Software Reviews

Site monetization - one passive income method

Many website owners have as their (main) motive money. Not unusual at all, not strange at all. And not trivial at all.

However, there are sometimes methods that can prove easy and yet legal. And this is exactly what about this post is: a simple way to make 75 pounds (about $150) per month. The best part is however that you don't have to work for them. It's all passive income.

What you need to know first is that you need at least one website or blog to take advantage of this opportunity. However, to use it at its maximum capacity 5 websites (or blogs) are needed.

Edit: in the meantime, match discontinued their services.

That being said, the method is simple: place ads on your pages and get paid for them no matter what your traffic or pagerank is. Who's offering this? matched.co.uk under the name of `Publisher` account. Tell them on what pages you're willing to place ads and they will provide you the appropriate code and will pay 3 pounds (about $6) per month for each page. For 25 pages (5 sites x 5 pages) you'll get about $150 per month.

The ads are non-intrusive, having a adsense-similar look. And, the best thing of all - after you add the provided code to your pages, there's nothing else to worry about. $150 will arrive in your PayPal each month (or your UK bank account if you prefer).

Typo traffic - the hidden market

The last days I got my hands on a new book, TYPO GOLD: Get a Ton More Traffic for Pennies...or Less.   After reading it I realized there's much more to the typo traffic than I thought - it looks like you can build an entire business around this or seriously improve your traffic to your current ventures.. So, if that sounds interesting enough read below.

For more details or check the author's page directly

First of all, the opening credits hit you: one of the writers Jaclyn Easton,  was a seven year business columnist for the Los Angeles Times and an Emmy Award winning business reporter for CBS News. She also wrote the #1 best-selling book StrikingItRich.com. You never see these kind of credentials on an ebook and you see the fingerprint of this experience throughout the Typo Gold;  it is a pleasure to read because it's well-written AND because backs up its facts with screenshot after screenshot of proof.

As for the strategies, I was amazed how many times I thought 'brilliantly simple' when reading it.  Why? Because as the title suggest, '..for pennies or less', the book shows you dozens of methods based on typos/mistakes to make many steady streams of income with only a small initial investment. (Actually a bunch of the strategies require NO investment).  What does 'small initial investment' mean? Around $150. In how much time you recover your investment? About a month if you're serious about it.

Some quick math: if you reinvest all your income after the first month, you'll have a business producing $300/mo. If you reinvest that after 2 months you'll be producing $600/mo. $1200 after 3 months. Where's the limit? Pretty high because most of this is on auto-pilot. You'll eventually say stop when you'll feel there's too much to handle but at that point you may very well be doing more than a few thousand
dollars per month on different niches.

Just the facts:

• it's a complete walkthrough. It will take you by the hand through the entire process
• shows you techniques to avoid 'trial and error' methods and go directly to the jackpot
• gives you unlimited access to two custom made tools by for the purposes of this book
• gives you relevant case studies and statistics to guide you in making the best choices

To rewind, if you think of any questions, you'll most likely find the answers, demo videos and more goodies here.

Instant Article Wizard

Article marketing is an easy, safe and rewarding method that should be in everyone’s arsenal. Basically you write an article (a few hundred words) on the subject you want to promote then send this article to sites that publish it. You get links to your site from the article plus traffic.

One of the best known sites is www.ezinearticles.com and there are literally hundreds of article directories that accept and publish your content at no cost. And you can also approach the problem from the Squidoo point of view and publish a ‘lens’ - there’s a little more work involved but if you play your cards right there’s more in the reward.

Actual, visible results won’t happen with anything less than 10-50 unique articles depending on your niche so finding a fast way to get unique articles is of utmost importance. The best solution I found so far that I’m using myself is the Instant Article Wizard, a program that makes human-readable and content-rich articles on any topic you give it - a must have tool for anyone doing or looking to start article marketing.

The start in our marketing journey...

This is just an introduction to the topic. The point is...

New marketing software - taking marketing to the next level? Or just a revamped classic? Either way, if the concept is interesting and useful I'll recommend it.

Pros, cons and a review as objective as possible from the user's, programmer's and marketer's point of view (yes, I'm into multiple personalities).

So, it's 4 November 2007 - stay tuned.