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Archive for April 2005

April 29th, 2005

Work Boxers Forum

There are a couple of quality forums on the Web that have a focus on AdSense, affiliate marketing and other means of making money onlnie, but they lack one thing. They don’t have the people who comment here commenting on them. So I decided I would put up a forum to open up the discussion […]

By Paul -- 2 comments

April 28th, 2005

DreamHost

If you ever want to get serious about making money online from your sites, then you will probably need your own hosting. Although you can still go with Blogger, TypePad or the many other hosted alternatives, nothing compares to the power and ability to customize settings as having your own hosting account. I run one […]

By Paul -- 5 comments

April 25th, 2005

Google’s New AdWords Features and Its Effect On Publishers

Web search leader Google Inc. said on Monday advertisers could now choose the Web sites that carry their ads and it was introducing animated graphical advertisements.
Source

This can work out very well for both sides.
What this does is allow for advertisers to select sites on which they want their ads to appear. They can either enter […]

By Paul -- 14 comments

April 20th, 2005

When it comes to blogs and tracking how well your RSS feed is doing there is no better tool than FeedBurner. FeedBurner offers many different tools you can use with your RSS feed as long as you go through them.
All you have to do is signup (they have a free account and a feature-rich pro […]

By Paul --

April 19th, 2005

What Should I Write About?

I might be spreading myself thin on the blogging scene since I have been working hard on the company and other sites. That means that topics don’t come to mind as easily as they used to with this site. Therefore, I figured if you would like to hear my opinion on a topic then post […]

By Paul -- 19 comments

April 19th, 2005

The Big Money Tips Project Day 14

Well I have achieved my first milestone in the Big Money Tips Project of achieving $1/day. And it definitely wasn’t because of the AdSense. Thanks to affiliate sales I have hit $1.90/day on the site and hopefully I can continue that upward trend.
The site currently is getting 100-400 pageviews a day so I have to […]

By Paul -- 11 comments

April 15th, 2005

Some Advice For Dinner?

Well, Calacanis and company have reached the $1400/day plateau with AdSense so I must congratulate him on that. As any sane businessman would act, he wants to increase that. His next goal is $2000/day from AdSense. Admirable and very plausible. But then he pulls this out of his hat:

Also, we’re going to start doing Amazon… […]

By Paul -- 25 comments

April 15th, 2005

Why I Value Design

I put out a call for a designer over at Whitespace to redesign Forever Geek a couple of days ago. As of this writing the site follows the exact same template that you can see here on Work Boxers (errr, well until I just did some changes about 5 minutes ago). I don’t mind the […]

By Paul -- 4 comments

April 12th, 2005

How To Make $100 Per Day In 3 Months

First the rules set forth by WebSiteNights:

It does not matter if you’re starting to work on a new project or an existing one, as long as this project is not making you ANY money right now.
Lay out your plan in advance - and post it for us to read - this will not only educate […]

By Paul -- 14 comments

April 11th, 2005

Weblogs, Inc Model vs. Gawker Model

Here we have two successful blog network, with two different methods of building their network. Which one is best for anyone else looking to go this route? Let’s discuss.
Gawker Model
Gawker doesn’t release a million sites like Weblogs Inc., but instead takes its time to find what niche they want to tackle and also who they […]

By Paul -- 8 comments

April 10th, 2005

High Traffic Linkers

Links and the ensuing traffic from sites like Slashdot can be quite a rush, last night they sent me 40,000 visitors in a few hours - however its worth keeping in mind that this kind of traffic doesn’t click on ads in as great a numbers as SE traffic. it has also been known to […]

By Paul -- 9 comments

April 8th, 2005

Assumptions

I find that a big problem that many people who are trying to make money online have is that they assume that everyone else has the same habits and tendencies that they have. This couldn’t be further from the truth. For example, when I am trying to buy a book online I just go straight […]

By Paul -- 5 comments

April 8th, 2005

Blogs and Competition

Not too long ago I talked about competing with Weblogs, Inc. and Gawker (forgot to mention the empire that Corante has built) has setup as well and noted that there is always room for one more blog in any market. Just because there is an Engadget and Gizmodo dominating the gadget blog scene, it doesn’t […]

By Paul -- 5 comments

April 7th, 2005

Search Engine Traffic or Daily Visitors, Which Is Better?

I don’t have that large a “readership.” What I do have is a boatload of “visitors” via google. ;)
I see a big difference there and it dictates how I use my site. My readership is more important to me, but I don’t get much “ROI” from them, if you know what I mean. And that’s […]

By Paul -- 11 comments

April 6th, 2005

Stat Addiction

With the recent improvements to AdSense I find myself checking the stats more and more often, which does take away from my time working on my sites. I also love to check my traffic stats to see if there are any major fluctuations occurring. I am trying my best to only check 3-5 times a […]

By Paul -- 12 comments