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Video: Launch Your Business Already!

Chris — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:00:07 +0000

In this quick video, I stress the topic of just launching your business, website, service, (fill in the blank here) already. As entrepreneurs, we want everything to be perfect and to have the best service/website that is possible. This also means having the most features that we can come up with. Well, if you continue to add features to your website or add services to your business, you will never be happy and never be at a point where you want to launch your business.

So, just launch your freaking business already! Launch your business with what is necessary to bring in customers/clients/readers/subscribers/buyers/whoever and then as your presence starts to build and you get more traction, add in the new features and slowly add them in. This will show your audience that your business is still growing and that many more great things are to come in the future!

Hope you enjoyed it!
Chris

Resources About Selling Ads on Your Website or Blog

Chris — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:19:49 +0000

Over the weekend there was a bunch of sites posting about selling advertising space on your website or blog. A lot of it was great information, so I recommend you check it out. In case you missed some of it, I’ve linked up a few of the articles that I enjoyed below that have great suggestions about attracting and retaining advertisers on your blog.

5 Ways To Make An Empty Ad Slot on Your Blog Work for You on ProBlogger.net

7 Reasons Not to Have Empty Ad Spots On Your Blog on ProBlogger.net

Sold My Advertising, Now What? on Retire@21

Finding Your First Advertisers For Your Blog on Retire@21

5 Ways to find Direct Advertisers for your Blog on ProBlogger.net

If you are looking for an affordable and easy way to manage ads on your blog or website, I suggest checking out OIO Publisher. OIO Publisher is a plugin that I have used on some other sites of mine and will be implementing on the new release of Dorm Room Biz.

Video: Two Blogging Tips from Dorm Room Biz

Chris — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:49:12 +0000

Quick video for today – two blogging tips to keep fresh content being published on your blog. It can become hard to continually write blog posts and stick to a schedule when you have a busy work schedule, have other committments, or are working on other projects. So, here are a couple tips to help you out in that fight!

Video note: sorry the volume isn’t that loud, turn up your speakers a bit to be able to hear it completely. If you are having problems viewing it, load it on the Viddler site and watch it there.

Another Google AdSense Deposit!

Chris — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:00:21 +0000

It took me a few months more than I wanted to, but without pushing/optimizing my sites too much for Google AdSense, I did just get a nice deposit into my account for my account balance.

The last couple weeks seemed to have brought in a decent amount of daily income, over $2.00 a day, more than I have been averaging. I contribute this to some more exposure on TheRavenSymone site, some new units added to Dorm Room Biz, as well as some different units placed on a new site that will be launching within a week that pays out some nice returns.

With the launch of the new site, and as it grows, I am hoping that the AdSense deposits will start coming more often!

On a side note, the months of January and February have both been good earning months for my online activities; most of which has come from Dorm Room Biz. I have had a number of sponsored posts and ReviewMe reviews that have brought in some nice extra little change.

I’ll also be posting about a new program I started using the other day to get some extra income in my spare time!