Comments on: Online Website Income Growth

By: Carol Larson

Carol Larson — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:15:00 +0000

Thanks, all for your suggestions. I just want to thank Amy for her blog. It has helped so many people in so many ways! I will be posting my current online earnings (nothing compared to Amy’s ), as well as my full budget. Thanks again!

http://www.killmydebt.blogspots.om

By: Amy Bass

Amy Bass — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0000

I will create a guide of how I create niche websites step by step.

By: Cam

Cam — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:45:00 +0000

Nichel- Great name, BTW.

YPN is short for Yahoo Publishers Network. It is Yahoo's version of Adsense.

Kontera is another contextually based ad network, but instead of discrete ad "boxes" like Adwords it actually highlights select keywords from the text of your site and makes them into links. All are based on PPC (pay per click). If you'd like to see an example of Kontera ads check out my blog. My blog host uses it to monetize their blog network.

Carol- You should definately tell people how much your making with Cashcrate and how you are making it. You need to look at it as generating working capital. That $20-$30 a month that you make can be used to feed your growing business. You know, pay for your hosting, pay membership in a program, etc. As a matter of fact OSI, a program that I mentioned on my blog a few posts back, is my number one means of getting CashCrate referrals. Because OSI requires that you eventually join another program that costs about $10 a month, I recommend that all my new team members use CashCrate's free surveys to earn the money to cover that cost so they don't have to go out of pocket.

MustafasMommy- You need to find a program like OSI. It is a feeder system that allows you to build relationships and your list. This kind of a program takes time and perseverance, not a lot of money.

Wow... that should have been a blog post, not a comment. Sorry to wasting so many bytes Amy.

Cam

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:41:00 +0000

Amy,

This is great and as a amatuer web designer; I am very interested in how to create niche sites.

Who do you use for hosting services? And how do you design the websites? Do you use a software program to do you use website templates?

Laurie
http://www.debtfreedream.blogspot.com

By: Chris @ Comic Hacks

Chris @ Comic Hacks — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:23:00 +0000

Amy,

Thanks a lot for showing this info!

It really lets people know that consistent effort will pay off before you know it!

Keep it up!

By: nichele

nichele — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:20:00 +0000

Very interesting post. How do you promote your niche sites? And what kind of profit do you make off of them besides Adsense? I know that Cam mentioned YPN and Kontera but I don't know what they are. I really wish I didn't need every penny I'm earning right now because I would absolutely love sticking my profits into building niche sites.

Luckily I made a little bit of money writing articles, doing CashCrate and fairy tale treasures because it's going to pay about half my rent coming up! Eek! I'm so glad my CC check came in the mail today lol.

Nichele

By: MufasasMommy

MufasasMommy — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:20:00 +0000

Amy, for someone who is completely ignorant as to how to get started here, what is the first step you would recommend to someone wanting to do this?

Also, what is the bigger investment here? Your money or your time? I've got about 20 hours a week I can dedicate, but not a lot of seed money.

Your progress is very encouraging and I appreciate that you actually take the time to respond to your comments.

By: Ginene

Ginene — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:49:00 +0000

FlavaOfBlog
Amy you are doing great! I admire you. Do you know anything about adwords and how do I go about doing it?

Carol
Actually you should post what you made from cashcrate. I posted I made $30 something dollars and received 2 referrals from that. You need to understand that newcomers tend to shy away from big amount sometimes because it seems unbelievable.

By: Denied

Denied — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:24:00 +0000

This is a great observation – i think the challenge is finding that 20%. What should you be focusing on to add that extra income.

I think that challenge I’m having is promoting my niche sites. That is my major task for this weekend.

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:21:00 +0000

My problem is that I can’t seem to get the ball rolling to get referrals for CashCrate. I have created a blog, but I can’t seem to get traffic to it. I don’t know how else to get referrals. I can’t post how much money I’ve made with them, because it isn’t much, and what I have made, I have put a lot of time in doing surveys. I, too, wish I was you! lol. In the meantime, I am just keep reading and learning…

By: Amy Bass

Amy Bass — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:47:00 +0000

Ethan, I used part of my CashCrate income to fuel business growth. If it weren’t for CashCrate I wouldn’t be able to get as much done.

By: Ethan Christ

Ethan Christ — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:44:00 +0000

Interesting. My problem is that I know nothing about setting up websites, nor do I have the money to set up domains and pay for hosting, though I did come up with enough for Lunar Pages. As I said before, Wish I was you…. Lol… Good Luck. You’re amazing.

By: Amy Bass

Amy Bass — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:37:00 +0000

I think it is best to keep expenses at about 10% of income.(At least it is tax deductible).

As far as adsense goes, you of course don't want all your eggs in one basket.

I wouldn't want to depend on it for any more than 20% of my income.

By: Cam

Cam — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:29:00 +0000

Just stirring the pot here a bit Amy...

What are your projected expenses for that same two year time frame. Based on how much you've been spending the past few months.

Don't get me wrong I know your are building a profitable business.

Oh, and what percentage of the projected income is based on Adsense revenue... not that people ever loose there accounts.

I'm sure you've got YPN and Kontera to fall back on.

Seriously though, it's great that you've done the math. It is very encouraging.

Cam