Comments on: Think More Intelligently About Making Money Online

By: shawn

shawn — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:29:19 +0000

There’s always ways to monetize a site as long as people are visiting…some types are easier to monetize than others, but no site is impossible to monetize.

By: J.D.

J.D. — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:24:54 +0000

You know, I think you clarified what I’ve been telling myself…

ReviewYou was kind of an attempt to get linkbacks and promote the site somewhat – and I’ve gotten some. More than PYSIH.com anyways. There’s way too much work involved in that site though, because I try to do a damn good job on each review.

The problem is that I can’t see how I would monetize the site at ALL. I just don’t see it. I threw some Adsense up there (just a small box) for the stats, but I don’t see people advertising for that niche.

I do have an idea for forums for the site though.

I need to find a good template for PYSIH and stick with it.

By: shawn

shawn — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:08:13 +0000

@JD

To respond to your question, J.D. where would I go with pysih.com? Well I would promote THAT site and not the other ones so much. ReviewMe is a fine site on the side, but to be honest I think people are getting tired of review sites. Have you noticed that?? And your personal site doesn’t have a strong “brand” to it so that’s not a strong site to promote. Until you have impressive stats to report, why report them?? You know what I’m saying? It’s not to be mean or anything – just honest.

I plan on one day reporting stats here, but until I get over 200 FeedBurner subs I don’t think I should, and until my revenue tops $300 a month why should I start telling people?

HOWEVER all that said, I think People You’ll See in Hell is a briliant idea. (Don’t that make ya feel good?) Yes, you can go places with that site. Seriously. I would make it into a stronger site and spend some serious time writing for that one. Leave the other ones behind for now.

I have like a dozen what I call “junk domains” which are sites I either never even started or abandoned. I usually bought the domain cuz I had a cool idea in the shower or when I was cutting the grass but then after buying the domain, the idea just didn’t float my boat anymore. (Can anyone relate??)

So you know what I do with junk domains? I put some links on them. I use em for testing out stuff like WordPress themes or scripts or whatever. I just have them there for if I get a better idea.

I’ll be doing a post about this subject soon, actually. Stay tuned to the same Bat-channel okay?

By: J.D.

J.D. — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:15:55 +0000

Shawn, where would you go or do with PYSIH.com?

I’ve got so little experience with this kind of thing, I’m learning as I go.

I’m running http://reviewyou.net as well, and I’m not sure where that will go…the numbers aren’t anywhere near PYSIH.com’s and the entries take a much longer time to write.

Just to give you yet ANOTHER url – http://jeffdavisishere.com is where I’ve been posting my adsense and analytics stats for the two blogs every day.

By: shawn

shawn — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:07:22 +0000

Amen bro. Yeah, there’s the hard way then there’s the right way – get a program to do the work for you. Finding the right program/script can be a bit difficult but once you do it and set it up, your work is largely done for you.