Thanks for sharing Shoe,

I’m pretty stubborn and found out the hard way that adsense is not the best way to monetize a blog. Hopefully one of these days I’ll learn…

thank you for the info….I like this blog better than Chow’s

that was longer than it needed to be. informative for the rookie though, good job.

Excellent video with some great info on monetizing. Thanks for sharing!

Jeremy, I think maybe your big check has contributed to people thinking Adsense is the best way to make money with a blog or website. It’s great that even with your big check, you still prefer all the other ways of making money with your blog.
~Terry

NICE NICE! - this is great! great work jeremey - yea adsense is trash I actually learned that the hard way

yeah, but adsense is the best way for beginners… i got my first check last december worth $130… and that came from asking friends to click my ads.. unfortunately I didn’t get away with the same techqniue in feb hence I was terminated….

Saw the post announcement on Twitter…liked what I saw and gave you a Stumble. Welcome back to Twitter, Shoe!

- Mark A.

Nice and informative video.

Good idea to run affiliate links through a redirection script.

Microsoft Adcenter no longer has an affiliate program, they shut it down. It’s a bummer too, because I was making a few bucks from it.

I enjoyed that. Some useful insight.

Thanks for the info. I went with AdSense for a while, but you’re right. There are so many more (better) affiliate programs out there. I’ve found that niche affiliates work the best for me. I’ve tried direct sales, but it tends to be a hassle sometimes - I don’t have anyone managing it (yet).

some very good advices there jeremy

Nice topic to have, i heard that you’re one of the most sought affiliate searches on “TAC” GO…

I enjoyed the vid. Good info. Thanks

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I can say that I agree on most points that you do, jeremy. But I dont really understand why you guys are specifically reffering to blogs. In the end its just all about the niche and the way you market a site.

I think those buy-me-a-coffee buttons are the last thing I would use to monetize my blogs. I still can’t believe that they make more money than AdSense.
I would only use them on sites with a huge amount of traffic and where I don’t want to place any ads for whatever reason.
Does anyone know a good statistics on which sites donation buttons are working?

Nice tips Shoe..I call this diversification.

I thought this was pretty informative really. I learned a couple of things, particularly that you always do the “nofollow” stuff as well as how you set your pricing for direct advertising.

Very interesting interview…THX

Great interview. We do some adsense on our site thought it is not a blog we do okay. If anyone has some suggestions about how to increase that profit please let me know. I couldn’t afford to go to Shoe’s retreat.

Shoe, I enjoyed the interview. I also wanted to let people know about my first contest…..good chance of winning $50. They can click on my name for info, and I’ll send the link directly to you.
Keep up the good work!

Really appriciate the video. I’m just about to start looking into how I can monitise my blog, so I found the information very useful

Great video… This should give us some ideas how to improve our site’s revenue. Thanks for sharing this information with us!

That guy who was interviewing you was amking me nervous with his rapid hand movement. I thought he was either hexing you or getting ready to launch a fireball at you. I think he was just nervous. Thanks for the useful information. - BK

It was pretty basic stuff, but I did find it useful for your to confirm that adsense sucks for blogs. I’ve been debating whether to use it on mine or not for a while now.

I agree completely with ditching AdSense. Getting my account frozen was the best thing to ever happen. I make far more money now that I don’t bother with it.

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Thanks for doing this video… I got some really good tips from it.

Excellent tips in the video. I think it is important for bloggers and webmasters in general to try out the different advertising options available, before they can truly determine which one works best for them. Many times it may even be a combination of several, but great advice as usual, thanks.