Earnosphere: Week Ending 15/12/07

16. Dec 2007 | 6 Comments

It’s that time of the week again, a number of readers have requested a link building guide for PHPbay Pro Sites so that’s coming up next week (it’s almost done). I’ve also had to remove the keyword lists as they were in violation of the Wordze TOS, so I’m going to have to pull future keyword information from a few different sources.

The last poll was interesting too. 29% of the voters thought that Monthly Revenue or Traffic figures are the best way to value a blog. I’d be inclined to go with Yearly Revenue though as this takes consistency into account, there’s no point paying 12k for a blog that’s only made 1k for the last month only when it’s made buttons before that. However, I do also agree that other factors should also attribute to the value (i.e. RSS, Email Lists & Traffic Numbers).

It’s also that time of the year, people are posting less & gearing up for the final push into Christmas. So Making Money related posts are becoming few & far between, but I’ve mixed things up a bit this week:

I really enjoyed this video by the Legendary Warren Buffet on the Key Points to Success.
SEO Book’s Keyword Tool now has International Data (by plugging into the Wordtracker API).
Maki at Dosh Dosh outlines 16 Different Types of Website you can Build to Make Money (there’s quite a considerable few that’s been left off this list, but perhaps we’ll go into that in another post).
Bruce Clays Blog shows some Practical Tips to Increase Landing Page Conversion Rates using Marketing Sherpa’s Data (If you don’t buy their reports you’re seriously missing out).
If you’ve been using Yet Another Content Generator a YACG Mass Installer has just been released to increase your output (I personally haven’t dabbled with this, but I’ve heard good reports).
Eli over at Blue Hat SEO has been taking Questions this week on his SEO Empire series of posts. Worth reading if you have a spare 15 minutes.
And finally, Copyblogger highlights 58 Offers that will Increase your Profits & Boost Enquiries.

This weeks poll requires a little more brain power than normal so let’s see what you got:

If I handed you a new site, $300 & told you to promote it what would you do first?

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6 Comments on "Earnosphere: Week Ending 15/12/07"

Ghillie Suit 16. Dec 2007, 5:43 pm

I started my site campaign using blogs, then PPC.

Ghillie Suit 16. Dec 2007, 5:46 pm

Oops, I forgot to mention that I voted for “Use Free Promotion.” I only started spending money on PPC after my blog was up and I had submitted 4 articles to free article sites. I then used a blog contest to generate traffic to the blog.

Smart websites make money 17. Dec 2007, 11:51 pm

The linkbait would be the most desirable just that it is not easy to do this. It requires brains

Bob Angus 18. Dec 2007, 3:40 am

I voted linkbait as the first action. Spending on content was a close second. I’ve always felt that the content has to be there first, then utilize the other methods for the major boost.

Make money blogging 23. Dec 2007, 8:29 am

I voted for creative linkbaiting. The content itself is what will give you stickability. Ultimately, that’s what makes a site a success, nothing else.

paulette 22. Jan 2008, 7:11 am

In my opinion traffic alone cannot be judge a good blog. Some interactions mayprove that it is worth reading. Sometimes keywords also increase visits.