Written on September 22nd, 2008 at 12:09 am by Skellie

10 Innovative Blog Business Models

Case Studies, Other Income Streams 40 comments

Skellie wrote this post. For more advanced blogging tips and strategies, visit her blog, Skelliewag.

When people think about making money with a blog, they tend to think about things like AdSense and affiliate links. You write good content, people come to your blog, people click on links, and you make a bit of money. […]

Written on September 16th, 2008 at 02:09 pm by Darren Rowse

WidgetBucks Offer New Publishers a $50 Sign On Bonus - Baseball Card Promotion

Advertising 28 comments

I’m doing a little promotion with WidgetBucks while at BWE this year.
They’re giving me some 70’s style ‘baseball cards’ with my face on them to give out (why they chose that picture I’ll never know) and are offering ProBlogger readers (whether you get a card or not) a $50 signup bonus if you sign up […]

Written on September 5th, 2008 at 10:09 am by Darren Rowse

How to Make Money With Affiliate Programs on Your Blog - More Thoughts

Affiliate Programs 39 comments

Yesterday I shared 5 lessons on making money with affiliate programs on your blog.
As I read through the comments on that post and pondered it some more thoughts came to mind that I think are worth adding:
Test and Track Results
I’ve written numerous times on ProBlogger about testing and tweaking advertising on your blog (for example […]

Written on September 1st, 2008 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse

Do you Make Money Online from non Blogging Sources? [POLL]

Reader Questions 66 comments

Time for another ProBlogger poll - looking forward to hearing what you’ve got to say on this question:

Do you Make Money Online from non Blogging Sources?

Yes

No

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If your answer is yes - tell us what the source is in comments below.
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Written on August 31st, 2008 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse

8 Reasons Why Your Blog Might Not Be Accepted Into an Ad Network

Advertising 31 comments

Mitch from Technipages.com shot me an email this week asking me for advice on getting accepted into CPM banner ad networks like ValueClick, TribalFusion and others. He commented that while he has decent traffic (around 140,000 page views a month) he hadn’t had much luck with being accepted and asked for advice.
This is a question […]

Written on August 30th, 2008 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse

10 Ways to Make Money BECAUSE of Your Blog

Blogging for Dollars 86 comments

What if I told you that there’s a way to make money as a result of your blog where you don’t need to have a single ad on your blog, where you don’t have to run any affiliate programs and where you don’t have to write any paid reviews?

Would you be interested?
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Much is […]

Written on August 16th, 2008 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse

Split Testing: How To Increase Your Adsense Earnings 94% Overnight

Adsense, Blog Design 71 comments

In this post Brian Armstrong from StartBreakingFree.com shares some tips on using Split Testing to increase his AdSense earnings.
Long time readers of ProBlogger know that Darren is a big fan of split testing ads to improve your earnings. I took this advice to heart, and wanted to show you some real world results that […]