Blog Income Report for April 2009 is out. I recently read a post from John Chow’s blog and he made a statement that there are about 120 million blogs but 95% of these blogs earn less than $100 a month.

So with this in mind what do you want to do if you belong to this category of bloggers. You could take heart that you fall within the 95% cateogry of bloggers and console yourselves that it’s really difficult to make money blogging. Or you could take up the challenge of making much more money than you currently do on your blog. For me I like the latter better..so keep up the spirit.

Work At Home Blog Statistics:

• 217 RSS Readers (183)
• 3938 visits (3637)
• 7665 Pageviews (7,172)
• Technorati Rank: 45,623 (37,658)
• Technorati Auth: 98 (115)
• Alexa: 70,657 (73,652)
• Inbound links: 12,284 (13500)

Blog Income:

• Private Advertising: $19 ($48)
• Third Party Ads: $29 ($72.92)
• Clickbank Sales/Affiliate: $16.12($30.68) (CBproAds+others)
• Webhosting:$60.00
• Scratchback: $28.48
• Others:$63.00 (blogging services)
  

Total Revenue: $215.60 ($299.20)

My clickbank’s CBprpAds, alternative to Google Adsense for this blog continues to give me some more affiliates. I had  7 new signups in Apr including one paid account. I am still trying hard to get my Google Adsense account reinstated but as of now and expected, no reply from Google.

This month saw for the first time, some earnings received from Scratchback as the payout limit is $25.00 after getting the 7th purchase. To me at $5.00 a text link is still the cheapest ad you can ever have on this blog, or any blog for that matter. Considering that the first scratchback link ad has remained here for the last 3 months. Anyone wants to purchase one here?

This month too saw another first for me. I started doing some freelance work on blogging and the $63 represents income earned on providing such services for one week part-time. I’m providing my service to an affiliate guru and paid  by the hour and I get to learn from this guru at work too. It helps to incentivetize whatever new ideas I have which may need me to invest a little money to see it through. One of them is a new blog which I’ve just created only a few days ago. It’s a niche blog focusing on reviews on affiliate programs and other affiliate marketing topics.  Check out my new blog and let me know what you think. But be kind, this baby is just a few days’ old.

How much money did you make off your blog in April?

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My second Blog Income Report is out. I was just reading a post on why some bloggers reveal their blog income while others just don’t. A little bragging some say, while others feel is to motivate others. But for me it’s simply sharing with others what I do – right or wrong so others may learn it too. I really don’t think one should start sharing only when he is making big money . Did you know that in John Chow’s first Blog Income Report that he shared with his readers, he made just $300.00?

Work At Home Blog Statistics:

• 183 RSS Readers (167)
• 3637 visits (3188)
• 7172 Pageviews (6,945)
• Technorati Rank: 37,658 (37,135)
• Technorati Auth: 115 (118)
• Alexa: 73,652 (80763)
• Inbound links: 13,500 (13,071)

Traffic from search engines amounts to 41% (43) while referring sites and blogs contributed 36% (34%) and 23% (23%) come from direct traffic. I guess I’m quite pleased with the search engine traffic and it shows that my seo work on this blog is starting to take effect.

Blog Income:

• Private Advertising: $50 ($12)
• Third Party Ads: $72.92 ($28.72)
• Reviews: $44.00
• Clickbank Sales/Affiliate: $30.68 (CBproAds)
• Clickbank paycheck (past mths/take earnings):$101.60

Total Revenue: $299.20 ($208.74)

Blog Advertising particularly private ads continue to generate my blog income and it’s my favorite means to make money blogging on blog, because it’s relatively simpler than others.  Again I can’t help mentioning OIO Publishing for making things a lot easier for me to do so. I’d like to thank everyone who may have purchased advertising or contributed to my blog income one way or another. In fact, one person who did, recently joined this community and is now commenting on this blog. What an excellent way to get to know one another

Last month I mentioned my immediate focus was to increase my affiliate commission and I found an alternative to Google Adsense for this blog towards the end of February. Well it turns out to be a very good affiliate program after all. Just after one month I now have 6 affiliate members (1 paid) and it contributed $30.68  to my March blog income. It does live up to its Google Adsense Alternative name.

This month, I decided to take in the earnings from Clickbank after having left it there and almost forgotten about it because it was such a forgettable amount. But after having some sales from CBproAds, I decided to take earnings. I’ll just savor the moment in March, sort of giving me some motivation to do better in April. Here is a screenshot:

How much money did you make off your blog in March?

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After seeing many other blogs post their monthly blog income stats, I’ve decided to do this too on this home business blog for 2 reasons. Firstly if you want to make money blogging, you really need a way to keep track of how your blog is performing in terms of income generation. Only then can you focus on specific areas that need more attention and changes so that you ultimately achieve consistent blog income growth.

Secondly, it goes well with this blog‘s mission which is sharing with others whatever changes, tweaks I have done or will do to increase my blog income. It may help some people in some small ways and fashion in their blog monetization efforts. It’s also giving this blog a more focused direction as it is growing steadily in terms of traffic and income.

Blog Statistics:

• 167 RSS Readers
• 3188 Visits
• 6,945 Pageviews
• Technorati Rank: 37,135
• Technorati Auth: 118
• Alexa: 80763
• Inbound links: 13,071

Traffic from search engines amounts to 43% while referring sites and blogs contributed 34% and 23% come from direct traffic. I guess I’m quite pleased with the search engine traffic and it shows that my seo work on this blog is starting to take effect. I haven’t done any study to determine what is a good ratio among these 3 components of statistics. But I did check up one reputable blog of Caroline-Middlebrook just for comparison and she had hers as 45:29:26 for Feb month. So I guess I’m not too bad for now.

Blog Income:

• Private Advertising: $12
• Affiliate Marketing: $30
• Text Link Ads: $16.72
• Backlinks Ads: $12.00
• Squidoo: $1.02
• Links Transaction: $90.00
• eBooks: $47.00

Total Revenue: $208.74

Private Advertising and text link ads continue to generate my blog income and I hope it continues. I’d like to thank everyone who may have purchased advertising or contributed to my blog income one way or another.

My immediate focus is to increase my affiliate commission and I found an alternative to Google Adsense for this blog towards the end of February. It looks like a very good affiliate program to increase my blog income with.

How much money did you make off your blog in February?

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Presenting a viable solution to this problem is PyraBang in which Darren Mollyneux has ordered this review. I’ll be taking a tour of this ‘New Media’ and what’s touted as a brand new science called ‘Information Economy’

What is PyraBang

If I have to define PyraBang in one sentence it would be “It’s an advertising network that pays its members”. I have to admit when I first came across this name, it did have a strange sound to it, but I remember the old saying ‘never judge a book by its cover’. The site got started just last year so I would prefer to explain it in what PyraBang is trying to create.

“Imagine a world where anyone is able to almost instantly inform everyone else about breaking news, revolutionary new products and services that improve their lives without having to go through the bottleneck that is the main stream media! Imagine also a world where it costs nothing, or you actually make a profit by getting the word out!”

That in a nutshell is what PyraBang is aiming to achieve.

PyraBang -A New Way To Advertise Online

It does have a unique way of advertising online. The term it uses is ‘PyraWords’ which are little advertisements displayed on 1000s of websites or blogs throughout the internet. Imagine scrolling Google Adsense if you will. You are looking at one now located just above. When you post something on the network, it reaches out to about 150 websites. These ads are said to be targeted, quality and viral advertising. ‘Bangs’ work like credits much like your familiar traffic exchange. Members can view other members’ ads while the entire Internet can view these members’ ads too.

Making Money with PyraBang

You can join PyraBang as a free member or a Gold member. As a free member, for every Gold member you refer gets you $3.00 bonus. A Gold membership costs you $5.95 monthly and although what it uses as a 2X10 binary networking system seems a little complicated, I figured the passive income plan can best be shown as the following:

• $12.00 instant bonus (spread out over 3 months) on gold members they sign up.
• Residual Income – After these 3 months, they receive $0.95 monthly from these gold members.
• Residual Income – Receive $0.45 monthly from all gold members in your organization, regardless who sponsored them.
• BONUS positions: You get an extra bonus position in your matrix after your first 7 levels are filled, or after every 30 members – whichever one comes first)

What are Bangs?

Bangs are just credits which you can use in PyraBang. One bang costs 1/10 of a cent or 1000 bangs equal $1.00. Gold members receive 400 bangs a month and these can be used in whatever portions to apply on their posted ads. To put things into perspective, if you post something on the network, you’ll get 1380 impressions of your post for a cost of 10 bangs or 1 penny. They can also be used for investments with other members’ ads. Gold members can purchase monthly bangs up to a maximum of 12000 bangs ($12.00). Bangs can be traded with other members for real money too.

PyraBang is a Different Type of Advertising Network

Unlike many other advertising networks that only circulate members’ ads on their own replicated pages, PyraBang is a network of 100s and 1000′s of independent websites. This seems to be a great way for members to advertise to big masses at virtually no cost as well as invest on other members’ ads to make profits on bangs.

Final Thoughts

PyraBang does seem like a good business opportunity to consider. It’s free membership is appealing but if you are one who is serious in making passive income, going for Gold is definitely recommended. It could be an evolution in the making with its unique advertising network and making money online potential.

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If you have yet to use Google Adsense on your blog or website, but interested to do so now, you may find what I’m going to share with you quite useful and definitely worth considering. Indeed I’ve found an alternative to using Google Adsense – Clickbank CBproAds on my home business blog.

Why This Blog Has No Adsense?

Well this home business blog did have Adsense once when it first started but its existence came to a full stop just 2 months later. Yeah the big G put an end to it for reasons I have yet to comprehend. It advised me in an email then that my account proved a risk to others. These words sounded real strange to me and that it didn’t offer to explain more or advise what steps I should take to eradicate this ‘risk to others’ was a real disappointment. That was more than a year ago. Well this blog now has Adsense, an alternative to Google Adsense that is. Update: This blog now has Google Adsense. Yippee!

Can Google Adsense Make Money

I believe so judging from some bloggers who revealed their monthly income breakdown but on the same breath there seems to be many others who have yet to earn much on Adsense. I’m not an expert on Google Adsense and I’m clueless as to what helps one succeed in it. Perhaps it needs a lot of traffic since I figured it needs about 330 clicks just to give you about $10 Adsense revenue on an average. But then what do I know since I don’t even have Adsense on my blog. Anyone who’s made money on Adsense want to give some good advice, go ahead to post your comment. But for now Clickbank PRO Ads seems a good alternative for me.

What is Clickbank CBproAds

It’s a great tool for Clickbank affiliates to make money online with Clickbank using simple yet powerful ads. There are a total of 7 different types of ads you can generate within a minute each, 4 of them are shown below to give you an idea.

Free or Paid Account. Which is Better?

Well in terms of earning probability, paid account(PRO) offers you much more. If you do decide to use it’s free account, only 50% of the product ads you show on your blog will link to your Clickbank ID. For example if you show a banner with 2 products, one product will show yours and the other showing someone’s Clickbank ID. If it’s a 3 product ad, it’s 1 out of 3 linking to your Clickbank ID. One of the main reasons I didn’t opt for a free account is that you don’t get any affiliate commission either from fresh signups or when they upgrade from free to PRO accounts. But however as a free member you are still eligible to earn sales commission.

How Much Commission in Dollars Can You Earn

On the other hand the PRO account integrates all your ads using your Clickbank ID and everyone who joins you or upgrades later from a free account earns you 50% commission. Clickbank allows paid accounts for different time periods of 3, 6, 12 months or life membership and the service charges to join range from $19 to $99. So I guess you can do the math as to how much money you can make as 50% commission of these amounts whenever someone joins using your affiliate link. It can be pretty attractive. How To Get Started 1. You first need to be an affiliate of Clickbank. If you’re not an affiliate yet, click on this link to open your free Clickbank account. 2. When you have your Clickbank ID, you can then join ClickBank Pro and start to make money online. Free Review: For those who join Clickbank CBproADs using my affiliate link within this week, I’ll write a short review of your blog or site. It’s my way of saying thanks for your support.

Final Thoughts

Personally how Clickbank CBproAd won me over was because of how easy and flexible using this tool brings to me. With over 6000 Clickbank products available, 120 categories and 7 different ad generation types available this alternative to Google Adsense clearly offers a good solution to people who want to make affiliate commission with minimal work.

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Firstly you really have to evaluate carefully if it’s your intention to monetize your blog. Depending on why you set up your blog, making money on your blog may not necessarily be your main objective. You could well have used your blog as a tool or conduit for link building or niche building purposes.

Secondly if your blog is indeed for monetization, there is also an appropriate time to do so, not jump at it and expecting to start generating significant income. You may be sadly disappointed.

Well with the preface out of the way, and if make money on your blog is one of your intentions let’s get started with how to Make Money With OIO Publisher On Your Blog:

OIO Publisher – The Features

• What is OIOpublisher? OIO Publisher is an ad manager, written in php, that lets you control the ad space on your business blog or website. It also offers a marketplace to help you get more advertisers.
• OIO Publisher lets you integrate with as many websites as you wish, as this software is a multi-site license. However your sites must be using PHP.
• OIO Publisher can be used as a WordPress plugin or as a standalone platform.
• It manages all your text ads, banner ads, in-content ads and paid reviews almost on auto-pilot.
• Provides click and impression tracking; weekly ad reports emailed to advertisers
• Easily use your admin area to: approve / reject / expire / renew / validate ads
• Integrated marketplace with 16 categories to help advertise your ads
• OIO Publisher does not take any cut to your sales. Yes you get back 100% of whatever ad price you set for your own ads.
• Text links are now controlled via zones (like banner ads)
• Works with PayPal and PayPal Subscription
• Full javascript ad display support
• Entrecard Payment option integrated

OIO Publisher – Affiliate Program

• You can become an OIO Publisher affiliate by signing up and receive 50% of any sales of OIO Publisher that you drive through your affiliate links or banners.
• Payments are made out once a week
• It allows you to setup your own affiliate program and reward people for selling your ads

Why Did I Buy OIO Publisher

That was at the time when I had my old blog theme. I have to admit tinkering with codes on blog themes is not something I enjoy and I struggled with it then just getting some banner ads to appear on it. Most of the time, I messed it up and brought along a host of newer problems like slowing down my blog loading time. So when I found OIO Publisher, naturally it appealed to me and I have to say at the reasonable price of $47, it’s one of the best money I’ve spent.

Advertising on your blog – the best money making method

Top Money Maker
When you think of making money blogging or blog monetizing the very first thing that comes to your mind is blog advertising. Well that’s because it’s the easiest and most prominent as you can display your ads anywhere on your blog that you so wished. If you’ve read many blog posts sharing their monthly incomes, you’d know that private ads usually feature top in their lists.

Ad Management
Understandably if your blog is new, you may think it’s not the right time to purchase it as you could well manage your own ads or banner ad purchases from your customers. Your first thought is to think about it when that time comes. Well that is one thought but it belongs to the one in a millionth bloggers who think this way. The more successful blogger thinks differently and always plans ahead. After all he knows increasing blog traffic is a prerequisite to his blog success. Also it’s more effective to promote as an affiliate in OIO Publisher if you used it – and yes we can tell if an affiliate is using it.

My Final Conclusion

If like me, you’re looking to work things a little smarter or simply relieve some tedious task in ad placement work on your blog, you really ought to consider purchasing OIO Publisher today. Your time could be better used to promote your business or other make money blogging ventures.

GET $8 OFF USING April’09 Coupon Code: SPRING-WFHB.  For anyone who signs up using this coupon code I will buy $10 worth of advertising on your site!

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