How to Make Money on the Internet

“Dot Com Mogul” John Chow has an excellent blog going with a very diverse set of topics. Over the last 7 months John Chow has continued to have success from his blogging efforts (in terms of the revenue his blog produces). He is very kind in sharing how he makes his money and these are the posts that I find the most interesting.

This month John made $8,545.25 from the following sources:

ReviewMe: $2,400
Affiliate Sales: $1,962.20
Text Links Ads: $1,308.06
Google AdSense: $1,129.60
Direct Ad Sales: $625.00
Vibrant Media: $357.08
Kontera: $296.12
TTZ Media: $278.92
FeedBurner Ads: $188.27
Grand Total: $8,545.25

In this same post he provides 3 great tips on how other bloggers can also be successful from a revenue perspective:

1) Never Stop Tweaking: John explains that there is always room to improve your blog, so it’s good to change layout, text as well as the ads. John’s blog made over $7000 in February but with continuous experimentation and testing with his blog, he was able to make even more money in March.

2) Add More Income Sources: If your blog/website only uses Google Adsense, it simply isn’t enough. “Add as many revenue sources as you can while still offering a good user experience.” John recommends not to put all your eggs in one basket.

3) For The First Time Visitor/Blogger: If you’re a new blogger and want to make money, check out John Chow’s Making Money From a Blog series

John’s website recieves over 300,000 page views a month so that definitely helps to drive the revenue numbers, however his success isn’t just a fluke. The blog has excellent content, the content is keyword rich, and his blogs attract thousands of natural back links. If I had 1 tip for John (from an SEO perspective) I would recommend creating a dynamic meta description tag or removing it from his site altogether. Currently Google only shows his blog having 1 unique page indexed: site:http://www.johnchow.com/ rather than the thousands John actually has.