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Using Video To Increase Your Google AdSense Earnings

April 14th, 2010 · View Comments · Google

This article shows you can increase your Google AdSense earnings by at least 12%. I’ve started to use video-based ads in Adsense (not the text ads) and the results have been impressive. Split testing showed us that websites with video ads 1) keep viewers onsite longer, 2) increase repeat visits and 3) generate significantly higher AdSense payments than standard plain text ads. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to setup AdSense video, look at different sizes and formats, test the ads, examine the risks and benefits, and also show you how it increased our earnings.

29 Ways to Increase Traffic to a Micro Niche Blog

March 29th, 2010 · View Comments · Google

Making money from blogs in an inexact science. What works one blogs fails on another. I’ve launched over 200 websites since 1998 (mostly ecommerce) and about 30 blogs (mostly technical). If your blog has a technical slant, for example, it’s target audience is technical writers, analysts, architects, or others micro niche areas, then use some of these techniques to increase your traffic.

9 Guaranteed Ways To Get More Traffic To Your Blog

March 21st, 2010 · View Comments · Facebook

To quote Van Halen, ‘everybody wants some.’ And what you want is traffic. Why write a blog if no-one visits, right? I have 17 technical writers’ blogs in my Google Reader & RSS feeds. Most are fine but… if they used some of the following tactics, they’d get more traffic, comments, money and Nobel prizes. [...]

Productivity Tip: How To Make Friday Your Busiest Day And Get The Rewards

March 20th, 2010 · View Comments · Productivity

Friday is my busiest day. Most folks power down and go into weekend mode. Not here! Ask yourself, ‘why do I go down a gear on Friday?’, ‘How does this benefit my career?’ Ok, let’s be honest. We do this because others do it. Right? This is a high-risk way to manage your career. You’re letting others determine how you behave. And it damages your career in many, many ways. Here’s an alternative approach.

Video Blogging – 9 Ways To Stay Motivated & Find Your Mojo

March 1st, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

Once the initial wave of enthusiasm wears off, where do you find the motivation to give yourself a kick start? What do you do to make your next video or blog post? Here’s what I do to get myself working again.

Video: How To Create More Content & Be More Productive

February 27th, 2010 · View Comments · Uncategorized

You can create more content for your blog – and generate more business – if you work in batches. Instead of creating videos, or writing blog posts, one by one, do them in batches. Organize your workspace so that you can process several videos/posts at the same time. Videos and blog posts don’t have to [...]

Video: How to Create a Call to Action on Your Blog

February 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · Uncategorized

What do you want people to do after they’ve watched your video? Most beginners forget to ‘close the sale’. Their efforts go into making the video, getting it up on YouTube, but forget its original purpose. It’s easy to do when you’re in a hurry or engrossed in the technology. But you want people to [...]

VIDEO ClickBank: How to Start Selling Information Products & Digital Downloads

February 14th, 2010 · Comments Off · Clickbank

Getting started with Clickbank is easier than you’d think. In this video, we look at how to get started, setup your account and start selling your first information product.

#1 Mistake When Making Your First YouTube Video

February 12th, 2010 · View Comments · Video

What’s the most common mistake people make when shooting their first video? Christopher Ming Ryan points out that most video-makers don’t get in close enough to the person talking. This lessens the impact of the message. Zoom in. Frame the face. Here’s some tips from Ivan.

7 Ways to Save Time At Work

February 11th, 2010 · View Comments · Productivity

Last week we looked at how much time you spend working every week. We looked at how Christine managed her time and tried to find ways to improve her productivity. The key here is to step back, see where you’re spending/wasting time and then find practical ways to address this. What works for Christine may [...]

Video Blogging: Mistakes to Avoid & Doing It Right

February 8th, 2010 · View Comments · How To

I’ve started to use video to sell (and upsell!) my digital downloads and information products. Like most beginners, I’m making mistakes at every step. But I’ve learnt a few tricks this week, mostly thanks for Christopher Ming Ryan. Here’s what I learnt.

What Avatar Can Teach You About Project Management 2.0

January 31st, 2010 · View Comments · How To

What’s the one thing you enjoyed the most in Avatar? For my pm friend is was the video logging. Did you notice that the team kept their reports not in Microsoft Word (i.e. on paper) but as video logs. When trying it out, the protagonist in the movie couldn’t get a handle on it. ‘Don’t worry, you’ll soon get used to it’, was the reply. Well, it worked for them, could it work for you?

10 Reasons to Love Microsoft Word 2010 & Ditch Snagit’s Screen Capture Tool

October 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Image by Ivan Walsh What do you want to see in Microsoft Office 2010? Arpan Shan, who has access to the beta versions at Microsoft, shares his favorite 10 Office 2010 features. Some of these you may already know, but he highlights some nice ideas that seem to be coming through. In Word 2010, for [...]