http://blogspinner.countwordula.com Monetizing and managing your weblogs Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:09:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of you that have been planning to move your blog but weren’t sure how to go about it, check out this 20-point checkliist at Performancing. While it is focused on WordPress, much of it applies to nearly any type of blog move. In this case, the move was both ... http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/2007/06/22/need-to-move-your-blog/ March marks two years since I first used AdSense. This has been a relatively good month, and if the trends it showed continue, then there’s hope for my own sites Traffic: Traffic was at least higher than February. That is, the average pageviews per day is probably the highest ... http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/2007/04/02/blogspinner-march-2007-milestones/ These posts are way overdue, due to being so busy with blogging projects. So I’ve combined them into a single post with two summary sections. January Wow, is it February already? I was so busy catching up all the work I couldn’t finish in December and January that I’ve not being staying ... http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/2007/03/11/blogspinner-milestones-jan-feb-2007/ Once again, I’ve been so busy that this “milestones” post is an afterthought. As with 2005, December 2006 was a weaker month for pretty much everything, compared to October and especially November. Here is a brief summary of my blogging milestones, mostly in the area of revenue/ monetization. Traffic. Traffic was ... http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/2007/01/10/blogspinner-december-2006-milestones/ This past week, I either purchased or agreed to the purchase of 7 sites, to bring my tally to 8. Except in my eagerness, I ignored checking into a few things before forking over my money (or agreeing to barter freelance blogging work in one case). I figured that I’ve ... http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/2006/12/17/monetizing-blogs-series-buying-sites/ This is a summary of my personal and professional blogging activities, published with the intent of encouraging newbies to stick with it. Content: My own content has had a dramatic decrease. I’ve been trying new writers, and they’re just getting up to speed with regular posting. Chitika: Not enough revenue to warrant ... http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/2006/12/01/blogspinner-november-2006-milestones-2/ [Disclaimer: I am being paid for this review of ReviewMe, but am not obligated to write a positive review. Furthermore, I was one of the beta testers of the site.] ReviewMe is a brand new site that launched Nov 9/06 and is essentially similar to PayPerPost in that it’s a ... http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/2006/11/09/reviewme-the-full-review-writing-revenue-for-bloggers/ This is a shortened version because once I again I lost a crapload of writing by mistakenly pressing delete in my fave editor. Although now I no longer have a fave. I’m taking a different approach to these milestones: Chitika: More clicks in a single month than since late last Fall. ... http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/2006/11/01/blogspinner-october-2006-milestones/ The Performancing Partners Ad Network has officially been up for a few days now. Nick, Chris, and the other P-Boys worked hard to get the network up, and they’re smooth out any wrinkles. If you want another revenue stream for your site, in the form of IAB standard 125×125 pixel ... http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/2006/10/28/performancing-partners-ad-network-up/ ReviewMe is a closed-beta application that is similar to PayPerPost.com but more robust, and with higher potential payouts dependent on a number of factors. This is a test review for the beta system. If you to sign up, go to ReviewMe and register your email address t be notified. Current ... http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/2006/10/26/test-review-of-reviewme/