The Personal Site of Dan Masters

Category: Monetize

  • Switching from Blinksale to Zoho Invoice

    I am making another switch in my life. This time I am switching from Blinksale to Zoho Invoice. The reason for this switch is because I currently have a free account with Blinksale that gives me 3 free invoices a month and this month I needed more invoices. Normally in…

  • 2009 State of the Small Time Blogger Address

    Well 2009 is upon us and everyone is doing their 2008 roll ups and 2009 predictions. I thought I would chime in with what I saw in 2008 and what I am expecting in 2009 and beyond. The idano Blog Network consists of around 15 blogs that spans various topics…

  • Sometimes You Shoot Yourself in the Foot and Don’t Realize It Until Later (Affiliate Marketing)

    I have been having a phenomenal month with Amazon.com due to a couple of RC Helicopter Reviews that I did for Air Hogs Havoc Heli and Air Hogs Laser Battle. I have search engine results for both and current have over a 20% conversion rate for people who click through…

  • Text Links Ads – Cleaning Up The Code for Prime Time

    I just got done doing a round of maintenance on the various blogs that I have. The main reason for the work was that I had been approved to sell links on those blogs through Text Link Ads. The real work in adding the link code was cleaning up the…

  • Amazon Does it to Me Again – This Time Worse!

    I had posted before about Staying Up on Your Affiliate Links and I am glad that I have made a practice of it. On Saturday morning I checked my Amazon stats (which up until now have been smokin’!) and found that I did not sell any of the Air Hogs Havoc…

  • Making Money From Blogging – Getting Started

    So you want to make money from blogging? Where do you start? With a blog of course. Unfortunately a lot of people want to jump into making money without getting the basics down first. But before you even get your blog you need to decide what you are going to…

  • Staying Up on Your Affiliate Links

    I have had more interest recently on making money from the couple of well ranked pages I have for some “As Seen On TV” products. One of these products is the Hercules Hook which I currently have a # 8 spot on the first page of Google results. From that…

  • Getting Better Conversion Rates for Affiliates

    Wow, I just learned one of the most valuable lessons in improving the conversion rate of clickthroughs to affiliate sites. Stumbling Upon Traffic It all started when I started getting traffic for the “Hercules Hook” for a simple paid post that I did. I figured that there may be some…

  • Good Resource for Starting a Web Hosting Company

    I have a reseller account that I use for the couple of customers that I have design sites for over the years. It makes me enough money to buy some toys throughout the year and I also get to host as many of my personal sites as I want for…