Make an Easy $20/day+ with Adsense

So how better to kick off the new blog design than to get right back into earning. I’ve been using this technique for about 18 months with great success, it’s a great side earner for me.

BTW, I plan to reorganising all my categories into static pages about each topic. So for example the Arbitrage category should hopefully end up being a static page with info & tips about Arbitrage then the posts contained within the category so watch out for that!

Anyway, lets get started.

This technique feeds off peoples urge to see wierd & amazing photos or stories. The kind that make it to the front page of Digg or get Stumbled for weeks on end. The technique is fairly simple.

Register a brand new domain, make it catchy. I.e. damnthatsamazing.com

Get a host that offers DECENT bandwidth. We’re mostly going to be concentrating on pictures & images so you’ll need this. I recommend Dreamhost for this, dirt cheap & their bandwidth increases per week. I’ve got one account with them that now has over 3TB of bandwidth & I use A LOT of it.

Set up the site however you like. I normally use wordpress as I’ve got a set template I like to use that I can set up fast. If you’re using Wordpress make sure to use these tweaks to Speed up Wordpress. This will ensure that the site doesn’t die from MYSQL overload when the traffic takes off. Also apply my permalink adsense tweak for better targeting.

Now that you’ve got your template set up & you’ve tweaked everything it’s now time to add Adsense. I always add adsense to the very bottom of the post. Personally I’ve found that 468×60 works the best for me since it’s less invasive than the 338×280 however I always recommend tweaking & testing as much as possible.

Now it’s time for the content. This is the fun part. I always have loads of fun with these sites. You can be REALLY creative, rather different from the creativity needed for Earners Blog to attract attention. The easiest way to get good ideas is to search Digg for a particular keyword then sort the searches by “Most Diggs” you can also check Stumbleupon for the items that have had the “Most Stumbles.” You’ll start to notice a pattern. A lot of the popular sites are mainly pictures & funny images with the odd wierd story thrown in there.

Simply take some of the top posts & create your own take on them. So for example The Craziest Urinals from around the world, go onto Flickr & expand on the post by creating a huge collection of “Wierd Urinals from around the world” even bigger than the one that made it onto the Digg front page. Quite often Diggers will digg the same story or variations of the story twice, even three or four times without realising it.

You can also research your own stories, but pictures are too easy to get traffic from (aside from the bandwidth issues,. especially if you find some really wierd or “out there” ones. Submit the story to Digg & Stumbleupon. You can exchange Stumbles from Stumblexhange & Diggs from Diggxchange. Always remember to create a NEW account when trying either or those services out. Read my post about becoming a Digg Power User for more tips. Also make sure to include a stumbleupon link & a digg this links at the bottom of each post.

If the story takes off you should start seeing traffic fly in. Pictures are also very very linkable content so you’ll start to see loads of links from blogs & other sites referencing the posts. To give you an idea, I had a story hit the Digg front page two weeks ago which resulted in 1,081 unique links to that page. Quite impressive. You may want to check out how to deal with hotlinkers to conserve bandwidth.

If you make an exciting post like this twice a week you’ll start to build up a nice readership & the adsense money should quickly creep up to $20/$30 per day within about 2 weeks. Easy, you’ll be able to Shop Online to your hearts content.