Posted on May 10, 2010 by Eric
Back towards the end of December 2009 I wrote an article on how to get paid by google.
Basically, it was an article about how to quickly get the extra cash out of your Google Adsense account and I wanted to give an update on how everything went.
I ended up not putting in as much effort as I would have liked, but I built out one of my domains to the point of getting no. 1 in Yahoo for a specific keyword.
This keyword doesn’t bring in a ton of traffic, but it does net the site somewhere around 20 bucks per month through adsense revenue now.
The site that I used was not this one, nor have I made any significant adsense revenue from this site.
What was my goal?
The original goal was to hit the 100 mark (I was about 40 bucks short) by the end of January 2010. That gave me 44 days and it ended up being a bit too ambitious for how much effort I was willing to put in.
How did I do?
Well, at the end of January 2010 I had somewhere around $79 in my account.
At the end of February I almost hit the mark at around 96 bucks, and in March I finally hit the mark in adsense revenue giving me my first Google cheque!
How much work was it?
Well, to be honest it was a breeze. I grabbed a 6 pack of beer and dumped a ton of content onto the website in about 4 hours and that was it. In about 2 weeks I had ranked for some keywords and started getting the traffic.
I used wordpress to post the articles over a period of time. So in other words the site posts a new article every day without me having to do anything! In fact, from those 4 hours of work I STILL have articles being posted once a day on that site.
I think that the revenue will continue to grow slowly. This site will definitely not be a money maker, but it’s good enough to bring in around 240 bucks a year… and that’s like 12 cases of beer that I can drink to make 12 more sites!
Posted on May 5, 2010 by Eric
Drink up my friends!
Grab a beer or a margarita and toast Cinco De Mayo!
I don’t want to write a long post because I have to go drink beer, but check out more info here.
Be safe, and party hard!
Posted on April 19, 2010 by Eric
Brad Callen is giving away his brand new product for free!
I’ve used Brad’s stuff before. I still to this day use keyword elite 2.0 for my keyword research, and will be training some contractors how to use it in the future.
So I was thrilled when Brad announced his foray into an SEO link building network product because I know it’ll be high quality.
The info on his product is here:
http://www.seolinkvine.com/ (not an affiliate link)
But I was even more bat shit crazy excited when I saw that he was giving away his product to a few people who have a plan on how to use it!
Well, because I’ve been working out the plan on how to use his product for the past few weeks, I figured this was right up my alley.
So here’s the info on the givaway:
http://www.seolinkvine.com/blog/2010/04/win-a-lifetime-membership-to-seolinkvine-here%E2%80%99s-how/ (not an affiliate link)
Check out SEO Link Vine and see if you can come up with a plan that’ll get you the program for free.
The system probably won’t be cheap (Brad hasn’t released the price yet) but knowing him, it’ll be good stuff.
’till next time,
~E
Posted on April 15, 2010 by Eric
Recently I won a bid to take over Cartips.com
It wasn’t cheap, but I really want to build it into a brand that can be trusted, and have a ton of information that is really valuable to readers.
Over the next few weeks I’m going to be posting a lot of content on the site, and hopefully people really start to like it.
Let me know what you think so far. You can check it out here:
http://www.cartips.com
~E
Posted on April 12, 2010 by Eric
I’ve written about zipcar before, but my blog has changed a lot since then and the post has been lost.
For that reason I wanted to touch on my experience with Zipcar in Vancouver once more.
I signed up with Zipcar about 3 years ago because having a convertible rear wheel drive car I didn’t have wheels during the winter.
What is zipcar?
It’s basically a car coop that allows you to reserve a car from your cell phone or computer and then go and pick one up and drive it for your reserved time.
Sounds awesome, right? That’s what I thought too so I signed up and used it… and used it a fair bit. So here’s my experience:
The cars that Zipcar offer are pretty cool. You can pick up a Mini Cooper, Honda Civic, or Toyota Prius… they have trucks and SUVs and even an Audi – though I forget what kind.
The locations of the cars that Zipcar has is pretty good too. I found one close to my work, and about 8 that were pretty close to my home. The Zipcars are spread out around Vancouver so that you don’t have to walk too far once you reserve one.
The signup is cheap, and you get a nifty card that can open up the cars.
Once you need a car you just reserve your Zipcar online or on your phone, head on down to the location of the car and swipe your card over the windsheild… this will open up the car and the keys are inside… pretty cool, huh?
You drive it around and then bring it back… though bring it back on time because the penalty for a late arrival is pretty hefty.
I can see the point of the high penalty price though because if someone else has it reserved after you it’s a pain in the ass for them to not have the car available.
I was thinking that it would be kinda difficult to keep track of the time when the car was due back to it’s home, but actually Zipcar sends you a text message to your phone to remind you… that’s kick ass!
Plus, if you have an iPhone you can even download a Zipcar app that allows you to find and open the Zipcar once you’ve reserved it.
I don’t have an iPhone… nor do I want one… but I think that’s a pretty cool feature.
All in all I use the Zipcar whenever my car is off the road and it’s very convenient. It’s not the cheapest option, but it’s really the best one for my purpose.
If you want to check out Zipcar in Vancouver or any of the other locations in North America you can actually get 25 bucks just for signing up through my link… plus I get 25 bucks in my account so we can both help eachother out.
Here’s the link to Zipcar’s website and the offer… or you can hit the banner at the top of this page.
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