Well, I’ve mentioned this before as well so here is the new theme with tons of glitches and bugs (that I’ll workout, of course), there are going to be alot more new additions to blueverse then just the theme and the new type of ads, here is a list of the things that I’m working on currently.
Store (ebooks,scripts and more stuff to make money off of)
Services - I’ll be providing quite a few services related to wordpress development and marketing.
More Free Stuff - There’s gonna be alot more free stuff then there was before.
Alot more things, I’d rather keep this a surprise.
The new theme is still filled with bugs, bugs that I’ll fix as i find them, so please lemme know when you find something wrong with the template
I just saw this today, I know that this month I was actually earning more then other months because of my proper monetization but I didn’t know that 45n5 knew that, it was an odd surprise when i saw myself on the 15th spot at the list at 45n5
A high spot like that gives me and my content even more authority at google, this just means that I’m one step closer to a 4 figure monthly income. Theres alot more going on that’s going to strengthen blueverse even more in the future, the seo tactics I use don’t pay up right away but tehy are great in the long run and get even better as time passes by, I guess this is proof that it’s working, I’m earning more therefore I’m being ranked for it.
A few days ago I tried to be a little spontaneous and walk in the rain for quite a while and it ended up with me having a fever of 102, the last few days I’ve been resting and today I felt good enough to come online and make an update here. It’s gonna be 2-3 more days until I resume my regular posting routine. There are a few wordpress themes that I might release when i continue my regular routine soon.
I’m also thinking about starting up the other blogs that i own as well, the rest that I’ve had gave me time to think about my sites and which ones I should start back up again.
Well, it’s been quite hard for me atleast, this blog started growing really big time near the end of january and since then I wanted to see what would I get if I actively tried to get more RSS readers, after several offers of email and rss subscription I finally have more then 500 rss readers.
There isn’t really much to post about lately but this one thing that i added a few days ago, its the news section , It’s where i allow for you guys to share your free wordpress themes so that i can include them in my wp theme posts, not only that but i also welcome any blogging tip and any other news that might be interesting and fresh, for that everyone that provides a source will be mentioned in the post and credited for the tip.
Other then that, I plan to finish a new design for blueverse soon, the things I have learned while blogging and wanted changed on the blog, all of those noted changes will take place in the new design. Blogging is all about learning and improving your blog, doesn’t matter if it’s content, links or design. In this case, I learned that the current design was lacking alot of authority that i seek in a template, therefore the new design
This month has been like a roller coaster ride for me and my blogging journey specially, the growth on this blog has been substantial and really amazing, i did expect it to be huge but not this fast but not enough i guess, most bloggers talk about how they get offers from interested webmasters concerning buying out their blog, usually this is 10x their revenue, I was kinda hoping to get offers too but apparently i got none, its not that big of a deal for me but it is infact an ego downer. Yesterday i saw my blog’s selling price at 45n5, pretty impressive that it could sell at $8436. The price was calculated per subscriber to my rss, the rate was $18.something
Moving on, i changed the title and overall genre of my blog from seo to make money blogging because its what i talk about the most here, tips on blogging and how to make more money from your content, so yea, i think its a risky move but i’m still going for it.At the moment, I rank as follows.
Besides from that, these days everyone is trying to sell out their blog mostly because of the fact that summer vacations are coming up and they need cash to live it up or in some cases they want to start an even bigger project (hard to believe, but true). I would suggest selling out too because it’s all about making money through blogging, either keep the blog and work more on it then earn more too or sell out for a huge check
thA few days ago john chow talked about videos being the next wave in the blogging world, i strongly disagree here, content was , is and always will be king no matter what new methods might come up. To be perfectly honest i think videos are tacky and horrible for serps, unless you provide a text transcript for the video…much like two versions of the same post one in video and one in text. Although it may seem unlikely but while watching videos to learn something you might look over something crucial or might not understand something properly that can’t be explained any further whereas text is far more easier to edit and update.
Now heres my list of cons in video blogging.
Less authority, more entertainment.
More hassle on the author’s end.
Not being able to make videos unless you’re in top shape
Losing out on the smaller ratio of readers, the ones on dial up. I used to have dial up and i hate waiting for videos to load for hours..
Alot of pressure to completely explain a point otherwise lose a whole video
This month was slow compared to my last month where there were alot of ad sales, this may have alot to do with my promotion priorities lately, i have alot of pojects going on at the same time but still this is not an excuse, but i know how to manage things now, this month was a huge learning step for me since i learned alot about incorporating affiliates and private products into a blog.
Offering ad on your blog is just one small step towards monetization, the real money starts coming in when you start selling a product/service or incorporate affiliates into your content!
Traffic
This month was really bump with several slumps but i managed to stabilize traffic by pro actively creating content for the masses, the alexa this month (at the moment) stayed near 62k-66k.This month the blog had around 12,000 uniques with over 24,000 visits which is a good thing but way to low for my average count, next month i will have to concentrate on more relevant traffic.
