My earnings this month weren’t bad - just under $400. But for once, I think I’m actually onto something good. I started a new site a couple of months ago - let’s call it Project Grassfed - at the urging of a friend (whose instincts turned out to be wicked smart). The site started out okay, then my friend suggested submitting it to a sort of “cool site of the day” site, and then it … READ MORE

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It’s been way too long since I posted here, and it’s a long story why. Here’s that story.

My earnings in December were very decent. My earnings in January seem to have plummeted, as usual for January. I still have hope for my websites, but about a month ago, I had a better idea. An idea for a bona fide online business. Not just a website, but a website in place of an offline store, selling … READ MORE

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Ever wanted to attend an affiliate marketing conference without the expense and hassle of traveling to it? eComXpo’s got your number - a virtual conference. Oh, but what of the expense of the conference itself, you ask? There, eComXpo’s got your favorite number - $0. It’s totally free.

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Quite some time ago, Google went on a rampage and announced it was evil to sell paid links if they passed on pagerank. They zeroed out several of my websites that sold links while missing the others. I wrote a lot about how this all sucked. Eventually, I removed paid links from two of the zeroed sites and asked Google to reinclude them - which they did, within days. But I left one site … READ MORE

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Last month’s estimate of what I can reliably expect to earn from each of my sites each month was a bit low - I left a couple of income sources out completely, if you can believe that! Also, November brought a couple of my estimates. Here is one a bit closer to reality.

B-2 Bomber: $85
Mai Tai: $35
My various article sites: $48, collectively
Blue Mushrooms: $22, on average
ChillyCool: $21.26
Thin affiliate sites: $0
B-2 Bomber’s Little Friend: … READ MORE

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I’ve been away from this site for a long time. I’ve also not been keeping up with affiliate marketing lately. I have missed you guys and this site, though. More on all this later.

My earnings for October jumped because suddenly people bought ads directly from me on a couple of sites. This was totally unexpected, given the way the economy’s going and all the reports on Wall Street that the only ad broker doing well … READ MORE

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I’ve been hard at work with my sites, and one thing that’s fallen by the wayside is keeping up with the internet marketing blogosphere. I have no idea what’s going on these days, and I haven’t even found time to come in here to post. That is hopefully about to change.

Last year, I was within site of making $400/month, and then text link ads tanked and so did my earnings. It wasn’t that I was … READ MORE

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I’ve recently become too busy to write for this site much because several of my other sites have taken off recently, and when you suddenly get busy running popular sites, it’s a bit difficult to find time to update your less popular sites.

But there’s one thing you should know, and that is the reason my sites have taken off: I exorcised internet marketing theory from my brain and went back to offline advertising basics. Here’s … READ MORE

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After my recent surges of traffic to Project B-2 Bomber, Project Mai Tai got a delicious inbound that sent thousands of new visitors. A month ago, I had only one site that was above 10k and struggling to hit the 15k mark. Now I have Mai Tai over the 15k mark (up from around 8k) and B-2 closing in on… drumroll please… 50k uniques per month. These are not AwStats numbers, either. These … READ MORE

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I’m thinking about selling this site and/or ChillyCool. No, seriously.

The traffic for B-2 Bomber quadrupled last month, and it took up every minute I had, because suddenly there were such opportunities for striking while the iron was hot, and every one of those opportunities I took paid off. The traffic gains doubled the site’s monthly income - which is not much, but then that site isn’t destined to make money by selling ad space. … READ MORE

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