How to make more money with your blog…

by Jack Humphrey on Mar 25

I just finished a training video you’re going to want to watch if you are trying to figure out why your blog isn’t making the money it should be.

What’s in The Video?

  1. How to make better money with your blog with affiliate programs.
  2. Examples of “Clean Blog Pages” and “Asides.”
  3. Information I haven’t shared with anyone until today.
  4. The very best way to monetize your blog while staying a blogger and not turning your blog into a circus.

After you check it out, would love to hear what you think back here in comments!

Enjoy!

Tagged as: affiliate marketing, blog marketing association, blog monetization, free training, make money blogging

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  • http://www.affiliteprofitcenter.com David Olsen

    Great video Jack!

    You know, The free cross-linker plugin would actually be a great way to increase linkage to your money pages. It basically goes through your content and and adds hyperlinks to phrases that you define. I’m using it on several sites now to link out to affiliate products. However, this would be a great way to get additional links to your money pages from your old posts.

    Here’s a video I did about it last week: Making Money With The Cross Linker Plugin

  • http://www.TheMarketingProfessional.com Mark Brown

    Hi Jack,

    Great video, I can relate and learned some great new affiliate tactics.

    Many Thanks,

    Mark “The Marketing Professional” Brown

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Mark – thanks for the feedback. Keep us posted on how this works for you!

  • http://www.midasmarketingservices.net/free-audio-lessons.html Alan H

    Hi Jack,

    Great concept!

    I couldn’t agree more about taking your prospective leads/buyers away from the “noise” to give you a far better chance of “quietly” converting them.

    As a matter of fact I am just begining to implement this same type of strategy into my own website.

    I’ll be keeping my eyes well peeled over the next few weeks to see how it’s performing, and if needed I will be fine tuning and tweaking to improve overall conversion rates.

    Thanks again for the “no sidebar”, “no noise” tip. It all makes sense!

    Alan H

  • http://www.midasmarketingservices.net/free-audio-lessons.html Alan H

    Hi Jack,

    Great concept!

    I couldn’t agree more about all the “noise” being a major distraction for anyone who is looking to read specific information on a given subject.

    We all need quite time if we are to absorb stuff properly. That’s why people still go to the public libraries in their masses.

    Oddly enough, I’ve just recently started to implement this same type of method on my own website. The site is in it’s infancy stages, and like any other, it’s a work in progress. I’ll be closely monitoring things to see how it pans out over the next few weeks and beyond.

    Thanks again Jack for the “no sidebars, no noise” tip.

    Alan H
    ( As the sign says at my local library… “QUITE PLEASE”)

  • http://dailyscrewups.com Viv Lorrette@DailyScrew-ups

    Hey Jack

    Terrific video…

    Interestingly, I have often found myself doing exactly as you suggest visitors to my blog my be doing…that is, ‘getting distracted’ by all the other competing activity going on in my side bars – so great suggestion for having ‘clean blog pages’ for sales focus.

    Mmmm!! the Fitness BlackBook blog formula definitely deserves my serious attention.

    Thanks for the valued adivce Jack
    (Viv) Lorrette – DailyScrew-Ups

    Viv Lorrettes last blog post..The Australian Stimulus (Stimuless) Payment :

  • http://PhysioSemnars.com david

    Hi Jack

    interesting idea.I ,m trying to figure out the mechanics of these “low clutter” pages. So You construct a page in WP and disable the sidebar. How do you drive drive traffic to the clean page. Is it a link in a blog post. Is it a banner add or sign-up option from some other part of the blog?

    David

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      David – Good question! Typically you are driving traffic from blog posts to these types of pages. So while you’ll get traffic to these pages from people linking to them and you linking from various places, the traffic originates with your readership on blog posts in most cases. Then the engines can pick up on them and start sending traffic too if they like you for a keyword or two.

  • Iva Reihl

    It is very interesting, but I guess I missed the first lesson on where to go to put my blog. What is an affiliate? I set up a twitter account, but don’t think I had an ID. It was with Hometec.com. Any help you can give me about setting up a blog would be appreciated.
    Thanks, Iva

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Iva – You can start with http://www.Wordpress.com and set up a free blog to get a feel for it. An affiliate is someone who recommends products for a commission. Like, in a sense, I am an affiliate for http://blogsuccess.com and if I recommend it and people sign up, I get a commission for showing them another way to get started in blogging.

  • j

    Hi Jack

    You are talking like being in offline marketing. I want to say that you have never seen a farmacy selling cheese, for instance. And here is the same thing : targeted traffic to a specific niche, keep them targeted.
    I agree with you, great video.
    Thanks for sharing .
    J

  • http://TrafficNymphomaniac.com/?p=625 Robert@Blog Directories

    Jack:

    What a shame you put the information in the form you did.

    The info is so powerful, direct, and simple to put in place that now
    we bloggers can have NO EXCUSES for not making money from our blogs.

    Couldn;t you have made the techniques more COMPLICATED AND COSTLY??

    If bloggers combine this info with the info in The Authority Black Book, they will have a virtual license to print money.

    Many thanks, Jack. It doesn’t get any better than this!

    Robert A. Kearse

    Roberts last blog post..Powerful Secrets About Making Money Blogging From A Blog Marketing Guru

  • http://www.makingmoneyonlineworld.com Andrew M Harvey

    Hi jack, another great informative video as usual.
    by coincidence I have just recently cut down on the noise on my site, and one of the main reasons was that i found out that the main page loading time was way too high and as you mentioned -too many distractions also
    Thanks again
    keep up the good work.

    Andrew M Harveys last blog post..Market Health is now the world’s largest integrated online marketing company

  • Bob

    I gave up on the video, no way to stop play and take notes. Hard to decipher this:

  • http://www.catproblemsresolved.com/cat-behavior/cats-make-wonderful-friends/ Kathy

    Thanks for this video Jack. It is the kick in the pants I need to actually create a couple of mini courses. It’s now officially in the book to do tomorrow. I’d do it today but I’m not going to be around.

    Kathy
    http://www.CatProblemsResolved.com

    Kathys last blog post..Cat Urine Removers

  • http://OasisYachts.com David Tomen

    Good advice and got me thinking. Problem is I just can’t figure out any appropriate affiliate products on a site that’s all about professional advice on buying and selling a yacht!

    Fair winds,
    David

    David Tomens last blog post..Fractional Yacht Ownership Trends

  • http://getadviced.com Evan @ Get Advice Blog

    This is a great video, you make some very valuable tips. I am trying to make some money writing blog posts, I just turned my first “profit” today with adsense. Thanks for the tips…

    Evans last blog post..You Comment, We Follow!

  • http://www.salonsuccesswebsite.com David Glendinning

    Great video Jack.
    I immediately went and implemented the strategy on my salon blog. Even upgraded the blog theme I was using to make use of the no-sidebar feature that the updated theme had. Looking forward to more great blog strategies

    David Glendinnings last blog post..Salon Marketing With Google Adwords

  • http://nonstopmarketer.com Nando

    Hi Jack,

    Thanks so much for that priceless info. I’ve been pouring content into my blog and getting spotty conversions. I had an idea to do something like this, but wasn’t sure how to do it and here comes your video right on time.

    I’m going to start doing this right away and I’ll let you know how it goes.

    Awesome.

    Thanks again,
    Nando

    Nandos last blog post..What’s The Best Way To Tackle Multiple Affiliate Promotions?

  • http://2getsales.com/ Mark ‘MKWeb’ Hultgren

    Great Video and Tips Jack!
    I use the WidePage template for specific pages and sidebars on others, just depends on what the page is about. As for the links, I have ALL of mine set to open in a blank page so the visitors remain on my site after they have wandered off.
    If any of your readers are looking for products to promote as an affiliate, they are welcome to register (free) at ,a href=”http://2getsales.com/sitemgr/”>2GetSales.com.
    I add a minimum of three new products to the list every month (usually five or six) in almost every area of digital products available. Graphics Packages, ebooks, manuals & reports (these can be branded with the affiliate’s links and given away), Private Label products so they can create their own products if they want, scripts, software, templates and themes , you name it, I will have it in my affiliate area to promote.
    P.S. You are also welcome to join yourself, since the commissions are based on sales, so you start at 50% and as you make more sales, your commission rates go up. Definitely a WIN-WIN-WIN situation.

    Mark ‘MKWeb’ Hultgrens last blog post..Autoresponder Marketing

  • http://www.thefastercomputer.com Barry

    Great post Jack!

    It only makes sense. In all the ppc marketing I do, It’s imperative to keep my landing pages laser focused. Not quite sure why I’ve never made that connection with my blogs! I guess old school blogging can be a tough habit to break. Sometimes it is hard to see the forest for the trees.
    Thanks for pointing out such a very important technique!

    Barry

  • http://DirectoryOfOverlandPark.com/blog Dana Terry-Pettigrew

    As usual, Jack, you discover the zen…

    Actually, after watching your video, I had
    the urge to meditate.

    Clean and simple…whodathunkit?

    Ummmmmmmmmmmm,

    Dana

  • http://www.bigmoneyhump.com Bill Humphreys

    Wonderful! I forgot Amazing first.
    Amazing wonderful information given by Jack Humphrey no Kidding
    Somewhat funny which helped with (“Hey I’m screaming over here
    guys trying to sell something”) I usually don’t recommend people or product sometimes that gets you in trouble when others can’t produce.

    Not in Jack case he makes a person proud.
    I had point this out to the Twitter
    training class it is content and posting you want to give followers. I have people I follow on Twitter who have posted over a thousand post with
    good content on Twitter and have 5 digit to 6 digit followers

    Thank You Jack
    Bill Humphreys
    Twitter name wrhump

  • Thordur

    Hey Jack,

    Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! I have been scratching my head like maniac on how to make more sales with affiliate marketing that I have been risking on beeing completely bald.

    You are the man Jack, I am allways learning something new from you that I can really apply to my own business,

    You are so differnet from others internet marketing teachers out there, You are allways giving great content.

    So Thank You for this input Jack, this was the last puzzle for the hole picture for me.

    Warmly,

    Thordur

  • http://www.mlmconsultantsblog.com Debbi A. Ballard

    Jack, great job as usual with your blog tips. Since I provide very high quality content for those in network marketing, stats show that my readers are highly engaged on my site. I do agree that there is a particular place to emphasize simplicity in design.. at that point when you are calling the reader to action. Your experiences have verified that for all of us.

    Thanks, Jack!

    Debbi A. Ballards last blog post..MLM Software Best Practices: Tips on Selecting a Vendor

  • http://www.productivepen.com Evelyn

    Jack,
    Thanks for a great video. I *love* the clean page hack. Here’s me going “OM” ;-)

    Good stuff

    Evelyns last blog post..Productivity Tips for Writers

  • Eddie Reeves

    This video was great!!! I am surprised about how much I learned in just a bit over a quarter of an hour. Can’t wait to earn more!

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Eddie – Let me know how it goes for you! Would like to show more people how much better this works through more case studies.

  • http://www.FireYour9to5.com Craig A

    Jack,

    As usual you deliver the goods. So many want to make money with all the clutter and end up diverting the attention of the visitor from the primary purpose of having them come to your blog.

    Looking forward to further tips and advice.

    Craig

    PS: Bring more qualified, open minded prospects to you for your Network Marketing business at http://www.OpenMindedLeads.com

  • http://www.onbecomingmiddleage.com Phillip

    am working on a book call, when Good American become Great American you have just given me a good reason as to why I add you to the list.

    Phillips last blog post..Murder by injection by Eustace Mullins

  • http://www.neobiztoday.com Kenneth

    Jack, you are inspiring. The video was a great piece of advice. I can see how in my excitement of learning how to set up my blog I ended up making it to busy. I will definitely start paring down the number of distractions. I know that when I am on other blogs that indeed I find myself often looking around and getting distracted from the main reason I was there. So, please keep the great advice coming.

    Kenneth Edwards

    Kenneths last blog post..Jonathan Budd and MLM MasterMind Secrets

  • http://www.BetterHealthCenter.com Linda Basta

    Hi Javk

    Great video
    So much there -I need to listen a few times. Just set up a blog but haven’t started posting yet. Just scared !
    Thanks
    Linda
    http://www.LindaBasta-Blog.com

  • Alex

    Very interesting video. For a newcomer what do you recommend or where can one go to learn the basic stuff first. You mention having worked with Rusty for some time, do you have a training or membership site? I’ve typed your name into my browser and nothing comes up with regard to any program or member site. Thanks

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Alex – You can check out BlogSuccess. That’s my training membership from beginner to advanced. Thanks for asking!

  • http://www.legendaryteachers.blogspot.com Nizam

    Thanks Jack,
    I agree with you about simplicity in design and keeping the focus on the content of the page. Great video! I have implemented some changes to my site and am trying to keep things as clean and simple as I can make it without all the bells and whistles. I look forward to learning more.

    Nizams last blog post..What are Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and What are their Purpose?

  • http://www.something-big.net Jennifer Eden Cruz

    Hi,

    What a great video! It’s very straightforward and each topic really do make a lot of sense. I have moved my site to wordpress and i am still trying to build up contents and your advice really helped. Thank you

    Jennifer Eden Cruzs last blog post..Highly Effective Search Engine Optimization Strategies Part II

  • http://www.thenetmillionairesclub.com/yoursilverlining/ Vicky

    Jack,
    Great video, thanks! I’ve seen that advice about eliminating the clutter often for standard websites, but it makes even more sense for blogs.
    I’m looking forward to the next video.

  • http://www.retirequicklyclub.com/ Jeff West

    Jack,

    Thanks for the Tip. These pages could be also used for PPC landing pages also? The thesis theme you mentioned in the video, how different is it from the affiliate theme that just came out from the UBD guys?

    Thanks again for sharing

    Jeff Wests last blog post..3 Way Links Critical Overview

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Jeff – I haven’t used that theme but have heard good things in general about it. Any theme can do the clean page with a bit of tweaking and I expect more and more themes to come with sidebar-less pages templates in the future.

  • http://www.everydaysingapore.com Rain

    Thanks for the great affiliate marketing strategy tip Jack.

    Looking forward for your next email.

    Rains last blog post..Craig David Greatest Hits Tour 2009

  • http://www.theexpertsinrealestate.com Keith@Real estate investing, foreclosures and short sales

    This is great timing as I just completed 2 mini courses for my blogs and now know the best way to present them to my readers at http://www.behealthyandslim and http://www.theexpertsinrealestate.com

    Thanks for this timely information and I am looking forward to more. How can I get your training system so I can replace my income with income from my blogs?

    Keiths last blog post..Make Over $100,000 A Month Buying & Selling Short Sales

  • http://setourteachersfree.com BrennanKingsland

    Fantastic video, as always!

    I remember when Rusty started his blog (back in the days of ASC). Obviously, he has been doing things correctly, unlike ‘some of us’.

    I wasn’t able to completely eliminate the sidebars from my blog but, thanks to your advice, I was able to turn down the noise and streamline the distractions.

    Well, I’m back to building traffic and I’ll let ya’ know how it works.

    Thanks a lot,
    Brennan

    BrennanKingslands last blog post..Coast to Coast Education Problems

  • http://mybna.com Dennis

    Very informative video and now I guess I will have to use many of the things that you mentioned. Now I have a lot more work ahead of me. I have no excuses left, that will keep me making money with my blog.
    Thank You very much Jack.
    Dennis Bradford

  • http://www.doctorbenlo.com/blog Dr. Ben

    Thanks, Jack! Also appreciate the helpful followup comments in response to your readers, and I look forward to checking out the theme templates here!

    Dr. Bens last blog post..Adrian Laws’ “Laws to Success”…You Won’t Believe Your Eyes!

  • http://www.webpreneurresources.info/WPBlog Mary Nash

    Hi Jack,
    I just saw your video and it is great and informative. The part about noisy pages struck home for me. I will rethink the clutter I have on my homepage. Your video has given me strategies to make money with my blog! Keep up the good work!

    Mary Nashs last blog post..Putting Your Internet Business On Auto-Pilot With Quality Self-Improvement PLR

  • Laurence Chilcott

    Hello Jack,
    Most informative-thank you
    To be sure I understand the process for the ‘clean page’ method,do I retain all my post pages,while creating a number of ‘pages’ without sidebarrs,so that these pages are always viewed first as the site is being loaded…..and yes,how do I ensure these pages are seen first?
    Sincerely
    Laurence,long time fan

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Laurence – you can create a page in clean format as you would any other page on your site. You ensure they are seen by referencing them in your regular posts for more information on the topic of any given page you set up this way. You also make sure the social net sees them when you’re done with them by Twittering and all the other social stuff you can do to get links to the new page.

      Put them in your navigation on the site – make sure your pages are listed in your sidebar and, if you have one, your upper navigation bar like mine (at least the important pages you want people to see and click on.)

      Finally, you can use a plugin like Cross-Linker to make sure that words throughout your blog (past posts and pages) reference and link to your new pages. If a new clean page you make is pertinent to the keyword “list building” make sure you use the Cross Linker plugin to go through your whole site and make a link out of that keyword to point them to your new page.

  • http://blogrichesautomated.com Joe Klohr

    HI Jack

    It took me a few days to go watch your video but I am glad I did!

    You always seem to amaze me on how easy blogging can be by just appling your self. Something as simple as a mini page about an affiliate product with out the side bars is a great tip in it self.

    Things like this have given me many more ideas but now you given me a reason to take more action, direct my thoughts to smaller subjects within my niche.

    I wish now I have spent more time learning more things about what you teach over at Blog$. You are a wealth of information Jack and many thanks for your dedication to Blog$.

    Cheers

    Joe Klohr

    Joe Klohrs last blog post..Keyword Research Tools You Can Use To Find Your Niche

  • http://www.vetlocator.com Linda Ferguson

    Thanks for sharing this Jack. This is a great help for the work that I’m doing right now.

    The Friday traffic report rocks and I always make time to pore over it each week.

    Thanks again!
    Linda

  • http://lsvirtualassistant.com Lisa Santos

    Jack, that was a great video. I’m not even sure how I even got to it but I’m glad I did! =) You really pointed out some great tactics that I may implement in one of my blog. Thanks for putting out great content.

    Lisa Santoss last blog post..Where Is The VA Industry Going?

  • stewkelly

    Hey Jack, nice video. I always wondered why I should be forced to opt-in for content that never seemed to deliver on its promise. I liked the idea of creating a mini-course that presented the visitor with valuable content. It seems this has to be more effective than opting-in for my “free” report.

  • http://expertlistbuilding.com Alex@listbuilding

    Guilty as charged Jack. I have been spending a lot of time writing good content and throwing a heck of a good party and now you tell me that I should have set up a library! ( or a meditation room!)

    Yikes

    I need to watch the film a few more times – and It would be good to see a couple of more examples of blogs set up as you suggest. Thanks for this – it is the most important bit of advice / tuition I’ve had for a long time.

    Alex

  • http://louiseallan.com Louise

    Hi Jack, very glad I followed the link to the video that Liz Tomey sent today. That was such great content in a very short time. The clean page method makes so much sense and it’s such a simple technique to implement. That’s definitely on my to-do list to try out. Thanks.
    Louise

    Louises last blog post..Michael Rasmussen’s “Email Promos Exposed” Video Series: How to Write Killer Email Promos That Get Results!

  • http://www.waytoeasyincome.com Randy Jodoin

    After watching your video I can’t wait to do some big time changes to my blog…your content was AWESOME… Thanks so much…

  • http://N/A Benjamin Wong

    DATE: Sunday, March 29, 2009
    Aloha Jack,

    Consider me as a beginner. I do not know how to write HTML code and to insert hyperlinks to other websites.
    I guess I need to build a website first, don’t I?

    • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

      Benjamin – Just starting out, all of this can seem confusing. But everyone’s been there before. I can assure you the learning is worth the trouble, and several things that seem confusing now are easy once you get into it. You can get the beginner information you need at Blog Success. Thanks for stopping in and I’d love to see your new site when you get it going!

  • http://www.electrosmart.com/Blog Nicola

    Makes a lot of sense…it seems FOCUS is the keyword in IM success. Thanks for sharing.

    Nicola

    Nicolas last blog post..New Ebook Formats Driving Ebook Growth

  • http://simplemarketingconcepts.com annette taylor

    Great video Jack I learning more and more each day fro expert bloggers like you. Cant wait until next video.

    Take Care

    annette taylors last blog post..Craiglist Driving Traffic From Backpage

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