Making Money Online – Tips from Top Bloggers | BlogWorld08

Interested in what happened at BlogWorld? During the sessions, I sent out what amounted to a 15 page Word document, which added up to over 300 updates. This post covers Making Money Online with a Blog with John Chow, Brian Clark, Zac Johnson, Jim Kukral, Darren Rowse – Digital Photography School (Editor), ProBlogger (Editor) and Jeremy Schoemaker – ShoeMoney (Editor) You’ll find all of my BlogWorld08 twoverage [tweet +coverage] here.

Thanks to those of you who asked me to share these updates.

Reader’s Guide: Each line represents a live update made on @wiredprworks on twitter.com. Reporting is in reverse order; so start at the end and read your way up. Note that this is exactly what I typed during the session, misspellings and all. When you see @name, this means that the person who was talking may be found on twitter.com/name. Apologies in advance for any inaccuracies. 

Did you go to BlogWorld? Please share your takeaways and resources in the comments section.

Making Money Online BlogWorld08 Session Notes by Barbara Rozgonyi @wiredprworks on twitter.com

@shoemoney, @copyblogger, @problogger , @johnchow, @jimkukral- thanks for asking my ? on how to promote aff products! #bwe08

best way to make $ in aff mktg, endorse things you believe in and actually works – I used a real thing and you should, too #bwe08

suziecheel: Retweet @wiredprworks: big graphic header is dead space #bwe08 looks like I need to change http://bit.ly/Tvh6Shttp://bit.ly/Tvh6S #bwe08

big graphic header is dead space #bwe08

how much to charge for ads? 2-3 xs Google’s cpm, have a “your ad here” block to attract sponsors #bwe08

take best posts make it into ebook for download #bwe08

take best posts make it into ebook for download #bwe08

shermanhu: Retweet @wiredprworks: @problogger – better to go w/name that’s descriptive, not personal, if you plan to sell it #bwe08

@problogger – better to go w/name that’s descriptive, not personal, if you plan to sell it #bwe08

@problogger – better to go w/name that’s descriptive, not personal, if you plan to sell it #bwe08

@shoemoney is coming in!!!! @bwe08

promote your own stuff, product or information on your blog, you don’t need thousands of people to make a lot of money #bwe08

most people don’t have any idea of what RSS is, use aweber.com for blog broadcast [note: i use aweber for blog updates/ezine :)] #bwe08

what to focus on RSS or ezine? email, email, email @copyblogger, you are in the business of building a list #bwe08

@johnchow – offer free copy of ebook to get subscribers or free chapter of book, will triple subscription rate #bwe08

@copyblogger – find out what they want to buy, not what you want to sell

@copyblogger made $130k in Aug, teaching sells/diy themes, pd $21k in aff fees, $2K in fees, made $3k in advertising -got rid of ads #bwe08

zacjohnson.com – affiliate blog #bwe08

@shoemoney – where are you? #bwe08 – not on panel 🙁

adsense is number 3 revenue source #bwe08

@johnchow-pick a topic you enjoy or you won’t keep writing it, 1 direct sales, 2 aff products best ways to make $ for him @bwe08

where are potential readers gathering in #s and how can I get into that space – for @problogger is was flickr #bwe08

audience is mostly niche vs personal blogs #bwe08

ways to make money: direct sales, affiliate income, membership site, selling wordpress themes, sell vs ads #bwe08