Another way to make money from your blog is to sell it like Michael Pollock from Small Business Branding has just done. He sold it to Yaro from Entrepreneurs Journey for an undisclosed figure.

A number of people have asked me recently how earnings have been for me in the lead up to Christmas. I’m not going to get into figures (I’ve done that enough this year) but I thought I’d show a graph to give an idea of how the past three or four months have gone.

The graph below (click to enlarge in a new window) shows my advertising and affiliate earnings by category from 29 August (the day I started using Chitika – reviewed here). I’ve made the categories AdSense, Chitika, Chitika Referrals, Amazon, Miscellaneous and Clickbank. I have not included other sources of income like Six Figure Blogging, consulting and b5media.

Here is the graph. I’ll make a few comments below it.

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Google has just released their end of year Zeitgeist where they share a few details of some of the more popular search terms in different categories for the year on Google.

These type of lists are not only a bit of fun – I’ve previously used them in thinking about my blog strategies. While it is incredibly difficult to climb to the top of Google’s search results for these terms it gives you a hint as to what different people are into.

Plus they have cool little graphs! Here’s the one graphing the terms ipod, mp3 and podcast.

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Strangely, without asking for it, I’ve had three readers today email me either offering to write or already having taken the initiative to write tips posts for ProBlogger to go live on the blog while I’m on holidays for two weeks after Christmas.

I mentioned I’d be away in my newsletter and so some readers have taken the initiative to lend a hand which I’m really grateful for.

I’m a little hesitant to do this but I’ve decided to respond to this by opening things up for readers submissions. I’m nervous because I know that this site is read by over 3000 readers per day and I cannot possibly publish every tip submitted – in fact I only really want 1 post per day (14 in total) but I thought it might be an interesting exercise. It’s a bit different to what I’ve done previously with guest bloggers actually posting for a period of time – this time I’m inviting one off submissions.

So here’s how it’s going to work.

If you have an idea for a post I’ll accept your submissions for a 36 hour period starting from now (I’ll be closing off submissions at 10.30am on Friday morning Melbourne time – see equivalent times here). Please read to the bottom of this post before submitting anything.

I’ll select what I consider to be the best 14 (I might blow this out a little depending upon how much time I have to set up all the advance posts). What’s in this for me? It means my blog ticks over while I sit on a beach and read. What’s in it for you? You get to know you’re helping me sit on a beach with peace of mind (plus you’ll get the chance to be read by my witty, intelligent, influential and supportive readers and get a link back to your site.)

Submission Process and Guidelines:

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