Money doesn’t grow on blog trees. Money does however, come from the fruit those blog trees produce.

Instead of me telling you where the money is to be found on the internet (which I have done before, but only a few heard what I was saying), I’m going to propose a bit of a project to get all our minds working.

After reading several of my favorite blogs this morning, I realized one thing, most everyone is telling how to make the money once you decide on your niche, but so few are telling you how to arrive at the profitable niche in the first place.

With so many blogs about blogging making their way onto the scene, I can only venture to guess that many think that’s where the money is made. If that’s what you’re thinking – STOP! Right now! It’s not where the money is made. In fact, my blogs about blogging generate less than 5% of my entire monthly revenue each month.

Go back to the drawing table, put together some ideas of what you think might be a profitable niche and share those ideas with us. In exchange, I’m hoping you’ll get enough feedback from myself and my readers, that you can establish a nice profitable niche for yourself.

Can you tell the difference between the people who are blogging for profit and those who are blogging for passion?

Perhaps there are some who are blogging for passion that happened to turn into profit?

So here’s a thought –

If money comes from the fruit that blogs produce, what kind of fruit will you be marketing?

Where do YOU think the profitable niches are?

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

My Comment Commitment: If you leave an approved comment on any of my posts, I will visit your blog and “share it” in some way whether on StumbleUpon, Twitter or Facebook depending on if I can find a nice fit.

Originally posted 2009-10-12 00:33:46.

Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of participating in several interviews. One of the most common questions I’m asked was also asked by well known names in the affiliate marketing world.

There’s really no major secret to my online success really, a simple search of my name reveals darn near everything — including the niche topics I focus on. In much the same fashion as the famed blogger, Darren Rowse, I’ve chosen to take the same approach in not over talking my niche too much.

If you’re one of the few interested in knowing the various ways I monetize my blogs, you can find all those ‘not so secret secrets’ revealed on my My Money Makers page.

I’ll keep that page updated with changes to my monetizing status — if I add a program, it will be listed. If I find one is just not working for me anymore, I’ll remove them. Occasionally I will share a glimpse inside the actual profits and share what I am making and with what.

I truly have nothing to hide and hope to share what I’ve learned along the way with anyone who would like to work from home, so if you have a question you’d like answered, please don’t hesitate to ask!

K?

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

My Comment Commitment: If you leave an approved comment on any of my posts, I will visit your blog and “share it” in some way whether on StumbleUpon, Twitter or Facebook depending on if I can find a nice fit.

Originally posted 2009-10-14 23:46:41.

A few weeks ago, I picked up a copy of The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferris. I’m taking my time to read the book, process what Tim’s trying to teach, but so far, I’m very pleased with what I’ve picked up.

I’m interested in hearing if anyone else has read it, what they thought and how they might have implemented some of Tim’s lessons into their own work week.

In the same visit to Barnes and Noble, I picked up a copy of Secrets of Millionaire Moms and Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich: 75 Avoidable Mistakes Women Make with Money for the business and entrepreneurial aspects and just for fun, I also picked up No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog – which by the way is a must read for every blogger.

I’m going through one of those phases where my brain feels like a sponge. The more I learn, the happier I am. So while the iron is piping hot, I was hoping some of you could point me in the direction of your own must reads — at least where online business, blogging and making money online are concerned.

So, What’s on your book self?

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

My Comment Commitment: If you leave an approved comment on any of my posts, I will visit your blog and “share it” in some way whether on StumbleUpon, Twitter or Facebook depending on if I can find a nice fit.

Originally posted 2009-10-14 11:00:00.