Brian D. Hawkins : Monetizing Each Other

Posted by Brian Hawkins in August 31st, 2008

I’m not sure I’d call it blogging etiquette but when visiting a fellow bloggers site wouldn’t it be helpful to them if we checked out an ad or offer? I don’t mean you have to buy something from every blog you visit. I’m just wondering how many bloggers make it a point to avoid advertisements on other blogs. I found myself doing just that, avoiding eye contact with ads, unconsciously.

Most of us are here to turn a profit doing what we love so I was a little concerned when I realized I was ignoring fellow blogger’s ads. I appreciate the fact that bloggers are monetizing blogs so why not respect that effort by checking out an ad or two. I’m in no way suggesting we go around clicking on each others PPC ads. That could cause trouble with the blogger’s account and watering down the system with fake clicks hurts the entire industry. I’m only suggesting we ‘see‘ those ads just like the rest of the site and if something looks interesting don’t be afraid to click.

I’ve made a conscious decision to respect fellow bloggers by actually looking at the ads. It’s funny, I consider myself a marketer and love advertising yet I found myself avoiding being subjected to the ads. It’s working out nicely too. I’ve actually found two new income sources since I ‘changed my ways‘ and now I even take an extra step…

A Recent Example

We just upgraded to a dedicated server through HostGator. Once I knew I was going to use HostGator I remembered seeing an ad on one of the blogs I recently visited. I figure that may have triggered something in the back of my mind to look at this particular company so I hit the history tab and began looking. Within minutes I was at the ad I had noticed earlier. I clicked that ad to make the purchase. That’s going to help someone nicely because the server we picked is $174 a month.

That’s just an example of how we can help each other. It doesn’t always have to be ‘you help me and I’ll help you‘. We can help each other without holding our hands out for re-payment, especially when it doesn’t cost us anything or take up a lot of our time. This isn’t a lecture, just something I noticed and wanted to bring up.

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Hussein Said in February 8th, 2009 @4:22 am

Great. I’ve learned something new from you. I’ve been using Gmail for a couple of years I think but it is only now I’ve noticed the used of filters. Thanks for the link love. Will surely share it to my followers

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Brian Hawkins Said in February 8th, 2009 @7:42 am

It was my pleasure Hussein, glad to do it.

Dennis Edell Said in February 10th, 2009 @1:28 pm

Thanks man, if my gmail glitches ever unglitch this may be useful.

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Brian Hawkins Said in February 10th, 2009 @1:51 pm

Hi Dennis, No problem. Just getting in a little Camtasia practice.

Sheryl Loch Said in February 11th, 2009 @7:45 pm

Hey Brian,
I am not sure how people get by without setting filters & folders. I do have everything that gets a label also goes in a folder & skips the “IN” box. That way it only takes me 2 seconds if I am looking to see if mail from a certain project has come in. I would be in a real mess with just plain ol’ email.

I see you are going all Camtasia High Tech! That’s great – now when I try it I will know who to ask for help!

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Brian Hawkins Said in February 11th, 2009 @8:34 pm

Hi Sheryl, I love Gmail. I hope it sticks around for a long time without ‘improvement’. Remember ‘New Coke’ LOL

I use an old version of Camtasia but it was free. Let me know if you need a copy. I want to learn more like zooming in and editing the video before I use it. Adding captions would be great. I need a teenager to show my these things

beok@promote my blog Said in February 19th, 2009 @3:58 am

Hey .. thanks for the information I know that Gmail has a lot more options, that I don’t know how to use them .. I look forward for more information about this!
Thanks again..

Beok

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Brian Hawkins Said in February 19th, 2009 @7:09 am

Hi Beok, Glad you liked it. I may do another one soon.

James Moralde Said in October 29th, 2009 @3:45 am

Hey Brian, if by chance you have free time and you still have that old free Camtasia app, I would definitely want a copy, if you don’t mind of course. You know my email address.

I have begun being interested in making video posts. I guess, I’m beginning to enter the phase where writing pure text posts is becoming less exciting and besides I plan to spruce up my blog content a bit with videos every now and then.
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Brian Hawkins Said in October 29th, 2009 @6:31 am

Check your email James

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