I am going to make more money , I swear!
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After a few days of thinking (diversity or focus), the decision is made : FOCUS! I started working on my monetization programs messaoud.info and decided to keep the following :
Google AdSense
TTZ Media
Project Wonderful
Widget Bucks
Kontera
Banstex
AdToll
Scratch Back
Focusing on these programs will allow a better control of the blog, lighter page loads, and a nittier design on which I am still working, removing the big skyline header, and opting for a simpler use of colors.
To compensate and exceed what was generated by the removed program, I am adding 3 other direct sources of revenue :
- Direct Ad Sales : 125×125 buttons costing $7/month. These come with a FREE 7 Day Trial offer.
- Stripe Ad Sales : Text Links on the Stripe visible on the top of the screen for $5/month. These come with a FREE 2 Day Trial offer.
- Paid Reviews : These are sold directly too. $15/review.
More details on the Advertize Page.
I think it is the right time to start selling Direct Ads, since the blog is now PR2 and Alexa ranking is starting to go down again (it reached 300,000 at some point, and then I had the hosting issue, and it started to go up). As Jay, from DatMoney says : “I am one of the biggest procrastinators”. Now it’s time to get things going and get this blog to generate some more money after the time spent on getting traffic. I won’t go the porn way, Jay, but I will put some more efforts on generating more and more interest around the blog : more quality posts with more frequency, more socializing, and many sleepless nights.
More to come in the next days. And hey, I forgot to tell you that I set up a new Contact Form, so don’t hesitate to share or ask questions.
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Do you have a PR2+ blog/website, and a fair alexa rank? Then you can to monetize it with text link ads! It's free to join!
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Good luck! I’m not a big fan of the choices you made on what to keep but whatever works best for you.
But just a heads up, your formatting is off on your blog…
Jay
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July 2nd, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Thanks for the feedback Jay! I would love to hear what you would have kept if you were in my shoes.
For the formatting, I am in the middle of changing things so I hope to fix everything soon.
July 10th, 2008 at 11:54 am
So far my focus on my website has been getting readers. I only have google adsense on my site currently. I will research some of your choices though when i get my reader count up
July 11th, 2008 at 2:59 am
@Winning Startups
I think you are going the right way. Any blogger should first focus on getting regular readers. Traffic is the key for revenue. No doubt about that. Good luck and let me know how some of the programs perform with you when you decide to use them.