Regarding Advertising

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Since the changes I recently made to this site(new design, ads, etc.), I’ve decided that the only affiliate ads that I will have on this site, are products that I use myself, and that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to anyone. It’s all too easy to throw ads up based on the amount of the payout, but I’m not going to do this…there are plenty of people who already do.

Here are my current plans. I’m going to keep spots for four 125×125 ads in the sidebar. For now, I’m going to keep two of those as affiliate ads for products that I use and would recommend. The other two spots, I will offer to you.

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Some Thoughts on Affiliates and Online Income

Alright, I’ve been doing a lot of research on different strategies of turning a profit online. After reading quite a few affiliate marketing blogs, I’ve come to realize that most blogs that center around this topic, have little to offer. I think most of them make their money through affiliate program referrals, selling ebooks with re-hashed content, or they make their money on other websites. Other than that, I don’t see a blog about making money online as being profitable. The same would hold true about blogs that center around web design and blogging (like mine). The truth is, traffic from search engines is a much more profitable audience, than other bloggers.

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BANS: A Great Way to Bring in Profits

Most people know the potential of selling products on eBay. However, there are lots of folks who have no desire to order products to sell, keep up with their inventory, ship packages, and manage all the email that goes along with it. What if you could make money off eBay without directly listing and selling anything? Build a Niche Store (BANS) is THE tool you can use to build an eBay affiliate website. As an eBay affiliate, eBay actually invites you to promote all of the product listings in the eBay marketplace and in exchange will pay you up to 75% of the revenue they make from each sale you refer plus up to $35 for each new active eBay member you refer. If you aren’t familiar with what BANS is, let me introduce you to the concept.

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