Monthly Archives: September 2007

MillionDollarHomeboy won’t leave the house until he makes $1 million

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If there is a MillionDollarHomepage, there’s gotta be a MillionDollarHomeboy. As the name of this blog suggests, Mark Givens asks his readers to “tag along as I use Google Adsense to make one million dollars without leaving the house.”

What’s unique about MillionDollarHomeboy is below every blog post, Mark tells us how much he earned in Google Adsense the previous day. His figures are decent enough ($2.67 on his 25th day of posting on the blog), and it’s interesting to find out when is he going to make his first million.

By doing this, Mark is doing something unique, although I can’t tell for sure if he ways the first to do this, or anybody else is doing this. I myself is new to this blogging for profit thing so I may not be too familiar with the arena (well give me a few months).

On his first blog post on August 11, he says:

Well, I have decided to make one million dollars using Google Adsense. Yeah the ads you see everywhere on the internet are going to make me one million smackers!

I have also placed a large limitation upon myself of not being able to leave the house until I have made one million dollars, so the Google Adsense program just makes a lot of sense for me. I won?t have to leave the house, and I can make some cash as well.

I am not going into this totally blind as I already have some experience with Google Adsense. I currently have six websites and all of them have little Google ads all over the place and I am making a little money with those ads, so it seems like a logical plan to make even more money now since I have attached the million dollar goal.

So, follow me to the Google Adsense hall of fame. Starting tomorrow I will begin telling everyone how to make money using Google Adsense. I am already, and you can too.

Mark says he’s not leaving his house until he makes his first million. Well he’s got to be on TV! (Hey Mark, I just gave you an idea.)

So there goes our First Featured Blog. I will try to feature at least three blogs a week, and I will start with those who are starting just like me.

It’s Darren’s birthday

Darren of ProBlogger.net celebrates his birthday with Prizes galore. The prizes were contributed by readers, and will be given away to readers.

Prizes are another way to get your blog sticky. I wonder what I can give away on BloggingProfits.

By the way, ProBlogger.net has a new design. It now looks like an online magazine or journal.

The new logo was designed by Mike Rohde from MakaluMedia.

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The new logo looks more techie, and fits the magazine layout to a “T”

Just Bookmarked: 10 Forums to Make You a Better Blogger

Fred Peters of NewestOnTheNet compiles a list of “10 Forums to Make You a Better Blogger.” A must-have list of resources for starters like me.

Among those on the list, the only ones I’m aware of are Performancing, V7, and DigitalPoint. The seven others are new to me.

Kudos to Fred for putting a lot of effort in that post. The logos were eye-catching.

John Chow made $17,828 in August 2007

Here are some important highlights of John Chow’s Income Report for 2007:

  • Google Adsense now accounts only for 3% of his income, and he’s thinking of dumping Adsense, which was his main source during the early days of JohnChowDotCom.
  • He actually spent $585 for Google Adwords. In other words, a blog that’s as popular as his has to advertise. That’s a point to consider for starters.
  • He earned $4,200.00 from ReviewMe.

John Chow’s income can buy me a new car every month!

Protect your Google Adsense account with Allowed Sites

The Google Adsense program has finally introduced a feature that will surely give Adsense publishers some peace of mind: Publishers may now allow their Adsense code to show only on URLs, domains, or websites they allow.

Says the Google Blog in this post:

We’ve learned through your feedback that some AdSense publishers are concerned about potentially malicious behavior on the web, such as having their ad code stolen, to be placed on an inappropriate site. To give you more control and security concerning ad code, we’ve recently launched the Allowed Sites list.

To use this feature, log in to your Adsense account, click on the Adsense Setup Tab, then click on the “Allowed Sites” link at the far right end of the navigation. Enter the URLs of your websites or domains, and your Adsense code will not show up on other websites. [See image below]

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Google says:

Sites that aren’t on your list can still display ads using your ad code; however, impressions and clicks for these sites won’t appear in your reports, advertisers won’t be charged, and you won’t receive any earnings from them.

The Google Adsense program has become the main source of revenue or monetization for most bloggers, that some malicious elements pasting Adsense codes of competitors on inappropriate websites to get them banned from Adsense.

With this new feature, Adsense publishers have more control. But I long for that day when Adsense will encrypt the Adsense code so that Publisher IDs are hidden from scammers and spammers.

See you at the BlogWorld Expo

Are you attending the BlogWorld & New Media Expo?

As described:

It is the first and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference, and media event dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of blogging and new media. In addition to the only industry-wide exhibition, BlogWorld will feature the largest blogging conference in the world including more than 50 seminars, panel discussions and keynotes from iconic personalities on the leading-edge of online technology and internet-savvy business. If you are currently blogging, vlogging, podcasting, producing other forms of new media content, entering the new media industry, or just want to know what the blogosphere is all about, then you need to be at the most comprehensive blogging convention–BlogWorld & New Media Expo.

The inaugural event will take place November 8th and 9th at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with an exclusive “Executive & Entrepreneur” conference beginning November 7th. Las Vegas Convention Center is located at: 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109x

Jim of the BlogWorld Blog gives us a description of the venue. [Read his post]

See you there!

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