Comments on: Day 10: Removed Bad Links, Earning $5639 Per Year, Tracking RSS Subscribers

By: Brian Armstrong

Brian Armstrong — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:37:00 +0000

Thanks for the info Simone!

Chris: a great point that you bring up. You’re right that while everyone could duplicate my marketing efforts, they might not have a book for sale which is bringing most of the income right now.

Luckily, I think the broader idea, that everyone has something of value to contribute to others, is still applicable. A book is only way way to do that (and perhaps not even the best way!)

But yeah, I’d be happy to do a discussion on how to get a book written (it’s not as hard as most people think) or create an info product.

Probably the next post series I do will be on how to start a business in 30 days for $100. Everyone has something they can teach others…whether its speaking a foreign language, a certain type of dance, what you do at work, a software program, writing, some craft/hobby you have, teaching math to high schoolers, etc. So stay tuned for that…

Do others think this would be valuable?

By: Chris Paul

Chris Paul — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:37:11 +0000

Brian,
The income you reported was incredible. However, I would like to politely challenge the purpose of this series of articles as I understood it was to teach people how they could make money by marketing their blogs the right way. First let me say I believe your approach on teaching a day by day plan of action task list is right on…however I’m not sure this business case is aduplicatiable (is that a word?) system. Not because of the marketing methods you suggest but, because of the fact that not everyone has the knowledge base you have to write a book and a book to market.

I sincerely applaud your web marketing methods and results but I suggest the real challenge is how to tell a person without money, without a product like a book to sell how to start a blog and earn online. I have been helping individuals and companies for 14 years to start web businesses, to add income to their online projects, networks, affiliations, and sales channels both online and offline to support online projects. And from these experiences I again suggest the real challenge is to start from scratch and earn online.

So perhaps you can make a day by day guide as to how to write a book or resource a viable product to sell online through a blog …marketing is a blended formula and it includes the product sourcing, pricing strategies, product distribution as well as all of the great methods you are sharing…that obviously for your specific business case example is working like crazy. Thanks for a great site…and insight.

By: Simonne

Simonne — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:46:06 +0000

It is OK with Google to disclose your gross earnings from AdSense:
” Confidentiality. You agree not to disclose Google Confidential Information …(b) click-through rates or other statistics relating to Site performance… However, You may accurately disclose the amount of Google’s gross payments to You pursuant to the Program.”
This is an excerpt from paragraph 7 of the TOS
https://www.google.com/adsense/static/en_US/Terms.html

By: Danilo

Danilo — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:28:19 +0000

It looks like it is Brian, its just something I’ve heard but never actually took the time to read through it, but you’ll see that in major sites its never said how much the blogger is making from it.

Again, the blogger can say how much he/she makes but never states income from adsense. Why? Im not quite sure…

Will send you an email. Best wishes!

By: Brian Armstrong

Brian Armstrong — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:54:21 +0000

Ahh, is that against their TOS? I wonder why. Will be happy to talk with you more over email. Thanks!

By: Danilo

Danilo — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:13:11 +0000

Great job Brian. Careful there, I don’t think you can publish how much you make from Google. Your overall income can be stated if google is a part of it only so no one would know how much is coming specifically from Google.

Would you be interested in exchanging links? Drop by my website to have a look. Keep up the great work!!