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Smart Ways To Monetize Your Blog – BlogWorld Presentation

Posted December 16th, 2007 by Jeremy Schoemaker

This was my presentation on smart ways to monetize your blog that I gave at blogworld. Thanks to Ben from inbusinesstv.com for sending me the link!

This was a awkward presentation for me… 2 of the people that were supposed to be on the panel didn’t show, 1 new person was added at the very last minute (so only 1 other person then me showed that I knew what they were going to talk about). I had to regroup and wing a lot of it. And the microphone didn’t work unless I held it (which is why it sounds like crap).

The presentation is edited a bit there was a few things I said during the thing I asked to be edited out ;) lol… but for the most part everything is there.

I hope I did a good job explaining why I think Affiliates and Direct advertising are the best ways to go for bloggers. Those were my areas to cover ;) .


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55 comments. What say you?

  1. Good Comment?
    BloggingForBillions.com

    Great information and I don’t think Shoemoney could ever include too many videos to share.
    Rob West

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    Rantitorial

    Nice presentation!

  3. Good Comment?
    The Pupil

    Woo hooo!!! Awesome presentation, man.

    Thank you for providing that amazing information.

  4. Good Comment?
    Nick Sullivan

    Nice presentation, a little hard to hear though.

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    Webmaster Forum

    Thanks for sharing this video :)

  6. Good Comment?
    Reverse Funnel System

    Many useful informations u shared there. Amazing presentation

  7. Good Comment?
    Jason

    Great Video… very helpful. Definitely inspirational for all bloggers. Blogworld is a client of mine and they definitely did a great job getting you to speak. Thanks.

  8. Good Comment?
    Ben

    Thanks for posting the video. I think you did a great job speaking. I made my recommendations to Blogworld about making the shoots next year a little more video friendly, including better sound, lighter backdrops, mics for the audience and so forth. I think next year you are going to see a streamlined BlogWorld, with less speakers and more order. Overall it was amazing to have the wealth of new media knowledge in one place. I have the keynotes on our homepage at http://www.inbusinesstv.com and will be adding more videos after our launch in January, so everyone can tune in to what went on.
    We don’t need old media, let the muther#%$’s Blog, Blog muther#%$’s Blog.

  9. Good Comment?
    jim

    Thanks for putting this up

  10. Good Comment?
    Nicholas James

    Adsense sucks for blogs even if they fix the ads that are displayed.

  11. Good Comment?
    Affiliate Marketing Podcast

    most people on the internet = lazy man ;)
    ~ Dave

  12. Good Comment?
    Affiliate Marketing Podcast

    I actually thought it was really interesting.
    ~ Dave

  13. Good Comment?
    Affiliate Marketing Podcast

    The audio got pretty annoying with the constant buzzing. :(
    ~ Dave

  14. Good Comment?
    Richard

    Interestingly enough, this goes back to the old adage of high quality = very targeted = high conversion rate.

    $4200 off of one post in one day. Not bad at all!

  15. Good Comment?
    serge

    maybe just me, but I could not hear your video.

  16. Good Comment?
    SEOMaster

    Thanks for this! I am starting work on my blog :)

  17. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    for this conference it seemed to happened a lot… it was the first time it was being run and a lot of the speakers were in the dark about when and where they were supposed to show up. But even with that said it was my favorite conference of the year.

  18. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    well one was out due to being sick the other was just a no show either way I like them both and I am sure htey had good reasons

  19. Good Comment?
    Hustle Strategy

    show off ;) you not going to post the “good stuff”?

  20. Good Comment?
    Matt

    I run a dog site possibly similar to the one you mentioned (different breed, though). What’s the actual site? I’d like to check it out and compare. I do well w/ direct ads, but not affiliate programs for some reason. Maybe i’m not picking the right ones or promoting them right.

  21. Good Comment?
    Affiliate Confession

    Yes Adsense sucks, especially since people can target your site without you knowing it. And I hate the fact that you can’t have clicks open in a new window, that just completely sucks. No other major advertiser or affiliate program works that way.

  22. Good Comment?
    Melvin

    lengthy….. I hate Adsense for it puts a year into a decade….

  23. Good Comment?
    VacationGuy

    i’m the same way I picked up some stuff i can use today

  24. Good Comment?
    VacationGuy

    great presentation

  25. Good Comment?
    Audio Monetized

    Good tips, but longer video next time.

  26. Good Comment?
    Audio Monetized

    Maybe you ought to have a series of videos. Was that the meat of it just over 7 mins? Too many ads like Adsense takes your visitors away from your site. Check out his pay per play advertiser where the visitor doesn’t leave your site or blog.
    http://tinyurl.com/366dhx

  27. Good Comment?
    Affiliate Unleashed

    I think you put it well. Adsense is like the lazy mans monetization strategy.

  28. Good Comment?
    Bathroom Hero

    interesting & simple tips. good presentation shoe!

  29. Good Comment?
    Collin

    You know what Shoe, I would pay big bucks just to sit down with your over dinner and a few drinks just so I could pick your brain. Your never on camera enough or at least I can’t find it.

  30. Good Comment?
    Contest Beat

    Dudes just not showing up? Is that normal?

  31. Good Comment?
    Koka Sexton

    These conventions are so informative and the people you get to network with is so worth it.

  32. Good Comment?
    Fat Man

    boring yet informative. thx.

  33. Good Comment?
    Small Business Marketing

    Thanks for sharing this experience with us. I picked up a few key points that I can use immediately.

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    賃貸 おおさか

    The quality is not bad at all. Good points about AdSense.

  35. Good Comment?
    45n5

    came across smooth i think. I wouldn’t have known there were issues if you didn’t mention them in this post

  36. Good Comment?
    Scorpiono

    What’s with the eye glasses Shoe, how’s the operation going? :-S

  37. Good Comment?
    Jodie

    yeh there is nothing like going back to the basics!

  38. Good Comment?
    David

    Nice tips, thx for sharing.

    http://www.audiodrums.com

  39. Good Comment?
    Affiliate Marketing Podcast

    Some public shaming is always great. :D
    ~ Dave

  40. Good Comment?
    Matt

    Very impressive single day earnings! Our best has been ~$1K. Thanks for the tip on quality aff click throughs regarding banners vs text links. Excellent point.

  41. Good Comment?
    TechnologySlice

    Interesting presentation. Most bloggers don’t even think of some of the options you discussed.

  42. Good Comment?
    Web Cosmo

    You can control the Google ads limited way. I liked the affiliated suggestion.

  43. Good Comment?
    sir jorge

    not too bad, interesting even.

  44. Good Comment?
    Nicholas James

    Next time…he should pwn them by stating the names of the people who didnt show :)

  45. Good Comment?
    John Motson

    Lol Jeremy,

    Isn’t this the second time you held a presentation and the other panelists didn’t turn up.

    You gotta sort it out, smack some people to make them turn up next time :) .

    By the way, did you get a chance to take a look at my email?

    Cheers

    John

  46. Good Comment?
    Affiliate Marketing Podcast

    Great video – this is the type of content I really like to learn from – reading about this kind of stuff is always so dull.

    ~ Dave

  47. Good Comment?
    Zac Johnson

    This was a great presentation and I enjoyed experiencing it first hand!

  48. Good Comment?
    Gary R. Hess

    Great post. Once the Ad Review center comes we will have a little more control over ads displayed (at least ads targeted) on AdSense, but you are definitely right about that.

  49. Good Comment?
    Nicholas James

    A couple of good points in here as well, some to refresh the mind…others to help bloggers who didnt think of this at all ;)

  50. Good Comment?
    Nicholas James

    They sure do thats why this was a nice post!

  51. Good Comment?
    Aaron

    Sometimes people forget the simple things! Thanks for reminding us!

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