Comments on: How NOT to make money with your blog http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/affiliate/how-not-to-make-money-with-your-blog/ What bloggers need to create a blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:17:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: anatoly http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/affiliate/how-not-to-make-money-with-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-23719 anatoly Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:44:15 +0000 http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/?p=1818#comment-23719 In any business, if customers do not see you live behind the message you address to them, you are lost!<br>Nobody cares about clone messages.There are removed without second thought. In any business, if customers do not see you live behind the message you address to them, you are lost!
Nobody cares about clone messages.There are removed without second thought.

]]> By: Alex Brooks http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/affiliate/how-not-to-make-money-with-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-13021 Alex Brooks Wed, 13 May 2009 12:02:43 +0000 http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/?p=1818#comment-13021 I have countless e-mails like this! So annoying! I have countless e-mails like this! So annoying!

]]> By: Marko Saric http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/affiliate/how-not-to-make-money-with-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-10744 Marko Saric Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:39:35 +0000 http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/?p=1818#comment-10744 @Henry III - Thanks for the nice words! I appreciate it... @Henry III – Thanks for the nice words! I appreciate it…

]]> By: Henry III http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/affiliate/how-not-to-make-money-with-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-10653 Henry III Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:08:11 +0000 http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/?p=1818#comment-10653 First, Marko thank you. Thanks for having a voice of your own and sharing it through your own blog. You are honest and pretty damn transparent in your business. That says a lot. I think this is one of those instances where we should rethink who we consider "top" bloggers, and why we would give them such a title. To me a top blogger isn't someone who has a large following. They are a blogger who cares what they communicate and provides readers with quality in return for their time. A top blogger, is not just a follower. Because if I follow a follower, how will I ever know where I'm going? First, Marko thank you. Thanks for having a voice of your own and sharing it through your own blog. You are honest and pretty damn transparent in your business. That says a lot.

I think this is one of those instances where we should rethink who we consider “top” bloggers, and why we would give them such a title.

To me a top blogger isn’t someone who has a large following. They are a blogger who cares what they communicate and provides readers with quality in return for their time. A top blogger, is not just a follower. Because if I follow a follower, how will I ever know where I’m going?

]]> By: Marko Saric http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/affiliate/how-not-to-make-money-with-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-10566 Marko Saric Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:32:45 +0000 http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/?p=1818#comment-10566 @Paul - Thanks for the nice words! I appreciate your support! This post was inspired by one of those days, when I got some 4-5 same generic emails about same product launch. Some of these guys do not seem to care, the mailing list is just about numbers and they do not even try to connect and make anything personal as you mentioned. @Paul – Thanks for the nice words! I appreciate your support! This post was inspired by one of those days, when I got some 4-5 same generic emails about same product launch. Some of these guys do not seem to care, the mailing list is just about numbers and they do not even try to connect and make anything personal as you mentioned.

]]> By: Paul http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/affiliate/how-not-to-make-money-with-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-10561 Paul Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:20:37 +0000 http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/?p=1818#comment-10561 Hi Marko, While I agree with you they are obviously making a lot of money doing this. I think once a lot of people grow their blog or site to a reasonably good readership they figure they can send the odd email like this to build their revenue. As many of these er 'products' are expensive and often give 75% commission then a few suckers caught is worthwhile. One way that I deal with is whenever I subscribe to an email list I use a different email address for each one. So my email for this list is makemyblog@ I then link all these accounts to my gmail account. I then use the filter system to push the emails into folders, rather than my main inbox. If a site gets annoying then I use the filter to delete. Just checking my email today I've found that two sites I used to respect are now just hard sells. I hate to confess that I have recently been taken by site where I subscribed to a 'support' network. The friendly forum where I could fellow entrepeneurs had around 20 posts and I found that I had subscribed to a site that has some useful articles and a series of fortnightly online broadcasts, which give the same sort of information you can get on a site like how to make my blog in a lot shorter time. I think that many of the big blogging blogs move from being a service to becoming a cynical money making machine and the3y don't care if they lose a few loyal fans. Keep up the good work Marko - keep your independent voice and you'll not only keep your readership but grow it. Hi Marko,

While I agree with you they are obviously making a lot of money doing this. I think once a lot of people grow their blog or site to a reasonably good readership they figure they can send the odd email like this to build their revenue. As many of these er ‘products’ are expensive and often give 75% commission then a few suckers caught is worthwhile.

One way that I deal with is whenever I subscribe to an email list I use a different email address for each one. So my email for this list is makemyblog@ I then link all these accounts to my gmail account.

I then use the filter system to push the emails into folders, rather than my main inbox. If a site gets annoying then I use the filter to delete.

Just checking my email today I’ve found that two sites I used to respect are now just hard sells.

I hate to confess that I have recently been taken by site where I subscribed to a ‘support’ network. The friendly forum where I could fellow entrepeneurs had around 20 posts and I found that I had subscribed to a site that has some useful articles and a series of fortnightly online broadcasts, which give the same sort of information you can get on a site like how to make my blog in a lot shorter time.

I think that many of the big blogging blogs move from being a service to becoming a cynical money making machine and the3y don’t care if they lose a few loyal fans.

Keep up the good work Marko – keep your independent voice and you’ll not only keep your readership but grow it.

]]> By: Rick Henderson http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/affiliate/how-not-to-make-money-with-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-10050 Rick Henderson Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:29:23 +0000 http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/?p=1818#comment-10050 What I can't understand is how it appears that they really are making money from it. It is the basics of making money online (at least one way): gather a list of prospects and if you send them enough product options that they might be open to, they will eventually bite. They say it builds trust, and with the users who don't possibly think as much as they should be, its an easy sale and can lead to the 6 figure income these guys seem to be making. Personally I'm fed up with sites that use the same format (that came from some Make Money program I'm sure) with pages and pages of "testimonials", the free offer, the upsell, the "added bonus" and the "buy now because I'll raise the price in 2 hours" no matter what time you visit the site. But... it does seem to work.... What I can’t understand is how it appears that they really are making money from it. It is the basics of making money online (at least one way): gather a list of prospects and if you send them enough product options that they might be open to, they will eventually bite. They say it builds trust, and with the users who don’t possibly think as much as they should be, its an easy sale and can lead to the 6 figure income these guys seem to be making.

Personally I’m fed up with sites that use the same format (that came from some Make Money program I’m sure) with pages and pages of “testimonials”, the free offer, the upsell, the “added bonus” and the “buy now because I’ll raise the price in 2 hours” no matter what time you visit the site.
But… it does seem to work….

]]> By: RP | Ravositti.com http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/affiliate/how-not-to-make-money-with-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-2705 RP | Ravositti.com Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:18:51 +0000 http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/?p=1818#comment-2705 Really a bad strategy!!! I never knew that even "big name bloggers" are doin this. But eventually it will result in loss of trust & hence loss of readers. So say no to such a bad way to kick yourself in the crotch. Regards, RP <a> Ravositti.com</a> Really a bad strategy!!! I never knew that even “big name bloggers” are doin this. But eventually it will result in loss of trust & hence loss of readers. So say no to such a bad way to kick yourself in the crotch.

Regards,
RP
Ravositti.com

]]> By: Lisa Gergets http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/affiliate/how-not-to-make-money-with-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-2367 Lisa Gergets Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:54:34 +0000 http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/?p=1818#comment-2367 Well said. In any business dealing, but especially with media marketing, sincerity is everything! Well said. In any business dealing, but especially with media marketing, sincerity is everything!

]]> By: Mr. I http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/affiliate/how-not-to-make-money-with-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 Mr. I Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:36:21 +0000 http://www.howtomakemyblog.com/?p=1818#comment-2353 I have also got some of these, 3 from top bloggers. I just delete them. I have also got some of these, 3 from top bloggers. I just delete them.

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