Summer has quickly come and gone, and with temperatures dropping to the low 60’s here in Central PA, Fall is fast approaching. I’m actually looking forward to it and to the new opportunities that await. What season do you like best? What do you have to look forward to?

With time always moving, it’s important that we make the best of the time we have and take advantage of every opportunity. I say that for myself just as much as for you.

With that in mind, take a look at these posts from last month, and if you see an opportunity to improve your internet business or your life in any way, grab it.

AshMax – The Perfect Work From Home Opportunity?

Learn Affiliate Marketing Today

Marketing Your Online Business Effectively

What are Backlinks, and Why Do I Need Them?

How to Properly Use Backlinks to Increase Search Engine Rankings

5 Link Building Myths EXPOSED

Thanks again for being a reader of my blog. If you haven’t yet connected with me on Facebook or Twitter, I invite you to do so. You’ll get a peek into my personal life and what I’m all about.

Talk soon…

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I know I promised a series of posts about backlinks, keywords, etc., but before I get into that I wanted to post my income from July and also update you on some new projects. First, let’s get to the earnings…

Income from ReplaceYourSalary.com

• ClickBank: $69.14
• PayDotCom – $140.85
• Angela’s Backlinks: $45
• Paul’s Backlinks: $12
• Yarie: $16.18
• Google Adsense: $33.61
• SFI: $17.54
• Project Payday: $13.50 (commissions earned from promoting the program, not actually using it)
• AdFish – $29.40
• ResponsiveData – $24
• Ads – $90
• FlexSqueeze Wordpress Theme – $38.10

Total = $529.32

Income from Internet Marketing Services

It’s been a pleasure to be able to work for a highly successful internet marketer. I’m able to learn from and apply the same strategies to my online business, all of which I’ve blogged about here at one time or another.

Total = $120

Income from Proofreading/Re-writing/Editing Services

As I said previously, I’ve gotten a decent amount of freelancing work last month. It’s great to be able to provide a high quality and much needed service, and it’s been an honor serving my clients. You can learn more by visiting the link below.

• Proofreading – $63

Total = $63

Income from Re-writing Service via David Hurley’s PLR Article Service Membership

It has been an honor to be able to partner with David, a good online friend of mine, and provide the re-writing portion of his article membership. To learn more about his PLR article service, visit the link above.

Total = $75

Total online income from all sources…

$787.32

July is my best month yet. Getting closer to my goal of $1,000 in a month. I know that if I spend more time marketing that I could get there quicker, but I’ll admit, I’m sometimes lazy. It happens.

Anyway, I have some updates for you on some new projects I’m working on.

I have entered into the niche Adsense site arena and got my first site up. I won’t link to it here for multiple reasons, but it’s a niche that has potential to bring in some decent money from Adsense. I’ve only begun building backlinks to it, but it’s already on the first page of Google in the #4 position.

I hope to get it to the top spot shortly so that it will get more traffic and start to get clicks. Testing and tweaking will most likely be necessary. I’ll keep you updated on the performance of that site each month.

Also, I’m planning on entering another niche once my micro niche site starts bringing in some revenue. This niche won’t be micro and I won’t be using Adsense to earn money, but it’s a niche with barely any competition and a lot of hungry buyers. I’ll promote a single Clickbank product and create a funnel for visitors to get them to the order page.

That’s about it for now. As always, feel free to leave your comments below…

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The following is a guest post by Sam Bakker. If you would like to guest post on this blog, please contact me.

If you are new to internet marketing and would like to learn affiliate marketing it is important that you first understand that making money online is a skill and in order to learn that skill you need to learn the process first. Once you learn the process you can begin down a path similar to most successful internet marketers.

I got talking with a student of mine the other day; we got into a debate about what an affiliate marketer should do when they first start online. A little confused by our differing views, I had a good think about the cause of this debate and it soon became quite obvious why it had happened. It was because my student was recalling information from a previous system which he had learned from someone else, this system differed slightly from the system that was working for me and I was subsequently teaching him.

This debate really nailed in a point for me, there are several systems available to learn to get started in affiliate marketing however if someone who is new to the internet decides to conduct extended research over a number of different systems then it can really lead to a ton of confusion, overload and worst of all a sense of not knowing where to start. This confusion often leaves newcomers who want to learn affiliate marketing in the dark because the simply don’t know what’s right from what’s wrong and many end up waiting years before they take action.

So what is the key to your success as you start to learn affiliate marketing?

It’s quite simple really; learn a system you are comfortable with that you know you can be effective in. Once you have done that then the next thing that you need to do is find someone else who is effective using the system you have chosen. This is important because they can help you through the sticky points that will be to come as you implement the system. Once you have found someone successful to follow and you have decided on a system you will focus on, you then need to learn each part of the system in detail.

Learn the system until you have a complete understanding for what you need to do in order to succeed. Finally take focused, consistent action in order to reach your goal of making money as an affiliate marketer and do so as soon as possible.

If you are able to take in and understand what I have run over in this article then you will save yourself a lot of time and stress at the start of your internet marketing career and you will most importantly of all learn how to be an effective affiliate marketer.

About the Author: Sam Bakker has been online marketing for the past 7 years. If you are new to internet marketing and would like to learn about how to start affiliate marketing, you can sign up for Sam’s newsletter and free website guide at his learn internet business website ModernCogs.com.

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June proved to be a very busy month, albeit bringing in the highest recorded monthly income yet. Income from Angela’s Backlinks, Yarie, and the newest CPA added to my site, AdFish, have all seen record highs. I was very pleased with how things turned out, and July so far is following a similar path. Here’s my total online income from last month…

Income from ReplaceYourSalary.com

• ClickBank: $31.85
• PayDotCom – $56.34
• Angela’s Backlinks: $45
• Paul’s Backlinks: $12
• Yarie: $96.88
• Google Adsense: $29.92
• SFI: $11.99
• Project Payday: $4.50 (commissions earned from promoting the program, not actually using it)
• AdFish – $60
• ResponsiveData – $15
• Banner Ad – $40

Total = $403.48

Income from Internet Marketing Services

It’s been a pleasure to be able to work for a highly successful internet marketer. I’m able to learn from and apply the same strategies to my online business, all of which I’ve blogged about here at one time or another.

Total = $160

Income from Proofreading/Re-writing/Editing Services

As I said previously, I’ve gotten a decent amount of freelancing work last month. It’s great to be able to provide a high quality and much needed service, and it’s been an honor serving my clients. You can learn more by visiting the link below.

• Proofreading – $40

Total = $40

Income from Re-writing Service via David Hurley’s PLR Article Service Membership

It has been an honor to be able to partner with David, a good online friend of mine, and provide the re-writing portion of his article membership. To learn more about his PLR article service, visit the link above.

Total = $57.50

Total online income from all sources…

$660.98

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I took the weekend off (3 day weekend) to celebrate Independence Day and enjoy being with family and friends. It was great to just put business aside and relax and enjoy myself. The fireworks show in State College at Beaver Stadium was amazing; one of the top ranked shows in the nation. It was a blast… no pun intended.

I took pictures throughout the show along with a 40 second video of the finale. If you would like to check them out, just add me as a friend on Facebook. Otherwise, one of the pictures I took is to the right.

As much fun as I had, it’s time to get back into the swing of things. June was a rather busy month, and I’m excited to see just how many posts I had last month. If you happened to miss any of them, you can find them below…

June Comment Contest – Win Cash and Prizes!

An Unforeseen “Benefit” of 3-Way Link Exchanges

It’s Official – Alan Mater is an EzineArticles.com Expert Author

How Blogging About Internet Marketing Can Make You Money Online

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Why You Should Incorporate Exercise Into Your Work From Home Routine

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As promised yesterday, here’s the list of May’s awesome blog posts that you may not have gotten a chance to check out or comment on. BTW, there’s only 9 days left for a chance to win in this month’s comment contest, so check out these posts and get commenting!

Without further ado, here they are:

Free Teleseminar – Learn How To Build A Profitable Business In Today’s Economy – This post will be updated whenever there is a new teleseminar scheduled. Right now you can register for the one on June 23rd.

5 Things to Consider Before Publishing a Guest Post on Your Blog

My Blog Guest – An Active Community of Guest Bloggers and Blog Owners

Don’t Make The Same Stupid Mistake I Made… Seriously! – You definitely want to check this post out… One of my toughest website lessons ever learned is talked about here. Don’t let happen to you what happened to me.

Where Do You Get Images and Photos For Your Website or Blog?

There you have it. If you haven’t yet checked these posts out then I invite you to do so.

Don’t forget… The comment contest ends on June 30th at whatever time at night I check the list for the final time. Right now Cebu is commanding a strong lead with Mici close behind. It’s anyone’s game at this point. Don’t give up now!

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I realize June is almost over, but I had so many things going on the beginning of the month. Between rolling out the new theme, posting a guest post, getting guest posts out to other blogs… and the list goes on.

I had already planned on getting May’s income report out late, and I still need to do a May blog post roundup, which will be published tomorrow. Things may seem a little screwy, but trust me, it’s all planned out.

Let’s get right into May’s earnings:

Income from ReplaceYourSalary.com

• ClickBank: $13.06
• Angela’s Backlinks: $18.75
• Paul’s Backlinks: $8
• Yarie: $32.87
• Google Adsense: $20.06
• SFI: $15.71
• Project Payday: $3 (commissions earned from promoting the program, not actually using it)
• AdFish – $21
• ResponsiveData – $12
• Homepage link – $150

Total = $294.45

Income from Internet Marketing Services

It’s been a pleasure to be able to work for a highly successful internet marketer. I’m able to learn from and apply the same strategies to my online business, all of which I’ve blogged about here at one time or another.

Total = $160

Income from Proofreading/Re-writing/Editing Services

As I said previously, I’ve gotten a decent amount of freelancing work last month. It’s great to be able to provide a high quality and much needed service, and it’s been an honor serving my clients. You can learn more by visiting the link below.

• Proofreading – $30

Total = $30

Income from Re-writing Service via David Hurley’s PLR Article Service Membership

It has been an honor to be able to partner with David, a good online friend of mine, and provide the re-writing portion of his article membership. To learn more about his PLR article service, visit the link above.

Total = $57.50

Total online income from all sources…

$541.95

P.S. Only 10 days left until the end of June’s Comment Contest!

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April turned out to be a pretty good month. I received an increase in proofreading and re-writing work, which I was very happy about. Those are two things I thoroughly enjoy doing, apart from running this website and earning passive income from multiple sources.

Let’s get right into it…

Income from ReplaceYourSalary.com

• ClickBank: $107.77
• PayDotCom – $56.34
• HostGator – $50
• Angela’s Backlinks: $11.25
• Paul’s Backlinks: $8
• Yarie: $23.39
• Google Adsense: $21.11
• SFI: $16.23
• Project Payday: $3 (commissions earned from promoting the program, not actually using it)
• AdFish – $4.20

Total = $301.29

Income from Internet Marketing Services

It’s been a pleasure to be able to work for a highly successful internet marketer. I’m able to learn from and apply the same strategies to my online business, all of which I’ve blogged about here at one time or another.

Total = $160

Income from Proofreading/Re-writing/Editing Services

As I said previously, I’ve gotten a decent amount of freelancing work last month. It’s great to be able to provide a high quality and much needed service, and it’s been an honor serving my clients. You can learn more by visiting the link below.

• Proofreading – $76
• Re-writing – $20

Total = $96

Income from Re-writing Service via David Hurley’s PLR Article Service Membership

It has been an honor to be able to partner with David, a good online friend of mine, and provide the re-writing portion of his article membership. To learn more about his PLR article service, visit the link above.

Total = $57.50

Total online income from all sources…

$614.79

April turned out to be my best month yet since I began my online business venture.  If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s to never give up. Giving up is very easy to do, but sticking with it when things seem impossible is where the real character lies.

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Let’s get right to it…

Income from ReplaceYourSalary.com

• ClickBank: $75.53
• PayDotCom – $28.17
• Angela’s Backlinks: $7.50
• Paul’s Backlinks: $4
• Yarie: $20.76
• Google Adsense: $29.04
• SFI: $14.44
• Project Payday: $7.50 (commissions earned from promoting the program, not actually using it)
• AdFish – $1.40 (Newest CPA network added to income streams)

Income from Re-writing services via David Hurley’s Article PLR Service…

• Article re-writing – $57.50

Income from Internet Marketing Services…

• Internet Marketing – $160 (article writing, blogging, forum marketing, social bookmarking, etc.)

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Taking a different approach to this method is getting paid to write review posts. While the first method involves making money when someone clicks on your affiliate link and buys the product, this method allows you to get paid directly from writing the review.

Here’s what I mean…

Instead of relying on affiliate commissions to make money from your review posts, this way you’ll get paid either before or directly after you write the review. There are people and companies who pay bloggers to write reviews about websites and products.

Another difference is that you’ll only get paid one time, whereas the first method can provide a passive income if you keep building traffic to the posts. Is this good or bad? Well, it depends… mainly on how bad you need the money.

If you want some quick cash, then getting paid to write review posts is pretty easy to do. There are a number of sites that you can sign up with for free that will connect advertisers and bloggers.

Here are a few of them:

SponsoredReviews.com

ReviewMe.com

PayPerPost.com

PayU2Blog.com

Don’t expect to make a huge amount of income with this. If you need a few extra bucks for this or that, then this is certainly a viable option. But, don’t plan on making this your only source of income from blogging or from the internet in general.

From what I’ve seen, if you hope to make a large amount of money from each review post that you write, then you’ll first need to build up your blog’s authority to a pretty high level. Most advertisers aren’t going to pay a whole lot for just a small-time blogger.

There are also certain guidelines that will have to be met when writing the review. Pay close attention to these when you get accepted for the review as you’ll want to follow them carefully.

Also, don’t forget about the big bad FTC and their new “guidelines” as well. You’ll want to state within the review, either beginning or end, that your post IS a review and that you were compensated for it. No need in getting in trouble (with a hefty fine) over a simple oversight while trying to make an honest living.

One last thing…

Be honest in your review. Just like the previous method, it’s always better to be honest, upfront and unbiased about the website/product you’re reviewing. If you’re not, people will see right through it, and you’ll ruin any sense of trust your readers had in you.

This method can be a bit controversial as there are some bloggers that feel you’re “selling out” if you get paid to write review posts.

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Would you write a review post on your blog if you were paid for it? Why or why not?

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