I was making my way around all of the PF blog sites this morning and came upon a site that chronicles the happenings of a guy who is doing a lot of web based marketing. He called it affiliate marketing and talked a lot about click throughs and pay per click. As I looked around and explored his links, I found another site that actually linked to their site that they derive income from. It was pretty interesting. It basically was a list of articles that they had written with a ton of ads integrated in. My first thought was it’s the equivalent of html based SPAM. You know what I’m talking about. A web page that exists solely for them to put ads on. The content was pretty weak. Is this what it’s all about?
I’ve been posting to this site because I find it therapeutic. At best I’m hoping that I’ll get enough income from this site to cover the hosting costs now that I’m not on blogger.
Maybe I should consider putting up a few other sites. I’m not sure what I’d post on them, and know that my time is limited enough that I probably wouldn’t make a ton of progress on it. I think I’ll just work an hour or two of overtime and call it good. I know that defeats the purpose of passive income, but I can make so much more money in such a short amount of time, compared to the amount of effort I’d have to put in to other sites. What do you think?
Signed,
Passive Incomeless in Seattle
I had three blogs on my domain. I’m now down to two. I could not support the time effort involved with maintaining quality (or, building quality) on the blog with three – plus the full time job, plus the desire to start writing some business books. The blog’s purpose is to find a voice in the wilderness that will help write the book(s) from a particular point of view. And, I get to try out some subjects and see how they play.
So, my objective is not to make money off of the Internet. It is to build the writing skill, find some fans, have a place to market the book(s) when written, and be able to show editors and agents the writing style.
That, in and of itself, is tough – though rewarding – work. And worth the price of the hosting and domain name. Maybe I’ll add in income later. But right now I’m learning the craft through doing.
Nice blog here, by the way. I’ve subscribed for several months.
Bankrupt in Bellevue (I’m not – but couldn’t resist!)
Scot
Be sure and check out the stuff over at www.problogging.net , the blogger has tons of info on generating money off of blogging.
If you really want to look into affiliate junk, check out Randy’s blog on affiliate stuff:
http://affiliatemarketingprograms.blogspot.com/
Nice to see another Seattle blogger too, btw. :)
Oops, that’s www.problogger.net , not .com