Archive for the ‘Making Money Online’ category

How to Make Money From Your Writing Skills?

November 5th, 2009

I’ve done (and still doing) some writing – earning me not cash but free review copies of products. However, there are some people who have earned a nice flow of constant cash for their writings.

Believe it or not, people are willing to pay you lots of money to write for them, especially online businesses and publications. In fact, the demand for writers is higher than ever, with thousands of mom-and-pop business looking to outsource their writing tasks.

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Monetize Your Website with AuctionAds

September 8th, 2007

I’ve just received an e-mail notifying me that AuctionAds is now part of TLA and that new AuctionAds publishers will automatically receive $25 in their account on signing up.

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The Potential in Text Link Ads

August 8th, 2007

I didn’t pay much attention to it earlier. I should have… it’s Text Link Ads (TLA). The ads are in the form of paid text links embedded within a site.

To date, I’ve gotten a little over $320 in total from Text Link Ads within the last few months of this year. This is from a software development-related site of mine.

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New Google Apps Referrals

April 16th, 2007

Two weeks ago, Google announced the Google Apps referrals program. Google Apps provides customized email addresses (powered by Gmail), Google Calendar, Google Talk, Docs & Spreadsheets and Page Creator. It’s free and it’s hosted by Google. [UPDATE: Google has retired its referrals program in August 2008.]

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Amazon Context Links: Yet Another Way of Monetizing a Site

March 31st, 2007

For those of you who are looking for more ways of monetizing your site, there’s exciting news. Amazon has launched the Context Links Beta program.

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New Pricing Structure for AdSense and AdWords Referrals

February 6th, 2007

Are you one of those who felt that it was too difficult to generate revenue from AdSense and AdWords referrals?

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Earn Referral Fees for Amazon Unbox

February 5th, 2007

There’s a new development in the Amazon Associates program. Now users of the program can earn referral fees on Amazon Unbox Video Downloads.

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Updated AdSense Program Policies

January 18th, 2007

It has come to my attention that there is an updated AdSense Program Policy page.

The policies remain the same but they are now in a more readable format.

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Policy Clarification on Google Ad and Image Placement

December 29th, 2006

Placing images along side Google AdSense ads has always been a controversial issue.

Apparently, AdSense publishers had observed increased ad click-through rates (CTR) when images are cleverly placed beside ads. I have not experimented with this idea although I knew about it for quite some time.

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Monthly Amazon Associates Payments Starting 2007

December 24th, 2006

I just got news that Amazon Associates payment will be monthly instead of quarterly, beginning January 1, 2007.

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