HE’S BACK – THE GUY WITH THE BIG CHECK!!!!

Yes, he’s back again – the guy with the $177,563.47 check from Google Adsense. As I stated, he is not a rocket scientist and in fact he is no smarter than you and I. I’ll give him credit though for being clever and driven to succeed.



Here is how he succeeded: he started a newsletter that was oriented towards people interested in technical issues related to computer hardware and software. Included in his newsletter were a lot of ads that were linked to other newsletters, books, and articles he felt his readers might be interested in. Each time a reader clicked on another newsletter, book, or article, he earned money. He published his newsletter often and each time, it was loaded with links to other sources that earned him a “bit of coin”. To make a long story short, he built his readership and link or advertising revenue to $177,563.47 for one month.


Are you creative? Do you use the internet to communicate with others? Can you use an extra $177,563.47. I asked these questions of myself and the answer was yes to each. So here I am, I have started four (4) blogs with subjects I think people will be interested in learning more about. In this blog, I am using links or advertisements from Google Adsense, Infolinks, 101Inks.com and FragranceX.


Google Adsense places ads on your blog or website and pays you a commission each time a reader clicks on their ads. Infolinks selects key words in your text and links them to an ad. The key words are highlighted in green or blue and you are paid a commission each time a reader clicks on a key word. All that Google and Infolinks require is that your readers view the ad, no purchases are required.

101Inks.com and FragranceX provide banners for my blog which are linked to their website. Commissions are paid only if the reader makes a purchase. Each subsequent edition of this blog will contain more information about blogging and more ads. In addition, I am also working on increasing the number of readers. If you are interested in joining me on this journey, drop me an email at rmrunnels@sbcglobal.net. Meanwhile, here are some more tips and techniques for earning money by blogging. In addition, I have included some tips on how to drive traffic to your blog.


Additional Techniques For Earning Money By Blogging.


A more specialized advertising method, RSS ads give bloggers a way to monetize feeds. Most readers generally react to RSS ads the same way they do with regular ones, so if you stay relevant and limited, it should work out just fine.


55. Pheedo Inc.: This RSS advertising platform offers interactive triggers and video options.


56. Feedvertising: A part of Text Link Ads, Feedvertising embeds ads in your RSS feed.


57. CrispAds: This blog-focused ad network allows you to place ads directly into entries so they'll show up both on your site and in feeds.


58. FeedBurner Inc.: FeedBurner's ads are embedded in RSS feeds,and feature high-quality advertisers like Discover Band, Best Buy and Comcast.


59. FeedM8: FeedM8's service makes your blog ready for mobile content and embeds mobile-appropriate advertising.


Text Ads


Text ads are one of the most reader-friendly types of ads you can serve. Their small size and text-based nature makes them less offensive and in-your-face than graphic ads. Try out these services to put this type of subtle ad on your blog.


60. Vibrant Media: Vibrant Media's ads are in-text and completely user driven.


61. Google AdSense: Ads from Google are the most popular and often the most profitable source of income for many bloggers. They're relevant to your content, and many blog readers expect it, so you're not likely to run into lots of negative feedback.


62. LinkAds: These text ads come with lots of control.


63. PaidTextLinks.com: Sell links on your site and retain editorial control over what's posted with this service.


64. One Monkey Inc.: You can host highly targeted, text-based ads and earn a great percentage of revenue with One Monkey.


65. Kontera ContentLink: ContentLink turns relevant keywords within your content into a hyperlink ad.


66. Text Link Ads: Text Link Ads' simple, nonintrusive ads are a good choice for many bloggers.


67. TAGword: Select your ads and set your prices with TAGword.


68. LinkAdage Auctions: Sell text links through private online auctions with LinkAdage.


69. LinkWords: LinkWords offers pay-per-click revenue embedded in your content, highlighting keywords that are relevant for advertisers.


70. Textlinkbrokers.com: Get unobtrusive, small link ads, as well as a steady monthly payout that doesn't depend on traffic from Textlinkbrokers.com.


How To Drive Traffic To Your Blog


The blogosphere is a big and busy world with over 100 million blogs and growing. How do you attract visitors to your blog? Follow these simple tips to drive traffic to your blog.


1. Write Well and Write Often


Frequently updating your blog with useful content is the first step to building your blog's audience. The content you write is what will keep readers coming back for more. Make sure you have something meaningful to say to them and say it often to maintain their interest and keep them loyal.


Furthermore, post frequently to increase the number of chances you have for your blog's content to be noticed by search engines such as Google or Technorati.


2. Submit Your Blog to Search Engines


Get on the radar screen for the popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo! by submitting your blog's URL to them. Most search engines provide a 'Submit' link (or something similar) to notify the search engine of your new blog, so those search engines will crawl it and include your pages in their results.


It's important to understand that simply submitting your blog to search engines doesn't mean your pages will appear at the top of a Google search results screen, but at least your blog will be included and will have the chance of being picked up by a search engine.


3. Use and Update Your Blogroll


By adding links to sites you like in your blogroll, the owners of those blogs will find your blog and will be likely to add a reciprocal link in their blogrolls. It's an easy way to get the link to your blog in front of many readers on other blogs. The hope is that some of those readers will click on the link to your blog on the other blogs' blogrolls and find your content interesting and enjoyable turning them into loyal readers.


4. Harness the Power of Comments


Commenting is a simple and essential tool to increase your blog's traffic. First, respond to comments left on your blog to show your readers that you value their opinions and draw them into a two-way conversation. This will increase reader loyalty.


Second, leave comments on other blogs to drive new traffic. Make sure you leave your blog's URL in your comment, so you create a link back to your own blog. Many people will read the comments left on a blog post. If they read a particularly interesting comment, they are highly likely to click on the link to visit the commentor's website. It's important to make sure you leave meaningful comments that are likely to invite people to click on your link to read more.


5. Syndicate Your Blog's Content with an RSS Feed


Setting up an RSS feed button on your blog makes it easy for your loyal readers to not just read your blog but also know when you publish new content.

COULD YOU USE AN EXTRA $177,563.47?

COULD YOU USE AN EXTRA $177,563.47? If so, consider blogging and using the techniques I am providing you. The guy in this picture is not a rocket scientist but an average Joe with a lot of drive and determination to make money. If you fit this description drop me an email @ rmrunnels@sbcglobal.net and I will assist you in getting started. Meanwhile here are some additional techniques for earning money by blogging.


Becoming a successful blogger means becoming an expert in your field. You can use this status to earn money through opportunities, while increasing the value you provide to your readers.

21. Writing Gigs: By showcasing your writing talents on your blog, you've provided a living resume to any blog network or news site that might be interested in hiring you.

22. Seminars and Workshops: As an expert, you can invite readers to visit with you in person for seminars and workshops.

23. Bloggers for Hire: Get yourself hired to blog for a corporate Web site.

24. Blogger Jobs: Like Bloggers for Hire, Blogger Jobs can connect you with sites in need of a blogger.

25. Go Offline: Take your blogging skills offline as a columnist in a newspaper or magazine.

26. Guest Blogging: Fill in for fellow bloggers as a guest writer for a nominal fee or just future reciprocation.

27. Job Board: If you're an industry leader, set up a job board that your readers can use to hire or be hired for positions in your field.

28. Create a Radio Station: With a radio station, you can feature podcasts, sell showcase spots to budding artists and even sell audio advertising.

29. Consulting: If you've found success as a blogger, you probably have a lot of knowledge to share about mastering both the Internet and your field. Freelance as a consultant and get paid for sharing what you know.

30. Speaking: Your blog can get your noticed by industry leaders and can land you speaking engagements at conferences and meetings.

31. Book: A number of popular bloggers have landed lucrative book deals.

32. Interviews: Share your knowledge on a new medium and go on radio or TV interviews.

Offline

The benefits, monetary and otherwise, of writing a blog extend well beyond the Internet, particularly if you operate an offline business. Take advantage of these benefits using the following methods.

33. Market Your Services: Your blog is a great forum for marketing your business. Post about current promotions, new interests and other business-building information.

34. Create a Voice Behind Your Business: A blog is a great way to grow your business through personal dialogue. By presenting yourself as a friendly authority, your business becomes more approachable.

35. Deepen Customer Relationships: Beyond providing a friendly voice, a blog can help you connect with customers. Link to their blogs, write about their interests and give them special attention in your writing.

Ads

Ads are generally the bread and butter of bloggers. However, they're also the most likely to irritate readers. To keep a happy balance, focus on relevance and make sure that you're not overloading your blog with too many ads. It should go without saying that you should absolutely not use every single one of these ad programs, either. Rather, pick a handful and rotate them until you find what that works the best for your blog.

36. Yahoo! Publisher Network: Display contextual ads on your site via the Yahoo! Publisher Network.

37. ValueClick Inc.: You'll get quality advertisers, support and advanced technology from ValueClick.

38. Tribal Fusion: Tribal Fusion's impression-based ad service focuses on targeting and optimization.

39. eXelate Targeting eXchange: This program relies on delayed ad cookies.

40. Clicksor Inc.: Clicksor focuses on contextual ads that can be presented in a number of different ways, such as text, graphics and in-line links.

41. Indeed: Post job listings from Indeed and get paid.

42. Chitika eMiniMalls: Promote products through interactive merchandise kiosks and provide both relevant content and comparative shopping to readers. You'll get paid per click.

43. AdSonar: Attract advertisers and build relationships with them individually through this platform.

44. ExpoActive: Get freedom, from specific ads to style, with ExpoActive.

45. AdVolcano LLC: Using AdVolcano's platform, you can design your ads, set your own prices and screen your advertisers.

46. eXelate Targeted Links: Pick and choose the advertisers you want on your site with this program.

47. grokAds.com: Set your price and choose which advertisers to accept with grokAds.com.

48. Adify: Get editorial control and high-value advertising on your site with Adify. You can even set your own prices.

49. AdBriteInc.: Using AdBrite, you have the option to approve and reject ads that will appear on your blog, and you can even use it to sell directly to your own users.

50. BidVertiser.com: These ads are highly customizable, and you have the option to block any ad you don't want displayed on your blog.

51. Blogads: Get invited to this exclusive network of bloggers, and you'll have high-quality, relevant advertising on your blog.

52. Casale Media Inc.: Get high-quality advertisers and control with Casale Media.

53. DoubleClick Inc.: DoubleClick offers differentiation and lots of solutions for publishers.

54. BlueLithium: Get great ad targeting, selective partnerships and better ad performance with BlueLithium.

How To Make Money Blogging

The Blogosphere


The collective community of all blogs is known as the blogosphere. Since all blogs are on the internet by definition, they may be seen as interconnected and socially networked. There are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered or written.

Personal Blogs

The personal blog, an ongoing diary or commentary by an individual, is the traditional, most common blog. Personal bloggers usually take pride in their blog posts, even if their blog is never read by anyone but them. Blogs often become more than a way to just communicate; they become a way to reflect on life or works of art. Blogging can have a sentimental quality. Few personal blogs rise to fame and the mainstream, but some personal blogs quickly garner an extensive following.

Corporate Blogs

A blog can be private, as in most cases, or it can be for business purposes. Blogs, either used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding or public relations purposes are called corporate blogs.

By Genre

Some blogs focus on a particular subject, such as political blogs, travel blogs, house blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education blogs, niche blogs, classical music blogs, quizzing blogs and legal blogs (often referred to as a blawgs) or dreamlogs. Two common types of genre blogs are art blogs and music blogs. A blog featuring discussions especially about home and family is not uncommonly called a mom blog.

By Media Type

A blog comprising videos is called a vlog, one comprising links is called a linklog, a site containing a portfolio of sketches is called a sketchblog or one comprising photos is called a photoblog. Blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types are called tumblelogs. Blogs that are written on typewriters and then scanned are called typecast or typecast blogs.

By Device

Blogs can also be defined by which type of device is used to compose it. A blog written by a mobile device like a mobile phone or PDA could be called a moblog. One early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online shared diary of a person's personal life combining text, video, and pictures transmitted live from a computer to a web site.

Opportunities To Make Money By Blogging

Blogging is big business these days, with some bloggers reporting six-figure or even million-dollar incomes. There are a number of ways that these bloggers earn such large paychecks, and the best know how to do it in a way that won't scare off readers. Check out the 20 opportunities listed below as ways that you can earn money from your blog and learn strategies for using these tools and methods in a way that's reader-friendly.

Merchandising

If you're a well-loved blogger, there's a good chance that your readers would like to show their support. Give them what they want and make money by taking advantage of merchandising opportunities.

1. CafePress.com: This perennial favorite makes it easy for you to put your blog's logo on shirts, bags, coasters and other items.

2. Self-Published Books: If your readers like your content, they may want to have something they can own offline or even share with friends. Create a book with self-publishing services like Lulu, and you'll earn profits even without a huge book deal.

3. Printfection.com: Design and sell custom products with Printfection.com.

4. Hard-Copy Content: Create a CD-ROM "book" with cleanly organized content that can be accessed offline. You can take things a step further and sell subscriptions for future updates to the system.

5. GoodStorm: Like CafePress.com and Printfection.com, GoodStorm is a nice way to create and sell your own merchandising products.

Paid Content

Paid content is a good monetization method for bloggers that regularly offer useful information — especially if this information helps others make money. As with all monetization methods, it's all in the approach. Don't create misleading previews of content that requires a membership to read in full. Rather, devote special sections of premium content to readers who are willing to pay for the information.

6. E-Books: Whether it's a compilation of your best tips or a new idea altogether, an e-book is a good, reader-friendly way to package content.

7. White Papers: Like e-books, white papers are a smaller, more technical version of your content.

8. Phone Calls: Sell one-on-one phone calls for advice and other consulting through Ether.

9. Miniguides: If you've just run a particularly helpful series, package it up into a miniguide.

10. Tutorials: Gather your knowledge and compile it into a tutorial that relies upon your expert advice.

11. Members-Only Sections: Whether you're providing access to published items or just ad-free content, make sure you're delivering a product that your readers are willing to pay for.

12. TextMarks Inc.: Charge readers to get text-message alerts about your content through TextMarks.

13. X-Events: Project physical events online and create revenue by charging admission, attracting sponsors and selling subscriptions to future events.

14. Podcasts: Podcasts may be a novelty to your readers, and many of them are probably willing to pay to be able to hear your entries on the go.

15. Videos: Like podcasts, videos are value-added extras that readers may be willing to pay for.

Begging

It never hurts to be straightforward about earning money from your blog. Ask your readers for donations — in a polite way, of course — and the ones that truly value your work will likely be more than willing to help support your ongoing success.

16. PayPal: PayPal's system allows you to place a donation button on your blog.

17. Amazon Honor System: Like PayPal, the Amazon Honor System allows you to accept online donations.

18. Mailed Checks: Of course, good old U.S. mail works just as well. Provide readers with a P.O. box that they can mail donations to.

19. Buy me a beer/coffee: Asking for donations in the form of a beer, coffee or other special item allows readers to reward you with something tangible.

20. Amazon Wish List: Although it's not cash, asking readers to buy you items from your Amazon Wish List will save you from having to buy things yourself. Again, they'll feel more rewarded knowing they've given you something tangible.

For more information on blogging and how to make money doing so, drop me a line at rmrunnels@sbcglobal.net and I’ll get back to you.

What Is A Blog

A blog (a contraction of the term "weblog") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art, photographs, sketches, videos, music, and audio

Rise in Popularity
The modern blog evolved from the online diary, where people would keep a running account of their personal lives. Most such writers called themselves diarists, journalists, or journalers. News is also credited with being one of the oldest and longest running weblogs. Early blogs were simply manually updated components of common Web sites. However, the evolution of tools to facilitate the production and maintenance of Web articles posted in reverse chronological order made the publishing process feasible to a much larger, less technical, population. Ultimately, this resulted in the distinct class of online publishing that produces blogs we recognize today.

After a slow start, blogging rapidly gained in popularity. Blog usage spread during 1999 and the years following, being further popularized by the near-simultaneous arrival of the first hosted blog tools. Since 2002, blogs have gained increasing notice and coverage for their role in breaking, shaping, and spinning news stories. The Iraq war saw bloggers taking measured and passionate points of view that go beyond the traditional left-right divide of the political spectrum.

Similarly, blogs were among the driving forces behind the "Rathergate" scandal. To wit: (television journalist) Dan Rather presented documents (on the CBS show 60 Minutes) that conflicted with accepted accounts of President Bush's military service record. Bloggers declared the documents to be forgeries and presented evidence and arguments in support of that view. Consequently, CBS apologized for what it said were inadequate reporting techniques. Many bloggers view this scandal as the advent of blogs' acceptance by the mass media, both as a news source and opinion and as means of applying political pressure.

Opportunities for Bloggers
Blogging is big business these days, with some bloggers reporting six-figure or even million-dollar incomes. There are a number of ways that these bloggers earn such large paychecks, and the best know how to do it in a way that won't scare off readers. Check out the opportunities listed below as ways that YOU can earn money from your blog and learn strategies for using these tools and methods in a way that's reader-friendly. Becoming a successful blogger means becoming an expert in your field. You can use this status to earn money through opportunities, while increasing the value you provide to your readers.

• Writing Gigs: By showcasing your writing talents on your blog, you've provided a living resume to any blog network or news site that might be interested in hiring you.
  Seminars and Workshops: As an expert, you can invite readers to visit with you in person for seminars and workshops.
  


• Bloggers for Hire: Get yourself hired to blog for a corporate Web site.
  


• Blogger Jobs: Like Bloggers for Hire, Blogger Jobs can connect you with sites in need of a blogger.
  


• Go Offline: Take your blogging skills offline as a columnist in a newspaper or magazine.
  


• Guest Blogging: Fill in for fellow bloggers as a guest writer for a nominal fee or just future reciprocation.
  


• Job Board: If you're an industry leader, set up a job board that your readers can use to hire or be hired for positions in your field.
  


• Create a Radio Station: With a radio station, you can feature podcasts, sell showcase spots to budding artists and even sell audio advertising.
  


• Consulting: If you've found success as a blogger, you probably have a lot of knowledge to share about mastering both the Internet and your field. Freelance as a consultant and get paid for sharing what you know.
  


• Speaking: Your blog can get your noticed by industry leaders and can land you speaking engagements at conferences and meetings.
  


• Book: A number of popular bloggers have landed lucrative book deals.
  


• Interviews: Share your knowledge on a new medium and go on radio or TV interviews.
  

Advertisements
Ads are generally the bread and butter of bloggers. As you can see, there are several ads on this page and I get paid by the sponsor each time a reader clicks on an ad. YOU CAN DO THE SAME BY CREATING YOUR OWN BLOG AND FOLLOWING THE INFORMATION I PROVIDE YOU!!!!!

For more information, read my blogs each week or send me your questions @ rmrunnels@sbcglobal.net.