Monetizing your content is art and a huge challenge. There’s no tactic that would work for anyone but there are smart people to learn from!
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About John
John Paul Aguiar is founder of Money Dummy blog.
John Paul’s journey to Internet Success started in 2001 when he was told he would need a kidney transplant and would be put on disability.
John Paul was forced to look for ways to make money. That’s when he found the Internet.
John Paul brings a personal approach to the tips and advice he shares with a touch of humor to make learning less stressful.
Questions we are discussing now
Q1 What was your by far the most successful make-money-online method?
I’d say promoting affiliate products/services, I can write a post or video once & have sales come in for months, even years.
@JohnAguiar wow! how do you pick aff programs? #vcbuzz
— Jessy Troy (@jessytroy) April 26, 2016
Choose what I like to use mainly, and make sure the service or products very targeted to my readers and audience.
Q2 How has online money-making changed over time? What’s your preferred way to monetize your blog today?
Has changed a lot, today it’s much harder to get away with selling crap products. The market is smarter today, so you have to come with real quality, value to make the sale. Today, it’s with consulting. Helping people one on one reach their goals is a beautiful thing, and that motivates me.
What do you look for while choosing the affiliate products? #vcbuzz
— Nikhil Premanandan (@nykontym) April 26, 2016
Price point, makes me at least $20 a sale.. quality, helpful , targeted. The more targeted to your audience the better chance you have of making sales.
I was previously successfully monetizing with AdWords… Looking into aff programs now. cc @vcbuzz @JohnAguiar #vcbuzz
— Jessy Troy (@jessytroy) April 26, 2016
Great way to make some money with no backend responsibility!
@vcbuzz We are a social media startup and our tool was launched last week. Will be looking into affiliate pgms after #beta testing #vcbuzz
— Nikhil Premanandan (@nykontym) April 26, 2016
Q3 Do you have any “passive income” success stories and tips?
I don’t believe anything online is really passive, but as close to that I would say the affiliate marketing.
A3: It’s been hit or miss, but hosting, webinar software and some marketing tools (that I use) have been good for affiliate sales #vcbuzz
— Tom Treanor (@RtMixMktg) April 26, 2016
You can write a blog post or video, get it ranked on Google and be making sales for months even years.
1 aff prog – Constant Content – paid a percentage of referrees’ income forever! No longer running, but I still get $25 – 60 pcm #vcbuzz
— Phil Turner (@The5Currencies) April 26, 2016
One affiliate product I did a post for ranked top 3 for 3 years, that product made me from $90 to $400 per month.
John… you mean link from the post or video via an optin to your offer? #vcbuzz
— Don Sturgill (@DonSturgill) April 26, 2016
Usually done through a review post or video.. link to that content first.. then link to service. Sending people to a post will usually do better than direct link to sales page, especially on SM.
Get people from a review to your email optin, get them into a funnel of about 3-5 emails BEFORE you ask for a sale. OR post to optin to funnel to sale 3-5 emails later.
Once post is written, send to your email, send to SM.. get it ranked with SEO. If you have a good blog following, then doing a review post will work best.
my affiliate pan,,, do a review, chase a keyword.. make it a slideshare,. chase a keyword, make it a video, chase a keyword #vcbuzz
— John Paul Aguiar (@JohnAguiar) April 26, 2016
You now have 3 pieces of content to share across SM and to get ranked on Google… giving you more chances to make sales!
Q4 How does social media help make money online?
Social media helps you connect, engage and build relationships with people, making it easier for them to know you and trust you.
You then share content, if your content is good/helpful it will drive traffic to your blog. And if that traffic visits enough and you are helpful enough, you will then make sales.
John. How much do you depend on your email list-building to generate sales? #vcbuzz
— Tom Treanor (@RtMixMktg) April 26, 2016
Pretty strongly.. email is everything for a blogger.
A4 I still remember dozens of articles on death of email marketing with social media boost… ugh #vcbuzz
— Ann Smarty (@seosmarty) April 26, 2016
Will never happen, more like the other way around!
@JohnAguiar to me it’s never been a matter of choice actually ? Why would one kill the other? ? #vcbuzz
— Ann Smarty (@seosmarty) April 26, 2016
Either or wont kill one… I feel SM will kill itself. It is more media then social and in time, 5 years, SM will be as useful as TV commercials
Nah, social media will not kill itself. People will. Social media is not a human being. ? #vcbuzz
— Cendrine Marrouat (@cendrinemedia) April 26, 2016
@ considering affiliate marketing in your plan before setting up your online business is a good thing to do #vcbuzz
— Ebenezer eBoy (@ebene4nija) April 26, 2016
Careful when running affiliate program … you want to NOT saturate the market. Having too many affiliates of low quality will drop the perceived value of YOUR service.
@JohnAguiar so you are monetizing with both aff programs and your service? what’s bringing more money? #vcbuzz
— Jessy Troy (@jessytroy) April 26, 2016
Consulting, but takes more time.
Having good content is not enough. You need customer care, services, offers that ppl cannot resist. #vcbuzz
— Cendrine Marrouat (@cendrinemedia) April 26, 2016
Q5 I know you do lots of tool reviews. What are your favorite tools that can help bloggers make money?
First, if bloggers want to make money, write better content, targeted content & deliver that content to the RIGHT people.
Top tools for me, would be
If bloggers want to make money, they should strategize first and foremost. A blog is a business, so treat it as such. #vcbuzz
— Cendrine Marrouat (@cendrinemedia) April 26, 2016
A5 My fav tools: MavSocial, Mailchimp, Google Drive, Trello… #vcbuzz
— Jessy Troy (@jessytroy) April 26, 2016
A5 My fave tools – Slack, Scapple, Easel.ly #vcbuzz
— Phil Turner (@The5Currencies) April 26, 2016
Our previous content monetization chats:
- Creative Blog Monetization Twitter Chat with @Gayla Baer-Taylor #VCBuzz
- Affiliate Marketing Twitter Chat with Geno Prussakov @ePrussakov #VCBuzz
- Blog Launch Tips: Twitter Chat with Ricky Figueroa @LaunchInsider #VCBuzz
- Set up Membership Site: Twitter Chat with @KathrynAragon #VCBuzz
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