According to a recent case study by the University of Texas and Chitika, the top 50,000 blogs on the Internet generated $500 million in ad revenue last year. That sounds all well and good but I think the methodology to come up with the $500 million number is questionable. Chitika took their 12,000 publishers, found their Technorati ranking and how […]
Read MoreA huge congrats goes out to Mercedes Lopez for winning the John Chow dot Com BlueFur 24″ LCD monitor giveaway! Mercedes was drawn from nearly 300 entries! I have sent an email to Mercedes. All he has to do is reply to the email to claim his prize. Thanks to everyone for entering. I still have the contest to win […]
Read MoreAffiliate sales is this blog’s biggest moneymaker, accounting for $4,344.82 of last month’s $12,406.76 blog income. Many readers have emailed me asking which affiliate program was making me the most money. I deal with affiliate programs the same way I deal with blog advertising – use as many as you can while still providing a good user experience. Currently, I […]
Read MoreIt’s the start of a new month and that means it’s time for the highly anticipated blog income report. Way back in September 2006, which seems like forever in Internet time but it’s really only 10 months, I made the decision to use this blog as a monetization case study. I wanted to see if it was really possible to […]
Read MoreHow do you feel about commentators leaving their signature in their comments? Most commentators on this blog don’t leave a signature because their blog or web site is already linked in their name. I can understand why a signature is needed for a forum but is it really needed for a blog? For those reader who like to end their […]
Read MoreThis is the final part of my series on top ways to avoid income tax. If you miss the old posts, you can read part 1 here and part 2 here. The Offshore Corporation This is the favorite playground of the rich. It is estimated that one-third of the world’s wealth (over $5 trillion) is held offshore. This is a […]
Read MoreHere go again! I have another copy of the The 4-Hour Workweek to give away. If you didn’t win Timothy Ferriss’ book the last two times around, you now have another shot at it. The 4-Hour Workweek is one of the best book I’ve read and if don’t win it, then I highly recommend you go down to the local […]
Read MoreThis is part 2 of my series on the top ways to avoid income tax. In case you missed part 1, you can read it here. The Principal Residence Flipper I have a friend who likes to buy the cheapest house in the best neighborhood. While living in it, he would fix it up and renovate it. After the renovations […]
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