Comments on: Stop Playing Follow The Leader

By: StephaBon

StephaBon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:33:52 +0000

Great post. I’ve been researching a lot about monetizing my blog, but I just can’t see the ads at the side working. I know I never click stupid little ads on anyone else’s sites. Maybe I just need a lot more people to visit, and then more people will click? If only I could get indexed!

By: silver

silver — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:36:06 +0000

Hi. I found your blog Googling for Kontera (heads up – the post in the SERPS was an old one where the previous owner of your blog was talking about how he was putting Kontera on the site – I only found your current blogpost by searching your site to see what the results were…)

I am experimenting with Hubpages and having a great deal of trouble with Kontera (my hubs are too new to put Adsense on, so the experienced hubbers tell me). I’ve only had Kontera for a couple of weeks – is the consensus that it is a complete waste of time?

By: trexpenn

trexpenn — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:47:49 +0000

I’m currently rethinking my blog. I’d surely factor in your advice here when I renovate it.

By: ericm

ericm — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:41:19 +0000

Great niche, I really like this post.. Its inspiring me!

By: Frank C

Frank C — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:11:05 +0000

For some of my niche marketing blogs I’ve gone with a single column minimalist WordPress theme that makes Wikepedia look gaudy. This works rather well so far as generating click-thru but I wouldn’t use it on a socially oriented blog.

One of the neater tricks I’ve seen on some blogs is the so-called “reverse mullet” look where the front page has all the promo stuff while the back pages are all business.

By: Andrea_R

Andrea_R — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:55:14 +0000

More posts like this please. It’s dead-on with specific examples of what does and does not work. Very straightforward, I liked it.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:14:16 +0000

I have a new blog in the works called newborntreasures. I Found your post interesting since I am currently creating my layout and theme.

I am not much of an expert in this and I am new to the online income scene. What do you recommend for a layout then?

I am trying to build a baby themed site since there are not very many out their and was curious on what your opinion on how it should be done up.

Great post! Keep them coming!

Jason

By: Terry Tay

Terry Tay — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:07:47 +0000

I have found that if the content on a site is good enough I’ll keep coming back regardless of their ads on the site. I visit John CHow’s site regularly and he has a bunch of stuff trying to load which is pretty annoying, but doesn’t keep me away.
~Terry

By: Tom Ross

Tom Ross — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:15:22 +0000

Good post, but I don’t really agree with your idea of 125 ads being so static in terms of income potential… You can just ramp up their price as your site grows and therefore they can be just as valuable as affiliate ads or whatever else.

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:32:55 +0000

By “picking apart” I meant going through your post and commenting on various portions of the text. I tend to do that…