How I Gained 3,500 Subscribers in 12 Months

How I Gained 3,500 Subscribers in 12 Months

This is a guest post by Henri Juntila. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.

I started in December 2009 and by December 2010 I had 3,500 subscribers. And that includes a 6 month period where I lived in Spain and spent most of my time learning Spanish.

Today I have over 4,500 subscribers and growing fast. I use a very simple strategy to grow my blog. It’s very common, but I take massive action, and I get big results.

You see, building a successful blog with thousands of subscribers is not hard if you focus on the right strategies and take massive action.

In order for results to come, you have to have a clear mind, be motivated and know exactly how to turn visitors into subscribers.

And that is exactly what I will show you how to do in this article.

Step #1: Clarity

Before you start your blog, you have to have a clear goal of what you want to accomplish.

Do you want to make a part time living online?

Or do you just want to build a popular blog with thousands of subscribers?

One of the biggest reasons blogger’s fail is because they do not know where they are going. When you set a target, you can track your progress and make adjustments along the way.

For example, if you want to build a popular blog, the first target you might want to have is 1,000 subscribers.

Now, if you aren’t seeing steady growth in the amount of subscribers you have, you have to adjust your strategy, and the more you do this, the more likely you are to be successful.

Successful blogger’s are persistent and patient. They know that there are no quick-fixes or magic bullets. It takes hard work to build a blog, but once you gain momentum, you become unstoppable.

When I started my blog, I knew I wanted to write about personal development, but I also wanted to mix in business.

I’ll be honest and say that I wasn’t as clear as I should have been when I started, which in turn led to losing motivation six months in.

Luckily, I kept writing until I became clear about what I wanted to achieve. Sometimes the only thing you can do is take action, even if you have no idea where you want to go.

Step #2: Sign-Up Bonus (i.e. Bribe)

One of the first things I did when I started my blog was to create a sign-up bonus that subscribers get when they sign-up to my e-mail list.

One of the best ways to turn new visitors into loyal subscribers is to make your sign-up bonus easy to digest, but valuable.

It can be a short report on the common mistakes people make in your particular niche, or it could be a few tips on how to become a raging success.

The main point is to make it something irresistible. The more you can do that, the more likely someone is to sign-up to your e-mail list.

You also should make a sign-up bonus relevant to your content. This is a no-brainer, but it is something I see new bloggers do over and over again. They completely fail in the area of relevancy.

If you have a blog about cooking, you should probably have a report on one aspect of cooking. I even made this mistake myself and changed my sign-up bonus back to my original one not too long ago.

Since changing back, my email sign-ups have again increased dramatically and all is well on the Cloud.

I grew my blog from 0 to 1,012 subscribers in 101 days and then to 3,500 subscribers in 365 days. And I did it with one strategy: guest posting.

You do not have to use any other strategy to grow your blog other than guest posting. Guest posting gives you links, connections, exposure, and traffic.

I made the decision early on to become excellent at guest posting. I wrote close to 50 guest posts during the first few months of my blog, and the payoff was sweet.

Guest posting was one of the main reasons that I was able to grow so fast. The only mistake I made was to let my fears take over and avoid guest posting on bigger blogs.

I mostly stuck to smaller blogs, because it was much easier. Even though I focused almost exclusively on small to middling blogs, I did very well, my blog grew fast, and you can do the same.

You don’t have to learn countless traffic generation strategies. You only have to learn guest posting. Get good at writing guest posts and you will never have to worry about anything again.

Step #4: Bold Action

When I started my blog, I was determined to succeed. I knew I was going to face obstacles, problems, and challenges on my way to building a popular blog, but I knew I was going to get through them.

I was prepared to fail and make mistakes, but I was not ready to give up.

When you start anything new, you have to be willing to pay the price for success. If you want to build a successful blog or a profitable online business, you will have to learn new things, make mistakes, get out of your comfort zone, and put in a lot of work.

That’s just the truth of how things work. Most people start blogs because they think it’s a quick way to make money.

The truth is that there are no quick ways to become a success, or make a lot of money. Sure, there are exceptions, but long-term success always comes from hard work.

One of the main reasons I’ve come this far and not quit, even though my motivation tanked at one point, is because I’m doing something I love, which brings me to the last step: passion.

Step #5: Passion

If you want to create a popular blog, make sure it’s something you love doing.

By going after your passion, you will be happy to blog even if you aren’t making money right away, and even if you don’t have thousands of subscribers tomorrow.

When you do something you love, you naturally attract people into your life that also like the topic you’re talking about.

On the other hand, if you’re just doing something to make money, it will destroy your soul and the likelihood that you will give up at the first sign of trouble is much, much higher.

Whatever you do, make sure you’re doing something you enjoy doing. You don’t have to know exactly how you’re going to build a successful blog, because when you’re fired up with passion, you will get there sooner or later if you do not give up.

Action Steps

With all that said, I want to leave you with a summary of what we’ve gone through in this article.

If you want to build a wildly successful blog, follow these action steps:

    Become clear about your goal. What do you really want

    Find a topic you’re interested and/or passionate about.

    Create a mouth-watering sign-up offer that gets people to subscribe.

    Get really, really good at guest posting and do it often.

    Take massive action, even if you’re scared or don’t know what to do.

That’s as simple as I can make it. We tend to over-complicate, but in reality, every success is built one step at a time, one day at a time.

If you want a popular blog, you can do it, but only if you’re determined to make it happen.

Makes Your World HappyyYYY...

How I Gained 3,500 Subscribers in 12 Months

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How I Gained 3,500 Subscribers in 12 Months

This is a guest post by Henri Juntila. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.

I started in December 2009 and by December 2010 I had 3,500 subscribers. And that includes a 6 month period where I lived in Spain and spent most of my time learning Spanish.

Today I have over 4,500 subscribers and growing fast. I use a very simple strategy to grow my blog. It’s very common, but I take massive action, and I get big results.

You see, building a successful blog with thousands of subscribers is not hard if you focus on the right strategies and take massive action.

In order for results to come, you have to have a clear mind, be motivated and know exactly how to turn visitors into subscribers.

And that is exactly what I will show you how to do in this article.

Step #1: Clarity

Before you start your blog, you have to have a clear goal of what you want to accomplish.

Do you want to make a part time living online?

Or do you just want to build a popular blog with thousands of subscribers?

One of the biggest reasons blogger’s fail is because they do not know where they are going. When you set a target, you can track your progress and make adjustments along the way.

For example, if you want to build a popular blog, the first target you might want to have is 1,000 subscribers.

Now, if you aren’t seeing steady growth in the amount of subscribers you have, you have to adjust your strategy, and the more you do this, the more likely you are to be successful.

Successful blogger’s are persistent and patient. They know that there are no quick-fixes or magic bullets. It takes hard work to build a blog, but once you gain momentum, you become unstoppable.

When I started my blog, I knew I wanted to write about personal development, but I also wanted to mix in business.

I’ll be honest and say that I wasn’t as clear as I should have been when I started, which in turn led to losing motivation six months in.

Luckily, I kept writing until I became clear about what I wanted to achieve. Sometimes the only thing you can do is take action, even if you have no idea where you want to go.

Step #2: Sign-Up Bonus (i.e. Bribe)

One of the first things I did when I started my blog was to create a sign-up bonus that subscribers get when they sign-up to my e-mail list.

One of the best ways to turn new visitors into loyal subscribers is to make your sign-up bonus easy to digest, but valuable.

It can be a short report on the common mistakes people make in your particular niche, or it could be a few tips on how to become a raging success.

The main point is to make it something irresistible. The more you can do that, the more likely someone is to sign-up to your e-mail list.

You also should make a sign-up bonus relevant to your content. This is a no-brainer, but it is something I see new bloggers do over and over again. They completely fail in the area of relevancy.

If you have a blog about cooking, you should probably have a report on one aspect of cooking. I even made this mistake myself and changed my sign-up bonus back to my original one not too long ago.

Since changing back, my email sign-ups have again increased dramatically and all is well on the Cloud.

I grew my blog from 0 to 1,012 subscribers in 101 days and then to 3,500 subscribers in 365 days. And I did it with one strategy: guest posting.

You do not have to use any other strategy to grow your blog other than guest posting. Guest posting gives you links, connections, exposure, and traffic.

I made the decision early on to become excellent at guest posting. I wrote close to 50 guest posts during the first few months of my blog, and the payoff was sweet.

Guest posting was one of the main reasons that I was able to grow so fast. The only mistake I made was to let my fears take over and avoid guest posting on bigger blogs.

I mostly stuck to smaller blogs, because it was much easier. Even though I focused almost exclusively on small to middling blogs, I did very well, my blog grew fast, and you can do the same.

You don’t have to learn countless traffic generation strategies. You only have to learn guest posting. Get good at writing guest posts and you will never have to worry about anything again.

Step #4: Bold Action

When I started my blog, I was determined to succeed. I knew I was going to face obstacles, problems, and challenges on my way to building a popular blog, but I knew I was going to get through them.

I was prepared to fail and make mistakes, but I was not ready to give up.

When you start anything new, you have to be willing to pay the price for success. If you want to build a successful blog or a profitable online business, you will have to learn new things, make mistakes, get out of your comfort zone, and put in a lot of work.

That’s just the truth of how things work. Most people start blogs because they think it’s a quick way to make money.

The truth is that there are no quick ways to become a success, or make a lot of money. Sure, there are exceptions, but long-term success always comes from hard work.

One of the main reasons I’ve come this far and not quit, even though my motivation tanked at one point, is because I’m doing something I love, which brings me to the last step: passion.

Step #5: Passion

If you want to create a popular blog, make sure it’s something you love doing.

By going after your passion, you will be happy to blog even if you aren’t making money right away, and even if you don’t have thousands of subscribers tomorrow.

When you do something you love, you naturally attract people into your life that also like the topic you’re talking about.

On the other hand, if you’re just doing something to make money, it will destroy your soul and the likelihood that you will give up at the first sign of trouble is much, much higher.

Whatever you do, make sure you’re doing something you enjoy doing. You don’t have to know exactly how you’re going to build a successful blog, because when you’re fired up with passion, you will get there sooner or later if you do not give up.

Action Steps

With all that said, I want to leave you with a summary of what we’ve gone through in this article.

If you want to build a wildly successful blog, follow these action steps:

    Become clear about your goal. What do you really want

    Find a topic you’re interested and/or passionate about.

    Create a mouth-watering sign-up offer that gets people to subscribe.

    Get really, really good at guest posting and do it often.

    Take massive action, even if you’re scared or don’t know what to do.

That’s as simple as I can make it. We tend to over-complicate, but in reality, every success is built one step at a time, one day at a time.

If you want a popular blog, you can do it, but only if you’re determined to make it happen.

Makes Your World HappyyYYY...

What Is Success....?

What Is Success....?

This past weekend I was browsing through my RSS reader, and I came across an interesting post titled What is success? Impact.

The author is basically questioning what should be considered success (on a professional level), and he comes to the conclusion that success should be measured as the positive impact his work will have upon the lives of other people.

The article caught my attention because I have the exact same opinion.

Obviously I don’t think there is right or wrong as to how we define success. The term itself is a subjective thing, so what success means to you might be different from what it means to me or other people, and this is perfectly fine.

That being said, I think it is useful to discuss about such definitions, because it helps us to analyze whether or not we are moving in the right direction.

For example, most people tend to equate success with money. That is, the more money you make, the more successful you are. But under this definition one could argue that a drug dealer who makes millions of dollars annually is a very successful person. I don’t agree with this. I could give you that such drug dealer is a savvy businessman, but I wouldn’t call him successful, because the impact he has on the life of other people is actually a very negative one. The same thing could be said about online spammers, scammers and so on.

Now take Linus Torvalds as another example. He is the founder of the Linux movement, which created one of the most successful open source projects to date, and enabled millions of people to use a free and very reliable operating system. I am not sure how rich he is, but even if he was broke I would call him a successful person, because he had a huge impact on the lives of people from around the world.

Note that these things are not mutually exclusive either. In other words, it is possible to make a lot of money and have a positive impact in the lives of many people at the same time (and often times they go together). Just think about Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page and Sergei Brin.

But, I suspect that these folks were first and foremost motivated by the possibility of making something big that would impact many people. As Steve Jobs say, by the possibility of putting a dent in the universe. Sure, they were no philanthropists, so the money was welcome too, but I don’t think it was the only nor the main thing they were pursuing.

Which leads us to one question: are you working to make as much money as possible, or to make as big an impact as possible?

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What Is Success....?

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What Is Success....?

This past weekend I was browsing through my RSS reader, and I came across an interesting post titled What is success? Impact.

The author is basically questioning what should be considered success (on a professional level), and he comes to the conclusion that success should be measured as the positive impact his work will have upon the lives of other people.

The article caught my attention because I have the exact same opinion.

Obviously I don’t think there is right or wrong as to how we define success. The term itself is a subjective thing, so what success means to you might be different from what it means to me or other people, and this is perfectly fine.

That being said, I think it is useful to discuss about such definitions, because it helps us to analyze whether or not we are moving in the right direction.

For example, most people tend to equate success with money. That is, the more money you make, the more successful you are. But under this definition one could argue that a drug dealer who makes millions of dollars annually is a very successful person. I don’t agree with this. I could give you that such drug dealer is a savvy businessman, but I wouldn’t call him successful, because the impact he has on the life of other people is actually a very negative one. The same thing could be said about online spammers, scammers and so on.

Now take Linus Torvalds as another example. He is the founder of the Linux movement, which created one of the most successful open source projects to date, and enabled millions of people to use a free and very reliable operating system. I am not sure how rich he is, but even if he was broke I would call him a successful person, because he had a huge impact on the lives of people from around the world.

Note that these things are not mutually exclusive either. In other words, it is possible to make a lot of money and have a positive impact in the lives of many people at the same time (and often times they go together). Just think about Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page and Sergei Brin.

But, I suspect that these folks were first and foremost motivated by the possibility of making something big that would impact many people. As Steve Jobs say, by the possibility of putting a dent in the universe. Sure, they were no philanthropists, so the money was welcome too, but I don’t think it was the only nor the main thing they were pursuing.

Which leads us to one question: are you working to make as much money as possible, or to make as big an impact as possible?

Makes Your World HappyyYYY...

Basic SEO Settings For Wordpress Which We Forget

Basic SEO Settings For Wordpress Which We Forget

Actually there are a lots of things which we you might be doing for Search Engine Optimisation, but we most of the times forget that there are few basics which can produce very good results for you. Few of my Secrets I am Sharing with you.

    All In One SEO Pack :-  install all in one seo pack plugin in ur wordpress and after writing a post, always fill in the meta title, keywords, description, etc etc fields, Slugs are automatically prepared by this plugin, just develop habit of spending 3 minutes more before publishing a post to write the kewords, description, etc, this plugin will help you with columns to write the above fields.

    PERMALINK SETTINGS :-  this is what we always never care of  whenever you see any post of mine, you will see that the url posted on the address bar is comprised of the title of the post separated with “-” (hyphen signs), these links are known as permalinks.  This wil help you a lot in automated SEO and increasing rankings in Google and major search engines, cos its the URL which is the first key to SEO, well i belive in it personally, dont know what othere say or think.

How to Change Permalinks in wordpress?

     3. Google Analytics Plugin :-  installing a google analytics plugin helps not you but the Search Engines to trace ur website and index it inside them. this tool will also help you in getting the reports of the traffic coming inside.

     4. Google Sitemap Plugin :-  According to all major SEO’s I have heard always that Sitemap is the first guideline of google, so having a sitemap in your website will help the major search engines again, if you have read my earlier posts i had written the post about websites navigation or website’s architecture..

   if you havent read it yet go here: http://diwakardhyani.in/website-architecture-and-on-page-optimisation/

    5. Installing a Social Media Sharing Plugin :-  If you remember or have read the previous posts i had mentioned to use Social Media this is the best off page optimisation and has a weightage of +3. like you can see mine too.. there is a plugin with the help of which the article can be liked or shared.

     6. Privacy Settings :- Site Visibility: Select “Allow it for search Engines”

what else…. Buddy…     Dare to Dream… and please let me know that you are loving my articles.. hehe

Makes Your World HappyyYYY...

Basic SEO Settings For Wordpress Which We Forget

Posted by Unknown No comments

Basic SEO Settings For Wordpress Which We Forget

Actually there are a lots of things which we you might be doing for Search Engine Optimisation, but we most of the times forget that there are few basics which can produce very good results for you. Few of my Secrets I am Sharing with you.

    All In One SEO Pack :-  install all in one seo pack plugin in ur wordpress and after writing a post, always fill in the meta title, keywords, description, etc etc fields, Slugs are automatically prepared by this plugin, just develop habit of spending 3 minutes more before publishing a post to write the kewords, description, etc, this plugin will help you with columns to write the above fields.

    PERMALINK SETTINGS :-  this is what we always never care of  whenever you see any post of mine, you will see that the url posted on the address bar is comprised of the title of the post separated with “-” (hyphen signs), these links are known as permalinks.  This wil help you a lot in automated SEO and increasing rankings in Google and major search engines, cos its the URL which is the first key to SEO, well i belive in it personally, dont know what othere say or think.

How to Change Permalinks in wordpress?

     3. Google Analytics Plugin :-  installing a google analytics plugin helps not you but the Search Engines to trace ur website and index it inside them. this tool will also help you in getting the reports of the traffic coming inside.

     4. Google Sitemap Plugin :-  According to all major SEO’s I have heard always that Sitemap is the first guideline of google, so having a sitemap in your website will help the major search engines again, if you have read my earlier posts i had written the post about websites navigation or website’s architecture..

   if you havent read it yet go here: http://diwakardhyani.in/website-architecture-and-on-page-optimisation/

    5. Installing a Social Media Sharing Plugin :-  If you remember or have read the previous posts i had mentioned to use Social Media this is the best off page optimisation and has a weightage of +3. like you can see mine too.. there is a plugin with the help of which the article can be liked or shared.

     6. Privacy Settings :- Site Visibility: Select “Allow it for search Engines”

what else…. Buddy…     Dare to Dream… and please let me know that you are loving my articles.. hehe

Makes Your World HappyyYYY...

7 Ways to Promote Your Site With A Bit of Money

7 Ways to Promote Your Site With A Bit of Money

Some time ago I wrote an article titled “Are you marketing your blog?” where I argued that there is a myth around the Internet that bloggers and webmasters should not spend money on advertising. The myth comes in great extent from the success stories of people that managed to create popular websites without spending a dime on advertising or other paid promotion techniques.

The reality is that most of those successful websites were pioneers on their niche, hence why they became popular without spending money on advertising. Now a days the market is crowded and you have thousands of websites and blogs even for small segments. As a consequence paid promotional techniques are becoming an important factor of any successful marketing strategy.

Below you will find 7 ways to promote your website or blog with a bit of money. You can use them to generate raw traffic, improve your search engine rankings, gain visibility on your niche and so on. Despite the initial investment most of those techniques will pay off on the short to medium term. If you are expecting to make money with your website there is no reason to assume that you will not need to spend some as well, right?

1. AdWords: Google make billions of dollars every year from the AdWords-AdSense combo. Why is that? Because they work. Adwords is probably the most efficient method to generated raw traffic for your website. In order to get started you should create an account, add lots (by lots I mean hundreds if not thousands) of keywords that are related your site and set the maximum Pay-per-Click rate at $0.01. After that raise the rate by $0.01 every week or so until you start getting the desired amount of daily clicks. Notice that at lower bids the keywords will be reported as “Inactive for Search”. Do not worry about it, it just means that your ads will not appear on the search network (Google’s search results), but they will appear on the content network (websites of people that use AdSense).

2. Site-Specific AdWords: if you pay attention to the AdSense units you will see that most of them have a link titled “Advertise on this site”. This feature enables AdWords advertisers to create customized ads that will be displayed only on specific websites. Those ads work on a CPM (cost per 1000 impressions) rather than a CPC (cost per click) basis, but they can generate a good amount of very targeted traffic since you will be in control of where the ad will be displayed and of the message. You can get even better results if you use some creativity when designing the ads, click here for some examples.

3. StumbleUpon Ads: StumbleUpon is a very innovative social bookmarking site that allows users to discover great websites by using a browser toolbar. When the user clicks on “Stumble” he will be delivered a website that people with similar interested rated positively. The user is also able to give positive and negative ratings to any website that he visits on the Internet. StumbleUpon also offers advertising campaigns, called StumbleUpon Ads, where you can deliver your website directly to those “Stumblers”. It costs $0.05 per page delivered, but since the websites that appear on StumbleUpon usually have a high quality it is very likely that part of that paid traffic will convert into regular readers.

4. Text Link Ads: if you are trying to increase your search engine rankings to leverage organic traffic you should consider buying some text link ads. While those text links can also generate direct traffic the biggest benefit you will have is an improvement on your search rankings, specially if the links are placed on authoritative and relevant websites. There are several places to buy text links, including specialized companies like Text-Link-Ads and Text Link Brokers or online forums like Digital Point‘s market place.

5. Direct Banner Sales: most established websites sell banner ads or sponsorship plans directly. Those advertising deals usually are structured with weekly or monthly fees, regardless of the number of impressions or clicks that you will get. Despite this characteristic a banner placement can represent good value for money because apart from the direct traffic you will also create visibility and brand awareness. Readers of the website where you will display your banner will associate the message on the banner with your site or blog. Should they come across that banner or message two or three times it is very likely that they will get curious and decide to check what the buzz is all about. Another advantage of banner placements is the fact that people will unconsciously think that the author of the website endorses your content or product.

6. Sponsored Reviews: buying some sponsored reviews is a good way to kick-start a website. They will bring backlinks, traffic and RSS subscribers. There are many market studies confirming that “word of mouth” is the most efficient way to capture people’s attention, and that is just what you get with sponsored reviews. You can either pay a low price (sometimes as low as $5 per review) to get a large number of reviews from small sites or you can focus on large players (which can charge several hundreds of dollars for a single review) that are authorities on your niche. The best way to purchase sponsored reviews is through sites like SponsoredReviews.com, ReviewMe or PayPerPost.com.

7. Blog Networks: there are several blog networks founded around a traffic exchange principle. Basically you create an account for you blog and you earn credits by surfing other members’ blogs. Afterwards you can use those credits to make people visit your blog or to display your banners around the network. The interesting part is that most of those blog networks allow users to purchase credits with money, and the price is really convenient. You should be able receive hundreds of visitors or to get thousands of banner impressions for less than 10 dollars. Some blog networks that sell credits include Blog Explosion, Blog Soldiers and Blog Advance.

Makes Your World HappyyYYY...

7 Ways to Promote Your Site With A Bit of Money

Posted by Unknown No comments

7 Ways to Promote Your Site With A Bit of Money

Some time ago I wrote an article titled “Are you marketing your blog?” where I argued that there is a myth around the Internet that bloggers and webmasters should not spend money on advertising. The myth comes in great extent from the success stories of people that managed to create popular websites without spending a dime on advertising or other paid promotion techniques.

The reality is that most of those successful websites were pioneers on their niche, hence why they became popular without spending money on advertising. Now a days the market is crowded and you have thousands of websites and blogs even for small segments. As a consequence paid promotional techniques are becoming an important factor of any successful marketing strategy.

Below you will find 7 ways to promote your website or blog with a bit of money. You can use them to generate raw traffic, improve your search engine rankings, gain visibility on your niche and so on. Despite the initial investment most of those techniques will pay off on the short to medium term. If you are expecting to make money with your website there is no reason to assume that you will not need to spend some as well, right?

1. AdWords: Google make billions of dollars every year from the AdWords-AdSense combo. Why is that? Because they work. Adwords is probably the most efficient method to generated raw traffic for your website. In order to get started you should create an account, add lots (by lots I mean hundreds if not thousands) of keywords that are related your site and set the maximum Pay-per-Click rate at $0.01. After that raise the rate by $0.01 every week or so until you start getting the desired amount of daily clicks. Notice that at lower bids the keywords will be reported as “Inactive for Search”. Do not worry about it, it just means that your ads will not appear on the search network (Google’s search results), but they will appear on the content network (websites of people that use AdSense).

2. Site-Specific AdWords: if you pay attention to the AdSense units you will see that most of them have a link titled “Advertise on this site”. This feature enables AdWords advertisers to create customized ads that will be displayed only on specific websites. Those ads work on a CPM (cost per 1000 impressions) rather than a CPC (cost per click) basis, but they can generate a good amount of very targeted traffic since you will be in control of where the ad will be displayed and of the message. You can get even better results if you use some creativity when designing the ads, click here for some examples.

3. StumbleUpon Ads: StumbleUpon is a very innovative social bookmarking site that allows users to discover great websites by using a browser toolbar. When the user clicks on “Stumble” he will be delivered a website that people with similar interested rated positively. The user is also able to give positive and negative ratings to any website that he visits on the Internet. StumbleUpon also offers advertising campaigns, called StumbleUpon Ads, where you can deliver your website directly to those “Stumblers”. It costs $0.05 per page delivered, but since the websites that appear on StumbleUpon usually have a high quality it is very likely that part of that paid traffic will convert into regular readers.

4. Text Link Ads: if you are trying to increase your search engine rankings to leverage organic traffic you should consider buying some text link ads. While those text links can also generate direct traffic the biggest benefit you will have is an improvement on your search rankings, specially if the links are placed on authoritative and relevant websites. There are several places to buy text links, including specialized companies like Text-Link-Ads and Text Link Brokers or online forums like Digital Point‘s market place.

5. Direct Banner Sales: most established websites sell banner ads or sponsorship plans directly. Those advertising deals usually are structured with weekly or monthly fees, regardless of the number of impressions or clicks that you will get. Despite this characteristic a banner placement can represent good value for money because apart from the direct traffic you will also create visibility and brand awareness. Readers of the website where you will display your banner will associate the message on the banner with your site or blog. Should they come across that banner or message two or three times it is very likely that they will get curious and decide to check what the buzz is all about. Another advantage of banner placements is the fact that people will unconsciously think that the author of the website endorses your content or product.

6. Sponsored Reviews: buying some sponsored reviews is a good way to kick-start a website. They will bring backlinks, traffic and RSS subscribers. There are many market studies confirming that “word of mouth” is the most efficient way to capture people’s attention, and that is just what you get with sponsored reviews. You can either pay a low price (sometimes as low as $5 per review) to get a large number of reviews from small sites or you can focus on large players (which can charge several hundreds of dollars for a single review) that are authorities on your niche. The best way to purchase sponsored reviews is through sites like SponsoredReviews.com, ReviewMe or PayPerPost.com.

7. Blog Networks: there are several blog networks founded around a traffic exchange principle. Basically you create an account for you blog and you earn credits by surfing other members’ blogs. Afterwards you can use those credits to make people visit your blog or to display your banners around the network. The interesting part is that most of those blog networks allow users to purchase credits with money, and the price is really convenient. You should be able receive hundreds of visitors or to get thousands of banner impressions for less than 10 dollars. Some blog networks that sell credits include Blog Explosion, Blog Soldiers and Blog Advance.

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How to Find Advertisers for Your Website : The Ultimate Guide

How to Find Advertisers for Your Website: The Ultimate Guide

Direct advertising sales is arguably the best method to monetize a website. Finding advertisers for your site and actually closing the deals, however, is not as straight forward. Over the past 6 months I had more than 10 high profile companies sponsoring Daily Blog Tips, and through out this article I will share what I have learned along the way.

The Pros

    More money: The first advantage of selling your own ads is the fact that you will cut the middlemen out, increasing your revenue potential. Suppose you sell text link ads on your sidebar through a certain company, and the text links sell for $50 monthly. Since you are using the company network to sell the ads, they will eat 50% of the price, and you will end up earning only $25 monthly for each text link. If someone is willing to pay $50 for a text link on your site, though, it means that they are getting $50 of value out of it. Why, then, should you share that with someone else?

    Independence: Sure, large advertising networks have access to a wider pool of advertisers, and they have more credibility to close the deals. But if you have all the requirements in place (see the section below) and spend some time looking at the right places, I am sure that you will be able to sell your own ads just as efficiently as the larger networks.

    Flexibility: The third advantage of selling direct advertising is that you will have much more control over where and how the ads will be displayed (i.e., you can avoid intrusive advertising). Google Adsense is nice, but unless you blend it with the content – annoying some of the readers – you will get terribly low click-through rates.

    Credibility: Finally, having sponsors and direct advertisers on your blog might help your credibility. Even small and poorly crafted blogs can stick some Adsense units here and there. Having established companies that are willing to partnership with your site, on other hand, can signal that your content has quality and that the site is somewhat professional.

The Cons

    Time consuming: While selling your own ads has many advantages, it is no panacea. The first drawback of this monetization option is the time that it will consume. This time will be spent optimizing your website for the ads, finding potential advertisers, negotiating with them, and handling the administrative matters (e.g., making payments, tracking statistics, delivering reports and so on).

    Many requirements: Selling direct adverting is not as easy as making money from Google Adsense. As you can see from the section below, you will need to have a popular blog, a professional looking design, special software and the like.

    Unstable: Unless you close deals for very long periods, which is unlikely, you will find your self looking for new advertisers or optimizing your website to attract new ones every other month. The opposite is true for most advertising networks, where you just need to plug some code and they will do the rest of the work. (If your site or blog is just a hobby, therefore, direct advertising might not be the best option)

What You Need to Have in Place

    A popular website: Before landing direct advertising deals you will need to have a good amount of traffic on your site. There is no “magical” number here, but a good rule of thumb would be 1000 daily unique visitors. If you are below that mark you should focus on building traffic instead of looking for advertisers. Other factors like Google Pagerank, RSS subscribers and Alexa rank might also help. (Notice that small websites might also be able to sell direct advertising, but usually the time spent on that will not justify the results)

    A clear focus: You might have the most popular site on the Internet (well, not as extreme as that, but you get the point), but unless your site also has a very clear niche and a defined audience, advertisers will not find it very attractive. This means that you should avoid rambling about 100 different topics on the website. Advertisers want to deliver a message to specific people, and the more specific the better.

    A professional looking design: If you are planning to monetize your website through sponsors, you probably should invest some money into a professional looking design. Advertisers will be associating their product or service with your website, and not too many of them would be willing to get mixed with an ugly, MySpace looking site.

    Give visibility to the sponsors: This point is connected to the previous one. Not all templates and themes will be suitable for selling direct advertising. Preferably you want to have an idea of what kind of advertising you will sell (e.g., 468×60 banners, 125×125 banners, text links) and design your website according to those objectives. Advertisers want visibility, so reserve a good spot for them.

    Adserver software: In order to serve your ads, rotate banners and track statistics you will need to install an Adserver. If you are looking for a simple solution you should try WP-Ads. This WordPress plugin will serve ads for specific ad zones that you create. The only drawback is that it does not count clicks (only impressions). If you need a more sophisticated solution check OpenAds. You will need to spend some time learning how to use it, but it offers virtually all the features you will ever need.

    “Advertise Here” page: It is very important to have an “Advertise Here” page. On this page you want to give some details about the website, like audience, traffic and any other factor that might be of the interest of potential advertisers. Secondly, make sure that you have some link to that page on the navigation bar and if possible close to the zone where the ads will be displayed. You can see a perfect example of such layout on Copyblogger.com.

    Standard letter to approach advertisers: While some advertisers will contact you after reading your “Advertise Here” page, the rest of them will need to be directly approached by you. In that case, it is a good idea to create a standard letter to contact the advertisers. There is no “one size fits all” solution here, but you can follow some general guidelines:

    1. Introduce yourself and quickly explain what the email is about

    2. Explain why you decided to contact them and what they have to gain

    3. Give details about your site (traffic, subscribers, topic, audience)

   4. Give details about the advertising options (location on the site, max number of advertisers, monthly price)

    That is it, after that information the advertisers should be able to decide if they are interested or not. If they reply, then you will fix the details. Bear in mind that all the info I mentioned should be contained in 2 or 3 paragraphs. If you send an essay to potential advertisers they will just skip it altogether.

    Accepting payments: You might have everything in place, but if you are not able to cash payments – or more importantly, if advertisers are not able to pay easily – you will end up losing deals. PayPal is the best option here. Notice, however, that a personal account will not suffice. You will need at least a premier account to be able to accept credit cards.

Where to Find the Advertisers

Once you have your direct advertising program established, you will start to receive inquiries from people. On the beginning, however, you will need to hunt advertisers down. Do not get discouraged if get turned down initially, provided you have all the aforementioned requirements, sooner or later you will find someone willing to take a shot on your site.

    People linking to your site or articles: If a company is willing to link to your articles or to add your website under its “Links” or “Resources” section, it is also probably willing to discuss about advertising on your site. Keep track of those incoming links.

    People leaving comments/e-mails: The same principle applies to people leaving comments on your blog or sending you e-mails. If among them you see an employee or the owner of a company that could be interested on your website, bingo! Contact him or her and get the conversation going.

    AdWords advertisers: Through out your search for advertisers you will notice that most of the established companies are not aware of the benefits of online advertising. If a certain company is already spending money on Google AdWords, however, it is very likely that it would also be open to other forms of online advertising. Think about some keywords that are related to your topic and Google them. Check the sponsored links that will appear and contact them. (You can also check the advertisers that appear on the Adsense units of related websites)

    Other advertising networks: While Google AdWords is by far the largest advertising network on the Internet, there are many others that could be useful. Check the companies that are spending money on AdBrite, Text-Link-Ads, BlogAds, SponsoredReviews and so on.

    Banner advertisers on similar sites: Check out popular websites on your niche and see what companies are advertising there. Provided you offer them an interesting deal (i.e., a reasonable price for your size), I am pretty sure they will be interested.

    Create a “Potential Sponsors” bookmark folder: This technique produced outstanding results for me. I have a bookmark folder on my browser called “Potential Sponsors.” Every time I come across a company or website that could be interested in sponsoring my website, I bookmark it. Currently I have over 100 bookmarked sites on that folder, and I have not approached half of them yet.

How Much to Charge

    You need to provide value: It is all about value. A potential sponsor or advertiser will want to see some returns for the money he will be spending on your site, and this can be seen as visibility (impressions) and leads (clicks and possible sales). Make sure, therefore, that your advertising deals will deliver.

    The numbers: Remember that there are some pretty cheap advertising options out there (e.g., Google AdWords), and you will need to be competitive. Provided you reserved a good spot for the sponsors (sidebar or header, preferably) you could start charging a $0,5 CPM (cost per 1000 impressions). If your blog is generating 100,000 monthly page views, therefore, a banner spot on your sidebar should cost around $50. Start low and build your way upwards. Popular blogs (e.g., TechCrunch) have a higher CPM, sometimes as high as $10, but you will need a huge credibility to arrive there.

    Cross-check: You can easily check if you are charging a suitable rate by using Adsense units on the places where you will sell direct advertising. Analyze how much you would gain with Adsense, and adjust your rates accordingly. Secondly, you can also check similar sites that are already selling direct ads.

    Be flexible regarding the terms: Flexibility is key. First of all make advertising agreements on a month-to-month basis. People don’t like to commit to something they are not completely sure about. If someone proposes you a longer deal, offer a discount in exchange.

    Offer test periods: Unless you have a very popular website, you will find potential advertisers reluctant to spend real money. If you are confident that the deal will create value for both parties, however, you can use that on your favor. Offer a free test period whenever needed. Some of the times the advertiser will turn you down after it, but other times they will confirm the deal. Either way you have nothing to lose.

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How to Find Advertisers for Your Website : The Ultimate Guide

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How to Find Advertisers for Your Website: The Ultimate Guide

Direct advertising sales is arguably the best method to monetize a website. Finding advertisers for your site and actually closing the deals, however, is not as straight forward. Over the past 6 months I had more than 10 high profile companies sponsoring Daily Blog Tips, and through out this article I will share what I have learned along the way.

The Pros

    More money: The first advantage of selling your own ads is the fact that you will cut the middlemen out, increasing your revenue potential. Suppose you sell text link ads on your sidebar through a certain company, and the text links sell for $50 monthly. Since you are using the company network to sell the ads, they will eat 50% of the price, and you will end up earning only $25 monthly for each text link. If someone is willing to pay $50 for a text link on your site, though, it means that they are getting $50 of value out of it. Why, then, should you share that with someone else?

    Independence: Sure, large advertising networks have access to a wider pool of advertisers, and they have more credibility to close the deals. But if you have all the requirements in place (see the section below) and spend some time looking at the right places, I am sure that you will be able to sell your own ads just as efficiently as the larger networks.

    Flexibility: The third advantage of selling direct advertising is that you will have much more control over where and how the ads will be displayed (i.e., you can avoid intrusive advertising). Google Adsense is nice, but unless you blend it with the content – annoying some of the readers – you will get terribly low click-through rates.

    Credibility: Finally, having sponsors and direct advertisers on your blog might help your credibility. Even small and poorly crafted blogs can stick some Adsense units here and there. Having established companies that are willing to partnership with your site, on other hand, can signal that your content has quality and that the site is somewhat professional.

The Cons

    Time consuming: While selling your own ads has many advantages, it is no panacea. The first drawback of this monetization option is the time that it will consume. This time will be spent optimizing your website for the ads, finding potential advertisers, negotiating with them, and handling the administrative matters (e.g., making payments, tracking statistics, delivering reports and so on).

    Many requirements: Selling direct adverting is not as easy as making money from Google Adsense. As you can see from the section below, you will need to have a popular blog, a professional looking design, special software and the like.

    Unstable: Unless you close deals for very long periods, which is unlikely, you will find your self looking for new advertisers or optimizing your website to attract new ones every other month. The opposite is true for most advertising networks, where you just need to plug some code and they will do the rest of the work. (If your site or blog is just a hobby, therefore, direct advertising might not be the best option)

What You Need to Have in Place

    A popular website: Before landing direct advertising deals you will need to have a good amount of traffic on your site. There is no “magical” number here, but a good rule of thumb would be 1000 daily unique visitors. If you are below that mark you should focus on building traffic instead of looking for advertisers. Other factors like Google Pagerank, RSS subscribers and Alexa rank might also help. (Notice that small websites might also be able to sell direct advertising, but usually the time spent on that will not justify the results)

    A clear focus: You might have the most popular site on the Internet (well, not as extreme as that, but you get the point), but unless your site also has a very clear niche and a defined audience, advertisers will not find it very attractive. This means that you should avoid rambling about 100 different topics on the website. Advertisers want to deliver a message to specific people, and the more specific the better.

    A professional looking design: If you are planning to monetize your website through sponsors, you probably should invest some money into a professional looking design. Advertisers will be associating their product or service with your website, and not too many of them would be willing to get mixed with an ugly, MySpace looking site.

    Give visibility to the sponsors: This point is connected to the previous one. Not all templates and themes will be suitable for selling direct advertising. Preferably you want to have an idea of what kind of advertising you will sell (e.g., 468×60 banners, 125×125 banners, text links) and design your website according to those objectives. Advertisers want visibility, so reserve a good spot for them.

    Adserver software: In order to serve your ads, rotate banners and track statistics you will need to install an Adserver. If you are looking for a simple solution you should try WP-Ads. This WordPress plugin will serve ads for specific ad zones that you create. The only drawback is that it does not count clicks (only impressions). If you need a more sophisticated solution check OpenAds. You will need to spend some time learning how to use it, but it offers virtually all the features you will ever need.

    “Advertise Here” page: It is very important to have an “Advertise Here” page. On this page you want to give some details about the website, like audience, traffic and any other factor that might be of the interest of potential advertisers. Secondly, make sure that you have some link to that page on the navigation bar and if possible close to the zone where the ads will be displayed. You can see a perfect example of such layout on Copyblogger.com.

    Standard letter to approach advertisers: While some advertisers will contact you after reading your “Advertise Here” page, the rest of them will need to be directly approached by you. In that case, it is a good idea to create a standard letter to contact the advertisers. There is no “one size fits all” solution here, but you can follow some general guidelines:

    1. Introduce yourself and quickly explain what the email is about

    2. Explain why you decided to contact them and what they have to gain

    3. Give details about your site (traffic, subscribers, topic, audience)

   4. Give details about the advertising options (location on the site, max number of advertisers, monthly price)

    That is it, after that information the advertisers should be able to decide if they are interested or not. If they reply, then you will fix the details. Bear in mind that all the info I mentioned should be contained in 2 or 3 paragraphs. If you send an essay to potential advertisers they will just skip it altogether.

    Accepting payments: You might have everything in place, but if you are not able to cash payments – or more importantly, if advertisers are not able to pay easily – you will end up losing deals. PayPal is the best option here. Notice, however, that a personal account will not suffice. You will need at least a premier account to be able to accept credit cards.

Where to Find the Advertisers

Once you have your direct advertising program established, you will start to receive inquiries from people. On the beginning, however, you will need to hunt advertisers down. Do not get discouraged if get turned down initially, provided you have all the aforementioned requirements, sooner or later you will find someone willing to take a shot on your site.

    People linking to your site or articles: If a company is willing to link to your articles or to add your website under its “Links” or “Resources” section, it is also probably willing to discuss about advertising on your site. Keep track of those incoming links.

    People leaving comments/e-mails: The same principle applies to people leaving comments on your blog or sending you e-mails. If among them you see an employee or the owner of a company that could be interested on your website, bingo! Contact him or her and get the conversation going.

    AdWords advertisers: Through out your search for advertisers you will notice that most of the established companies are not aware of the benefits of online advertising. If a certain company is already spending money on Google AdWords, however, it is very likely that it would also be open to other forms of online advertising. Think about some keywords that are related to your topic and Google them. Check the sponsored links that will appear and contact them. (You can also check the advertisers that appear on the Adsense units of related websites)

    Other advertising networks: While Google AdWords is by far the largest advertising network on the Internet, there are many others that could be useful. Check the companies that are spending money on AdBrite, Text-Link-Ads, BlogAds, SponsoredReviews and so on.

    Banner advertisers on similar sites: Check out popular websites on your niche and see what companies are advertising there. Provided you offer them an interesting deal (i.e., a reasonable price for your size), I am pretty sure they will be interested.

    Create a “Potential Sponsors” bookmark folder: This technique produced outstanding results for me. I have a bookmark folder on my browser called “Potential Sponsors.” Every time I come across a company or website that could be interested in sponsoring my website, I bookmark it. Currently I have over 100 bookmarked sites on that folder, and I have not approached half of them yet.

How Much to Charge

    You need to provide value: It is all about value. A potential sponsor or advertiser will want to see some returns for the money he will be spending on your site, and this can be seen as visibility (impressions) and leads (clicks and possible sales). Make sure, therefore, that your advertising deals will deliver.

    The numbers: Remember that there are some pretty cheap advertising options out there (e.g., Google AdWords), and you will need to be competitive. Provided you reserved a good spot for the sponsors (sidebar or header, preferably) you could start charging a $0,5 CPM (cost per 1000 impressions). If your blog is generating 100,000 monthly page views, therefore, a banner spot on your sidebar should cost around $50. Start low and build your way upwards. Popular blogs (e.g., TechCrunch) have a higher CPM, sometimes as high as $10, but you will need a huge credibility to arrive there.

    Cross-check: You can easily check if you are charging a suitable rate by using Adsense units on the places where you will sell direct advertising. Analyze how much you would gain with Adsense, and adjust your rates accordingly. Secondly, you can also check similar sites that are already selling direct ads.

    Be flexible regarding the terms: Flexibility is key. First of all make advertising agreements on a month-to-month basis. People don’t like to commit to something they are not completely sure about. If someone proposes you a longer deal, offer a discount in exchange.

    Offer test periods: Unless you have a very popular website, you will find potential advertisers reluctant to spend real money. If you are confident that the deal will create value for both parties, however, you can use that on your favor. Offer a free test period whenever needed. Some of the times the advertiser will turn you down after it, but other times they will confirm the deal. Either way you have nothing to lose.

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Creating Htpasswd file for security

Creating Htpasswd file for security

HTTP authentication adds a secondary layer of WordPress security that protects the admin dashboard — or wp-admin — by requiring the user to submit further authentication. After creating the .htaccess file for protecting the WordPress wp-admin folder, you should create a username and password database file for HTTP authentication. In other words, you simply need to create an WordPress htpasswd file.

HTPASSWD files are used to protect your website or specific directories using HTTP Authentication, and contain a list of usernames and hashed passwords. Apache will use this information to authenticate users who want to access a password protected website or web page, by prompting the user with a HTTP Authentication dialog.

An .htpasswd file contains a list of usernames followed by the colon “:” character, and ending with a hashed password — similar to the example below:

steven:$apr1$k7QjkNty$tSd4grHRifUzCC8L9EBN51jones:$apr1$Z5SbWNdp$oJqAVhLCvVRMSgeEADeT6/

Creating a .htpasswd file

You can create an .htpasswd file using any of of two methods. The easiest and fastest method — ideal for beginners — is to use an online htpasswd Generator. The second method involves generating the .htpasswd file manually. The manual method provides more flexibility, although some technical experience is recommended.

The manual method

You need a tool called “htpasswd” in order to create a .htpasswd file. If you are running Windows you can install Xampp, or Apache web server for Windows — or any other similar server software that is typically shipped with the ‘htpasswd’ tool. To launch the htpasswd tool, navigate to the tool’s directory via command line. In a typical Apache installation, the tool can be found in the bin sub directory.

Once your command line interface is in the directory containing htpasswd.exe, type htpasswd.exe and hit enter. A list of available htpasswd.exe parameters will be shown for your reference. To create a new .htpasswd file, type the following command in the prompt.

“htpasswd –cm [passwordfilename] [username]”

You will then be asked to enter a password for the specific username. By default, the .htpasswd file will be generated in the same directory where the actual htpasswd.exe tool resides. You can use the ‘-c’ parameter to create a new .htpasswd file and the –m parameter to encrypt the submitted password using MD5 hash. If you wish to add more usernames to the current password file, just use the same command without specifying the –c parameter as follows:

“htpasswd –m [passwordfilename] [username]”.

Note: Installing Xampp or Apache on your computer requires a web server to be installed and running on your computer. If not configured properly, a web server could open a security vulnerability on your machine, so it’s not advisable to use any mission-critical computers if you’re not confident with this process.

Once the .htpasswd file is created, store/save the file in the same location specified in the .htacess file under the AuthUserFile directive. You can read more on how to use .htaccess files to secure your WordPress installation here: Ht access file and Security(learn more)

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Creating Htpasswd file for security

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Creating Htpasswd file for security

HTTP authentication adds a secondary layer of WordPress security that protects the admin dashboard — or wp-admin — by requiring the user to submit further authentication. After creating the .htaccess file for protecting the WordPress wp-admin folder, you should create a username and password database file for HTTP authentication. In other words, you simply need to create an WordPress htpasswd file.

HTPASSWD files are used to protect your website or specific directories using HTTP Authentication, and contain a list of usernames and hashed passwords. Apache will use this information to authenticate users who want to access a password protected website or web page, by prompting the user with a HTTP Authentication dialog.

An .htpasswd file contains a list of usernames followed by the colon “:” character, and ending with a hashed password — similar to the example below:

steven:$apr1$k7QjkNty$tSd4grHRifUzCC8L9EBN51jones:$apr1$Z5SbWNdp$oJqAVhLCvVRMSgeEADeT6/

Creating a .htpasswd file

You can create an .htpasswd file using any of of two methods. The easiest and fastest method — ideal for beginners — is to use an online htpasswd Generator. The second method involves generating the .htpasswd file manually. The manual method provides more flexibility, although some technical experience is recommended.

The manual method

You need a tool called “htpasswd” in order to create a .htpasswd file. If you are running Windows you can install Xampp, or Apache web server for Windows — or any other similar server software that is typically shipped with the ‘htpasswd’ tool. To launch the htpasswd tool, navigate to the tool’s directory via command line. In a typical Apache installation, the tool can be found in the bin sub directory.

Once your command line interface is in the directory containing htpasswd.exe, type htpasswd.exe and hit enter. A list of available htpasswd.exe parameters will be shown for your reference. To create a new .htpasswd file, type the following command in the prompt.

“htpasswd –cm [passwordfilename] [username]”

You will then be asked to enter a password for the specific username. By default, the .htpasswd file will be generated in the same directory where the actual htpasswd.exe tool resides. You can use the ‘-c’ parameter to create a new .htpasswd file and the –m parameter to encrypt the submitted password using MD5 hash. If you wish to add more usernames to the current password file, just use the same command without specifying the –c parameter as follows:

“htpasswd –m [passwordfilename] [username]”.

Note: Installing Xampp or Apache on your computer requires a web server to be installed and running on your computer. If not configured properly, a web server could open a security vulnerability on your machine, so it’s not advisable to use any mission-critical computers if you’re not confident with this process.

Once the .htpasswd file is created, store/save the file in the same location specified in the .htacess file under the AuthUserFile directive. You can read more on how to use .htaccess files to secure your WordPress installation here: Ht access file and Security(learn more)

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WordPress Security Scanner Plugin

WordPress Security Scanner Plugin

WSD Security Scanner Plugin for worpress: Helps you secure your WordPress installation and provides detailed reporting on discovered vulnerabilities and how to fix them. WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plugin is a free and comprehensive security tool that helps you secure your WordPress installation and suggests corrective measures for: strengthening passwords, securing file permissions, security of the database, version hiding, WordPress admin protection and lots more.

 Note: After installation, go to settings and use every feature of it to fix all the blackholes from where access to hackers can be done. it will guide you, you just have to follow.

    Easy backup of WordPress database for disaster recovery

    Removal of error-information on login-page

    Addition of index.php to the wp-content, wp-content/plugins, wp-content/themes and wp-content/uploads directories to prevent directory listings

        Removal of wp-version, except in admin-area

        Removal of Really Simple Discovery meta tag

        Removal of Windows Live Writer meta tag

        Removal of core update information for non-             admins

        Removal of plugin-update information for non-          admins

        Removal of theme-update information for non-admins (only WP 2.8 and higher)

            Hiding of wp-version in backend-dashboard for non-admins

            Removal of version in URLs from scripts and stylesheets only on frontend

            Reporting of security overview after WordPress blog is scanned

            Reporting of file permissions following security checks

                Strong password generator tool to protect from brute force attacks

                Integrated tool to change the database prefix

                Disabling of database error reporting (if enabled)

                Disabling the PHP error reporting.

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WordPress Security Scanner Plugin

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WordPress Security Scanner Plugin

WSD Security Scanner Plugin for worpress: Helps you secure your WordPress installation and provides detailed reporting on discovered vulnerabilities and how to fix them. WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plugin is a free and comprehensive security tool that helps you secure your WordPress installation and suggests corrective measures for: strengthening passwords, securing file permissions, security of the database, version hiding, WordPress admin protection and lots more.

 Note: After installation, go to settings and use every feature of it to fix all the blackholes from where access to hackers can be done. it will guide you, you just have to follow.

    Easy backup of WordPress database for disaster recovery

    Removal of error-information on login-page

    Addition of index.php to the wp-content, wp-content/plugins, wp-content/themes and wp-content/uploads directories to prevent directory listings

        Removal of wp-version, except in admin-area

        Removal of Really Simple Discovery meta tag

        Removal of Windows Live Writer meta tag

        Removal of core update information for non-             admins

        Removal of plugin-update information for non-          admins

        Removal of theme-update information for non-admins (only WP 2.8 and higher)

            Hiding of wp-version in backend-dashboard for non-admins

            Removal of version in URLs from scripts and stylesheets only on frontend

            Reporting of security overview after WordPress blog is scanned

            Reporting of file permissions following security checks

                Strong password generator tool to protect from brute force attacks

                Integrated tool to change the database prefix

                Disabling of database error reporting (if enabled)

                Disabling the PHP error reporting.

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Bulletproof Security Plugin Which Really Work For Wordpress

Bulletproof Security Plugin Which Really Work For Wordpress

I'm writing the names of few security plugins which really help in saving and securing your website from hacking.

Bulletproof Secuirty Plugin :-

It will help u to have a wonderful security for ur website. some of the key features and a screen shot of the installed plugin are:  Note: the settings should also be implemended, just installing it and expecting that ur website has been secure wont work for u. so once installed , go to the settings and try to use some brains and work on with it.    

 One-click .htaccess website security protection from within the WP Dashboard

    Secure .htaccess protection blocks XSS, RFI, CRLF, CSRF, Base64, Code Injection and SQL Injection hacking attempts

    Permanent online .htaccess file backup and restore

    Built-in File Editing, File Downloading and File Uploading

    Custom Code feature that permanently saves and writes your personal custom .htaccess code

    WordPress readme.html and /wp-admin/install.php protected with .htaccess security protection

    wp-config.php and bb-config.php files protected with .htaccess security protection

    php.ini and php5.ini files protected with .htaccess security protection

    WordPress database errors turned off – Verification and function insurance

    WordPress version is not displayed / not shown – WordPress version is removed

    WP Generator Meta Tag filtered – not displayed / not shown

    The Administrator username ?admin? check – check WP DB for admin username

    System Information Page: PHP, MySQL, OS, Server, Memory Usage, IP, SAPI, DNS, Max Upload…

    Security Status Page – Displays website security status information

    File and Folder Permission Checking – CGI / DSO SAPI check and display

    Help & FAQ page – links to BPS Guide and other detailed Help & Info pages

    Extensive Read Me! jQuery Dialog Help Windows throughout the BulletProof Security plugin pages

    Backup and Restore existing .htaccess files

    Backup and Restore customized / modified .htaccess files

    Add to, Edit, Modify the provided BulletProof Security .htaccess Master files

    Create your own .htaccess Master files or code and use BulletProof Security as an .htaccess file manager

    Website Developer Maintenance Mode (503 website open to Developer / Site Owner ONLY)

    Log in / out of your website while in Maintenance Mode

    Customizable 503 Website Under Maintenance page

    HUD Success / Error message display

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Bulletproof Security Plugin Which Really Work For Wordpress

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Bulletproof Security Plugin Which Really Work For Wordpress

I'm writing the names of few security plugins which really help in saving and securing your website from hacking.

Bulletproof Secuirty Plugin :-

It will help u to have a wonderful security for ur website. some of the key features and a screen shot of the installed plugin are:  Note: the settings should also be implemended, just installing it and expecting that ur website has been secure wont work for u. so once installed , go to the settings and try to use some brains and work on with it.    

 One-click .htaccess website security protection from within the WP Dashboard

    Secure .htaccess protection blocks XSS, RFI, CRLF, CSRF, Base64, Code Injection and SQL Injection hacking attempts

    Permanent online .htaccess file backup and restore

    Built-in File Editing, File Downloading and File Uploading

    Custom Code feature that permanently saves and writes your personal custom .htaccess code

    WordPress readme.html and /wp-admin/install.php protected with .htaccess security protection

    wp-config.php and bb-config.php files protected with .htaccess security protection

    php.ini and php5.ini files protected with .htaccess security protection

    WordPress database errors turned off – Verification and function insurance

    WordPress version is not displayed / not shown – WordPress version is removed

    WP Generator Meta Tag filtered – not displayed / not shown

    The Administrator username ?admin? check – check WP DB for admin username

    System Information Page: PHP, MySQL, OS, Server, Memory Usage, IP, SAPI, DNS, Max Upload…

    Security Status Page – Displays website security status information

    File and Folder Permission Checking – CGI / DSO SAPI check and display

    Help & FAQ page – links to BPS Guide and other detailed Help & Info pages

    Extensive Read Me! jQuery Dialog Help Windows throughout the BulletProof Security plugin pages

    Backup and Restore existing .htaccess files

    Backup and Restore customized / modified .htaccess files

    Add to, Edit, Modify the provided BulletProof Security .htaccess Master files

    Create your own .htaccess Master files or code and use BulletProof Security as an .htaccess file manager

    Website Developer Maintenance Mode (503 website open to Developer / Site Owner ONLY)

    Log in / out of your website while in Maintenance Mode

    Customizable 503 Website Under Maintenance page

    HUD Success / Error message display

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What Is Trust And Authority In SEO - Off Page Optimisation

What Is Trust And Authority In SEO - Off Page Optimisation

Now those who are new to this SEO things.... might be thinking, what the hell is Diwakar Dhyani writing about..

But grown up men will take this knowledge’s advantage.. So here you go:

Website’s trust factor has a significant role buddy, do u know that search engines trust links and social accounts, so if they do so, they can also learn to trust websites, but question is .. on what basis?

Ok below I am Sharing something you might like:

Factor TA: whcih is “trust authority” It gives a +3 weightage to your SEO

Ask your self.. are you a trusted authority? means is your website a trusted authority? Is it widely recognises in its area, business, field, or some other way? now that is what you have to do. well now no one actually knows how search Engines actually calculate authority, and there are many “authority” signals that are traced by search engines.

Now the Type of Links your website recieves, some of which are quality.. or how much are quality?? or Social references (are they from respected accounts?) and your website’s engagement metrics may all comprise of the factors.

NOte: Negative reviews might also hurt, Google now likely use online merchant reviews as ranking signals.. so be cautious

But now there is a little question.. do the search engines try to access an overall aurthorty figure or what??? we have to look through these questions that google told publishes to ask themselves, somewhere in may 2011 it happened, you might be surprised on what they said

If you are hit by Panda update… Trust, Authority, expertise, these all things come up to help you.. I will also wrtie about how to be protected by panda in the coming posts..

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What Is Trust And Authority In SEO - Off Page Optimisation

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What Is Trust And Authority In SEO - Off Page Optimisation

Now those who are new to this SEO things.... might be thinking, what the hell is Diwakar Dhyani writing about..

But grown up men will take this knowledge’s advantage.. So here you go:

Website’s trust factor has a significant role buddy, do u know that search engines trust links and social accounts, so if they do so, they can also learn to trust websites, but question is .. on what basis?

Ok below I am Sharing something you might like:

Factor TA: whcih is “trust authority” It gives a +3 weightage to your SEO

Ask your self.. are you a trusted authority? means is your website a trusted authority? Is it widely recognises in its area, business, field, or some other way? now that is what you have to do. well now no one actually knows how search Engines actually calculate authority, and there are many “authority” signals that are traced by search engines.

Now the Type of Links your website recieves, some of which are quality.. or how much are quality?? or Social references (are they from respected accounts?) and your website’s engagement metrics may all comprise of the factors.

NOte: Negative reviews might also hurt, Google now likely use online merchant reviews as ranking signals.. so be cautious

But now there is a little question.. do the search engines try to access an overall aurthorty figure or what??? we have to look through these questions that google told publishes to ask themselves, somewhere in may 2011 it happened, you might be surprised on what they said

If you are hit by Panda update… Trust, Authority, expertise, these all things come up to help you.. I will also wrtie about how to be protected by panda in the coming posts..

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What Is Lynx......?

What Is Lynx......?

Lynx is a text browser for the World Wide Web.

Lynx 2.8.7 runs on Un*x, VMS, Windows 95/98/NT, DOS386+ but not 3.1, 3.11, or OS/2 EMX. The current developmental version is also available for testing.  Ports to Mac are in beta test.

Many user questions are answered in the  online help provided with Lynx. Press the ‘?’ key to find this help. If you are encountering difficulty with Lynx you may write to lynx-dev@nongnu.org.  Be as detailed as you can about the URL where you were on the Web when you had trouble, what you did, what Lynx version you have (try ‘=’ key), and what OS you have.  If you are using an older version, you may well need to upgrade.

Lynx is a text-based web browser for use on cursor-addressable character cell terminals and is very configurable.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(browser)

Lynx is a “browser” program like Netscape or Internet Explorer that can access information on World Wide Web, but without access to images, film, or sound. It is used often from slow modems to eliminate the need to wait to download images and other features. …

www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Glossary

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What Is Lynx......?

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What Is Lynx......?

Lynx is a text browser for the World Wide Web.

Lynx 2.8.7 runs on Un*x, VMS, Windows 95/98/NT, DOS386+ but not 3.1, 3.11, or OS/2 EMX. The current developmental version is also available for testing.  Ports to Mac are in beta test.

Many user questions are answered in the  online help provided with Lynx. Press the ‘?’ key to find this help. If you are encountering difficulty with Lynx you may write to lynx-dev@nongnu.org.  Be as detailed as you can about the URL where you were on the Web when you had trouble, what you did, what Lynx version you have (try ‘=’ key), and what OS you have.  If you are using an older version, you may well need to upgrade.

Lynx is a text-based web browser for use on cursor-addressable character cell terminals and is very configurable.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(browser)

Lynx is a “browser” program like Netscape or Internet Explorer that can access information on World Wide Web, but without access to images, film, or sound. It is used often from slow modems to eliminate the need to wait to download images and other features. …

www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Glossary

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How To Protect Your Images And Text From Getting Copied

How To Protect Your Images And Text From Getting Copied

Well you spend such a long time in writing all those posts and some one just copied it and pasted it into his website..and You are writing emails to that person, complaining here and there, and you havent taken copyright or your article from any authority or Digital millineum copyright act, or whatsoever, so this is what you need to do:

    Go To Plugins

    Add New Plugin

    Search Sor “WP-Copyright-Protection” 
    Plugin

    Click On Install........ After That Press,

    Activate Plugin

What is WP-Copyright-protection plugin?

Simple copyright protection for your images and text.

A simple way to protect the content on your website. For most browsers: disables text copy, image copy and will keep your site out of an iframe.

This plugin is clean and easy.

NOTE: I still do not recommend Copyright plugin for those people who want to work on SEO. I m not sure but it might or might not affect your SEO

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How To Protect Your Images And Text From Getting Copied

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How To Protect Your Images And Text From Getting Copied

Well you spend such a long time in writing all those posts and some one just copied it and pasted it into his website..and You are writing emails to that person, complaining here and there, and you havent taken copyright or your article from any authority or Digital millineum copyright act, or whatsoever, so this is what you need to do:

    Go To Plugins

    Add New Plugin

    Search Sor “WP-Copyright-Protection” 
    Plugin

    Click On Install........ After That Press,

    Activate Plugin

What is WP-Copyright-protection plugin?

Simple copyright protection for your images and text.

A simple way to protect the content on your website. For most browsers: disables text copy, image copy and will keep your site out of an iframe.

This plugin is clean and easy.

NOTE: I still do not recommend Copyright plugin for those people who want to work on SEO. I m not sure but it might or might not affect your SEO

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Your Website History And SEO

Your Website History And SEO

Th: which stands for your website history.. +2 weightage to this.. according to the periodic table of SEO

Well buddy the search engines contantly visit your website, they will get a sense how you have behaved over the passing time. Or are you suddenly linking out, this is what they call BAD Neighborhoods behaviour.

Lets make it more clear, means are you publishing about a topic which you havent even typically covered?? 

This will raise the siren my dear friends. Now again websites do change just like the people change, and yes most of the times for betterment. Changes are not just the only factor actually, other factors are also there.

So a good overall tracking record will help you, like if someone is caught by the police, and he has a prior history of F***ng up some crime, be it small or large, cops will not leave him easily.. same thing happends here also .

An older, established site may find it can keep cruising along with search success, while a new site may have to “pay its dues,” so to speak, for weeks, months or even longer to gain its own respect. So time plays an important role my friend. Just remember to have a never quit attitute and keep on working.

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Your Website History And SEO

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Your Website History And SEO

Th: which stands for your website history.. +2 weightage to this.. according to the periodic table of SEO

Well buddy the search engines contantly visit your website, they will get a sense how you have behaved over the passing time. Or are you suddenly linking out, this is what they call BAD Neighborhoods behaviour.

Lets make it more clear, means are you publishing about a topic which you havent even typically covered?? 

This will raise the siren my dear friends. Now again websites do change just like the people change, and yes most of the times for betterment. Changes are not just the only factor actually, other factors are also there.

So a good overall tracking record will help you, like if someone is caught by the police, and he has a prior history of F***ng up some crime, be it small or large, cops will not leave him easily.. same thing happends here also .

An older, established site may find it can keep cruising along with search success, while a new site may have to “pay its dues,” so to speak, for weeks, months or even longer to gain its own respect. So time plays an important role my friend. Just remember to have a never quit attitute and keep on working.

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What Type Of Websites Generate Revenue...?

What Type Of Websites Generate Revenue...?

Greetings people.

I have been asked lot of times, and people often come to me saying i want to start a website or I had started a website but I am not able to drive revenue from it. So here are few things which you should know.

    What type of websites generate revenue?

Ans:  People use google for searching information, you the website which you prepare should be a informative website, portal, blog or something like that, you may also prepare it with a good Idea.

Now if I see popular websites or the highest paid websites by google, i can see that all of them are informative blogs, but not blogs on blogspot.in they use wordpress, jhoomla, etc means open source tools only, but they are informative portals only.

But some of the websites are also there which like help people in things like downloading music, games, etc, some websites have idea of delivering some service like ONLINE PDF Converter, etc etc, So choice is yours but focus more on content and Search engine optimisation if you really wana work.

Even if your website is very good, excellent content or whatever, if you dont work on Search Engine Optimisation, no income is ever going to be generated. So work for SEO, thats the only key to success.

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What Type Of Websites Generate Revenue...?

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What Type Of Websites Generate Revenue...?

Greetings people.

I have been asked lot of times, and people often come to me saying i want to start a website or I had started a website but I am not able to drive revenue from it. So here are few things which you should know.

    What type of websites generate revenue?

Ans:  People use google for searching information, you the website which you prepare should be a informative website, portal, blog or something like that, you may also prepare it with a good Idea.

Now if I see popular websites or the highest paid websites by google, i can see that all of them are informative blogs, but not blogs on blogspot.in they use wordpress, jhoomla, etc means open source tools only, but they are informative portals only.

But some of the websites are also there which like help people in things like downloading music, games, etc, some websites have idea of delivering some service like ONLINE PDF Converter, etc etc, So choice is yours but focus more on content and Search engine optimisation if you really wana work.

Even if your website is very good, excellent content or whatever, if you dont work on Search Engine Optimisation, no income is ever going to be generated. So work for SEO, thats the only key to success.

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Top 6 Tips to Speed up Performance of Your Website and SEO

Top 6 Tips to Speed up Performance of Your Website and SEO

If you have reached at this level that you want to read this post, because though wordpress is pretty efficient and easy to use, but once you start loading it with lots of plugins, the performace of your website and responsiveness which we call loading time, may get very low. On top of that the consumption of the resources of your server become too big, possibly which will lead to a suspension of your hosting account, if you are not using a VPS(virtual Dedicated server or Dedicated server).

Over the years I played with and tweaked my WordPress plugins trying to achieve a good performance level, and below you’ll find the tips I learned along the way:-

1.Use a Cache Plugin :- Serving cached versions of your pages is one of the most efficient ways to speed up your site and to reduce the CPU and memory consumption on your server. Also, if you are not using the WP Super Cache Plugin yet I highly recommend you switch to it, as it works much more efficiently than the other plugins available.

2. Remove All Unnecessary Plugins :- Unless your site absolutely relies on a plugin to work I would recommend removing it. Sure, you might need to lose a functionality or two, but in the long run this will keep your site running fast and securely. Keep in mind that it’s possible to hard code what some plugins do, as well. For example, instead of using a plugin to generate a list of “Popular Posts” on your sidebar you could create the list yourself with raw HTML. Instead of using a contact form plugin you could simply write a paragraph on your “Contact” page including your email address there. So on and so forth.

3. Pay Special Attention to Post-Level Plugins :-  On most WordPress sites and blogs, the bulk of the traffic goes to the posts. The homepage, the category and archive pages receive around 20% of the overall traffic, if that, while the posts receive 80%.

This means that plugins that act at post-level will consume most of your resources. Examples include plugins to change SEO aspects of your posts (e.g., All in One SEO Pack), plugins to display related posts and so on. As a result you should put an extra effort to either remove or optimize those plugins (more on that below).

4. Consider Substituting All In One SEO Pack :-   The All in One SEO Pack plugin is certainly one of the best SEO plugins around, but it’s also pretty intensive on the resources of your server. For small sites this won’t be a problem, but once your traffic starts growing you might start to feel it.

A good alternative is called Greg’s High Performance SEO. According to the author All in One SEO Pack outputs 2000 lines of code per page load/view, while Greg’s plugin output only 700 lines.

In my opinion the main benefit of those SEO plugins is the ability to customize the title tag. If that is the most important factor for you as well you can be even more extreme and use no plugin at all.

Instead use the piece of code below to create optimized title tags for your posts:  

5. Consider Substituting YARPP :- Along with All In One SEO Pack there’s another plugin that is very popular and yet very resource intensive: YARPP (Yet Another Relate Posts Plugin).

One alternative you can consider is the Efficient Related Posts plugin. The main difference is that the database of related posts is updated only when a post is created/updated, while other plugins tend to build the list on the fly, whenever a post is loaded.

6. Optimize Your Database Tables :- As with any dynamic content management system, great part of the work your WordPress site does is related to getting, storing, removing and updating information on its database. That’s why optimizing your database tables can affect your site’s performance.

A nice plugin you can use for this purpose is WP-Optimize. It will remove your post revisions, clean your comments (e.g., spam and deleted ones), run optimization queries and so on.

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Top 6 Tips to Speed up Performance of Your Website and SEO

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Top 6 Tips to Speed up Performance of Your Website and SEO

If you have reached at this level that you want to read this post, because though wordpress is pretty efficient and easy to use, but once you start loading it with lots of plugins, the performace of your website and responsiveness which we call loading time, may get very low. On top of that the consumption of the resources of your server become too big, possibly which will lead to a suspension of your hosting account, if you are not using a VPS(virtual Dedicated server or Dedicated server).

Over the years I played with and tweaked my WordPress plugins trying to achieve a good performance level, and below you’ll find the tips I learned along the way:-

1.Use a Cache Plugin :- Serving cached versions of your pages is one of the most efficient ways to speed up your site and to reduce the CPU and memory consumption on your server. Also, if you are not using the WP Super Cache Plugin yet I highly recommend you switch to it, as it works much more efficiently than the other plugins available.

2. Remove All Unnecessary Plugins :- Unless your site absolutely relies on a plugin to work I would recommend removing it. Sure, you might need to lose a functionality or two, but in the long run this will keep your site running fast and securely. Keep in mind that it’s possible to hard code what some plugins do, as well. For example, instead of using a plugin to generate a list of “Popular Posts” on your sidebar you could create the list yourself with raw HTML. Instead of using a contact form plugin you could simply write a paragraph on your “Contact” page including your email address there. So on and so forth.

3. Pay Special Attention to Post-Level Plugins :-  On most WordPress sites and blogs, the bulk of the traffic goes to the posts. The homepage, the category and archive pages receive around 20% of the overall traffic, if that, while the posts receive 80%.

This means that plugins that act at post-level will consume most of your resources. Examples include plugins to change SEO aspects of your posts (e.g., All in One SEO Pack), plugins to display related posts and so on. As a result you should put an extra effort to either remove or optimize those plugins (more on that below).

4. Consider Substituting All In One SEO Pack :-   The All in One SEO Pack plugin is certainly one of the best SEO plugins around, but it’s also pretty intensive on the resources of your server. For small sites this won’t be a problem, but once your traffic starts growing you might start to feel it.

A good alternative is called Greg’s High Performance SEO. According to the author All in One SEO Pack outputs 2000 lines of code per page load/view, while Greg’s plugin output only 700 lines.

In my opinion the main benefit of those SEO plugins is the ability to customize the title tag. If that is the most important factor for you as well you can be even more extreme and use no plugin at all.

Instead use the piece of code below to create optimized title tags for your posts:  

5. Consider Substituting YARPP :- Along with All In One SEO Pack there’s another plugin that is very popular and yet very resource intensive: YARPP (Yet Another Relate Posts Plugin).

One alternative you can consider is the Efficient Related Posts plugin. The main difference is that the database of related posts is updated only when a post is created/updated, while other plugins tend to build the list on the fly, whenever a post is loaded.

6. Optimize Your Database Tables :- As with any dynamic content management system, great part of the work your WordPress site does is related to getting, storing, removing and updating information on its database. That’s why optimizing your database tables can affect your site’s performance.

A nice plugin you can use for this purpose is WP-Optimize. It will remove your post revisions, clean your comments (e.g., spam and deleted ones), run optimization queries and so on.

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28 Ways to Make Money with Your Website

28 Ways to Make Money with Your Website

There are several lists with “ways to make money with a website” on the Internet, but none of them seem to be complete. That is why I decided to create this one. If you know a method that is not listed below, just let us know and we’ll update it.

Notice that ways to make money with a website are different from ways to make more money from it. Methods to increase your traffic or click-through rate will help you make more money, but they do not represent a method of making money per se.

For example, one could suggest that blending AdSense ads with the content is a way to make money from a website. In reality it’s not; it’s just a way to make more money by improving your ad click-through rate. The real monetization method behind it is a PPC ad network.

The list is divided into direct and indirect methods, and examples and links are provided for each point. Enjoy!

Direct Methods

1. PPC Advertising Networks

Google AdSense is the most popular option under this category, but there are also others. Basically you need to sign up with the network and paste some code snippets on your website. The network will then serve contextual ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and you will earn a certain amount of money for every click.

The profitability of PPC advertising depends on the general traffic levels of the website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). The CTR depends on the design of the website. Ads placed abode the fold or blended with content, for instance, tend to get higher CTRs. The CPC, on the other hand, depends on the nice of the website. Mortgages, financial products and college education are examples of profitable niches (clicks worth a couple of dollars are not rare), while tech-related topics tend to receive a smaller CPC (sometimes as low as a couple of cents per click).

If your website takes off and becomes an authority on its niche, you could create a conference around it. Depending on the size of your audience, the event could attract thousands of people, and you could make money directly from conference passes and sponsors.

Search Engine Land, for instance, created a series of conferences that visit several cities on the United States and on other countries as well. The conferences are called Search Marketing Expo, and the tickets and passes cost thousands of dollars. List of popular CPC advertising networks:

    Google Adsense

    Yahoo! Publisher Network (YPN)

    BidVertiser

    Chitika

    Clicksor

2. CPM Advertising Networks

CPM advertising networks behave pretty much as PPC networks, except that you get paid according to the number of impressions (i.e., page views) that the ads displayed on your site will generate. CPM stands for Cost per Mille, and it refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions.

A blog that generates 100,000 page views monthly displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM, therefore, will earn $100 monthly.

CPM rates vary with the network, the position of the ad and the format. The better the network, the higher the CPM rate (because they have access to more advertisers). The closer you put the ad to the top of the page, the higher the CPM. The bigger the format (in terms of pixels), the higher the CPM.

You can get as low as $0,10 and as high as $10 per 1,000 impressions (more in some special cases). CPM advertising tends to work well on websites with a high page views per visitor ratio (e.g., online forums, magazines and so on).

List of popular CPM advertising networks:

    Casale Media

    Burst Media

    Value Click

    Advertising.com

    Tribal Fusion

    Right Media

3. Direct Banner Advertising

Selling your own advertising space is one of the most lucrative monetization methods. First and foremost because it enables you to cut out the middleman commissions and to determine your own rates. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90 leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250 rectangle and the 125×125 button.

The downside of direct banner advertising is that you need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.

Related links:

    How to Find Advertisers for Your Website

    Finding Advertisers for Your Blog

    Direct Advertising Sales for Beginners

    Openads Ad Server

    OIO Publisher Ad Platform

4. Text Link Ads

After Google declared that sites selling text links without the nofollow tag would be penalized, this monetization method became less popular.

Many website owners are still using text links to monetize their sites, though, some using the nofollow tag and some not.

The advantage of this method is that it is not intrusive. One can sell text links directly through his website or use specialized networks like Text-Link-Ads and Text-Link-Brokers to automate the process.

Text link marketplaces and networks:

    DigitalPoint Link Sales Forum

    Text-Link-Ads

    Text-Link-Brokers

    TNX

    LinkWorth

5. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is a very popular practice on the Internet. Under this system you have a merchant that is willing to let other people (the affiliates) sell directly or indirectly its products and services, in exchange for a commission. Sometimes this type of advertising is also called CPA (cost per action) or CPL (cost per lead) based.

Affiliates can send potential customers to the merchant using several tools, from banners to text links and product reviews.

In order to find suitable affiliate programs you can turn to individual companies and publishers like Dreamhost and SEOBook, or join affiliate marketplaces and networks.

List of popular affiliate marketplaces and networks:

    Commission Junction

    ClickBank

    Azoogle Ads

    Link Share

6. Monetization Widgets

The latest trend on the web are widgets that let you monetize your website. Examples include Widgetbucks and SmartLinks. Some of these services operate under a PPC scheme, others behave like text link ads, others yet leverage affiliate links.

Their main differentiator, however, is the fact that they work as web widgets, making it easier for the user to plug and play the service on its website.

List of companies that provide monetization widgets:

    WidgetBucks

    ScratchBack

    SmartLinks

7. Sponsored Reviews

PayPerPost pioneered this model, with much controversy on the beginning (related to the fact that they did not require disclosure on paid posts). Soon other companies followed, most notably Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe, refining the process and expanding the paid blogging model.

Joining one of these sponsored reviews marketplaces will give you the opportunity to write sponsored posts on a wide range of topics. Not all bloggers are willing to get paid to write about a specific product or website (because it might compromise the editorial credibility), but the ones who do are making good money out of it.

If your blog has a big audience you could also offer sponsored reviews directly, cutting off the commissions of the middleman.

List of sponsored reviews and paid blogging networks:

    PayPerPost

    Sponsored Reviews

    ReviewMe

    BlogVertise

    Smorty

8. RSS Feed Ads

With the quick adoption of the RSS technology by millions of Internet users, website owners are starting to find ways to monetize this new content distribution channel.

Feedburber already has its own publisher network, and you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based advertising on your feed footer. Bidvertiser recently introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC scheme.

Finally, some blogs are also opting to sell banners or sponsored messages on their feed directly. John Chow and Marketing Pilgrim are two examples.

Related links:

    Feedburner

    BidVertiser

    Pheedo

9. Sponsors for Single Columns or Events

If you website has specific columns or events (e.g., a weekly podcast, an interview series, a monthly survey, a special project) you could find companies to sponsor them individually.

This method increases the monetization options for website owner, while giving advertisers the possibility to target a more specific audience and with a reduced commitment.

Mashable illustrates the case well. They have several advertising options on the site, including the possibility to sponsor specific columns and articles, including the “Daily Poll” and the “Web 2.0 Invites.”

Problogger also runs group writing projects occasionally, and before proceeding he publicly announce the project asking for sponsors.

10.Premium Content

Some websites and blogs give away part of their content for free, and charge for access to the premium content and exclusive tools.

SEOMoz is a good example. They have a very popular blog that gives advice and information on wide range of SEO related topics. On top of that visitors can decide to become premium members. It costs $48 monthly and it grants them access to guides, tools and other exclusive material.

11. Private Forums

While the Internet is populated with free forums, there is also the possibility to create a private one where members need to pay a single or recurring fee to join.

SEO Blackhat charges $100 monthly from its members, and they have thousands of them. Obviously in order to charge such a price for a forum membership you need to provide real value for the members (e.g., secret techniques, tools, and so on).

Performancing also launched a private forum recently, focused on the networking aspect. It is called The Hive, and the monthly cost is $10.

These are just two examples. There are many possibilities to create a private and profitable forum, you just need to find an appealing angle that will make it worth for the members.

List of popular forum software:

    vBulletin

    Simple Machines Forum

    phpBB

    Vanilla

12. Job Boards

All the popular blogs are trying to leverage job boards to make some extra income. Guy Kawasaki, ReadWriteWeb, Problogger… you name it.

Needless to say that in order to create an active and profitable job board you need first to have a blog focused on a specific niche, and a decent amount traffic.

The advantage of this method is that it is passive. Once you have the structure in place, the job listings will come naturally, and you can charge anywhere from $10 up to $100 for each.

List of popular job board software:

    JobThread

    Web Scribe Job Board

    SimplyHired Job-o-matic

    Jobbex

13. Marketplaces

Sitepoint is the online marketplace by excellence. Some websites and blogs, however, are trying to replicate that model on a smaller scale.

Depending on your niche, a market place that allows your visitors to buy, sell and trade products could work well. Over the time you could start charging a small fee for new product listings.

The problem with this method is that there are no standard software on the web, so you would need to hire a coder to get a marketplace integrated into your website.

You can see an example of a marketplaces being used on EasyWordpress and on Mashable.

14. Paid Surveys and Polls

There are services that will pay you money to run a small survey or poll on your website. The most popular one is called Vizu Answers.

Basically you need to sign up with them, and select the kind of polls that you want to run your site. Most of these services operate under a CPM model.

15. Selling or Renting Internal Pages

Million Dollar Wiki made this concept popular, but it was being used on the web for a long time around (check Pagerank10.co.uk for instance).

These websites sell for a single fee or rent for a recurring fee internal pages on their domain. Usually they have either high Pagerak or high traffic, so that people purchasing a page will be able to benefit in some way.

Implementing this method on a small blog would be difficult, but the concept is interesting and could be explored further.

16. Highlighted Posts from Sponsors

Techmeme probably pioneered this idea, but somehow it has not spread to other websites. The tech news aggregator displays editorial posts on the left column, and on the sidebar they have a section titled “Techmeme Sponsor Posts.”

On that section posts from the blog of the advertisers get highlighted, sending qualified traffic their way. Considering that the monthly cost for one spot is $5000 and that they have around 6 sponsors at any given time, it must be working well.

17. Donations

Placing a “Donate” link or button on a website can be an efficient way to earn money, especially if your blog is on a niche where readers learn and gain value from your content.

Personal development and productivity blogs, for instance, tend to perform well with donation based systems (one good example being Steve Pavlina).

A small variation of this method appeared sometime ago with the Buy Me a Beer plugin. This WordPress plugin enables you to insert a customized message at the bottom of each article, asking the readers to chip in for a beer or coffee.

18. In-text Adverting

In-text adverting networks like Kontera and Vibrant Media will place sponsored links inside your text. These links come with a double underline to differentiate them from normal links, and once the user rolls the mouse over the link the advertising will pop. Should the user click on it the site owner will make some money.

Some people make good money with this method, but others refrain from using it due to its intrusiveness. It is also interesting to note that very few mainstream websites have experimented with in-text advertising.

19. Pop-ups and Pop-unders

Pop-ups are a common yet annoying form of advertising on the Internet. If you are just trying to make a much money as possible from your website, you could experiment with them.

If you are trying to grow the traffic and generate loyal visitors, however, you probably should stay away from them. Just consider the hundreds of pop-up blockers out there: there is a reason why they are so popular.

Ad networks that use pop-ups:

    Tribal Fusion

    PayPopup

    PopupAd

    Adversal

20. Audio Ads

Also called PPP (Pay Per Play), this advertising method was introduce by Net Audio Ads. the concept is pretty simple: play a small audio advertising (usually 5 seconds) every time a visitor enters into your website. The user should not be able to stop it, creating a 100% conversion rate based on unique visitors.

The company is still rolling tests, but some users are reporting to get from a $4 to a $6 CPM. Regardless of the pay rate, though, this is a very intrusive form of advertising, so think twice before using it.

21. Selling the Website

Selling your website could be your last resource, but it has the potential to generate a big sum of money in a short period of time.

Market places on online forums like DigitalPoint and Sitepoint are always active with website buyers and sellers. Keep in mind that they most used parameter to determine the value of a website is the monthly revenue that it generates, multiplied by a certain number (the multiplier can be anything from 5 to 30, depending on the expectations of the seller, on the quality of the site, on the niche and other factors).

Some people also make money trading and flipping websites. They either create them from scratch or buy existing ones, and after some revamping they sell them for a profit.

Related links:

    How To Buy A Website And Flip It For Profit

    How To Sell A Website – How Much Is Your Website Worth?

    Where to sell a website? How to go about selling it?

Indirect Methods

22. Selling an Ebook

Perhaps one of the oldest money making strategies on the web, using a website to promote a related ebook is a very efficient way to generate revenue.

You could either structure the website around the book itself, like SEOBook.com, or launch the ebook based on the success of the website, like FreelanceSwitch did we the book How to be a Rockstar Freelancer.

Related links:

    Writing an ebook for your blog

    How to sell ebooks

    Processing payments for your ebook

    How to sell digital products online

    List of ebook selling software

23. Selling a Hardcover Book

Many authors and journalists leverage their blogs or websites to sell copies of hardcover books. Examples include Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin and Malcolm Gladwell.

While most of these people were already renowned authors before they created their website, one could also follow the other way around. Lorelle VanFossen did exactly that with her Blogging Tips book. First she built her authority on the subject via her blog, and afterwards she published the book.

List of self publishing and publishing services:

    Lulu

    Self Publishing

    iUniverse

    WordClay

24. Selling Templates or WordPress Themes

As more and more people decide to get an online presence, website templates and WordPress themes become hotter and hotter.

On this segment you have mainstream websites like TemplateMonster, as well as individual designers who decide to promote and sell their work independently.

Brian Gardner and Unique Blog Designs are two examples of websites that make money with the sales of premium and custom WordPress themes.

25. Offering Consulting and Related Services

Depending on your niche, you could make money by offering consulting and related services. If you are also the author of your blog, the articles and information that you will share will build your profile and possibly certify your expertise on that niche, making it easier to gain customers.

Chris Garrett used a similar strategy. First he created a highly influential blog on the blogging and new media niche, and afterwards he started offering consulting services to clients with related problems and needs.

26. Creating an Email List or Newsletter

Email lists and newsletters represent one of the most powerful marketing and money making tools on the Internet. They offer incredible conversion rates, and the possibility to call people to action in a very efficient way.

Creating a big list is a difficult task though, so if you have a popular website you could leverage it to increase the number of subscribers on your list.

Yaro Starak is a famous Internet marketer, and if you visit his blog you will notice that right on top he has a section encouraging visitors to subscribe to his email newsletter. Yaro generates five figures in revenues each month from his email newsletters, proving that this method works.

List of software to manage email newsletters:

    AWeber

    SendStudio NX

    PHP Autoresponder

    Constant Contact

27. Mentoring programs

People are willing to pay for someone or something that will teach them and give them knowledge (as opposed to mere information). Education is one of the biggest industries in the world, and the online landscape behaves in a similar way.

Creating a mentoring program related to the niche of your website could be very profitable if you manage to structure and promote it adequately. There is a wide range of media and tools that you can use to deliver the information, from text articles to audio and video lessons.

Brian Clark leveraged the success of Copyblogger to launch a mentoring program teaching people how to build membership and how to sell content online. The program is titled Teaching Sells, and it costs $97 monthly. Sounds expensive, but they have over 1,000 members.

28. Creating a conference around the website

If your website takes off and becomes an authority on its niche, you could create a conference around it. Depending on the size of your audience, the event could attract thousands of people, and you could make money directly from conference passes and sponsors.

Search Engine Land, for instance, created a series of conferences that visit several cities on the United States and on other countries as well. The conferences are called Search Marketing Expo, and the tickets and passes cost thousands of dollars.

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28 Ways to Make Money with Your Website

There are several lists with “ways to make money with a website” on the Internet, but none of them seem to be complete. That is why I decided to create this one. If you know a method that is not listed below, just let us know and we’ll update it.

Notice that ways to make money with a website are different from ways to make more money from it. Methods to increase your traffic or click-through rate will help you make more money, but they do not represent a method of making money per se.

For example, one could suggest that blending AdSense ads with the content is a way to make money from a website. In reality it’s not; it’s just a way to make more money by improving your ad click-through rate. The real monetization method behind it is a PPC ad network.

The list is divided into direct and indirect methods, and examples and links are provided for each point. Enjoy!

Direct Methods

1. PPC Advertising Networks

Google AdSense is the most popular option under this category, but there are also others. Basically you need to sign up with the network and paste some code snippets on your website. The network will then serve contextual ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and you will earn a certain amount of money for every click.

The profitability of PPC advertising depends on the general traffic levels of the website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). The CTR depends on the design of the website. Ads placed abode the fold or blended with content, for instance, tend to get higher CTRs. The CPC, on the other hand, depends on the nice of the website. Mortgages, financial products and college education are examples of profitable niches (clicks worth a couple of dollars are not rare), while tech-related topics tend to receive a smaller CPC (sometimes as low as a couple of cents per click).

If your website takes off and becomes an authority on its niche, you could create a conference around it. Depending on the size of your audience, the event could attract thousands of people, and you could make money directly from conference passes and sponsors.

Search Engine Land, for instance, created a series of conferences that visit several cities on the United States and on other countries as well. The conferences are called Search Marketing Expo, and the tickets and passes cost thousands of dollars. List of popular CPC advertising networks:

    Google Adsense

    Yahoo! Publisher Network (YPN)

    BidVertiser

    Chitika

    Clicksor

2. CPM Advertising Networks

CPM advertising networks behave pretty much as PPC networks, except that you get paid according to the number of impressions (i.e., page views) that the ads displayed on your site will generate. CPM stands for Cost per Mille, and it refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions.

A blog that generates 100,000 page views monthly displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM, therefore, will earn $100 monthly.

CPM rates vary with the network, the position of the ad and the format. The better the network, the higher the CPM rate (because they have access to more advertisers). The closer you put the ad to the top of the page, the higher the CPM. The bigger the format (in terms of pixels), the higher the CPM.

You can get as low as $0,10 and as high as $10 per 1,000 impressions (more in some special cases). CPM advertising tends to work well on websites with a high page views per visitor ratio (e.g., online forums, magazines and so on).

List of popular CPM advertising networks:

    Casale Media

    Burst Media

    Value Click

    Advertising.com

    Tribal Fusion

    Right Media

3. Direct Banner Advertising

Selling your own advertising space is one of the most lucrative monetization methods. First and foremost because it enables you to cut out the middleman commissions and to determine your own rates. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90 leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250 rectangle and the 125×125 button.

The downside of direct banner advertising is that you need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.

Related links:

    How to Find Advertisers for Your Website

    Finding Advertisers for Your Blog

    Direct Advertising Sales for Beginners

    Openads Ad Server

    OIO Publisher Ad Platform

4. Text Link Ads

After Google declared that sites selling text links without the nofollow tag would be penalized, this monetization method became less popular.

Many website owners are still using text links to monetize their sites, though, some using the nofollow tag and some not.

The advantage of this method is that it is not intrusive. One can sell text links directly through his website or use specialized networks like Text-Link-Ads and Text-Link-Brokers to automate the process.

Text link marketplaces and networks:

    DigitalPoint Link Sales Forum

    Text-Link-Ads

    Text-Link-Brokers

    TNX

    LinkWorth

5. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is a very popular practice on the Internet. Under this system you have a merchant that is willing to let other people (the affiliates) sell directly or indirectly its products and services, in exchange for a commission. Sometimes this type of advertising is also called CPA (cost per action) or CPL (cost per lead) based.

Affiliates can send potential customers to the merchant using several tools, from banners to text links and product reviews.

In order to find suitable affiliate programs you can turn to individual companies and publishers like Dreamhost and SEOBook, or join affiliate marketplaces and networks.

List of popular affiliate marketplaces and networks:

    Commission Junction

    ClickBank

    Azoogle Ads

    Link Share

6. Monetization Widgets

The latest trend on the web are widgets that let you monetize your website. Examples include Widgetbucks and SmartLinks. Some of these services operate under a PPC scheme, others behave like text link ads, others yet leverage affiliate links.

Their main differentiator, however, is the fact that they work as web widgets, making it easier for the user to plug and play the service on its website.

List of companies that provide monetization widgets:

    WidgetBucks

    ScratchBack

    SmartLinks

7. Sponsored Reviews

PayPerPost pioneered this model, with much controversy on the beginning (related to the fact that they did not require disclosure on paid posts). Soon other companies followed, most notably Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe, refining the process and expanding the paid blogging model.

Joining one of these sponsored reviews marketplaces will give you the opportunity to write sponsored posts on a wide range of topics. Not all bloggers are willing to get paid to write about a specific product or website (because it might compromise the editorial credibility), but the ones who do are making good money out of it.

If your blog has a big audience you could also offer sponsored reviews directly, cutting off the commissions of the middleman.

List of sponsored reviews and paid blogging networks:

    PayPerPost

    Sponsored Reviews

    ReviewMe

    BlogVertise

    Smorty

8. RSS Feed Ads

With the quick adoption of the RSS technology by millions of Internet users, website owners are starting to find ways to monetize this new content distribution channel.

Feedburber already has its own publisher network, and you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based advertising on your feed footer. Bidvertiser recently introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC scheme.

Finally, some blogs are also opting to sell banners or sponsored messages on their feed directly. John Chow and Marketing Pilgrim are two examples.

Related links:

    Feedburner

    BidVertiser

    Pheedo

9. Sponsors for Single Columns or Events

If you website has specific columns or events (e.g., a weekly podcast, an interview series, a monthly survey, a special project) you could find companies to sponsor them individually.

This method increases the monetization options for website owner, while giving advertisers the possibility to target a more specific audience and with a reduced commitment.

Mashable illustrates the case well. They have several advertising options on the site, including the possibility to sponsor specific columns and articles, including the “Daily Poll” and the “Web 2.0 Invites.”

Problogger also runs group writing projects occasionally, and before proceeding he publicly announce the project asking for sponsors.

10.Premium Content

Some websites and blogs give away part of their content for free, and charge for access to the premium content and exclusive tools.

SEOMoz is a good example. They have a very popular blog that gives advice and information on wide range of SEO related topics. On top of that visitors can decide to become premium members. It costs $48 monthly and it grants them access to guides, tools and other exclusive material.

11. Private Forums

While the Internet is populated with free forums, there is also the possibility to create a private one where members need to pay a single or recurring fee to join.

SEO Blackhat charges $100 monthly from its members, and they have thousands of them. Obviously in order to charge such a price for a forum membership you need to provide real value for the members (e.g., secret techniques, tools, and so on).

Performancing also launched a private forum recently, focused on the networking aspect. It is called The Hive, and the monthly cost is $10.

These are just two examples. There are many possibilities to create a private and profitable forum, you just need to find an appealing angle that will make it worth for the members.

List of popular forum software:

    vBulletin

    Simple Machines Forum

    phpBB

    Vanilla

12. Job Boards

All the popular blogs are trying to leverage job boards to make some extra income. Guy Kawasaki, ReadWriteWeb, Problogger… you name it.

Needless to say that in order to create an active and profitable job board you need first to have a blog focused on a specific niche, and a decent amount traffic.

The advantage of this method is that it is passive. Once you have the structure in place, the job listings will come naturally, and you can charge anywhere from $10 up to $100 for each.

List of popular job board software:

    JobThread

    Web Scribe Job Board

    SimplyHired Job-o-matic

    Jobbex

13. Marketplaces

Sitepoint is the online marketplace by excellence. Some websites and blogs, however, are trying to replicate that model on a smaller scale.

Depending on your niche, a market place that allows your visitors to buy, sell and trade products could work well. Over the time you could start charging a small fee for new product listings.

The problem with this method is that there are no standard software on the web, so you would need to hire a coder to get a marketplace integrated into your website.

You can see an example of a marketplaces being used on EasyWordpress and on Mashable.

14. Paid Surveys and Polls

There are services that will pay you money to run a small survey or poll on your website. The most popular one is called Vizu Answers.

Basically you need to sign up with them, and select the kind of polls that you want to run your site. Most of these services operate under a CPM model.

15. Selling or Renting Internal Pages

Million Dollar Wiki made this concept popular, but it was being used on the web for a long time around (check Pagerank10.co.uk for instance).

These websites sell for a single fee or rent for a recurring fee internal pages on their domain. Usually they have either high Pagerak or high traffic, so that people purchasing a page will be able to benefit in some way.

Implementing this method on a small blog would be difficult, but the concept is interesting and could be explored further.

16. Highlighted Posts from Sponsors

Techmeme probably pioneered this idea, but somehow it has not spread to other websites. The tech news aggregator displays editorial posts on the left column, and on the sidebar they have a section titled “Techmeme Sponsor Posts.”

On that section posts from the blog of the advertisers get highlighted, sending qualified traffic their way. Considering that the monthly cost for one spot is $5000 and that they have around 6 sponsors at any given time, it must be working well.

17. Donations

Placing a “Donate” link or button on a website can be an efficient way to earn money, especially if your blog is on a niche where readers learn and gain value from your content.

Personal development and productivity blogs, for instance, tend to perform well with donation based systems (one good example being Steve Pavlina).

A small variation of this method appeared sometime ago with the Buy Me a Beer plugin. This WordPress plugin enables you to insert a customized message at the bottom of each article, asking the readers to chip in for a beer or coffee.

18. In-text Adverting

In-text adverting networks like Kontera and Vibrant Media will place sponsored links inside your text. These links come with a double underline to differentiate them from normal links, and once the user rolls the mouse over the link the advertising will pop. Should the user click on it the site owner will make some money.

Some people make good money with this method, but others refrain from using it due to its intrusiveness. It is also interesting to note that very few mainstream websites have experimented with in-text advertising.

19. Pop-ups and Pop-unders

Pop-ups are a common yet annoying form of advertising on the Internet. If you are just trying to make a much money as possible from your website, you could experiment with them.

If you are trying to grow the traffic and generate loyal visitors, however, you probably should stay away from them. Just consider the hundreds of pop-up blockers out there: there is a reason why they are so popular.

Ad networks that use pop-ups:

    Tribal Fusion

    PayPopup

    PopupAd

    Adversal

20. Audio Ads

Also called PPP (Pay Per Play), this advertising method was introduce by Net Audio Ads. the concept is pretty simple: play a small audio advertising (usually 5 seconds) every time a visitor enters into your website. The user should not be able to stop it, creating a 100% conversion rate based on unique visitors.

The company is still rolling tests, but some users are reporting to get from a $4 to a $6 CPM. Regardless of the pay rate, though, this is a very intrusive form of advertising, so think twice before using it.

21. Selling the Website

Selling your website could be your last resource, but it has the potential to generate a big sum of money in a short period of time.

Market places on online forums like DigitalPoint and Sitepoint are always active with website buyers and sellers. Keep in mind that they most used parameter to determine the value of a website is the monthly revenue that it generates, multiplied by a certain number (the multiplier can be anything from 5 to 30, depending on the expectations of the seller, on the quality of the site, on the niche and other factors).

Some people also make money trading and flipping websites. They either create them from scratch or buy existing ones, and after some revamping they sell them for a profit.

Related links:

    How To Buy A Website And Flip It For Profit

    How To Sell A Website – How Much Is Your Website Worth?

    Where to sell a website? How to go about selling it?

Indirect Methods

22. Selling an Ebook

Perhaps one of the oldest money making strategies on the web, using a website to promote a related ebook is a very efficient way to generate revenue.

You could either structure the website around the book itself, like SEOBook.com, or launch the ebook based on the success of the website, like FreelanceSwitch did we the book How to be a Rockstar Freelancer.

Related links:

    Writing an ebook for your blog

    How to sell ebooks

    Processing payments for your ebook

    How to sell digital products online

    List of ebook selling software

23. Selling a Hardcover Book

Many authors and journalists leverage their blogs or websites to sell copies of hardcover books. Examples include Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin and Malcolm Gladwell.

While most of these people were already renowned authors before they created their website, one could also follow the other way around. Lorelle VanFossen did exactly that with her Blogging Tips book. First she built her authority on the subject via her blog, and afterwards she published the book.

List of self publishing and publishing services:

    Lulu

    Self Publishing

    iUniverse

    WordClay

24. Selling Templates or WordPress Themes

As more and more people decide to get an online presence, website templates and WordPress themes become hotter and hotter.

On this segment you have mainstream websites like TemplateMonster, as well as individual designers who decide to promote and sell their work independently.

Brian Gardner and Unique Blog Designs are two examples of websites that make money with the sales of premium and custom WordPress themes.

25. Offering Consulting and Related Services

Depending on your niche, you could make money by offering consulting and related services. If you are also the author of your blog, the articles and information that you will share will build your profile and possibly certify your expertise on that niche, making it easier to gain customers.

Chris Garrett used a similar strategy. First he created a highly influential blog on the blogging and new media niche, and afterwards he started offering consulting services to clients with related problems and needs.

26. Creating an Email List or Newsletter

Email lists and newsletters represent one of the most powerful marketing and money making tools on the Internet. They offer incredible conversion rates, and the possibility to call people to action in a very efficient way.

Creating a big list is a difficult task though, so if you have a popular website you could leverage it to increase the number of subscribers on your list.

Yaro Starak is a famous Internet marketer, and if you visit his blog you will notice that right on top he has a section encouraging visitors to subscribe to his email newsletter. Yaro generates five figures in revenues each month from his email newsletters, proving that this method works.

List of software to manage email newsletters:

    AWeber

    SendStudio NX

    PHP Autoresponder

    Constant Contact

27. Mentoring programs

People are willing to pay for someone or something that will teach them and give them knowledge (as opposed to mere information). Education is one of the biggest industries in the world, and the online landscape behaves in a similar way.

Creating a mentoring program related to the niche of your website could be very profitable if you manage to structure and promote it adequately. There is a wide range of media and tools that you can use to deliver the information, from text articles to audio and video lessons.

Brian Clark leveraged the success of Copyblogger to launch a mentoring program teaching people how to build membership and how to sell content online. The program is titled Teaching Sells, and it costs $97 monthly. Sounds expensive, but they have over 1,000 members.

28. Creating a conference around the website

If your website takes off and becomes an authority on its niche, you could create a conference around it. Depending on the size of your audience, the event could attract thousands of people, and you could make money directly from conference passes and sponsors.

Search Engine Land, for instance, created a series of conferences that visit several cities on the United States and on other countries as well. The conferences are called Search Marketing Expo, and the tickets and passes cost thousands of dollars.

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