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Ask Me a Question, Get an Answer (Part II)

What questions do you have so far in your process of learning how to make money online? There are quite a few new faces here on the blog. Welcome! I am happy to have you here as a reader. Likewise, all my regulars, I very much appreciate you reading the blog over such an extended period of time. With that said, this post is very short because I am going to everything over to you.

Every once in awhile I do these Q n A style blog posts where I give my readers the opportunity to use the comments towards asking me questions. My goal is to answer every single one.

What are you stumped on? What is preventing you from pushing forward in this business? Having an issue your blog? Do you want to know more about CSS? Are search engines kicking your butt? What is a widget? How do RSS feeds really work? Why does WordPress update so often? Should I purchase this particular product? Whatever the question may be, I want to help by providing you with an answer, opinion or suggestion. For a lot of my silent readers, this is a perfect opportunity for you to ask me something that has been on your mind for a long time.

Drop a comment below with your questions and then get an answer.

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CristianR Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 12:56:44 Comment #25697

Hey there Garry,

I’ve got a question - since I’m trying to get into affiliate marketing I was wondering if you could sharing a few tips on how to get started ( getting traffic, what are the techniques you generally use and what kind of traffic is better - organic or paid ? )

Thanks Garry.
Best of all from Cristian Raiber.

Check out CristianR’s last blog post..Most popular american muscle cars

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 13:18:59 Comment #25699

Hi Cristian,

Traffic. Yes, that is one of the more popular things that I talk about on my blog. Just for instance, for increasing traffic I would suggest reading the following articles:

http://www.garryconn.com/how-to-use-google-analytics-to-increase-web-traffic.php

http://www.garryconn.com/make-money-online-with-google-insights.php

http://www.garryconn.com/how-to-get-a-ton-of-traffic-to-your-blog-after-leaving-only-one-comment.php

http://www.garryconn.com/its-not-about-how-much-traffic-you-get-but-rather-what-you-do-with-it.php

Of course I have written many more, use the search bar on my blog to find additional articles. Search is located in my top menu navigation on the far right.

As far as organic vs paid, I favor organic simply for the fact that it doesn’t cost money and the results last so much more longer than PPC. With PPC the minute you run out of money is the same minute your ads go away in Google. Using the organic section is better. You can remove a blog post (creating a 404) and it could be months until Google removes that page from their index.

My advice to you is to heavily research your keywords and then write amazing content. Start a mailing list and start building up your readerbase one person at a time.

I hope you found this helpful, if you have additional questions, feel free to ask.

 
 
Laura Wrote a Comment: Subscribed to comments via email

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 16:34:48 Comment #25708

What are your thoughts on changing a domain name and moving content when very little traffic is involved? Thanks.

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 19:09:28 Comment #25729

Laura,

I have done this before. I have had a blog with a ton of awesome content but the traffic wasn’t serving it justice. I have totally taken a back up of the content written on one blog, destroyed it, and then imported the content onto a different blog that I felt would perform better.

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Date/Time: 11-3-2008 22:02:24 Comment #25745

Thanks Garry. I’ll give it a try.

 
 
 
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Date/Time: 11-3-2008 17:01:37 Comment #25713

You touched this argument recently: I would like to hear how to optimize the postitle and the tags using a keyword density software (as usual please include the software you use and a real example).

Than I would like to see a brief tutorial on how to make simple header graphics and on how to move the blogname and a banner around the header.

Thanks in advance & keep up with the great work.

ciao
alex

P.S. it’s thanks to your and David’s work and passion that I’m giving MMO-blogging a second chance. Let’s see how it goes :)

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 19:16:48 Comment #25730

Hi Alex,

using CSS to control the size, font style, font family and position of the text in your header isn’t too difficult, but can be tricky if you don’t know CSS. I would seriously recommend getting a small book on CSS. Seriously, you won’t be cramming tons if information here, but on the same note, you’ll learn a lot real quick. Learning CSS offers a huge reward with litle amount of money and time invested.

This might not be the answer you were wanting, but you’ll have to trust that you’ll thank me more after you learn this skill. Learn CSS Alex, it is time. ;)

Big Blogger Wrote a Comment: Subscribed to comments via email

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 12:37:11 Comment #25798


This might not be the answer you were wanting, but you’ll have to trust that you’ll thank me more after you learn this skill. Learn CSS Alex, it is time. ;)

Hmm, deep down I knew that this is the only answer to my question, but for some unknown reason I’ve ever procrastinated to study CSS.

Another question: how do you make the CSS changes on your themes ? On a plain text pad/directly on the WP admin panel or do you use any software like Dreamweaver ?

If it is the later which technique do you use ? Something like this ?

Thanks in advance

ciao
alex

Check out Big Blogger’s last blog post..Which is your Life Purpose ?

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 19:46:25 Comment #25827

I am old school and use a common FTP program and TextPad

http://filezilla-project.org/

and…

http://www.textpad.com/

;)

Big Blogger Wrote a Comment: Subscribed to comments via email

Date/Time: 11-5-2008 01:34:26 Comment #25855

Garry,

thank you SO MUCH for the valuable help you’re providing: I’m reading every comment and I’m continuing to learn a lot !

You’re providing with this one post more value and help than any other MMO blogger does with his whole blog.

ciao
alex

Check out Big Blogger’s last blog post..Which is your Life Purpose ?

 
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Date/Time: 11-5-2008 01:36:18 Comment #25856

How do you measure competition and which is the process which brings you to how do you decide if it’s worth to jump into a niche or not ?

TIA

ciao
alex

Check out Big Blogger’s last blog post..Which is your Life Purpose ?

 
 
 
 
 
Kent F Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 17:05:03 Comment #25715

Garry - give me your thoughts on a micro niche blog with original content, and one in which you’re using someone else’s content - and that content could be text or video. Thanks!

Kent F.

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 19:19:39 Comment #25733

Hi Kent,

I write my own unique content and hire other people to do it for me. I actually have over 10 content writers who work very hard for me and do an amazing job. I am always on the hunt for content writers.

With that said, I don’t even try to mix up, mash up, and use other published content on the Internet. It is so very easy for me to find writers, the need to use other content just isn’t there.

I am not sure what you are asking about the video part. Can you explain further?

 
 
CristianR Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 17:17:08 Comment #25719

Thanks for your answer Garry - much appreciated.

Check out CristianR’s last blog post..Most popular american muscle cars

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 19:20:30 Comment #25734

You are very welcome! ;)

Anything else I can help you with?

 
 
Goonie Wrote a Comment: Subscribed to comments via email

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 17:47:27 Comment #25722

Hi Garry, Love to see you make this kind of post. I have a big question. I have some blogs which use to make money from Google adsense, I only have experience using this program. some of those blogs already got great traffic from google.com but recently most of them dropped the traffic because the SERP in Google fall down, from Page 1 to nowhere…I use wordpress for all of them. What’s wrong here? must I use another CMS beside wordpress?

thanks

Goonie

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 19:27:34 Comment #25735

Hi Goonie,

You can reply back and give me some URL’s. Keep in mind, when you do so, your comment will go into moderation, but I will approve it shortly and then give you some feedback.

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Date/Time: 11-3-2008 19:57:17 Comment #25739

Here is one of the example Garry: Easy Weight Loss Site, its already got about 180-200 uv/day about a month, about a week ago the SERP is heavily dropped, and only got about 30-40 uV/day, then I saw 2 days ago, the SERP is back to normal for 2 days, but now its dropped again. I do not know what happen here. It happen to my 2 or 3 other blogs. Do you know what’s wrong here Garry?

Thanks

Check out Goonie’s last blog post..Internet Marketing Conferences

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 19:50:05 Comment #25828

Goonie,

Looking at the site very briefly, I don’t really see anything that you could have done wrong. Are you selling text link ads? Are you copying someone else’s content? Are you doing anything against Google TOS? If not, then I’d say don’t worry about it, things will bounce back.

Google is a database, and the results change from time to time. For that reason alone is why I constantly build and build and build.

When one of my sites TANK in the SERPs I have a few more that do better. The more sites I have the less impact it is on me when I have one TANK on me.

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Date/Time: 11-4-2008 21:37:16 Comment #25842

Dear Garry, After I check to my Google webmasters, I found many error to this blog. Google said that there are many Duplicate Title Tags and Duplicate Meta Description. Could you give me a suggestion which plugins to fix that problem? I saw the duplicate found in Post and Category or Post and Tags. Do I need to add:
(Noindex, Follow) to Category and Tags to solve that problem? DO you found similar problem like that? Please give me a suggestion how to make our blogs Very Seo Friendly for Google.

Thanks

Goonie

 
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Date/Time: 11-6-2008 20:41:57 Comment #26006

Its Really Weird to me!

The SERP is back to normal now! I do not know for how many days this serp will be like this, Will wait and see, I hope it would not Down again.

 
 
 
 
 
ibu omari Wrote a Comment: Subscribed to comments via email

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 19:18:57 Comment #25731

my question is very striaght to the point, although am new to blogging, how do i get traffic and make money using my blog. am always online to update but no traffic yet, so wat i need to do get the traffic

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 19:36:15 Comment #25738

Hi ibu,

Traffic is the single most difficult element in this business and that is why I build and build and build. It is easier for a blog to get 100 visits per month naturally, than it is to invest time and energy into getting that same blog 10,000. With that said, instead of me investing time into gaining that much traffic to one blog, I use that same time and energy into creating multiple blogs.

I would much rather have 100 blogs that get 100 visits per day than one blog that gets 10,000 visits per day.

You can also read this comment for more answers: http://www.garryconn.com/ask-me-a-question-get-an-answer-part-ii.php#comment-25699

 
 
Ardi Panondan Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 19:19:32 Comment #25732

Hi,Garry, I wonder to know how many staffs you have in your office for online business?
And, how many hours do you work in a day?
Thanks.

Check out Ardi Panondan’s last blog post..Nokia XpressMusic 5800

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 19:30:45 Comment #25736

Hi Ardi,

I have 12 freelance writers who work for me. On an average day I output around 100 articles and launch around 4 new blogs. I don’t know how many hours my writers work as they get paid on a per article basis. If it takes them 1 hour to write the article or 1 minute, it makes no difference to me as long as they do the job to my expectations.

I myself, work around 50 to 60 hours per week.

 
 
Kent F Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 19:34:04 Comment #25737

Thanks Garry - on the text vs. video - I was simply asking if you ever use video for additional traffic that might relate to your topic, but not be self-produced- i.e. -something pulled from Youtube.

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 19:53:07 Comment #25829

I tried doing YouTube videos and pointing a link in the description to my blog or various blog post, and I don’t get much traffic from YouTube at all. But that’s just me. Some YouTubers get like a million video views. My videos only got a few hundred.

I hate doing videos, I am not comfortable with them, nor do I get a return in the time invested towards doing them. So, no… YouTube and other video sites are not a contributor to my traffic.

Social networks are though… StumbleUpon is a great place for traffic. Same with Twitter. You just need to be creative in how you make the best use of the traffic. Traffic like this typically doesn’t buy things or click things. They read, laugh and leave.

 
 
Top CD Rates Blog Wrote a Comment: Subscribed to comments via email

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 20:38:14 Comment #25742

I’m probably just too obsessed with the above blog, but I saw that it had great potential and had quite a few days where it pulled in $5 to $8 /day and even higher a couple of days and then bam! it disappeared. I’ve been using MNF to help with keywords phrases and tags and seemed to be targeting the right words, but I don’t understand what happened. I’ve written a few articles and used APR to post to build some backlinks and traffic from some article directories.

Any ideas, it has been down in traffic for about 3-weeks now. I have two other blogs that I haven’t done much with because I really want to get this one back to the “good days”.

Check out Top CD Rates Blog’s last blog post..Delaware (DE) Banks CD Rates

Top CD Rates Blog Wrote a Comment: Subscribed to comments via email

Date/Time: 11-5-2008 00:20:11 Comment #25849

I can see that. Being so focused on the one, I haven’t spent time on the others. Time to take a break and work on the others. Thank you!!!

 
 
 
Angel Cuala Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-3-2008 22:09:13 Comment #25746

I think this is a good idea of telling your readers that you’re generous.

Anyway, here’s mine.

I read your post about Google Analytics and I have been using that too. However, I asked a top blogger on what he’s using. He says he’s using Webalizer instead of GA. According to him, he prefers server-based which gives a more accurate report.

I am not technically inclined with this, so I will hope to get a simple opinion on this.

Thanks!

Check out Angel Cuala’s last blog post..How to use Kaizen to improve your Blog

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 19:57:49 Comment #25831

There is nothing wrong with Google Analytics. It is a great system and widely accepted by advertisers and for authentic stats when you attempt to sell your site. Server logs can be destoryed while you can always count on having Google Analytics.

Angel, I am honestly too busy to invest time into studying traffic analysis programs. I’d rather see the stats in the money I make. Keeping things back to basics. If I don’t have cash in my hand, then I don’t have traffic. If I have cash in my hand, then I have traffic.

Sorry, this isn’t the answer that you are looking for. But I am not very particular about traffic stats programs. I use Analytics, I shut up and I write as many blog posts as I can in a day and I make a killing doing it. ;)

 
 
EasyProfitPack Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 00:46:18 Comment #25749

I wanted to know, how long should I wait before I start putting ads into my blog? -thanks

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 19:59:13 Comment #25832

I have templates that I use when I build niche blogs that already has the Google AdSense code and many other programs already installed. So, I start putting ads on my site starting day one, simply because I don’t feel like going back and doing it later.

I build, I post, I publish and I forget….

 
 
Jos van Doorn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 01:18:02 Comment #25753

Dear Garry,

You gave me the chance to ask you a question. Thanks. I have a question. I’m thinking of starting in e-commerce. Let me explain.

Now I’m working on three e-books. I should have done that first. I should have checked whether there is a market for my e-books.

But suppose there is a market. I want to sell my e-books over the Internet. How can I do that? There is the marketing and what more?

I heard people saying that you can sell e-books over a blog. If that is so. I would like to sell my –books over a blog.

The advantage of a blog is that you can easily promote your blog. Much better than a web site. That is what I understand. Is that so?

Anyway. That is my question. Can I sell my e-books over a blog? If that can be done. How do you set up a blog? There are two potions.

You can open a BLOGGER blog. Such a blog is completely free. But what you can do with it is limited. They tell me.

You can also open a WORDPRESS blog. A WORDPRESS blog has got much more options. I think I better go for a WORDPRESS blog.

I would like to hear from you. I would like to know how I can go ahead and what can be done. Also. If you can. Tell me how to do it.

Jos

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 20:01:57 Comment #25833

If you are developing eBooks you should look at ClickBank.com. For a $50 dollar charge you can then upload your product into their database and then there are people like me who willingly advertise your product on our blogs in hopes of scoring a commission.

 
 
WordVixen Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 03:22:51 Comment #25768

Dear Garry,

Why is the sky blue?

KThnxBai

P.s. I just know that if I get the answer, I’ll totally begin raking in the dosh. Thnx.

(So getting my butt kicked for this)

Check out WordVixen’s last blog post..You Wanna Make Some Money For Me?

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 20:03:13 Comment #25834

# The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air.

 
 
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Date/Time: 11-4-2008 10:11:35 Comment #25783

Hi, Garry,

I guess I am a lurker of this forum trying to take as much information as possible without really showing my face (as many of other readers). I have tried to implement what you are teaching with my blog (Sweet Things to Say), I even bought your e-book which had some useful information in it. Thanks for it!

My question would be: do you try to optimize your existing sites to earn more? or do you just create new ones and move on? The thing is, my blog mentioned above, started earning some money (small sums, but hell, it pays for hosting, which is a good start right?) and I am wondering, whether I should continue developing the site or move on and start a new project. What would you do?

Thanks again.

Adam

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 21:18:53 Comment #25836

Hi Adam,

After about two years of experimenting with various things, I find that building niche blogs works best for me. Really though, they aren’t blogs they are websites that are created using WordPress. Each blog I make has a total around 20 to 25 articles on them. After a blog is built, then I move on to the next. Each blog i build I leave behind a Google Analytics tracking code and also record a URL entry into Google AdSense.

When certain sites are performing well, I will revisit the stats and make sure that the site is performing to my expectations. If minor adjustments need to be made, I make them. Also too, if a site is performing too well (i.e. AdSense conversion higher than 10%) I revisit the site and make adjustments to tone things down. Reason being is that a healthy site is one that also converts well for the Google AdWord advertisers.

The short answer: No, I do not try to try to earn more. Rather, I look at conversion instead of earnings. My sites need to have a conversion between 7.5% to 12.5% If they fall outside from that range, then I make adjustments. The cpc will vary over time because certain elements trigger advertisers to pay more per click while other times during the year it triggers them to pull the cost down quite a bit per click.

 
 
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Date/Time: 11-4-2008 11:41:48 Comment #25794

Blogger- friends have been telling me to migrate to wordpress and have heard testimonials of friends gaining more attention and visitors after the switch, In your opinion, which is more seo-friendly? BLOGGER or WORDPRESS?

Check out sammy’s last blog post.."NETWORKING YOUR HOME BUSINESS WITHIN YOUR CIRCLES OF INFLUENCE"

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 21:21:00 Comment #25837

Self-hosted WordPress is the way to go… no question about it. Contact me if you need to hire someone to help you make the conversion. If you order web hosting through HostGator.com using my referral link: http://tinyurl.com/cheapwebhosting I will help you make the conversion as long as your existing blogger.com blog doesn’t have a TON of posts. Contact me if you need help with this, I’ll be happy to help.

 
 
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Date/Time: 11-4-2008 12:18:45 Comment #25797

What is the best way to attract visitors to blog/site?

Check out D3Marketers’s last blog post.."NETWORKING YOUR HOME BUSINESS WITHIN YOUR CIRCLES OF INFLUENCE"

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 21:23:54 Comment #25838

For me, search engines. Google is the #1 source of traffic for all my blogs. StumbleUpon and Twitter are very promising as well… however, you have to treat that traffic with kid gloves. Twitter and SU traffic doesn’t monetize well. This kind of traffic come to see a show.

Read this post: http://www.garryconn.com/stumbleupon-traffic-can-make-you-money-online.php

to learn an alternative way to make money online with StumbleUpon traffic. It’s pretty creative and I think you’ll enjoy reading it.

 
 
Franklin Bishop Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 13:00:14 Comment #25800

What makes you want to change your blog design so often?

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 21:25:10 Comment #25839

I am bored and have nothing better to do than use my blog as a digital coloring book. ;)

Joking…

I love designing, I really enjoy building themes and a lot of my themes I use on my niche blogs have been created from GCDC designs.

 
 
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Date/Time: 11-4-2008 15:11:03 Comment #25806

Hi Garry.

I would like to know how you organise you work?

You have hundreds of blogs, articles, freelancers, money streams, link deals, passwords, statistics etc etc..

Do you have some kind of system to keep all that under control? I am beginning to have difficulities in that area and I have only maybe 1/10 of what you have going.

Cheers,

Max.

Garry Conn Wrote a Comment:

Date/Time: 11-4-2008 21:30:45 Comment #25840

Organization isn’t my strong suit and that is partly the reason why I do very well with my system. It took me almost two years to finally FINE TUNE my blog building system. Today the whole process is very simple and doesn’t require much maintenance or follow up at all. My blogs don’t get updated… they really aren’t blogs, they are web sites running on WordPress. I monitor my stats and can have a visual on any sites that aren’t performing to expectation. When that happens I can invest time into researching the problem and making adjustments.

The process of building the blogs is simple.

Keyword Research
Domain Name Availability
Install Blog / Upload Theme / Upload Plugins
Register Site in Search Engines / Create Sitemap.xml
Content Creation / Internal Blog Filing system (i.e. Categories, Tags, Pages)
Content Publication

… repeat the process.

 
 
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Date/Time: 11-4-2008 15:18:49 Comment #25807

i need you to explain organic, aside from that how do i put ads on my free wordpess blog