Two of the top Professional Bloggers have finally written a book

If there are two names who are synonymous with making money on the Internet and making money blogging, those two names are: Darren Rowse (Problogger.net) and Chris Garrett (chrisg.com).

These two guys are the top of the game and are the premier leaders on the Web. They have collaborated and produced a book that should be on everybody’s reading list who wants to learn:

• How to make money on the Internet
• How you can make money from a blog
• How to earn a substantial income to replace your 9 – 5 job

The product description notes the following topics are covered in this book:

• How Bloggers Make Money
• Direct Income Earning vs. Indirect Income Earning methods
• Why Niches are Important
• Using 20 critical blogging tools
• 20 Ingredients for a successful blog post
• Optimizing advertising
• Which advertising platforms work best
• Expert analysis of Technocrat’s Top Blogs - why they work

I’ve been looking at spending more time on the study of topics for making money online. There are several obvious first starts, but as I study more and more, I am find a lot more ways to make money online. There are a long list of advertisers and affiliate programs and I intend to learn, assess, and test the different programs to help you, the reader of this site, and me as I seek to monetize my websites and blogs.

Widgetbucks

Recently, I discovered Widgetbucks and am initially impressed with this new site. Widgetbucks offers two ways to make money online:

1) through an ad unit like this:

WidgetBucks - Trend Watch - WidgetBucks.com

2) and through a referral program through links like this one:

Make Money with WidgetBucks

There are several good points about the ad units and only a couple of drawbacks.

What is good

• You can display the ad unit along with AdSense (allowing multiple ad units on a page).
• They do not restrict the number of ad units you can display on a page, but reason dictates that the site should still be usable. You should only display what fits in with the content of your site.
• The ad units work great for sites about products, because most of the ad units are lists of products.
• The Ad units are animation items, so it presents a slightly better look to the website (you can also customize the color to match your site).
• I’ve heard that the units get good click through rates (CTR), but it is too new on any of my sites. (The site advertises $2-$6 per CPM (thousand impressions).
• It is quick and simple to setup.
• The site pays through Paypal.
• You earn 10% of any referrals earnings for up to the referrals first 12 months.
• Right now, you can get a $25 bonus when you signup.
• The site pays out monthly with a minimum of only $50.

If anyone is using Widgetbucks, I would be interested in learn how you are doing. Submit a comment below.

You can sign up for Wigetbucks here:

Make Money with WidgetBucks

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Make Money Online with Google AdSense

By far, the easiest way to make money online is with Google’s affiliate program – Adsense. There have been wide spread speculation that some publishers earn as much as five figures every month! There is room for growth, but there is also the potential as some have reported earning merely a few dollars every month.

To maximize your Adsense earning, check out these two books:

1) The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense

2) Google Advertising Tools: Cashing in with AdSense, AdWords, and the Google APIs

Both of these books are popular and I have read both. The AdSense Code covers the broad strategies of making money online with Google AdSense. Google Advertising tools covers the technical details of using AdSense and includes the added benefits of covering AdWords and Search Engine Optimization.

• If you are web publisher and you would like to quickly and easily start making money online:

• If you want to improve your earnings with AdSense or you want to start using AdSense at the programs potential, pick up both of these books:
  

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