Remember I just pounced on the new opportunity for Google’s new Chrome Browser the other day?
Well, check out the stats, it looks pretty good.
We had almost 3000 unique visitors in just 2.5 days since its launch and 16+ RSS subscribers. (Not too bad for a new blog hey?)
I will keep you updated as this Chrome thing is HOT!
Well, I wasn’t going to start a new blog for awhile but since the new Google Chrome browser is out, (and I think it will be very successful) I decided to pounce on this opportunity and start a Google Chrome Hacks Blog. For the reasons on why I started this blog, you can check out my post here at Zedomax Blog Network.
This is one of those topics I’ve been banging my readers about, finding a niche. (a new niche that just started)
Google Chrome is probably one of the best “new” niches for blogging. (Okay, don’t start one now, I will have to kill you then. :op )
I will try to update on the results of such spontaneous blog creation and of course, the monetization of it too.
Where did we get the idea for Google Chrome Hacks Blog?
Well, you should take a looky at iphone-hacks.com and their stats. (It’s like they simply took a knife and stuck it on a whale before the it leaped)
There’s couple simple rules I go by when blogging for money.
It’s pretty simple but it can help you to become a better blogger while increasing your monthly income.
1. Concentrate on extraordinary results of extraordinary ideas.
What do I mean?
Well, you need to find a great niche before you even start blogging. That’s the extraordinary idea.
After you do find it, you need to focus on blogging, whether that’s 1 post per day or 10 posts per day, you need to stick with your plan for at least one year before you can expect any extraordinary results.
2. Build on your strengths, forget about your weaknesses.
What do I mean?
You need to make your strengths better and better and better.
This could be your writing style. As for me, I have always strive to become a humor blogger on every blog I write. Basically, I try to twist the English language as much as possible to get a laugh from the audience on every blog post.
To do this, I have even bought myself 2-3 books on creative, humor writing.
Forget about your weaknesses because if your strengths are great enough, your weaknesses will disappear eventually.
My weakness is that I don’t have the talent of an English Masters degree but I feel that my writing has been getting better simply from writing a LOT.
This may apply to your life too. Sometimes people like to point out how bad you are at something but I tend to ignore all that bullshit and prove them otherwise with my strengths. No matter what you do in life, your strengths will feed you food everyday and gain recognition among your peers. Forget the haters, they focus too much on others to achieve anything for themselves anyways.
By misspelling, you can bring extra traffic to your blog.
Why?
Well, if you misspell a word, it’s most likely that someone will be misspelling that word while searching for something on Google.
Now, your chances of getting the “misspelled” traffic is good if you are one of the only ones writing the blog post.
How do I bring more traffic by misspelling?
It’s simple. Do not correct your misspellings. If you want to, simply use the cross-out function to correct your mispellings.
I’ve had so much more traffic by misspelling something by accident then if I had spelled it right.
A lot of probloggers tell you to spell correctly which is good for reading but as I have explained here, you can get some extra traffic by not correcting your misspellings.
Heck, there’s even a blog about misspelling just launched over here.
A blog is an organic thingee.
What does that mean?
Well, a blog is not a static “website”.
You don’t set up a blog and call it quits. A blog is a continuous stream of information.
A real blog is backed up by a blogging software that has been designed for the blogger to write a new blog post daily, hourly, or even every minute.
Why is this good?
Blogs are called “Web 2.0″ because of their organic nature. Since blogs are constantly updated, it forces search engines to “crawl” the site, thus giving the blog a stable increase in web traffic.
Let’s say you stop blogging for 3 months due to personal emergencies or vacations. The blog still maintains the average web traffic you have been receiving and simply won’t grow until you get back to write more. Of course, you web traffic could decrease a little but because of the “organic” nature, a blog will maintain its search term traffic even if you stop blogging.
A blog is organic because it keeps growing no matter what you do, unless you make the search engine gods mad.
Of course, there are other software that is similar to blogging that you could call organic but no other type of writing platform software gives you all a blog has to offer including blog search engines, pinging, trackbacks, etc…etc…
Blogs will take over the world of information eventually. (if they haven’t already)
Go to the bookstore and open up “any” magazine and I bet you there’s at least 1 mention of a blog.
Watch MTV all day and there’s a mention of a blog. (probably more)
Blogs are great business as they are not completely affected by the U.S. economy. Your readers consist from international readers.
Why you should be blogging?
It’s been getting harder and harder to get a real job in the U.S. Even when I graduated from college years ago, there were no jobs and there are no jobs now.
Of course, if you finish at top of your class, you would be guaranteed a job but what about the other 99% of college students?
That’s right, the real world is not fair. No matter how good of grades you get, you are not guaranteed to even get a job in this real world.
So, what are you waiting for? Go start a blog. At least you have a backdoor out of the real world.
Start living it up in your home office, save time and carbon footprint by not having to commute 2 hours per day.
There are 18 year olds who are making more money than Stanford MBA graduates these days. The possiblities are still endless on the internet.
Find a niche, blog, blog, blog, optimize ads, and work from home.
It’s the new world of media, unfiltered, and pure than TV, radio, newspaper, and any other traditional media.
Well, this one is pretty simple but a lot of people do sell links on their blogs.
Why?
Well, to simply put it, if you want to make money with Adsense, you need Google search term traffic.
If you sell links, Google will eventually dump your blog and your Adsense traffic will drop dramatically to a point where it will affect your Adsense revenue.
Why bother selling links anyways when it’s unethical?
There are thousands of sites that help you sell links but I highly advise against it if you are serious about making money in the long run.
Of course, if you want to make some quick bucks and get out, that’s fine too. But remember all your hard work and all that search traffic might just be gone one day if you start selling links.
Why is it unethical?
Well, think about it this way. If you had all the money in the world, you could buy up all the links and show up first on Google. Now, that wouldn’t be fair for others who write original content, would it?
It’s really common sense. If you want to play the Adsense game, you need to stop and don’t sell links at all. If you want to play another game such as affiliate sales, then it might not matter as much. But the answer is simple.
I probably get at least 10-20 requests to buy links. They all end up marked as spam. I don’t want to be part of it, leave me out of it. 
The most important thing about making money with Adsense is the fact that amount of money you make “ramps” up with the level of web traffic you get.
For example:
If your blog gets around 0 to 1000 unique visitors, chances are likely that you make somewhere around $0 to $5 per day.
But then, if your blog gets around 1000 to 3000 unique visitors, chances are likely that you make somewhere around $5 to $100 per day, depending on your niche market.
Now, if you look at the big spectrum of things, you will notice that the there’s almost 20 times difference between $5 and $100.
That’s right.
At a certain point, the number of your web traffic + number of clicks + CTR “ramps” up. I am not exactly sure how this happens but trust me, it does.
That’s what you should be targetting for, a steady growth of search engine traffic. Now, once you reach that “ramp”, you will suddenly start making 3-10 times more money.
If you are still struggling below web traffic of 1,000 uniques per day, it’s going to look REAL HARD to make a lot of money on Adsense. Once you get past 2,000 to 3,000 uniques, you might start actually making some decent money.
Well, that’s all for today folks. If you got some facts to point out, please use the comments form.
If you have noticed, I’ve put on some Adsense ads finally on this blog.
Where is the best placement for the highest paying Adsense ad?
Well, it’s simple, it’s the 336×280 pixel size right on top of your post.
Although I’ve proved it to myself already, there’s also this blog post you can check out that shows which ad performs the best.
What are my goals?
Well, I will attempt to start making money on this blog, talking about how to optimize your ads to make more money from your blog.
Other things I’ve done to increase CTR
As you can see in the above screenshot, I took the motorcycle out. It’s because it takes up WAY too much valuable advertising space, which is the top-left corner.
With those changes and Adsense ads on top/bottom of post plus a 160×600 sidebar ad, we will see how much money we can make over the next year or so.
Mind you, I probably won’t make that much money with this blog as there’s literally not enough traffic.
On the next post, I will explain further how to make more money with web traffic and show you how it correlates to everything.
Sometimes on days like today, I just simply can’t think of anything to write about on my blog. (this one especially)
Blogger’s Block is a common syndrome among bloggers so don’t freak out on me now. Tf you have it, it’s pretty easy to get through.
Creative writing can take a lot of effort, especially if you can’t think of anything to write about.
What to do if you have Blogger’s Block:
1. Go do something else, like for me, I like to go smoke cigarettes and watch the ocean. During that peaceful break, I consciously and sub-consciously think about which topics would be interesting and also show up on the first page of Google.
2. If you can think of an interesting topic and you have something to write, go blog that “thought” immediately.
How did I come up with this post?
Well, I basically had a Blogger’s Block and went smoked a cigarette trying to think what to write about and there is goes.
Writing is all about what your mind have interests in. Writing is easier if what you write about is personally interesting to you. If you have blogger’s block, take action immediately and get through another blog post.
If you look at carefully at blogs that are successful, you can see the amount of “fresh” content that’s coming out.
That’s what you need to focus on most, fresh content. Fresh content is the core of blogs, whether you run a sports blog or tech blog, people want to read about something new, not something everyone knows about or from yesterday. (That’s right, in the blogging world, even news from yesterday is old for some blogs…)
Now, how to go about fresh content?
First, you need to be in the right mindset. Get yourself excited and fresh to blog.
For example, for me, I like to blog in the early mornings around 6am to 8am, that’s when my mind if fresh and I can do like 50 blog posts within just 3 hours.
I do tend to get lazy at times and drift down to like 20 blog posts but on my good days, I do try to wake up early and get things done early. (This is my best hours but it may be different for you so try different times and see what works for ya.)
What do I do the rest of the day?
I go play golf, I don’t need to spend ALL day blogging. Trust me, you need to find a way to get your mind off blogging most of the time than the other way around.
As a blogger who has blogged almost 2 years non-stop daily, I know that every human being needs to learn how to distract themselves from work.
How long do I blog total per day?
Most days, I blog 4-6 hours depending on how early I wake up and how fresh I am. But I admit that after doing 20 or so blog posts, my mind is about to burst into flames if I don’t stop blogging.
Find your distraction!
That’s right, you need to learn to distract yourself with fun activities such as going to get a cup of coffee at the coffee shop, work out at the gym, go grocery shopping, or anything that can help your mind get away COMPLETELY from blogging.
Why?
Well, first and foremost, you need to be “super-fresh” to write great content.
Second, you don’t want to burn out and write mediocre blog posts. Your energy is felt by your readers. (Even this post, you can probably feel my energy. Do you feel my power??? )
Third, you need to stay away from the computer at least couple hours a day. Computers were never made for human nature, only for robots. If you want to end up an Internet zombie, be my guest but if you want a “life” (as they say, “get a life”), go do something with your life away from that keyboard and mouse. Besides, it’s only going to help you develop handaches.
