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Misbah Mumtaz

I came across your blog in the internet and I am very impress with your achievement. 2 years ago I started some internet business but failed to make any good sales. I started my blog a few months ago and I did not realized that blogging too can make some money. After saw your blog, now I know that there is some other ways to earn some money in the internet. I will subscribe to your newsletter and come back to your blog for any latest updates. I hope to make some real money soon. Cheers.

Andrew

This reminds me of Robert Kiyosaki, when he points out that you have to be the business and not be IN the business in order to reap great rewards. Building a scalable business is the way to go, especially if you are trying to grow your business. And I couldn’t agree more with your Blog Profits Blueprint, focus is key in whatever venture you take on. Thanks Yaro!

Entreprini

I agree with every word and just want to add an observation – I’ve seen that if you’re posting rarely that lowers your rankings for the keywords in Google. So obviously the frequency of the posts is an issue.

I think you should head into my article archives (see the link “Articles” above in my navigation bar) and spend a bit of time reading up.

I’ve got posts there on how much to charge for advertising, selling products using the sales funnel model, text links, etc.

There’s lots of free education if you are prepared to spend the time reading and absorbing.

Good luck!

Here’s my review of AWeber -

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/405/aweber-email-autoresponder-review/

Blog Profits blueprint was an awesome read, and following just a few of those strategies got my blog traffic increased quite a bit in a few weeks.

This post here has come at just the right time for me because I finally got my blog at htp://danielmcgonagle.name to reach desired traffic goal of 10k visitors a month.

Once I reached that goal, I told myself I’d worry about better monetization afterwards, and that’s where I’m at right now.

What do do now that the blog is a PR3 and traffic grows each month?

Sell my own products?
See adspace and sponsored reviews?
Do the Linktextads thing?

Adsense is not an option for me since there’s a certain blindness to those
on quality content sites like mine ( all humility aside for just one second)

Anyways, great post, and I’d be interested to know your thoughts about what to charge for selling adspace? Is there a formula for going rates for certain Alexa, Technorati, Google PageRank, and unique visitors or is it merely “charge what
you can get”?

Thanks in advance,

Dan

Also, your article points out the need for a blogger to have a good solution for email blasts, contact list management and segmenting, etc. Any suggestions?

Your concept of really focusing on building our email list and selling products to that list and not only count on ads for our blogs is crucial and one that I will focus on from now on.

Thanks for these words of wisdom.

Miss Gisele B.

I have concerns about the ad industry these days – pushing me to spend even more time on SparkplugU. We had a great family outing last weekend that entailed a lot of driving. It was disconcerting to say the least to see so many stores out of business, favorite restaurants gone, etc. The economy certainly seems to be in the worst shape that I have ever seen it – more reason than ever for people to start up a blog/internet business on the side. It’s just too risky to rely on one source of income right now – even if that is your ‘job’.

Those kinds of publishers do the kinds of things you talk about in conversion blogging. Your subscriber lists become very valuable and content is generated to meet the needs of those subscribers. Writers and marketers work together easily under that model. I’m sure there are people out there who will figure out how to make that work for blog networks.

Google is indeed slapping everybody selling links and doing paid reviews. I’m not running a blog network – yet, but I run a directory network

Yes, I admit you are right – I am too dependant on Google, in such a way, that if Google change it’s policy on certain practices on the Net, I will be out of business within days.

Email list – now THAT’s the real asset in the end, isn’t it?

Thanks for the great insights, Yaro

There are lots of good things to learn about this whole situation and this is a great post Yaro.

They may need to evolve their business model, but all things have to change over time anyway, so nothing new there.

Each blogger retains control and ownership of their blog and earnings, but they work with other bloggers to help grow their traffic.

Like 9Rules for example. But don’t quote me on that

What I’m always intrigued by are the “goods” that the blogger has personally created and is selling. The blog establishes the authority for the product, in my opinion. It helps me to make an informed purchasing decision. I get a real feel for the blogger, their style and the potential for their product.

That’s the model I’m using for my life coaching practice. I hadn’t realized it consciously as “conversion blogging” but that really is it. I’ve been loving your videos and picked-up some new ideas I hadn’t even considered.

Good stuff, Yaro. Keep it coming. The more you can post about conversion blogging, the better.

All told, they probably make more money off the issues sent directly to subscribers. Magazine distribution syndicates and other middle-men are notoriously well paid. By having direct contact with the customer, the distributor can’t suddenly pull the rug out from under you, and you build a relationship with the customer that allows you direct access to their undivided attention.

Like in all things, human beings sometimes take too long to bring lessons from the past into modern context. The cycle continues.