How can you save $500K from a salary of $20K?
November 30, 2007 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Read this comment
November’s Income on InvestorBlogger
November 30, 2007 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Read these 6 comments
With November safely out of the way, it’s time to post my results in the last 30 days. Let’s deal with traffic first, then money. But first, …
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Page Rank, Alexa and Real Rank.
Well, it’s now time to report that my PR rank finally fell to zero. A big fat zero . At the time, I was surprised by the situation, and somewhat angry, esp. since Google was dictating what we could and couldn’t put on our blogs, and how we could monetize them. Naturally, this still irks when you realize that Google is themselves guilty of breaking their own guidelines.
Oddly, things haven’t been so bad: Traffic to the blog has increased significantly in the last month , despite having zero ranking.
Last Month’s PageViews were only 2800 with about 1300 Uniques. This month’s both of these figures jumped noticeably by about 50% thanks to be being Stumbled, increased links in, and better rankings on Technorati (about 58K) and Alexa (about 132K). In fact, with extra work on inbound links from Carnivals, Friends, and commenting on different blogs. I’ve also had a couple of purchased links on JohnCow ’s blog and on CashQuests.com.
Payperpost’s new Ranking has been introduced and that has created some buzz: though there are no external ways to verify my ranking yet, it’s generally been between 500-800. I’m still not sure exactly what tier that puts InvestorBlogger!
Show me the money!
Financial results are posted below:
Payperpost: $0.00
Google : $6.35
Other : $225.00
Adlinks : $84.75
Stocks: $75.50
Hosting : $123.08
Bank A/C Interest : $26.18
Amazon: $9.99 (last five months)
Other Incomes: $0.53
Total: $551.38*
On the upside, I’ve been able to sell links directly through the blog this month, which has kept the blog going. I’ve already done the buzzes for these links for Netloans and CarFinance. Additionally, one of my clients recently paid for their hosting on my spanking new Dreamhost PS. That rocks! I’ll be introducing them as well as a way to make money. And Steve and I dreamed up a challenege, which I’ll share this weekend.
On the downside, I haven’t scored any opportunities for reviews in the past month onPayperpost, Sponsored Reviews, or ReviewMe. This is likely due to my PR being reduced to zero, and RealRank not being a factor for advertisers yet. I’ve always felt that creating extra income from a number of sources (in fact, as many as possible) was a good idea to offset in any temporary or permanent glitches. If I were just relying on Adsense, I think I’d just have about $10.00 in income which would be pretty pathetic. I’m still pretty far off my total of $1500 per month in income. But I’m still learning the ropes!
Expenses: Expenses
blogging is getting expensive for me, in a number of ways; and running a small hosting service also costs money. Additionally, there are fees for Paypal, Advertising, etc.. From 1/1/2008, I’m going to be tracking these costs much more accurately to present a balanced picture of the costs I’m facing. Suffice to say, my hosting is costing about $40.00 per month, and as the popularity of the bloggers using the hosting service increases, this is going to increase. Fortunately with Dreamhost PS hosting, increasing the ‘power’ of the server is a relatively easy thing to do.
*Subject to revisions.
Buzz: NetLoans.co.uk
November 30, 2007 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Comments Off
In this latest advertiser buzz, we’re delighted to welcome Netloans.co.uk to our friends.
Netloans.co.uk website is intended for the UK and provides loans for a number of different purposes: secured loans, mortgages, homeowner loans, bridging loans, consolidation loans, as well as some types of commercial loans. I quite like the calculators that allow you to work out your loan payments via different credit rankings.
Do check this site out… and you can get a feel for the types of loans and rates you will pay.
Buzzed by NetLoans.
Buzz RadioTime - a little lunchtime listening treat
November 29, 2007 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Comments Off
It’s rare these days that ‘big media’ does much right, but this website is one such effort… I hope it stays around… What is it? Well, in these days of online radio, it’s not difficult to start an online radio station effort, and there are literally THOUSANDS. Indeed, tradtional radio has largely joined the crowd of online stations, but until RadioTime, there were few places to easily access all the traditional radio stations…
Simply, it’s a website that brings traditional radio to the web. You can tune in and listen to any of the stations, and when you tune in, one of several integrated media players opens in a small popup window. I was quite excited about this, because while online radio stations really do complement traditional radio, there are an awful lot of places where there are no equivalents: the music selection is narrower on RadioTime, but there’s a lot more variety of news, sports and more ‘traditional’ fare than on online stations. You can also select stations by geography, say New York City or London. Try it… so if you want to hear what Dublin sounds like in the morning or Taipei sounds like late at night!
About RadioTime
RadioTime is a privately-held Dallas-based company focused on making traditional over-the-air radio as available as possible online, through your PC and in other devices since 2002. It supports a free, personalized website, a comprehensive guide to radio, membership account services, and desktop software and hardware packages to allow consumers to listen where and when they want.
Carnival of Making Real Money - Issue #2 Online
November 29, 2007 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Read these 2 comments
Welcome to the December 4, 2007 edition of carnival of making real money. There’s some great reading in here, so take your time this weekend, and read over the articles. See if you can’t find some new ways to make money next week!
Alex M presents How to make big bucks with running websites in hot niches posted at We talk on making money on the Internet. This article encourages readers to explore niches as a way to make money. He also provides some links to excellent tools.
Andrew Michaels presents Freedom: Start Young, Live Simply posted at Lifecrafting, saying, “This article is about financial independence and freedom and how to get it. What are you working for? Why do you spend the hours of your life in a cubicle? Are you living your life how you want to right now, or putting off life for 30 years for an eventual “retirement dayâ€Â. Take a look at your life.”
KCLau presents Top 21 List of Financial Sotfware and Application for Efficient Money Management posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Managing money is a lot of work. But with the help of technology, it is just a matter of inputing data. Here is a list of all the softwares and online applications that can assist you to keep track of your finance more efficiently.”
Dax Desai presents 8 Reasons Why the Dollar Will Continue to Fall posted at Dax Desai, saying, “8 Reasons Why the Dollar Will Continue to Fall”. If you are thinking that at $1:Eur1.48 is the bottom, you should be reading this…
Dax Desai presents ETF’s for the Falling Dollar posted at Dax Desai, saying, “ETF’s for the Falling Dollar that will help investors to hedge against the falling dollar.”
Dan-O presents How to Make Real Life Money in the Second Life Virtual World posted at Danogo.com - Discover. Inspiring . Media, saying, “People are making millions of real dollars in the virtual real estate business. Are you missing out on the next Web gold rush?”
Moneywalks presents Road to Success: Calculating your Net Worth posted at moneywalks. You will find all the items that MoneyWalks thinks you should be including in your Net Assets and Liabilities.
John Chow presents Arbitrage from a Non-Arbitrageur posted at John Chow dot Com in a recent post. He explains how you can arbitrage your way to dollars and cents.
Ryan Russell presents Go “Outside The Box†for Great Holiday Gifts posted at My Money Thinks, saying, “For these people (and anyone else), a little creativity and imagination will go a long way when shopping for holiday gifts”. This is a very appropriate way to ’save’ and ‘earn’ this holiday.
Maki presents The Flagship Blog Project: Creating Multiple Blogs for Profit in 30 Day Cycles posted at Dosh Dosh - Making Money Online, saying, “How to create great blogs for year round earning…!” This project will take quite some time to bring to fruition, but it is a sensible way to develop your online business.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of making real money using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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