There a quite a number of videos that have been uploaded to YouTube which for one reason or another have gone viral in a big way. The people who uploaded these videos probably didn’t expect such a response to them or any sort of compensation for them. Some people have been lucky enough to sign on to all sorts of endorsement deals. On the other hand, Google makes money by running ads at the start of some videos, during videos and/or along the side of the player. In a lot of instances, the person who uploaded the video is not be compensated for their creation.

A little while back, YouTube started a partner program through which a select few could earn a share of the revenue generated from ads displayed with the content they uploaded. This wasn’t the easiest to get into but now it looks like if your video goes viral, Google will get in touch with you about becoming a partner. If take up the offer, you are effectively entering into a revenue share agreement with them where you get paid a certain percentage (with you taking the lions share) of the generated ad revenue.

How Does YouTube Work Out Video Virality?

There are a few reports out there stating that YouTube has developed an algorithm that works out what videos are likely to become a hit. All videos uploaded to the site are monitored so every single video uploaded has an equal chance of becoming a moneymaker if it goes viral.

Some YouTube users earn thousands of dollars a year and for others this figure runs into the hundreds of thousands. Examples of the high earning videos include; Talking Twin Babies, Charlie bit my finger – again and Double Rainbow all of which you can search for on YouTube.

The Secret To Making A Viral Video

From what I have seen, there is no secret to making a viral video. A lot of the videos that have gone viral were uploaded with the intent of simply sharing them with friends and family with some of them having been recorded with mobile phones! Some have had a boost by celebrities which have accelerated the rate at which they have been shared.

Make More Money Selling Merchandise

If you are lucky enough to have a video go viral, another avenue through which users can earn money is through merchandising. The Double Rainbow Guy sells an assortment of merchandise such a t-shirts, hoodies and mugs on his Zazzle Double Rainbow Store. If you don’t like what Zazzle has to offer, another option is CafePress.com. If you are going to sell merchandise, one important thing to do is to put a link to your site at the start of the description of the video. People viewing the video will be able to easily see it without having to scroll down and they will hopefully click on it, head over to the site and if they like what they see, make a purchase.

Do you know any other ways of making money via YouTube?

The iPhone 4S along with its technological advancements went on sale in New Zealand yesterday. Its new features include a faster processor, 8MP camera, iCloud and of course iOS 5 that Apple touts as the most advanced mobile operating system. iOS 5 in itself adds over 200 new features to the iPhone which may make the millions of people who love it, love it even more!

The phone’s hardware and software advancements open a window of opportunity for the development of apps that once couldn’t be developed being developed. A good example of this in action is from the folks over at 1000memories.com. The site amongst other things allows its users to share old photos with family and friends. With the photos being old, more often than not there is a need to digitise them. The sharpness of the 8 megapixel camera on the iPhone 4S can effectively turn it into a high end scanner. 1000memories jumped on this and developed Shoebox, an app that turns the iPhone into a pocket scanner. The app gives its users a faster way of scanning and sharing old paper photos.

Shoebox took advantage of one of the many iPhone enhancements and created something that their users will value. There will be a number of people out there who have creative minds and may have already thought of iOS apps they would like to develop.

The main stumbling block for a lot of people who want to make their idea into a reality is where to begin? This is even more the case if they don’t have any programming skills. Just looking at the associated programming terminology and jargon is enough to put people off the thought forever.

If you have an idea for an app (or game), there are a number of avenues you can take to making your idea a reality. One easy way could be to turn to an app designer to do the work for you. If you have budget constraints, the next option would be to build the app yourself.

After taking a look around at the “do-it-yourself” application development options, the best that I have come across is iPhoneDevSecrets.

Why iPhoneDevSecrets?

Over the course of a few short weeks, the course takes you through a simple step-by-step process that will in no time see you idea become a reality. And remember, this is all done without any programming skills.

Another iPhoneDevSecrets draw card is that it isn’t only about building the app. It also covers topics such as ad network integration, marketing and selling which are just as important if not more important than building the application for the following reasons:

Ad Network Integration – not everyone likes to spend money on apps and people may be more inclined to download free ones. Offering an app free of charge doesn’t mean that you can’t earn money from it. Ad network integration creates your revenue stream

Marketing – To be able to make your development efforts and your app a success, you need to market it well. The course runs through how to successfully market and sell your application and hopefully make it a hit on the App Store

With the ever-evolving world that we live in, there is always something new that makes life just a little easier. An added advantage of iPhoneDevSecrets is that it can be easily updated (and is updated when need be) meaning you have access to current and relevant resources on app development. The course is a lot cheaper than what you may think it would cost and to get you going, you can start off with a $1 30 Day Trial of iPhoneDevSecrets to see if it is worth your while.

Over the past few weeks the number of emails I have been getting from my affiliate networks of choice has increased. With the holiday season fast approaching, a number of vendors are stepping up their campaigns so that they can get as much of the money that will be spent by online consumers in the next few weeks.

As part of this drive, a number of them are coming up with all sorts of offerings to entice people to spend their money with them. These offerings may include percentage off discounts, free shipping, daily deals, a dollar amount discount after a certain amount spent and so on and so forth. In order to take advantage of a number of these promotions, consumers will probably need to use or apply a coupon code.

How Marketers Lose Out on Coupon Commissions

For affiliate marketers, the task of promoting an advertiser offering with a coupon code may seem as easy as placing the code up on a page. Doing this could lead to a loss in revenue if a site visitor can simply copy and paste the coupon code. This is how:

• visitor lands on your site via Google search etc.
• visitor highlights and copies coupon of interest
• visitor opens a new tab in their browser and goes to the advertiser site without clicking on an affiliate link on your site
• visitor completes a transaction on advertiser site using a coupon code that they found on your site

As you can see, if they use the coupon code in this manner, you will have lost out on a commission. Depending on how good you are at driving traffic to your site, this could mean a loss of 2,3,7…16…. who knows commissions a day. Depending on what the item is and how much the vendor pays out, you could be losing out on a substantial amount of money.

How Coupon Code Plugin Increases Click Through Rate

A way off getting around this problem is to have a system in place where visitors have to take an action such as them clicking on your affiliate link in order to copy the coupon code. Coupon Code Plugin for WordPress allows you to do just that by letting you add stylised coupon codes to posts and/or pages that visitors cannot just highlight and copy.

It comes with a range of various button options (as well as custom options) with which to display your coupons. Other features include being able to mask affiliate links, opening of the target site in a new window, a custom call to action and various button icon options such as an arrow, scissors or a + sign (just to name a few).

The stylised button also acts to draw the attention of visitors and this with an effective call to action will lead to an increase in click though rate because you are making life easy for them. With the coupon code button also taking them to the target site you the affiliate should realise an increase in commissions.

The holiday season bring with it November. November brings with it “Black Friday”, the most profitable day of the year for online sales. The following Monday, “Cyber Monday” is also a very lucrative day for online retailers. There will be all sorts of coupons on all sorts of deals that consumers want to take advantage off. All that you as an affiliate marketer needs to do is position yourself for maximum profitability. Consumers spend BILLIONS of dollars a year via coupons and if you are an affiliate marketer who is serious and wants as share of the pie, there is no better way to do this than with the use of Coupon Code Plugin.

The Holiday Season is fast approaching and with it comes the period when consumers let lose of their hard earned cash and send it in the direction of online and offline retailers. For affiliate marketers, this brings along a time when you can earn a lot more money compared to other periods of the year.

The other day I was reading through Search Engine Watch and came across an article, 3 Steps to Happy Holidays SEM Returns. One of the things that stuck out the most was the Retail Demand Curve For Holidays (2007-2010).

As you can see from the graph, there is a steady increase in impressions, clicks and revenue throughout October. As it moves into November, there is a marked increased and as it heads towards the tail end of the month, revenue shots up over 200%. According to ComScore, 2010 online retail sales for the 2010 holiday season reached $32.6 billion. This was a 12% increase on the previous year and some analysts are predicting that retails sales will increase by 12-14% this year. Whether or not it does increase, $32.6 billion is a lot of money that affiliate marketers can get a share of. Keep in mind that these figures as only for the U.S.

Some things that come to mind to get you thinking more about working on the holiday season include:

Marketing Plan – Put together a plan that covers the next 2-3 months and make sure that all of the important dates are on it. Upcoming dates of importance include Halloween, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and of course Christmas, just to name a few. You need to know what you are going to promote, how you are going to promote and when you are going to promote.

Pages – If you haven’t already done so, now is the time to get pages ready. Besides the usual to-do’s of content and keywords, one big thing that comes to mind is mobile optimised landing pages. More and more people are accessing the internet via mobile devices and if your pages aren’t mobile optimised, you could miss out on commissions.

Email Lists – If you have an email list, get holiday emails ready now so that you aren’t rushed to do so when the time comes to send them. VerticalResponse is good email marketing service that comes with a wealth of free resources to help you get the most out of your email marketing efforts.

Testing – A/B testing of different variations of your pages and email templates is a good idea as this will allow you to determine which one will produce the best results.

This is not a definitive list of things you can do to work on maximising affiliate commissions during the Holiday Season. The purpose of this post is to get you thinking more about what you need (if you haven’t already done so) to do to work towards a profitable season.

Apple is set to announce its eagerly awaited iPhone 5 (or maybe iPhone 4S) on October 4 at the “Lets Talk iPhone” event. Surveys show that anticipation for the next generation iPhone is high and Gazelle (a recommerce site) has noticed a marked increase in the number of iPhones being traded in over the last few days. All of this points towards a successful launch for whatever it is Apple will announce on Tuesday and with that will more than likely lead to a significant increase in revenue for them.

They won’t be the only people who will make a financial gain from the iPhone. Affiliate marketers out there may want to think about; in fact, forget thinking about, SHOULD start promoting iPhone related offers. These can include promoting various iPhone accessories such as cases, docking stations, speakers (and the list goes on) from e-tailers such as Cellular Factory and Cellphone Shop. A fact that may be of interest about Cellphone Shop is that they provide a dropshipping service so you could sell accessories on marketplaces such as eBay without having to stock up on inventory.

Something else to take into consideration as a way of making money is app development. With the release of a new iPhone, there is bound to be a new range of functionality. This may lay the foundation to new and never-before-seen apps being able to be developed. There may be people out there who have ideas for new applications but wont have a clue as to how to create them. How to Create iPhone Apps with Zero Programming Skills is a good start for people in this position.

There you have it. As far as the iPhone goes, there is no time better than the present to get yourself ready to cash in on it!!

With the imminent release of Apple’s iPhone 5, there is a bound to be a flood of people getting rid of their iPhone 4’s and 3GS’s. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that some retailers reduced the price of an unlocked 8GB 3GS from NZ$919 to $599 in what I suspect is a move to get rid of stock and make space for the iPhone 5.

That said, reCommerce giant Gazelle seems to have readied themselves for this flood and have released an iOS app (Gazelle – Gadget Trader) to make selling iPhones that much easier. To sell an iPhone from an iPhone, all that someone has to do is answer 3 questions about the smartphones physical condition. If you are happy with the how much they offer you for the device and the sale has been confirmed, a shipping label is emailed out to you. Once you have shipped off the device, it takes about 5-7 days to receive payment. That easy!

The only thing I would say sucks about this is that Gazelle’s services are only available in the United States. Maybe someone in the Australia/New Zealand region should take the initiative and start up a similar service?

Take a look at the video below to see the app in action and for other details I didn’t include in the post.

There are a number of ways through which bloggers and site administrators choose to monetize their sites. Not all methods suit the one-size fits all model as what works for one site may not work for another and this can be due to varying number of reasons.

Some sites such as photo blogs are image based and if you have been looking around for a way of monetising them, in-image ads may be the way forward. I just came across GumGum, an in-image ad network that opens up a new revenue stream for publishers. Their service overlays ads on web images and publishers earn revenue on a CPM basis.

Signing up to and getting started with them is a quick and easy process. All it takes to get the ad overlays up and running is a simple HTML code install. They have a Wordress.org plugin and Blogger.com widget to make the process easy if you are concerned about tinkering with HTML.

Publisher payments are paid out via PayPal when earnings reach at least $50. I am using them on a couple of my other sites one of which is My Pictorial World (screenshot below).

I have only been running GumGum for a few days so at the moment I can’t really comment much on how well it works. I must admit that I was a little concerned that the ads could be a little intrusive. I haven’t had any complaints from readers yet so I will continue to run their ads for a little while longer to see just how effective they are as a revenue stream. If you want me to write up an update on earnings in a few weeks, leave a comment and let me know.

A couple of weeks ago, someone got in touch with me about a photo I took and posted on My Pictorial World, a small photo blog of mine.  His firm is working on a project so that they can cash in on the 2011 Rugby World Cup, which starts October 9.

As part of the project, they need photos of various items to do with the world cup and one of those items happened to be the RWC Countdown Clock, which is located in central Auckland. They did a Google image search and stumbled upon the photo I took which they seemed to like.

They got in touch with me about the photo and made me an offer (which was in the hundreds) for a copy for them to use on their publication. Unfortunately, the photo did not meet their requirements because they wanted one that was at least 300 dpi. I took the shot at 72 dpi, which is well below their requirements. They did ask for a copy of it to see if they could tweak it and make it work for them but they could only get it to 200 dpi.

This experience served as a lesson to take images at the best possible resolution. In the case of the countdown clock, I was limited because of the camera I had on me at the time (an old and simple point & shot).

From this and other experiences I have been through there are 3 tips that come to mind that may come in handy for people who take photos and upload them onto blogs/websites for the world to see. They are:

Take High Resolution Photos – make sure to take photos at the best possible resolution for the reasons above.

Watermark Images – besides branding your photos, a watermark protects your images from theft. If someone wants to use your photo, they would need to get in touch with you to make an arrangement for an ‘un-watermarked’ version. I use Adobe Photoshop for photo editing and watermarking.

Optimise For Search Engines – this is easy to do and could help photos rank well in for example Google Image Search. Search Engine Optimization: Your visual blueprint for effective Internet marketing by Kris Jones has a section on how to do just that.

You may end up in a situation similar to the one that I did and if it does happen, I hope you are in a position where you actually earn some money for your photos.

A very common sight when driving through the suburbs of Auckland are signs stapled to lamp post advertising garage sales that will be taking place over in the area. On the odd occasion I will drive past a garage sale in progress and a lot of the time, it doesn’t look like it would be worth my while to stop and see what they have on offer. People hold garage sales for various reasons, which could include de-cluttering and selling off items or selling because of a need for quick cash. Whatever the reasons may be for holding the sale, it is always nice to do it in such a way that you get the most revenue from your efforts.

Here are a few quick pointers that may come in handy if you are planning a garage sale in the near future:

1. Plan: just like anything else in life, it is good to plan for the sale. Set a date for when you are going to have the sale, what you are going to sell and make sure you have enough stuff to offer to actually warrant having the sale.
2. Price: set a price for EVERYTHING you plan to sell and don’t price it too low, keeping in mind that you want to make the sale worthwhile to you. Set reasonable prices and allow for negotiation and with that said, have a minimum price at which you are willing to let go of items for.
3. Advertise: it goes without saying that you need to let people know about the sale. It is probably best to start advertising a week or so before the sale. Put clear signs up around your neighbourhood and drive by them to make sure they are readable. If you have a few dollars to spare, a good place to advertise would be your local newspaper.
4. Presentation: lay out your items in the area where you are having the sale in such a way that your “big ticket” items are what your customers will see first. Also make sure that there is enough space for people to comfortably walk through and take a look at what you have on offer.
5. Payment: Make sure you have plenty of change on hand from different denomination coins to bills. You want to make the payment process nice and easy. It can be frustrating for a customer when they experience a problem of trying to pay for something because you don’t have change. If your customers don’t have cash, you could offer other payment solutions such as Pago (New Zealand), PayPal Mobile (Worldwide) or Square (U.S.) as options.

2 Extras Tips:

• Keep cash on your person: can you imagine it drawing to the end of a successful sale and someone comes along and walks away with your cash box?
• Consider a group sale: if you are friends with your neighbours, consider having a group sale and make it even more worthwhile for everyone.

Do you have any other tips to make a garage sale successful?

“Garage Sale” Photo by enfocar1200

A while back, I wrote about how you could get in on earning a share of the billion-dollar mobile app sales market without actually having to build the application yourself – Make Money From An iPhone or iPad App Without Making It. The other day I had a bit of a think about the revenue share model that Appswell uses to compensate people who’s ideas are made into a reality and came to the conclusion that it didn’t seem quite right. Why should someone else take a majority share of a creation that is your idea simply because they built it?

What got me thinking about all of this is that I am working on an app idea and I want it to be 100% mine. After doing a bit more research, it turns out there is software out there that people can use to create an app without any programming experience, one of which is iPhone Dev Secrets. The other option as previously mentioned is to hire a developer to build it for you, which due to time constraints is the option I am going with.

Because of the nature of the app I am going to get built, it will be available free of charge which obviously means it wont be generating any sales revenue. This got me to thinking about how I could make money from certain sections of the app.

That thought led to AdMob, which is an advertising network that provides solutions for monetising mobile sites as well as mobile apps. As far as monetising mobile apps goes, they provide you with tools that will enable you to integrate AdMob ads into your app. Given that Google owns them, they are bound to have a large pool of advertisers and therefore something that will match the context of your application. They also have a tool, AdWhirl that allows you to serve your own house ads, AdMob ads and ads from other networks all from one place which means you will be able to really maximise on monetising your mobile app.

So, if you are thinking of creating an app and want to monetise it, it would be pay to give AdMob a thought. Let me know what you think about what they have to offer.

There are countless numbers of jobs that are continually being outsourced by individuals and organisations and posted on freelance marketplaces such as oDesk, Elance and Freelancer.com just to name a few. The good thing about a lot of these short term projects is that you can work on them from the comfort of your own home and for anyone from anywhere in the world.

So many of us have expertise and knowledge that we don’t make full use of and these can range from web design, graphic design, writing, mobile app development, marketing, social media and the list goes on and on. More often than not, these areas may be something that you have taken up as a hobby and enjoy doing and they could be turned into an income stream. The thing is, there are a lot of people out there in the world who are looking for people with certain areas of expertise to help them complete projects they are working on.

In this day in age, finding freelance work is not that difficult as you can simply go to marketplaces such as those mentioned above and search for something suitable. That may not be ideal for everyone as one marketplace may not suit your needs as well as another. DoNanza is the perfect solution for people who want to be able to search for jobs available across the web. They are in a nutshell, a site that aggregates freelance projects from marketplaces and crowdsourcing platforms across the web. This increases the chances of you finding something that suits your needs without having to visit multiple sites.

They also have a publisher program that allows users to add a widget or project board to their site and earn money. Publishers are paid when users bid or work on projects. Publishers are also paid when employers post projects directly on their board. Payments are sent out monthly via cheque or PayPal.

Here is an example of a project board – Ninety Nine Ways Job Board

Freelancing is something that you should look into if you are out to make a little extra money or even take up full time. This is something that is open to anyone and everyone, the only requirement is that you are knowledgeable on whatever it is someone may need work on and that you can deliver!

The other day, I was looking around at what kinds of jobs are being advertised at the moment and I was surprised to see the number of positions popping up that have to do with social media. A couple people that I follow on Twitter have even managed to establish themselves as social media specialists and are managing accounts of a few small businesses.

All this got me thinking about the number of people who spend a lot of time on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook and know their way around them and have managed to build up quite a presence. A lot of people do it just for fun but the knowledge that they have acquired through their use of social networks could be used to land them a job as a social media manager. I came across this video of how Kate Buck went from being unemployed to earning hundreds of thousands of dollars. As you can see from the video, she has gone a step further and teaches people how to become social media managers.

Details on the classes can be found here:

As you can see, if you are already into social media and want to make a bit of money from it becoming a social media manager is a very viable option that you can even do part time and still earn a considerable amount of money from.

The 2011 Rugby World Cup is only a few months away and events like this usually generate a considerable amount of revenue. In most cases it is the organisers and a few savvy retailers who take advantage of the influx of visitors to the event.

This rugby world cup is no different to other events of its magnitude in the fact that organisers want to be the only ones who profit from it. Just like the 2010 Football World Cup, they have made it clear that people cannot associate themselves with the Rugby World Cup when marketing themselves to the masses. This leaves people in a situation where they have to be very creative in order to make extra money during the world cup. For everyday people who also want to get in on this action, one of the easiest ways of making money from it is by renting out their home.

With the tens of thousands of overseas visitors expected in New Zealand, accommodation will be in demand. If you happen to have a house or even rooms available for rent in any of the host cities, you may want to consider renting it out for a week or two or three.

iStopOver is an online platform where home owners can list short term rentals for free. Once a listing has been posted it becomes viewable to scores of travellers from around the world. Homeowners then have the opportunity to communicate with potential guests and if comfortable with them, they can approve them. The guest then makes a payment which is held in escrow by iStopOver and paid out once the guest checks in. Payments are paid out via PayPal (you can Sign Up Here if you don’t have an account), direct deposit or cheque. All that iStopOver charges for this hassle free service is a 3% admin processing fee.

At the moment they are putting quite a bit of focus on the Rugby World Cup and they are putting in a lot of work to make sure that all available rooms get filled. A few similar sites have sprung up over the past few months but none of them are as established as iStopOver or have anywhere near as much traffic to their sites as they do. This means that the chances of filling up your rooms are just about guaranteed and you can be rest assured that you will get paid for your rental.

eBay recently posted higher than expected third quarter profits which is a good thing for them but also a good thing for sellers. I saw it as a sign that more stuff is being sold on eBay and figures show that this was the case. Being a seller myself I experienced a slump in sales when the little global crisis hit and almost gave it up altogether. Over time eBay has been trying to lure sellers back by lowering or getting rid of listings fees now and then. Them taking that stance helped in getting me back onto the marketplace.

Because of the recession, some people have found it harder to get back into selling because of not having capital to get inventory and so on. One solution provider that caters specifically to eBay marketplace sellers is Kabbage. They provide funding to kick-start and help your business grow. They have a quick and simple application process where on approval, funds are deposited into your PayPal account (you can Sign Up Here if you don’t have an account).

The process of getting a loan through them is pretty simple with you only having to go through the following steps:

• provide them with your ebay seller ID to see if you qualify
• complete an application form
• accept the terms and conditions (if they are to your liking)

The money is deposited into your account soon after and you can get going with growing your business. As with any other financial institution you get an advance from, Kabbage charges fees with theirs being a flat rate per $100 (rates information can be found in the borrower agreement). Repayments are made by auto pay from either your PayPal or checking account or you could chose to pay directly on their website or via cheque.

For some of you out there, this may work out as your best option when looking for funding to get your business back on track. At the moment they are only available in the United States but they will expand to other countries in the future.

More and more individuals, bloggers and companies are turning to Facebook as a way of connecting with people, increasing blog traffic, building a brand and the list goes on. Some people are taking that further and are selling their products right on Facebook. Having that functionality makes it a lot easier and more convenient for people to purchase your items since they don’t have to leave Facebook.

Payvment provides you with a Facebook e-commerce solution that allows you to set-up a store and best of all, it won’t cost you a thing. To launch your storefront you need to enter your PayPal (If you don’t have an account, click here to get one) username to receive payments, a store name and a currency type such as USD or NZD. After you have gotten that out of the way, the next steps are pretty much the same as you would follow with any other storefront where you enter your store categories, products, shipping, tax and so on. The way I see it, it really couldn’t be any easier to set up a store on Facebook with Payvment.

One of the nice features that the application has is the “fans only” discount where after someone becomes a fan of your page, they get access to discounted prices that you have set. This I see as a good thing because it encourages people to buy your products and at the same time you are building your audience.

Something else that that you can do is, if you are someone who sells arts and crafts on Esty Etsy – The Place To Sell Handmade Crafts, they have a Etsy-to-Facebook import tool. It allows Esty sellers to import their entire inventories to Facebook and sell them on their pages. This is the only import tool of its kind available but Payvment plans to launch import tools for other online catalogs.

If you are looking for another avenue through which you can sell your products, you should give Payvment a try. It opens you up to a world of opportunity by allowing you to sell your products on a 500 million member social network and best of all, all for FREE!

Over the weekend, Wade Wells over at phpBay sent out an email to remind people about the upcoming holiday season and the earning potential it brings. It is that time of the year when just about everyone the world over will be scurrying around looking for the perfect gift. For those of you that want to earn extra money during this season, now is the perfect time to create new sites targeting this season.

Instead of getting into a lot of detail, I will just summarise Wade’s email which was as follows:

• The upcoming holiday season is the busiest of the year
• New sites get initial Google love for the first 4 to 6 weeks
• Armed with that knowledge you can really take advantage of the holiday season and get really good rankings in the lead up to Christmas
• People earn really well with Amazon and phpZon Pro gives you an added advantage in that it provides good content quickly
• If you need help creating “thin” sites real quick stop by phpBay Pro Support Forums

As you can see, now is a very good time to build a niche store if you have been thinking about doing so. Two products that will not only help you get the most out of your site but also make it nice and easy to build are phpBay Pro and phpZon Pro.

If you are new to these products, they let you do the following:

phpBay Pro – allows you to add keyword rich eBay listings to your site allowing you to earn money via the eBay Partner Network

phpZon Pro – allows you to add keyword based Amazon products to your site allowing you earn money via Amazon Associates

Both products come as WordPress plugins or an API version so depending on your needs, there is a suitable option for most people. The WordPress plugins cost $79 but, you can get your hands on either phpBay Pro or phpZon Pro for $55 via Ninety Nine Ways.

Click Here For Details On How To Get phpBay Pro or phpZon Pro For Only $55

I recently met a guy who is in the last year of his honours degree in Biomedical Science. The thing that struck me about him was how he is funding his education and getting money for his living expenses.

Sam (not his real name) had originally wanted to study medicine at the University of Auckland. He breezed through the Health Science first year papers and got excellent grades which guaranteed him a place in the medical programme. But, after a bit of contemplation he decided that medicine was not for him and he continued with biomedical science.

Sam is an intelligent individual and has a real passion for science. Early on in his university career he noticed that a number of his peers would approach him when they needed help with course related work. He then made a decision to start charging students for his services and to his surprise they were more than willing to pay.

Over time tutoring has become one of his business ventures to the point where he runs tutorials specifically geared towards students who are trying to gain entry into medicine. Tutorials are held 5 times a week and students are charged $40 per session. During the quieter times of the semester classes have an average size of about 25. If you do the math that’s:

• 25 students @ $40 each = $1,000 per night
• 5 nights @ $1,000/night = $5,000 per week

As you can imagine, when it comes to test and exam times, the class size grows and he could get up to 35 students (but that is really pushing it). That nets him:

• 40 students @ $40 each = $1,400 per night
• 5 nights @ $1,600/night = $7,000 per week

To add to that, he also runs UMAT workshops during the semester breaks which bring in about $7500 for 3 days work.

As you can see, he makes himself a good amount of money doing something that he is good at and most of all enjoys doing. Yes, he does get a bit tired at times because he does have other things to attend. Besides the money he gets a lot of satisfaction knowing that he has helped a number of students in achieving their goals and getting into the medical programme. These students have gone on to recommended his services to other prospective medical students and this has helped his business grow.

What Sam has done here is taken something he knows about and enjoys doing and turned it into a very lucrative revenue stream. Anyone out there can do the same because being a tutor is not limited to tutoring subjects such as chemistry, biology or physics. It can be absolutely anything from guitar lessons to hairdressing to using the internet and so and so forth. Everyone has something that they are good at and that being said, there is bound to be people out there who are looking for someone to teach them a thing or two about what you already know and enjoy doing.

If you know what you are good at and think that people would pay for you to tutor them, go out and find those and see just how far you can go.

I went to an electronics store yesterday and whilst the consultant was trying to find the answers to my questions, I had a bit of a play around with an iPad. I ended up on one of my sites and noticed that Adsense ads weren’t displaying. For some people, being one revenue stream down could be a cause for concern. Should they be concerned, I think so. Why? As time goes by, more and more people are going mobile and using mobile devices to do a lot more day to day activities including accessing the internet.

This doesn’t mean that you have to miss out on earning a bit of revenue that way if lets say for example Adsense is biggest income generator and you don’t have Adsense for mobile (or similar). Chitika have come up with a simple solution for you to earn revenue from people accessing your site via mobile devices.

They just rolled out a mobile ads program which displays targeted ads to people visiting your site via a mobile device. Ads are displayed in the same fashion as Chitika Select Ads. Instead of being displayed 100% of the time they are only displayed when there is a high chance that the ad will be clicked on.

If you are already Chitika publisher, then you do not have to do anything at all for mobile ads to start displaying. This makes this product a must have because not only will you be generating revenue from your regular traffic, you will also be generating revenue from your mobile traffic.

At the moment mobile ads are currently only being displayed on the iPhone and Android devices. More devices will be added in the near future but none the less, there are millions of devices out there already that are ready and waiting to display Chitika Mobile ads.

If you aren’t already a Chitika publisher, isn’t this a good enough reason to sign up?

This will be a nice and short post. Following on from the post about the recently released Squeeze Plugin (Create Squeeze Pages With Squeeze Plugin for WordPress), I managed to get a 15% discount coupon code which will work with all of their products. So, not only can you get Squeeze Plugin at a discounted price, you can also get your hands on Squeeze Theme, Sales Page Theme and Squeeze Camp 2.0 at a 15% off discount.

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A bit of a while ago now I was really keen on building squeeze pages. I got a bit of information on how to do it, what to include and so and so forth. I hit a stumbling block when it can to starting to build it. I am not a very technical person and would rather not play around with any HTML or any of that coding stuff. To that end, I couldn’t find a solution out there that would make the task easy.

Last night I got and email about a WordPress plugin that I wish was there all the way back then when I wanted to build squeeze pages. The plugin I’m talking about is Squeeze Plugin. I am not going to go into the details about why this is such a great product if you are an online marketer. The best thing to do would be to watch the video which explains it all so well. It shows you just how easy it is to use and how quickly you can set up a squeeze page;

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If you don’t know what the point of building a squeeze page is, here are some reason why:

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