Archive for 2012

Merry Christmas – 2012

Warning

If you come to NJFM the week after Christmas and it’s not here, it’s not because I took NJFM down. Well, I probably inadvertently took it down. Solostream updated the theme I’m using and I intend to install the new and improved version. The upgrade should happen without a hitch, but I’ve learned from experience [...]

Suite101: All Good Things Must Come to an End

Suite 101  is undergoing a transformation. They’ve switched from the old individual article-writing model to more of a collaborative effort type of model. It reminds me of Wikipedia. One of the major differences I see, however, between the Wikipedia model and Suite’s is the author attribution. I tend not to use Wikipedia as the gospel, [...]

Until the Wheels Fall Off

A while ago Ken Crawford (where are you Ken?) used a phrase that I liked. He said once you find something that works, ride it until the wheels fall off. Well, that’s sort of what I’m doing with Demand Studios. The Honeymoon is Over Before it began my honeymoon ended. Of the few articles I [...]

Tip Toeing into Demand Studios Again

The more things change, the more they stay the same. It was several years ago when I wrote my first post  about Demand Studios, and here I am writing about Demand Studios again (Thanks for the suggestion, Diane). What’s Different? This time around there are two major changes: Demand Studios My Attitude Demand Studios The [...]

$1,257.33 for a Blog Post?

If I told you that I was paid $1,257.33 for a blog post would you believe me? Better yet what if I told you I had 14 blog posts that paid $1,257.33 each, would you think I was sipping something stronger than cream in my coffee? The truth is the $1,257.33 figure isn’t a solid [...]

Necessary Tools for Writing

One way to earn money as an online writer is to promote products and services. Because I tend not to buy into the main stream purchasing habits, there are very few products or services that I endorse. That being said, I’m going to make a list of products I’ve endorsed in the past (and still [...]

Time to Write

Whether I want to or not, I think it’s for me to get back to writing. It’s no secret that my income has dropped significantly. My monthly income for the past few months have been hovering a little over the $1000 mark. I really can’t complain because it is residual income, but it’s a far [...]

No Online Writing Regrets

Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve written a post on writing. It may be a while before I write another one, but I wanted to share this thought. A long time ago when I started writing online I heard folks say it wasn’t worth it. The thought of spending untold hours writing online for [...]

Chitika Referral Program

Ok, I know this sounds like I’m a Chitika cheerleader, but I can’t help but get a little juiced when I see my earnings increase with little to no effort on my part. The kicker is that my traffic has not turned around (yet). My mid-month Chitika earnings have already surpassed last month’s earnings. I [...]

Mini Chitika Update

I usually don’t like to share updates on experiments in progress because I’ve found initial results aren’t always the same as final results, but I was so surprised at the initial results I decided to share my findings so far. Keep in mind this experiment is very young. What I did: On a couple of [...]

The Little Chitika Engine that Could

I know it’s been a while since I posted here, but I just had to share an observation. As you know, the last Google algorithm change has affected my income. My income and traffic decline has been slow and steady. Back in March, my residual income was in excess of $3,000. Last month, it came [...]

I’ve Become a Lazy Writer

I started to write a blog post about Microsoft Security Essentials. Why? Well, as a writer using a PC I’ve got to do what it takes to protect the half written masterpieces on my computer. For years I renewed my annual McAfee subscription to keep the household computers protected. It wasn’t until a year or [...]

Infolinks Hiccup

I’m still a fan of Infolinks but I do want to share a recent scenario. Infolinks has made a lot of changes and upgrades to their user interface. I’m thinking that with those changes a few things broke in the process. The broken item in my case is the ability to get paid. They changed [...]

Hellooooo

When I come to NJFM I swear I can hear crickets and the wind howling through this ghost town. Unfortunately, there’s very little new to report here. Let’s see if I can sum it up: My earnings were just a smidge higher in July than they were in June. My July earnings were $1,573.88. My [...]