<<em>strong>I just came across a slick infographic that shows where google makes its money. It also shows the top 20 highest paying keywords (CPC). Of course, we all know google’s maximum revenue comes from advertising but I still found it worth sharing  Check it out and let me know. If its too small, click on it to enlarge it.

Also, I just started playing with PPC (pay per click). Its kind of funny because I did adwords before but never was into it. I let it fade away but starting 2011, I started experimenting with it and saw  lots of potential. I didn’t do much because my blogs, new projects, forums, niche sites (xbox, chillin, personal life, no girl friend ) keep me busy most of the time. However, I have loaded and recharged my account and I am soon going to test several campaigns. I have seen clicks for pennies that convert like hell..I cannot afford to be left behind on this now can I.

Although, I am not new into this, I learn something new everyday and if you have any tips then you are most welcome to share it with me. Are you into ppc? what ppc traffic sources would you recommend? Who knows, we may work together in near future

It has been crazy long; probably a month since I made my last post. Sorry for not presenting anything cool for a while. I have been traveling and then caught this bad cold. I hope you guys had an amazing holiday.

I was in Boston for a week to meet a friend who was leaving for Sydney to attend medical school. I had a great time there meeting various people, driving around and checking out places. Also, my first attempt at writing a blog post using the iPad was an epic fail . The wordpress app has bugs when connecting to self-hosted blogs. Or maybe I wasn’t doing it right; whatever it is, I am sure there are other ways but I still feel that iPad is not the best for blogging. I would trade the iPad for a MacBook Air anytime but keeping productivity aside, iPad is still a cool gadget. I use mine as a turntable (the recent dj app that I purchased for $20 is pretty slick) and a gaming station for now.

New Year’s Eve was pretty good. I tagged along with some friends to attend a concert in Paradise Lounge in Boston and then later got wasted .  I flew to New York City on the 3^rd of Jan to meet another friend and got back to Boston after 12 hours. I then flew back home to Richmond the next day which was the 4^th. If you were following my twitter, I guess you know all these. Traveling wasn’t that bad but I guess winter and then the few flight delays got me sick (sniff).

New Year’s resolutions are always made and then broken. I really didn’t pay much attention to it because it never worked out for me. I believe in hard work and taking action. I have been lazy myself and it sucks to say that 2010 was not all productive for me. I know I could have done better but as said, lesson learned!

I was working on several projects. I do not want to list them right now but it includes forums, some mini niche sites and more… There is a reason why the gurus always say- “Focus in just one thing at a time.” I hardly followed that because I, on the other hand, love multi-tasking . The easiest example would be working on 3-4 blogs, creating some designs, checking out forums and then doing CPA. Now that’s hell lot of a work. I did achieve some milestones and 2010 was not all bad but, I think if I focused on a few things rather than what I did, the final result would have been much better. However, it’s all part of the game and its better when we realize it and take action at the right time. So, let’s make 2011 the best for you and me.

Some of my Plans for 2011

First, my blogs are very important to me. I am planning to take both Salman Ahsan dot Com and MasterMind Blogger to the next level. I will post here whenever I can. As for MasterMind Blogger, I am looking for some good writers who are interested to join my team. I have made over 50 posts there and will continue posting but I cannot keep up always. I am sure I will be able to build a team of passionate bloggers for MasterMind Blogger. If you are interested, check out the contact section

BlogMasterPoint- This is a forum I created for bloggers and entrepreneurs. I haven’t worked on it much but am hoping to bring it to life pretty soon. As of now, it has over 500 posts and I am planning to recruit some good posters to get the word out. Feel free to join and connect.

DiscussApple- Another forum of mine; discuss everything apple related. The forum is pretty fresh and I am expecting its growth in 2011.

If you are wondering how I am going to make money from forums- I haven’t monetized any of my forums yet to that level. You might see some AdSense or ad banners but it’s just the basic. Trust me, when I do, I will let you know and that will be soon!

BloggingTips.Co- I am glad that I have acquired the domain. I haven’t totally finalized what I am going to do with this but for now; I am planning to run a script where anyone (registered user) will be able to post a short blogging tip. It will be more like twitter for bloggers . In simple words, you tweet but only blogging tips, eh. Anyways, I will post an update when I have finalized everything.

Cost Per Action- CPA has been one of my favourite methods to make money online. I haven’t made enough like the gurus but it’s a matter of time. I have started researching and working on it since a year which means I have lot to learn. I have made a post about why CPA is one of the best methods to make money online here. I got accepted in over 10 best CPA companies, tried media buys, Facebook ads, adwords, cpv etc. I always dreamt about making money with CPA offers but trust me, if you are willing to work on it, you will make some real money. I have mentioned in my earlier post that I would create an eBook about CPA. The eBook will be my personal opinion and experience. I will include each and everything I have learnt and I hope you not only download it but read it and take action. I am not a guru or a big shot but, maybe 2011 will change everything .

I have few other stuff planned down the road and once they come up, I will post them. I am really pumped up and besides being a full time BIS student at the moment, I bet I will work my ass off to double/triple the result this year.

Prosper & Succeed! Make 2011 the best money making year ever!!!

There are billions of blogs online and not all blogs make money. There are only a handful of them that make a decent amount of money on a regular basis. There are many reasons why blogs fail to make money online.

Sometimes the blog is targeted on a very limited niche that has no search volume, no traffic, valueless content; at times a lot of bloggers do not pay much attention to monetizing their blogs.

How do top bloggers like Problogger, John Chow, Shoemoney make around 5 figures every month and lead a very comfortable and luxurious life? Let me try to analyze the reasons for this blogging success.

They are passionate bloggers making money online through internet marketing.

There are so many ways to make money online these days through a blog; thanks to the rapid growth of technology. The most popular method used to be adsense. I am sure all of you are familiar with Google Adsense. Now, I know it is very difficult to make money from it since you need massive traffic to your site to earn a good sum. I didn’t have much success with it since by the time I got into this blogosphere; a lot of alternatives have been introduced.

If you ask successful entrepreneur and blogger Shoemoney who is famous for his picture holding a 6 figure check made just from adsense.

To learn making money with WordPress and Google Adsense program is an art and cannot be taught in the matter of few lines even though the basics are simple and straight. You need dedication to attain success using this combination of blog and Adsense.

I had an adsense account which was completely dead since I didn’t use it for a long time. Recently, I canceled the previous account and opened another fresh one. I get so many ideas and learn so much from other people that I wanted to give this a try. I didn’t integrate adsense with my blog because I have lot of other ways of using it. I just want to keep my blogs clean for now.

If you do a Google search, you will find tons of methods to use adsense effectively. Now remember, Google does not accept blogs that contain any racist, copyrighted, pornographic and obscene content so if you are not involved with any, give it a try.

Other web 2.0 platforms such as squidoo, hubpages and few others use adsense on their pages. If you can create good and quality pages with them and drive traffic, you can make some good bucks from adsense, amazon, ebay and various others. On the other side, you can use all these powerful web2.0 platforms for giving backlinks to your blog since they are very popular with google.

I will compile a post in the upcoming days where I will mention all the possible web2.0 platforms that can make you good money.

I know that adsense is back dated and there are much better alternatives but all I am saying is that I gave it a try and I realized that there are many ways one can make money from adsense. I didn’t do much with it and within just 3 days I got $3 in my account. Well don’t laugh, it is not funny. It is simply hard work and you get to learn so much from your experience.

Some tips to make the best out of adsense:

Traffic: The more traffic you bring in, the better chances for getting good number of clicks on ads which will make you decent money.

High paying ads: Research on the high paying keywords and publish blog posts that are relevant. So, you get more money for a single click on those particular ads.

Relevant Ads: Google automatically displays relevant ads to your blog content. This enables people to click on the ads for more information.

Positioning and design: Though Google seriously consider misleading ads, you always have the right to choose the position and color format of your ads. Design the ads in such a way that they flow with the color theme of the blog.

It is very important that you follow all the rules defined by Google adsense program to be on the safe side. Never try to indulge in any fraud activity like clicking on your own ads.

Now let’s talk about the latest. There are lots of alternatives that have become popular in a short time.

You should consider Chitika and Kontera; they are one of my favorites.

Last but not the least, all I wanted to say is that it is not difficult to make money online but still only a handful of people make it to the top. You need to work on your stuff, learn from experience, ask questions and collaborate with other like-minded people. This will bring you success sooner or later.

If you try to make six figures from adsense like shoemoney, I doubt you can do it although, it’s not impossible. As I said earlier, you learn from your experience and things like these are worth a try. Look out for the alternatives; they can be of great advantage if used in the proper way. You may also want to check out  Top 10 Ways to Make Money from Blogging for Beginners

I hope you found this article useful. Feel free to share, comment and I will get back with more useful post to help you out make it big online.

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To your Blogging and Money Making Success…