way, was way ahead of me on this... Continue Reading
Who Will You Talk To Today?
Posted on October 27, 2008
Stuck for a blog post? Fed up writing how-tos and list posts? Want to write a piece of content that will not only be original, unique and genuinely interesting but... Continue Reading
The Value Of Offline Networking
Posted on October 23, 2008
Online publishing has all sorts of advantages. You become your own boss, you have your own schedule, you get paid to produce content and bring in users. It's all great... Continue Reading
So What Do You Know?
Posted on October 20, 2008
There's a reason that online publishing is profitable. It's a fantastic reason and it's one of the things that makes earning income as an online entrepreneur so enjoyable. People want... Continue Reading
How Well Do You Know Your Business?
Posted on October 16, 2008
Did you ever walk into one of those old mom-and-pop hardware stores, the sort of place where piles of dusty boxes filled with metal things are stacked from floor to... Continue Reading
The Web's Most Powerful Form Of Marketing
Posted on October 13, 2008
Become an Internet publisher, and you'll need to learn a whole bunch of new marketing skills. You'll have to unwrap the mysteries of search engine optimization, figure out how to... Continue Reading
Isn't It Time You Gave Your Site A Complement?
Posted on October 8, 2008
I often talk about the different tools that you can use to complement the AdSense units you put on your site. Sure, AdSense is always going to be the most... Continue Reading
Leave Them Wanting More
Posted on September 30, 2008
If you do your job well, you shouldn't get paid anything at all for it. That doesn't sound fair, does it? But as an online publisher, that's exactly what should... Continue Reading
How Fast Should You Grow?
Posted on September 29, 2008
Want to know the difference between a successful entrepreneur... and an entrepreneur who wants to be successful? It's really very simple... An entrepreneur acts. An entrepreneur who wants to be... Continue Reading
Online Publishing Is Changing... Mostly
Posted on September 25, 2008
This is a hugely exciting time to be an online publisher. It used to be the case that if you wanted to earn from ads on your website, there was... Continue Reading
When Good Users Go Bad
Posted on September 15, 2008
If you were publishing a newspaper, you wouldn't care who read it. As long as the number of readers was nice and high, it wouldn't matter too much to you... Continue Reading
Do You Build Traffic The Easy Way... Or The Hard Way?
Posted on September 15, 2008
There are easy ways of bringing traffic to your website, and there are hard ways. Most people focus on the hard ways. They spend hours playing around with their keywords... Continue Reading
Should You Give Away Your Content?
Posted on September 9, 2008
It sounds like a terrible idea. You spend ages thinking up an idea for an article, doing the research and writing it out... then you give it to someone else... Continue Reading
Google AdSense Secrets: 4th Edition
Posted on April 16, 2008
On January 30, 2005, website owners all over the world rushed to pick up a copy of Google AdSense Secrets. It was the first edition of the ebook that has... Continue Reading
Shopzilla Secrets
Posted on April 13, 2008
Shopzilla is one of the largest online shopping sites. You've probably used them before for their price comparison tool. Recently, Shopzilla has been beta-testing a contextual ad program that would... Continue Reading
Speed PPC
Posted on April 10, 2008
Can I be honest with you? I have written the first few lines of this entry several times and I just can't seem to find the words to tell you... Continue Reading
Get Google Pay-Per-Click Ads for Free
Posted on January 24, 2008
"Get Google Pay-Per-Click Ads for Free" was the title on the report that promised an amazing way to advertise on Google AdWords without having clicks ding your wallet. This ebook... Continue Reading
WidgetBuck Secrets
Posted on January 11, 2008
I love quick and easy changes that make a significant difference. A few months back, I learned of a contextual advertising service that was compatible with Google AdSense. It took... Continue Reading
WidgetBucks is a winner
Posted on December 20, 2007
I love keeping my eye out for new ad services that can make you and me money. Google AdSense continues to pay off. Kontera is a winner is my books... Continue Reading
Google Kills off Site Targeting
Posted on November 29, 2007
It's a sad moment, but it was easy to see coming. Google has now officially killed off site targeting. The function that allows advertisers to choose to advertise directly on... Continue Reading
AdSense Alternatives
Posted on November 25, 2007
Did you know Google is on track to make $14 billion in ad revenue this year? And while no one knows the exact percentage they are paying out to AdSense... Continue Reading
It's Where You Click That Counts
Posted on November 14, 2007
Google is continually looking for ways to put the kabosh on click fraud. It is important that they protect the rights of their advertisers by making sure each click is... Continue Reading
The Death of Google AdWords
Posted on October 31, 2007
What if I told you could pick the brain of a former Google employee for $100. Would you seize the opportunity? Frankly, I can't imagine anyone with even the slightest... Continue Reading
Peel Away Ads
Posted on September 11, 2007
I'm not easily impressed. As I said yesterday, if a product isn't innovative it probably isn't going to get my attention. But I've just seen something that makes me say... Continue Reading
Win an Autographed Copy of The AdSense Code
Posted on August 10, 2007
May I get your opinion please? I am giving away a FREE autographed copy of my book, The AdSense Code, to one person who will give me feedback on a... Continue Reading
Google Referrals 2.0
Posted on July 4, 2007
Google's referral programs have never impressed me very much. Although the commissions are now fair, they started out very low. But even at the new(ish) rates, few sites are going... Continue Reading
The Importance of an AdSense Journal
Posted on June 25, 2007
I wish I could tell you that becoming a successful AdSense publisher is easy. I wish I could tell you that all you need to do is sign up to... Continue Reading
AdWords Secrets
Posted on June 22, 2007
Let's play a game... Simon says start your own website. Simon says sign up for Google AdWords. Start building your list. Hey, I didn't say "Simon says!" Continue Reading
One More Link Unit Equals More Money
Posted on June 13, 2007
It's one small change for Google. It could be one giant leap in your income. Or at the very least, a nice little increase. Google has changed its policies (again... Continue Reading
Google Opens Up the Referrals Market
Posted on June 8, 2007
I've been pretty lukewarm about Google's referral products. They've been pushing them pretty hard but I haven't been impressed. I'm not convinced that the Google Pack contains anything worth writing... Continue Reading
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