Comments on: Blogging For Money :: February 2008

By: Blogging For Money :: March 2008 » Derek Semmler dot com

Blogging For Money :: March 2008 » Derek Semmler dot com — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:53:38 +0000

[...] The challenge that I set forth for myself in March was to reach a new all-time high in terms of blog earnings. While I fell short of that goal by less than $40.00, I am happy to say that I surpassed my numbers from last month. [...]

By: Want A New Way To Monetize Your Blog? » Derek Semmler dot com

Want A New Way To Monetize Your Blog? » Derek Semmler dot com — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:39:28 +0000

[...] I first began my journey towards blogging for money, I was guilty of the “one trick pony” mentality and was only using Google [...]

By: derek

derek — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:49:19 +0000

@Lisa :: Thanks, it is absolutely still possible to make money so don’t give up! Glad to see you stop by.

@SN :: Thanks for the well wishes, when I get to $1000 per month there will surely be a contest to share some of that with the readers.

@Brewster :: Thanks, I’m looking forward to how you are doing with the ads!

@PF :: Are those 500 uniques per day according to something like Google Analytics or your webhost stats? The reason that I ask is many of the stat packages in hosting accounts have inflated numbers. According to GA, my sites get much less than 500 uniques per day so huge traffic isn’t needed to generate money. I’ll be taking a look at your site, always happy to see another PF site.

By: Personal Finance

Personal Finance — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:30:44 +0000

I would like to know how much traffic you are getting to make this much money.

I just started and one of my posts got popular via stumble upon. So i have average like 500 uniques per day, yet I am not making any money. A grand total of $.22. Please email me or reply to this post if you have any tips for me to better monetize my site.

Thanks so much,
David Carter

By: Brewster

Brewster — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:21:36 +0000

Looks like you’re doing great with the earnings from your blog. It’s always nice to hear of people doing well in this area and quite inspiring. I’ve just published some ads on my blog, so I’ll probably be posting some numbers in a months time.

By: Social Networking

Social Networking — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:06:50 +0000

Derek, first of all I congratulate to you for earning this much amount.
I wish that you will get $1000+ on this month. But, don’t forget to give some to me. hahhh hehahhh

By: Lisa Marie Mary

Lisa Marie Mary — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:27:20 +0000

Derek – It’s nice to hear of your earnings last month – almost like a breath of fresh air! For real! I’ve hardly earned anything in the last few months – so I’m so happy to see that it is still possible. You give me hope to keep going!

And I wanted to say, “Happy Blogiversary!!” too – but, on another post, since I don’t need any more hosting right now. Congrats – and I’m glad to know you! I can’t wait to see the changes to your eMoms blog – I’m excited about it!

By: derek

derek — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:56:07 +0000

@Nicole :: The lack of results from PPP is more because I just haven’t done anything with them. The opportunities are there, although more and more require a positive tone which I don’t accept as I don’t want to be swayed in my opinions just for the money.

@HRS :: Thanks for the support!

@Goyin :: I’ve been penalized on one blog and not on another, but I don’t have any plans to cower to Google and remove it from my sites. Maybe that will bite me in the end, time will tell.

@Damien :: Thanks!

@Ling :: There aren’t really any secrets that I have regarding TLA other than having a niche that is attractive to advertisers.

@Eva :: I would say that PPP is worth pursuing. There is a risk of being dinged by Google as PPP seems to be on their shit list as well, but there is the opportunity to make a decent amount with them. My lack of earnings is more a result of not pursuing opportunities as opposed to the service not being worthwhile.

By: Eva White

Eva White — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:46:45 +0000

Congrats Derek on the progress. I too have signed for Pay Per Post, waiting for it to get approved. But after seeing your stats, I’m wondering now……should I go ahead with it or not.

By: Ling

Ling — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:40:16 +0000

Most everyone on the net makes peanuts. But your earnings are pretty good. And it’s really interesting to see your income from TextLinkAds. Is there something we should know about how to maximize the income from them?