Comments on: Barney and ProBlogger http://www.leithjb.net/blog/2008/05/17/barney-and-problogger/ Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:25:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Doug http://www.leithjb.net/blog/2008/05/17/barney-and-problogger/comment-page-1/#comment-14554 Doug Wed, 21 May 2008 03:29:04 +0000 http://www.leithjb.net/blog/?p=763#comment-14554 Barney I appreciate the kind remarks. I am no different than you in a lot of ways. Still searching for the secret sauce, but wanted to encourage you that you will find the right mix that works for your situation and that you can feel good about. As for me, I actually need to go and order the book myself! Good luck! Barney I appreciate the kind remarks. I am no different than you in a lot of ways. Still searching for the secret sauce, but wanted to encourage you that you will find the right mix that works for your situation and that you can feel good about. As for me, I actually need to go and order the book myself! Good luck!

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]]> By: Barney http://www.leithjb.net/blog/2008/05/17/barney-and-problogger/comment-page-1/#comment-14552 Barney Tue, 20 May 2008 19:38:29 +0000 http://www.leithjb.net/blog/?p=763#comment-14552 Doug, many thanks for weighing in here and helping us learn more about how to earn in an appropriate way from our religion-focused blogs. I love all this learning from other people's experience. Now, I need to finish reading Darren's excellent book and do the exercises he recommends for establishing what one can start and sustain a blog about and the ways of earning that fit with one's moral/religious stance. I'm most grateful to everyone who's commented here so far. Keep that learning coming! Doug, many thanks for weighing in here and helping us learn more about how to earn in an appropriate way from our religion-focused blogs.

I love all this learning from other people’s experience. Now, I need to finish reading Darren’s excellent book and do the exercises he recommends for establishing what one can start and sustain a blog about and the ways of earning that fit with one’s moral/religious stance.

I’m most grateful to everyone who’s commented here so far. Keep that learning coming!

]]> By: Doug http://www.leithjb.net/blog/2008/05/17/barney-and-problogger/comment-page-1/#comment-14551 Doug Tue, 20 May 2008 18:54:17 +0000 http://www.leithjb.net/blog/?p=763#comment-14551 Hi guys. I have to say I might disagree with making money from religious topics. I have not read Darren's book, but I do read his blog and he has some posts on Amazon affiliates that you might want to check out. I don't know if he covers it in the book, maybe he does. I am using Amazon on a health site I run and the Amazon thing is working out quite well. Health does lend itself well to selling products since you have exercise equipment and things of that nature that people buy. However, I think you could extend that to your site topic as well. I am not sure it will get you to 6 figures, but it will probably earn you more than now. My recommendation would be to open an Amazon affiliate store niche site and find books, DVDs and other religious products that you think are good for your readers and post them. Keep in mind that once someone clicks on your product link you not only get a commission if they buy that product, but if they buy something else you get commission on that as well. Look at my site to see how I am doing it. I also see no reason why being religious means you can't make money. You are providing a valuable service to the community. I think most preachers preaching on Sunday are not doing it for free. :-) Hi guys. I have to say I might disagree with making money from religious topics. I have not read Darren’s book, but I do read his blog and he has some posts on Amazon affiliates that you might want to check out. I don’t know if he covers it in the book, maybe he does.

I am using Amazon on a health site I run and the Amazon thing is working out quite well. Health does lend itself well to selling products since you have exercise equipment and things of that nature that people buy. However, I think you could extend that to your site topic as well. I am not sure it will get you to 6 figures, but it will probably earn you more than now.

My recommendation would be to open an Amazon affiliate store niche site and find books, DVDs and other religious products that you think are good for your readers and post them.

Keep in mind that once someone clicks on your product link you not only get a commission if they buy that product, but if they buy something else you get commission on that as well. Look at my site to see how I am doing it. I also see no reason why being religious means you can’t make money. You are providing a valuable service to the community. I think most preachers preaching on Sunday are not doing it for free. :-)

]]> By: Barney http://www.leithjb.net/blog/2008/05/17/barney-and-problogger/comment-page-1/#comment-14550 Barney Tue, 20 May 2008 18:11:16 +0000 http://www.leithjb.net/blog/?p=763#comment-14550 Steve, many thanks for your very helpful comment. I'm learning the whole time and you've made a point that Darren makes in ProBlogger about the challenges of choosing suitable metrics for one's blog. For a monetized blog, clearly the level of income from it must be an important measure. Steve, many thanks for your very helpful comment. I’m learning the whole time and you’ve made a point that Darren makes in ProBlogger about the challenges of choosing suitable metrics for one’s blog. For a monetized blog, clearly the level of income from it must be an important measure.

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]]> By: Steve Marshall http://www.leithjb.net/blog/2008/05/17/barney-and-problogger/comment-page-1/#comment-14546 Steve Marshall Tue, 20 May 2008 14:25:12 +0000 http://www.leithjb.net/blog/?p=763#comment-14546 Income from a website, no matter how modest it may be, remains a useful indicator of how successful a website is at attracting genuine visitors. It's all very well looking at usage stats such as visitor numbers, bandwidth and page-views, but sometimes those figures can be skewed by unusual activities. I checked my usage logs the other day and found that a couple of closely-related IP addresses originating in Germany were extremely active on my site on 8 May. And I can confirm that there's no corresponding spike in Google AdSense income. :-( May now (falsely?) looks like it was a busy month. For example, page-views for the first 2/3 of May are already quite a bit higher than for each of the previous four months. I'd love to know why those Germans were hoovering up my site, though. Income from a website, no matter how modest it may be, remains a useful indicator of how successful a website is at attracting genuine visitors. It’s all very well looking at usage stats such as visitor numbers, bandwidth and page-views, but sometimes those figures can be skewed by unusual activities. I checked my usage logs the other day and found that a couple of closely-related IP addresses originating in Germany were extremely active on my site on 8 May. And I can confirm that there’s no corresponding spike in Google AdSense income. :-(

May now (falsely?) looks like it was a busy month. For example, page-views for the first 2/3 of May are already quite a bit higher than for each of the previous four months.

I’d love to know why those Germans were hoovering up my site, though.

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]]> By: Barney http://www.leithjb.net/blog/2008/05/17/barney-and-problogger/comment-page-1/#comment-14538 Barney Mon, 19 May 2008 11:48:52 +0000 http://www.leithjb.net/blog/?p=763#comment-14538 Tess, I certainly was surprised to have a comment from Darren - and I was really pleased, as you can imagine. Kurt, Umm Yasmin, Tess, I think we were all interested in Steve's comments and I'm sure we all agree that religious blogs are not the place to make money - I mean it is probably not morally acceptable and it certainly doesn't work in market-place terms. I can see that we may well be heading towards second, more commercial blogs. Anyone got any spare time they can sell me? Tess, I certainly was surprised to have a comment from Darren – and I was really pleased, as you can imagine.

Kurt, Umm Yasmin, Tess, I think we were all interested in Steve’s comments and I’m sure we all agree that religious blogs are not the place to make money – I mean it is probably not morally acceptable and it certainly doesn’t work in market-place terms.

I can see that we may well be heading towards second, more commercial blogs. Anyone got any spare time they can sell me?

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