Website Design by Teli

I’ve been musing on what I believe would make the perfect desktop blogging client. I’ve used a number of different blog clients and taking inspiration from each of them, decided what would make the perfect blogging client for me. (more…)

It seems there is an overzealous spammer (or spammers) out there and a lot of webmasters are going through a lot of grief as a result.

A few weeks ago, I started to receive weird messages in my website contact form. The email address the sender used was an address on my domain that didn’t exist and the body was filled with what appeared to be gibberish. (more…)

I’m making another WordPress theme publicly available (wow, another one…).

The name of this template is Right Justified because, if you haven’t guessed yet, the layout is aligned right (although the text is aligned left). I started this template a while ago, but it sat on the back burner as I found myself too busy to work on it, but I decided I’d finish the coding and release it to the general public. (more…)

This is my first publicly available theme for WordPress called Simplicity. It is a minimalistic 3 column theme done in white, black, and grey with hints of green. (more…)

Darren Rowse currently has a nice discussion going on about blogs and AdSense and whether or not AdSense is really worth a blogger’s time.

Based on my own experience, I would say the answer is: it depends. It depends on your niche, your target audience, and your traffic.

I have never really been a fan of putting all your eggs in one basket (learned that one the hard way), so I would suggest creating a more diversified revenue portfolio for your blog such as AdSense, affiliate programs, selling text links in house, alternative advertising networks, and/or partnerships.

What will really work for your blog will depend on your blog’s goals and target market. If it’s a highly personal blog which varies in topic, you may not be in a position to earn a fortune from it, however, you may be able to earn enough to pay for hosting. If you have a blog in a highly targeted niche area, you increase your chances of earning a decent consistent income.

With a site that only has 1000 visitors a day, you’re not going to make a fortune on AdSense… or on anything else. ~ Michael Moncur

Actually, this depends as well. I have a site that has considerably less than 1,000 unique visitors per day (heck, I’m lucky if it breaks 1,000 for the month) and it consistently earns me $250+ per month. It may not be a fortune, but the income is only slated to increase as it climbs in search engines and the traffic increases.

This particular blog is on a very small specific niche and is relatively new, but the audience is inclined to sign up/purchase the products I recommend. If they cannot find the product they’re looking for on my blog, they are likely to click out of my website on an AdSense ad.

I am not saying that earning money from your blog is as easy as taking a magic pill — it takes work, diligence, dedication, and a good dose of common sense, but I know it is very possible to earn money from blogs.

If your goal is to earn money from your blog, then it is just like any other business and it needs to be approached like any other business – with a level head and a plan.