Easiest Way To Monetize Your Blog

There are many ways to monetize your blog even if you are using free platform such as blogspot. It doesn’t matter what platform you use. Monetizing can be done anywhere. For instance, google adsense allows you to put their ads no matter what are your blog ranking or what platform do you use.

However, the monetizing method can be very limited for new user even for paid host blogs. It really doesn’t matter because you can still do it slowly. No one ever said that blogging is a get-quick-rich scheme program. Start slowly and you will be rewarded for your patience.

Below is a few monetizing methods that you can use. For some of you who know a bit about monetizing a blog, you may notice that I didn’t mention some of them. That is because below are used by baby blogs which means the blogs are still new and they still don’t rank well and have low visitors. 

Google Adsense

If you don’t know about Google Adsense, you might have living under the rock for a while. This is a common and the easiest method to monetize your blog. All you need to do is register with Google and you can access Google Adsense immediately.

Google Adsense is a Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising. To use Google Adsense, you can log in to your Google Adsense account, copy and paste the html given and post it in your blog. Whenever visitors come to your blog and click your ads, you will get paid. The range of payment is from $0.01-$3.00.

The payment range can change according to the advertiser. To cash out your payment, you will need to reach $100.00. Payment will be made using checks.

Click here to register with Google Adsense

Infolinks

I think this is the best ad network available, at least according to my own opinion. Infolinks create link ads within your blog post. The links will be underlined in any color that you choose. When you hover over the link, an ad will appear. They also have banner ads and categories ads. 

Infolinks claim that they are the highest payee for publishers. I don’t know if this claim is true. All I know about is I’m going to make money out of it. I am still new with Infolinks so I don’t have much to tell. You can check it out yourself.

By the way, this blogspot blog is not approved by Infolinks. I only add Infolinks to my wordpress blog which is a paid domain. Don’t worry about this. I have seen Infolinks on other free blog platform. Blogs are easily can be accepted into their ad network. Maybe there are some content on this blog that they don’t like. 

Click here to register with Infolinks

Bidvertiser 

This is also one of my favorite. I like how they manage the page and ads settings. It’s like looking at Google Adsense page with a better version. You can register as publisher, advertiser or affiliate but you can have all in one account.

Bidvertiser is like Google Adsense. They have the same format and methods of advertisement. But one thing I don’t like is the ad setting. If you put more than one ad on your blog, the template of the blog is the same. You can’t customize it differently.

Monetize your Website or Blog with BidVertiser

Chitika

This ad network works depending on searches. They have banners with the searches that you made using the search engine, usually question based searches. If the visitor clicks on your link and came to your website, they will see the question they search is on the ad itself. Link ads also available.

Payment is still the same thing. It requires visitors to click on the ad before they pay you. Chitika is also easy to manage and their dashboard is simple enough for you to make your own settings. They also have website traffic graph for your convenience. 

Adf.ly

I don’t think that everyone likes Adf.ly kind of method in monetizing. But I wrote them here because it is easy to use. Adf.ly is link ads just like Chitika and Infolinks. With Adf.ly there are no ads when you hover over the links. Visitors have to click on the link themselves for you to get paid. 

This is easy money because all you need to do is put a link on your blog. Most people use important links for people to click on it. But the payment is not a satisfaction. One click is worth like $0.0005. 

Click here to register with Adf.ly

Conclusion

I know that you are thinking that there are other monetizing methods that pay higher. You are right but those methods are for professional bloggers that requires your blog to rank high. For instance, Review Me. They won’t accept your blog if it is still new and have a few visitors per month. 

That is why I only recommend the above method for you to try. It is a bit slow but please be patient. Everyone that succeeds already feel what you feel now. It’s up to you if you want to be like them or to give up.

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How To Start Blogging From Scratch

Before you start blogging, I guess that there are a lot of things in your mind bugging you. People always worried about costs, research, keywords and so on. These things are normal. Sometimes it feels like getting married for the first time. I was like that before and I even think too much.

Let me tell you this, most people don’t even know how to start including myself. I thought what do I have to do? Should I do this or do that? It seems small but a lot of internet marketing gurus don’t care about the starting point where it is the most important step in starting an internet business. 

The first step is important because that what makes you start and if you don’t know what to do, it can paralyze your step for a while. People need guidance from successful people. They need to imitate what others do before starting to do it themselves. 

What I want to share with you today is about the product that helps me going through those ‘big steps’. The first time I started blogging, I bought this product and I think that this product is one of the best products when you want to start blogging.

It is called Blogging With JohnChow. I don’t know who John Chow was but I find him around the internet when you search something about making money online. I have read that his website Johnchow.com was penalize by google a few years back and he is not on the front page of google anymore.

I also have been to his blog and became a regular reader because I like how he teaches us new bloggers on how to blog and I also like his explanation on things. He uses simple English like mine here because both of us don’t use English as our first language (I think mine is worse). 

John Chow himself now is one of the successful internet marketers in the internet world. His ebook, BloggingWith John Chow shows that how does he started blogging and now he shares it with us. This is not the best book available online but in my opinion it is the best for newbies to start up their blog.

Advantages of Blogging With JohnChow

The best thing about this ebook is the thirty days action plan to follow. You will be given a thirty days plan about what you need to do from the first day until day thirty. It’s a to-do list. Don’t worry because it is simple and easy to follow.

You will be given nine modules for you to read and understand about blogging and other things that you can do with your blog such as making money from it. There is another one bonus module for you called ‘Automation Empire Module’ is where John Chow reveal some secret and ‘tricks’ about his success.

You don’t have to worry because there is no black hat tactics in this ebook. This ebook even can’t be copied because you only can access it online. I think this is for copyright purpose and I don’t have a problem with that. Nobody wants to get scammed, right?

Bonus

If you buy Blogging With John Chow, you will be given a few bonus. When I look at this bonus, I think it is for the convenience for us to start up a blog. I don’t want to share what is the bonus. You have to buy the ebook yourself for you to find out.

Disadvantages

One thing that disappoints me is the module part. I think it is too simple and short.  Maybe John Chow himself doesn’t want us to get information overload or it’s only just me who wants some more. It is really fun to read and entertaining too.

The second thing that I don’t like is the bonus part. It is rewarding if you have the right niche but for me, I couldn’t find my niche there. Because of this, I don’t feel that I have the bonus. Make sure you have a common niche with high demand before purchasing the ebook.

This ebook is for total beginner and intermediate level. If you think you are good enough and have started blogging before, this book is not for you.

Overall

As conclusion from reading the whole ebook and follows what it tells me, it is the best ebook that I can find that really can help you get started. I know how a beginner feel and think. That is why I recommend you to purchase this ebook for your own convenience. 

Some of you might think, there is no way an ebook would tell me how to start from scratch. Well, this ebook does. It has step by step guide for you to follow for each day. This ebook is quite cheap for the quality it gives and it is a value for money product.

Bonus Technical Videos

I think I will pass to make a review on this but I think I should share it here briefly. John Chow also have video collections about blogging technical stuff such as setting up the blog for yourself. It’s kind of do-it-yourself video. It is called Wp Blog Videos -Step-by-step Blogging Tutorials.

The collection is over 100 videos of setting up your blog. This video collection is not sold with Blogging WithJohn Chow. It is sold separately. 

Product Name: Blogging With John Chow

Type: Online Ebook

Price: $37.00

Rating: 4 star

Product Name: Wp Blog Videos -Step-by-step Blogging Tutorials

Type: Video format

Price:  $97.00 (A lifetime access)

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I Make Money From Blogging At Blogspot

Usually we heard or read about making money online using wordpress but what I get here is a very different effect. In my situation, I get more money by using this free blogspot platform. I have my own domain name but it doesn’t look very good, in the case of making money.

Actually this doesn’t look good for my wordpress blog. Even if I make money with blogspot, I shouldn’t feel comfortable with it. It is because blogspot is a free platform and it can be shut down by Google at any time without my concern. The blog is not fully mine. 

Don’t get too excited knowing that you can make money out from a free platform like being told here. It is not something shocking or interesting as it sounds. This is quite normal for some cases like mine. There are a few reasons why this is happening.

Here are a few things that you should know if your free platform blog is making more money than your own domain name:

Your blog’s age

How long does your blog are live on the internet will determine how many visitors you have. The longer the age, the better it will get to be well-known. A new blog will take its time to be ranked on the search engine.

In my case, my blogspot blog are older than my new wordpress blog. I got a lot of visitors every day and got some sale from my affiliate links. However, free website platform have bad adsense clicks. People don’t really trust a free platform blog’s ads. 

Affiliate links are a different story. You still can make money of it if you give an honest review about any product that you sell. The best thing to do before selling any product is to buy and use them first. By doing this, you already experienced the product yourself and you can tell if the product is good or bad. 

Your blog’s topic

What is your blog topic can also affect your earnings. This blogspot blog is mostly about technical stuff, blogging and reviews. People love reviews especially an honest one. Don’t try to lie in your review because people will know about it.

My wordpress blog is more about lifestyle and physical products. I don’t say that physical products are not good but it takes time. This blog also take its time to develop. I also have little visitors at my wordpress blog and I can’t get my blog registered at a few affiliate websites because of this.

Your product choices

Blogging about blogs have tremendous amount of product. You can choose which one that you think is best for your visitors. That is why people love product reviews. They want to know if you already try the product or not. The product doesn’t have to be good. If it’s bad, write it in your review. Your readers will also appreciate your point of view.

If you never try the product, do not write a review about it. You don’t even know what you are writing about. If you duplicate your content, you can get in trouble with the original reviewer. But in most cases, I don’t find anywhere in the internet about duplicate review for content.

Conclusion

No matter how much you find it is interesting that you can make money from a free website platform, don’t rely too much on it. It is not a stable business to start with. This blogspot blog that I have here is from my assignment and I continue to update it because I have my personal notes here.

It is not impossible to make money with a blogspot blog but it won’t go anywhere. When Google shut it down, that’s the end of the world for you. My advice, if you don’t want to wait to get visitors, buy a blog at Flippa.

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Can't Preview Blog and Blog Post Using Wordpress

When I first started my new blog, I was surprised that WordPress has been changing a lot. Maybe because they wanted it to be user friendly and going with the flow of trends. I had to start slowly because there are some new features and the pluggins are also new.

The first thing that I wanted to do is to add the 'www' in front of my domain name so I change the setting of my blog and add the 'www'. After I done this, I can't seem to preview my blog and also my post. To tell you the truth, I felt like an idiot after doing this.

I don't know what's going on with the blog. I even contacted HostGator and the went to Bluthemes (my theme) forum to check what is the problem. I was suspecting the theme was faulty because it was cheap. Then I tried to change the theme with WordPress default theme but the problem was still occuring.

I surf around the net to find some solutions for these and I found a few methods. I tried them all until I find out that the problem was caused by adding the 'www'. After removing the 'www' my blog returns to normal. Such small matter can change the whole blog.

From what that I understand about the domain name, you got what you pay for. If you didn't put the 'www' when purchasing your domain name, you can't change it anymore. You can try to change it in WordPress instead but it will ruin your blog (can't be seen).

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Wordpress Website Crashes After Changing Permalinks Style

If you are familiar with Wordpress, you will know that people loves to change how the permalinks looks like. This is actually good for the search engine. The first time you install Wordpress on your blog or website, the default setting for the permalink ends with numbers.

Hello! Its been a long time since last update. I've been busy studying for my exams and now the final exams has finally ended. Such a big relieve to my brain chemicals :). I intended to do my best updating this blog from the updates and technical stuff that I've learn from my other blog so I can remember back on how to create a wordpress blog.

I was going to post on this technical stuff about permalinks a long time ago but I really don't have the time to do it. I can't even write a simple post because of the limited time I had. Finally I'm here and it is really exiting to be back to the blogging world.

Permalinks can change how search engine search your site

Ok, back to the main topic. This is a stupid error that I did that can make a website crashes or having Internal Server Error. All because a small error in the html and the bizarre thing is, the html itself is created by Wordpress. How funny this can be.


Original default setting:

http://casually-asian.com/?p=123

Change to:

 http://casually-asian.com/sample-post

In order to do this, go to Settings and click on Permalinks on the drop down menu. You will see a few options on how you want your permalinks look like. Click on which one you desire and Wordpress will automatically create a custom html for you to edit the .htaccess file yourself because the settings cannot be change automatically.

This is where I made a terrible mistake. I don't know who's mistake it is actually because I did not create the html. I delete the entire content inside the .htaccess file and paste the new html which supposed to change the permalink style. The website crashes and I have to contact Hostgator for their assist.

Below is the solution made by Hostgator. A simple but highly effective solution :)

The version that I copy and paste (causing error):

[root@gator3268 /home3/name/public_html]# head -n 10 .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule># BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache

The changes made by Hostgator:

[root@gator3268 /home3/bebert/public_html]# head -n 10 .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache

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Fontello Social Icon Don't Load Using Firefox (Wordpress)

In my previous post, I have mentioned that I encountered a few problems with my new website Casually-Asian. One of the problem is the social icon just don't load in Firefox. Finally, the webmaster give me a solution for the problem after he search around in the internet.

I'm still wondering why would  the theme webmaster search the internet for solution. The theme was supposed to be owned by him LOL. Or maybe he is just selling the theme made by someone else. The theme cost $40 in ThemeForest and it is called Bliss by Bluth.

At first, I thought that I screw up with the installation. What I did to configure out the solution was I reset everything starting with the webhosting to the Wordpress installation. I contact my webhost support service via email and reset everything. I was lucky I don't have any post yet at the blog.

For anyone who encountered this problem, forget that, it is not the solution. The solution is simple enough. Add a few codes in the the .htaccess file in your root folder. Below is the solution given to me:

1. Log in to your Hostgator cpanel

2. Find your File Manager and click it

3. On the pop up menu select Web Root (public_html/www) and select Show Hidden Files (dotfiles) and click Go.

4. On the left side, you will see a directory. Look for public_html with the world icon. Single click on it and the menu will appear at the next panel on the right.

5. Look for .htaccess, single click on it and click edit at the menu on top. A popup menu will appear and just click edit.

6. Another browser will opened and you will see a few codes in it. Add the following codes below the existing codes:

<filesmatch "\.(ttf|ttc|otf|eot|woff)$"> <ifmodule mod_headers.c> Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*" </IfModule> </FilesMatch>  

7. Click save and you are good to go.

The social icon is now can be viewed

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