http://www.swogala.com Making a living on the 'net, one penny at a time Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:48:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the last few months, I have been overwhelmed with other ventures and issues pertinent to my impending move to the extent that I have neglected this blog entirely.  Although I founded this blog on a particular precept that has now expired, I plan to continue this blog as a ... http://www.swogala.com/changing-plans-focus-blog/ Occasionally, I buy and sell a few things on eBay. When selling, I always try to provide the best service possible and have until now maintained a perfect 100% feedback score. However, this week, eBay made changes to the way its feedback system works that seem to make ... http://www.swogala.com/ebay-feedback-changes-seem-unfair/ The only way is up someone or other sang (rather painfully) in the late 80s and that seems to be the way for my portfolio's traffic figures.  This month, I tightened the criteria for inclusion in the monthly traffic tally.  Essentially, the criteria are two-fold:  i)  the site should not be ... http://www.swogala.com/april-traffic-numbers/ As mentioned in an earlier post, this is the first real post in an ongoing endeavour to describe the how, why and wherefore behind creating solid money-making sites from scratch.  And what better way to commence such a project than with a brand new health-related blog.  Although renowned among webmasters ... http://www.swogala.com/pc1-the-healthy-blogger/ I am pleased to introduce a new feature on this blog called Project Central. In a series of ensuing entries, I plan to outline the steps I take in building money making sites from inception, through the development and promotion process to fruition. These blog entries will appear ... http://www.swogala.com/project-central-a-new-feature/ March saw quite a spike in traffic for the sites in my portfolio.  Aggregated across all non-trash sites (discounting sites such as proxies, MySpace resources sites etc.), 649926 pages were pushed which is a healthy increase of about 61%, far in excess of the target 10% monthly increase. Target for April ... http://www.swogala.com/march-traffic-numbers/ There have been numerous takes on the basic ideas of PPC and CPM style advertising. I recently discovered a further offering from the guys over at matched.co.uk. On the surface, their offering looks like a fairly easy ~ $150 per month provided you can get matched to advertisers ... http://www.swogala.com/get-matched-with-150-per-month/ It seems a popular monthly ritual among webmaster bloggers to flaunt their numbers whether it be earnings figures, or pictures of AdSense checks or some other seemingly important numbers. Well, for the last few months, I have been keeping aggregated traffic stats of the sites I run and have ... http://www.swogala.com/february-numbers/ I've been a busy boy over the last month or so and have not been able to find time to squeeze out an update here.  But, here goes. Mid-February, I commenced a mid- to long-term project centered around blogging that I hope will open up a solid revenue channel.  I did the ... http://www.swogala.com/three-more-blogs-strengthen-the-portfolio/ Here's the first in a series of entries I have planned on promoting your blog.  One of the revenue streams I intend to significantly strengthen during the 2008 calendar year is through blogging.  Consequently, I wil most likely reflect quite a bit about the process of blogging over the coming months. Let's face ... http://www.swogala.com/more-traffic-to-your-blog-1-forums/