Cooking, Food, and Lifestyle Blogs as a Niche Idea

I think one of the things I struggled with most when I first started here was finding a niche that was broad enough, but not too broad, and also one that interested me enough to actually stick to it. I have to admit, in the beginning I created a few websites that I never ended up doing anything with because I couldn't come up with enough content to keep building them out. I have about a dozen domains just sitting there waiting for me to be inspired. I recently became particularly intrigued by t

Affiliate Links or Adsense

I remember when I was building up my first website and trying to decide between Affiliate Links or Adsense as a source of income. I wasn't really into selling WA then, because I was still waiting to see if it would work out for me. And of course, because the free siterubix website doesn't allow adsense, I started with affiliate links - selling other products that seemed to relate to my blog. When I switched to my final domain, I really was curious how much I'd make on adsense with my current tr

Day 2: Passion or "Proper"

Today's affirmation is: believe in yourself I ended up picking two niches to work with, one on a previous website I already built and a new one. I find it's easier to go with two because then I can have one I'm passionate about and one that I'm simply doing for business. I'm sure this isn't the best way to do things, but trusting my instincts never really is about doing things "the best way." Writing about things I'm passionate about leads to less burnout. I can vent and explore and enjoy the t

Day 1: Starting from Scratch Again

I've never debated leaving WA after all these years because I've built a few websites here for clients which covers my fees. I don't have the brain capacity or short term memory abilities to learn new computer skills very quickly, so I'd be scared to move them to Wordpress or some other host where I have to learn how to build. I'm sure I can do it, but anyway..."building a website" here is super basic and so much easier than everywhere else I've tried. (Not looking for suggestions just pointing

An Affiliate Just Surprised Me with a $1900 Commission!

I have been pretty much "out sick" all year and unable to continue working on my websites, but I do still do some blogging and have left my websites up as something I hoped to get back to soon. This week I was having some financial stress and thinking I might get back to it, but I wasn't sure where to even start. I have been noticing I still get email subscriptions, although I haven't really been sending anything out. And I do still get tiny, random commissions on things, but not enough to real

Using Jaaxy to Make Extra Cash on Vocal Media

I might have mentioned it awhile ago that I published an article on Vocal Media using keywords I found in Jaaxy that didn't quite fit the niche for my WA website but had a lot of traffic and little content. That article has since been gaining viewers daily and has worked up to earning from $0.25 to over $1 a month - as it continues to rank it earns more and more. That might not sound like a lot, but now I'm adding an article a day (I don't find it hard to sit down and punch out the 600 word min

Do the "I Got 4 Clicks" Dance

It's the little things you have to celebrate whenever you get the chance. I have so many affiliates to keep track of (helpful hint for past self, it might have been simpler to stick to one - don't go crazy) and I just checked on in Awin who I signed up with to promote Etsy back before it was on Share-a-Sale. Anyway, I was checking up on the traffic from an article I wrote a short while back that was pretty Etsy-focused and I got 4 clicks! It's a start, right? And it's good to know that somethin

My First Share-a-Sale Commission

It's been over a month since I've logged in to any of my affiliate accounts. I wrote one article last month. I have lots of excuses, mostly having to do with being extremely sick and tiring myself out back and forth from hospitals and doctors, and fighting with insurance companies. Anyway, I've been popping in and out of WA trying to get some motivation to sit here longer than two minutes and continue making a go of this thing. And while I wait to rebuild stamina, I have been having a great tim

Amazon Affiliates: Take Advantage of Prime Day

Today is Amazon Prime Day. If you don't know what that is, it's basically a "holiday" that Amazon puts on every year for it's millions of Prime members. It includes extreme discounts on great items and is extremely popular. Last year Prime Day had gross sales of 2.4 billion dollars worldwide, in one day - almost a billion dollars more than the 1.3 billions made the year before. This year it's projected to shoot even higher. How can affiliate marketers benefit from this? If you have any sort of

I Love These Proud Moments When I've Written Something I Like

It's not that my writing is so amazing or anything, and I'm especially not trying to brag. But sometimes I'll finish writing something, and just feel really good in my heart - like what I've written needed to be out there. It's those moments that let me know I'm doing what I'm meant to be doing. With this particular attempted career in Affiliate Marketing, I have gone through so many ups and downs, ins and outs of who I am and who I want my audience to be. I don't know if it's just my crazy min