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Monetizing a Blog With Premium Posts: Does It Work?

November 4th, 2011 - 16 Comments

If you’re a reader of my affiliate marketing blog, Finch Sells, you will probably be aware that I’ve introduced paid content over the last 6 weeks. I thought it’d be interesting to see how many of my regular readers converted in to paying customers, especially given how fellow marketers can be notoriously hard to sell [...]

Posted in Brand Development, Internet Marketing, Writing and Blogging

Tags: best ways of monetizing blogs, featured, finch sells premium posts, monetizing a blog with paid content, monetizing blogs, paid content blogging, pay to read blogs, premium blog content, premium posts, will blog readers pay for content

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The Best Viral Campaign Ever?

October 4th, 2011 - 2 Comments

Thanks to @paulsavage for drawing this to my attention on Twitter. I tend not to pay too much attention to auto insurance campaigns. That changed this morning when I stumbled across the excellent State of Chaos mini-site that will shortly be doing the rounds. This year’s blockbuster on your block, is the gimmick. Simply enter [...]

Posted in Brand Development, Random Crap

Tags: best viral campaign ever, best viral campaigns, chaos in your town, featured, state farm ad, state farm insurance, state of chaos, state of chaos ad

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How To Increase Traffic When Your Site Hits The Plateau

September 2nd, 2011 - 4 Comments

Every website has a plateau which marks the growth of traffic up to a point of diminishing returns. The plateau is like a glass ceiling. It can be so difficult to crack, and often causes a loss in motivation when your project stalls and loses momentum for apparently no reason. It’s even more frustrating when [...]

Posted in Brand Development, Building an Online Business, Internet Marketing

Tags: fuck shit bollocks wank, how to increase traffic, im losing traffic, overcoming the traffic plateau, steps to get more traffic, tips for building traffic, traffic plateau

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My Blogroll

	AdHustler Actual insightful topical blogging? WHAT IS THIS?
	Affbuzz We all owe a lot of traffic to Affbuzz. Everybody digs a little buzz.
	Andrew Wee The original podcasting fiend of Singapore. Knows where to find ice cream.
	Blue Hat SEO Knows more than you.
	Bryn Youngblut Sounds like something out of Monkey Island. How appropriate, Finch blogs like a cow.
	IMGrind Where Ruck occasionally makes you feel stupid, and snuggles up to his Super Affiliate Twin.
	iPyxel Home of Tom Fang's 7-Day POF Mastery Guide, and other affiliate related shenanigans.
	Justin Dupre Has been caught staring at more titties than any other marketer in Thailand*.
	NickyCakes Doesn't post much, but still finds time to show the world what he's eating. Must be doing okay.
	OkTrends A gold mine of statistical info for any marketer in the dating niche. Get RICH!
	Luke Peerfly Tips, tricks and hacks from Peerfly's award winning affiliate manager.
	PPC.bz Read his blog for ~~a year~~ 3 years and you still won't know how he makes his money.
	Slightly Shady SEO Come back you mischievous motherfucker.
	ViperChill This guy puts together a mean blog post. Damn good at entertaining the proles of our industry.

* May no longer be accurate. Finch moved to Thailand in December 2010.