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It is time for me to catch up on my giveaways! The winners will be able to pick either a domain or a banner ad on TheWebmaster Blog!
The winners are:
Dec. 6 Hudpost
Dec. 7 Health Info
Dec. 8 Man In The Moon
Watch your email for details on how to claim your prize!
I have lots more domains to give away so keep commenting!
Somehow I got behind a day for this giveaway. So for today I am giving away 2 domains!
However, I don’t have a lot of time so the winners are just going to be a random pick.
For December 4 the winner is Escoofield and for December 5 the winner is Mike.
Thanks everyone for all your kind comments!
For everyone coming in late, this giveaway isn’t over! I am giving away a domain a day until December 25! Winners are picked from everyone that comments that day. So keep commenting!
We are off to a slow start. Only 3 commentors, but one left 3 comments on the blog. So our first winner is Mark. He was also the first to comment.
He wins a domain, and gets to choose between salesyp dot com, (exp 02/23/09) or adoptionnews dot info (exp 04/04/09) So which would you choose. The dot com with one key word and a couple extra letters? Or the dot info which has two good keywords?
December is the month for giving things away and here at the WebMaster Blog I want to do it right!
I will be giving away something every day from December 2 through December 25. I will be giving away domains, ebooks, and even advertising spots.
Or how about 5 comments on your blog, or in your forum? A free blog review? What would you like to get?
To be eligible to win something all you need to do write a good comment on any post on The Webmaster Blog. Or you could write a post on your blog, or link to us, or whatever you can think of.
Each day I will choose a winner from all the comments, posts, etc. received that day.
Then, on December 25, 2009 I will choose one Grand Prize winner from everyone who has entered and that person will win a domain, an ebook, a free blog review and $5 PayPal.
If there are no entries on any given day, then no prize will be awarded for that day.
You can enter as many times as you like.
Good Luck!
The domain is lazyfood.info and it is almost 1 year old. It is expiring in just a couple days, so it will need to be renewed right away. Free push to your GoDaddy account. If you want the domain, leave a comment on this post. Best comment in the next 24 hours or so will win the domain!
~Kat~
We will be taking a break for about 10 days. While we’re gone here are some other webstes I think you will enjoy.
Turnip of Power writes an excellent article on why your affiliate links just aren’t paying. You may be surprised. It has nothing to do with the quality of your blog.
Technically Easy has a great post that explains how to recover data from a hard drive failure caused by bad sectors. This is valuable information, because if you spend enough time on computers, you will have a hard drive failure!
And last but not least Veritable Life has a post on why you should carefully read the Terms of Service before you use Google’s new browser Chrome.
They never last long! This promotion is over. 🙁
I don’t know how long it will last but GoDaddy is doing it again!
Click on this link to GoDaddy, use coupon code TEST99 and get a domain for just .99 for the first year.
I just bought workfromhomeblogging.com for my next project!
What did you get? Post it here.
Update – Sorry for the delay everyone. It seems like everything comes up at once and I have been very busy! I should get the prizes out this weekend. At the very least you should get an email. Thanks for your patience!
~Kat~
First I want to say Thanks to all our sponsors. We had so many prizes contributed that everyone won something, there are no losers in The Webmaster Blog Contest!
I will try and contact all the winners via email, but if you don’t hear from me, or a sponsor in the next few days, leave a comment here and I will make sure you get your prize.
Winner of Secret Bonus Prize
We had a secret bonus prize for the best post about The Webmaster Blog. Ghing is the winner! She wrote an original post and we all enjoyed it.
The bonus prize is:
Thanks for the great post!
Follow The Directions!
Now, most of you who wrote a blog post did not follow the directions correctly. If I wanted to be really mean I could say you were disqualified! 🙂 One of the requirements of the blog post was to state which prize you wanted to win. Most people didn’t do that. But those that did won the prize they asked for. Good Going Guys!
After you collect your prize make sure to stop by our sponsors and say Thanks!
Here is the list one more time!
My CFO on the Go! 125X125 ad spot for 30 days. $5 PayPal cash.
Get Rich Geek 125X125 ad spot for 30 days. $5 PayPal Cash
Ninja Success 125X125 ad spot for 30 days. $5 PayPal Cash
Susanne at SquidooMagic Free set up of SEO optimized Squidoo lens.
Better Interpersonal Communication 125 X 125 ad spot
WebbieStuffs 1200 EC Credits, Permanent Link (Blog Roll), 2-month ad in side bar, 100 x 100.
Blog Improvement and Money Making Tips 1000 EC credits.
BestJoanne Is The One For Reviews 1000 EC credits.
Rumbling Lankin 1000 Entrecard Credits
TwinsHappiness 250 EntreCard credits.
The Spirit of Blogging 1000 Entrecard Credits and 125 ad space.
The Melvin Blog E-book worth $17, ad spot worth $10.
The University Kid will offer eBooks and 2, 1 hour consultations.
The Smile Guy will donate 500 Entrecard credits and an ad spot. Either 125X125 or 486X60 winners choice!
5 links Blog Promotion Site
Plus The WebMaster Blog is giving away:
5 prizes of 1,000 Entrecard Credits Each
2- 125X125 ad spots for 30 days
5- BlogRoll links for 30 days
Indian Devs is offering one non animated banner or logo design worth $30, and one adspot on technoworld worth 15$
Now the list of winners!
Sherry had the first entry and wins:
Aaron wins:
In addition to the Bonus Prize, Ghing wins:
BBX wins:
EmmaB wins:
Blog Tips for Beginners wins:
Matt wins:
Contest Live wins:
Indocontest wins:
Riyanne wins:
Brenda wins:
GLF wins:
Nadeesah wins:
NHC wins:
Wiehanne wins:
David wins:
Kranjcarz wins:
HelloKit wins:
WebbyContest wins:
I added some EC to the contest so that everyone with Entrecard should have won some EC credits. If you didn’t let me know and I will add 250 EC from The Webmaster Blog to your prize package!
Congratulations everyone and thanks again to our sponsors!
The contest is over! Thanks to everyone for their entries. Give me a day or two to sort through everyones entries and find out who won prize! Check back in a day or two to see what you won!
This is arguably one of the most asked questions when people who have no experience in making money online and internet marketing are pondering whether to throw themselves into the pond and get wet or to distance themselves from the internet wealth folly.
I have tried googling this question, hoping to find at least one appropriate answer or perhaps some logical arguments. However, it seems that no one online (and offline) has a good answer to this particular question. You can of course, try Yahoo! Answers, Ask Jeeves and some other similar sites to see what invaluable views we have in there. It will be interesting to read about various people’s opinions and I shall be grateful if you could share what you find about this topic with us by commenting on this post.
What is my personal opinion regarding this issue?
First of all, I do not have an extensive experience when it comes to making money online and internet marketing. However I have placed myself pretty near the center of the battlefield and through my observations and a little experiment on my own, I believe I have the ability to make some money online (and I have) and I am entitled to voicing out my opinions regarding this matter. You are free to judge whether what I say is accurate, doubtful or unclear by commenting on this post 🙂
OK, I do not want to generalized all sites. How soon a site can begin making money depends on many factors such as the age of domain, the Page Rank of the domain, whether the domain is banned, penalized or indexed by search engines, the targeted niche and keywords of the site, the content of the site, marketing of the site and how is the site presented – whether in the form of a blog, a website or a community board.
With all the factors above in mind, I personally think that a site can begin making money from as early as 3 months. There are sites which make money right from the first month itself, no doubt but 3 months is sort of a benchmark, which webmasters can use to gauge their performances. If one of your sites start making money earlier than the age of 3 months, then you are obviously doing things right and are well on your way to making money online. If however, your site do not generate any income after 3 months, you should probably consider seriously whether to continue running the site or perhaps there is a need to change the direction (and marketing strategy) of the site and hire an expert consultant.
The are many reasons why I think a new site will mature within 3 months and be ready to generate income. Firstly, the domain would have been indexed by search engines. It will be enjoying organic traffic from search engines and other sources depending on your methods of site promotion. For sites of some niche, 3 months will be sufficient for them to be released from Google’s sandbox (nobody can be sure whether this is just a myth!) and most quality sites would have been given appropriate Page Rank, Alexa rank, etc. Within the first 3 month, the content and frequency of content addition should have been established and webmasters have sufficient time to tweak their sites, gain members, subscribers and followers. Advertisers are also prone to advertise on a mature site with good rankings and considerable number of visitors.
Well, there goes my reasons for clinging to the magical number 3. If there is someone who tries to sell you the idea that you can make loads of money almost instantly, you should definitely beware of him. Although making money online as fast as possible is important, do remember to be prudent, you don’t want to be scammed.
Do you agree with me that sites will start to make money when its age is around 3 months or so? Why?
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