Yesterday was a huge day in history. As you all know, the World Most Famous Man, Michael Jackson aka The King of Pop died. Man…ain’t that some sh*t. I guess everybody has got to go someday. So what’s this post about? Well, in all respect to Michael Jackson this blog has to see the “Get Money” perspective of everything.

Keeping your head during the storm..

When I heard that Michael Jackson died my first reaction was to get on Twitter, and then on Facebook, and Wikipedia etc etc. I was one of the early birds when it came to finding out. Five minutes later I realized…this is a get money opportunity. I rushed to GoDaddy.com…ripmichaeljackson.com and other domains had already been registered. I was like surprised at how fast people think. So my next move was to try something I’ve never done before – Pay Per Click.

I had a free $25 coupon for Adwords that I got for signing up with Hostgator so I used it and added another $25 dollars myself. Then I went on Amazon.com and found some affiliate links to Michael Jacksons Greatest Hits and proceeded to run an AdWords campaign. Now, remember i’ve never done this before so I just set it up to the best of my ability (I was learning on the spot). Since it was a worldwide phenomenon I thought I’d run a campaign in the United Kingdom.

Anyways, I got a bunch of clicks but not as many conversions as I should have or could have. I didn’t make a profit but didn’t lose too much so it was a great learning experience and definitely got me more interested in PPC. Yesterday while I was doing this a friend of mine told me, “you like to take a lot of risks don’t you?” No rain, no rainbows – no risk, no reward. Next time something big goes down, while everybody’s spreading the gossip, make sure you’re getting the cake. I know I will be.

Anyways, courtesy of ArthurPledger.com – Inspiration in the form of MJ.

I came over Clixsense the other day…actually a few months ago and took a little interest in it. It seems easy, you know the type hustle for people who don’t like to do much work. I didn’t really get too much into for the sole reason that I actually felt like it didn’t pay enough, and that with my time spent elsewhere I could make more money.

With Clixsense all you’re doing is visiting advertisers ads, browsing them, waiting for a clock to count down to zero, and once it’s hit zero you get the money credited to your account. It sounds a little too easy to actually make substantial money with. There are premium Clixsense accounts and regular Clixsense accounts. With the premium Clixsense accounts you’ve shown that you can purchase online which makes you (a premium user) more valuable to the advertiser thus giving you the opportunity to view more ads and earn more money.

Clixsense also has a little affiliate program that you can mess with. I haven’t really even tried promoting Clixsense due to a lack of time and concentrating on other projects. But if you’ve tried Clixsense or plan on trying Clixsense let me know if you can actually make money doing it.

All the Clixsense proof pics I’ve found have been pretty low income. Seems like something to do if you’re a kid maybe looking for some extra change but a hustle is a hustle – whether it makes a penny or a dime.

Let me know what y’all think….

I recently switched Hosting providers and I’m glad I made the move because before I didn’t feel like I had complete control over my sites and now I do. Someone told me that HostGator was doing 1 cent hosting on the Baby Packages for the first month and after that $9.95 a month  so I knew I couldn’t pass up on that hot deal.

I mean I got unlimited sites and bandwidth and all that good stuff so resources isn’t an issue and I used to host with them before so it’s solid I honestly have no complaints.

So if you get a chance be sure to take advantage of the deal at HostGator using the coupon code: WordPress

Oh and I started trading with my real FOREX account. I know I wasn’t supposed to but I made 50 bucks? Cool.

Expression Engine is hot. It’s hot because it’s different. It’s a WordPress alternative. Do I like it more than WordPress? Couldn’t tell ya because I’ve never used it.

If you check out their showcase gallery you’ll notice some real beautiful blogs have been made using their platform. I’m a WordPress head…I use it for everything but I always love checking out alternatives just to see what the competition is offering. 

I read a post somewhere how Expression Engine is easier to work with than WordPress when you get all into the code and what not but I’m far from a professional on that topic so I think I’ll pass on talking about that. 

Expression Engine is packed with great features and has an affiliate program for those trying to advertise something new and different. I haven’t signed up for that yet. Similar to another WordPress alternative, SquareSpace, Expression Engine is not completely free.

They do have a free module but it seems to have a lot less than their other mudles which you can check out on their Pricing Page. I think the mere fact that WordPress is what puts them ahead of the competition. I would never leave WordPress and I know many other bloggers that ar with me on that.

Unfortunately, this isn’t a paid review…So EE people pay me whenever you get the chance.

I’ve mentioned a few times that I planned on getting into affiliate marketing sometime soon so like I always do I wanted to give an initial review of the service that I’ve received so far. You may not have heard of them and I don’t really know if they’re nw but you should definitely check out T3 Leads out.

If an affiliate network doesn’t have great suupport it’s always a hassle working with them but these guys have nothing to worry about as they have it covered. Their support service is top notch and the one little kink I had was ironed out within a matter of minutes. If their support isn’t available they alsoo have a community which you can find at forum.t3leads.com

Most of their offers have to do with financial things – payday loans, tax debt, mortgage loans and insurance. If you can find the right place to promote these you could definitely make some extra cash.

They also provide a bunch of promotion tools which will definitely affect your conversion rates for the better.  Once you’ve reached 300 bucks with them you’re eligible for an ePassport card but..I’m not there yet.

Anyways – be sure to check them out and let me know what you think. http://www.t3leads.com

Introducing Twittad – make money by using your Twitter background as advertising space. Now, I don’t exactly know how they calculate how much your Twitter accounts value. Maybe they can find how much traffic your page gets or your Twitter PR or something. It seems like an alright idea and I’ll probably give it a shot.

The earnings probably won’t pay your rent but can probably get you a few burger a month, or maybe just pay for your coffee in the mornings. It’s free to sign up and they also have an affiliate program so you can make money while you advertise. It’s a win-win, whats there to lose besides your Twitter background.

Check them out @ http://www.twittad.com

Now that I’m injured and taking a break from the field. I’m sitting at home more and more everyday and learning so much through the people I encounter online. I love Adsense – I’m writing an E-Book on “How To Get Paid Using Adsense” (look out for it) – Adsense is my favorite source of income and at times, surprisingly, it’s my only source of income. But as the title says, the Adsense hustle is not for everyone.

The thing about the Adsense hustle is that in most cases unless you have an extremely high traffic site – you won’t make too much. Another thing that determines how much you make are the ads that show up on your website – is your website/blog in a high paying niche. That is definitely something that you should look into before you create your site, especially if you’re looking to make money off of it.

Other niches such as the weight loss and skin care niches, people say that affiliate products are better to advertise with those. Those are said to be the “desperate buyers” markets. I’m so fat – I’ll buy any product just to see if it works! (their mentality supposedly). I don’t know if that’s completely true. And to me anyways, most desperate markets are saturated.

When I choose a Niche – I like to think outside the box. People say write about what interests you, of course that’s a plus, but what if you’re interested in mongolian cow manure- see how far that’s going to get you. Anyways, you don’t want to be too far outside of the box, but you want to be borderline, something that a lot of people are interested in OR something that a lot of people WILL be interested in. Something that you could possibly top the search engines on. Think AHEAD of the game.

You’d be surprised one blog topping the search engines for a keyword can get you more money than 10 blogs on the second page.

Now that I’m done with finals, my hands are officially unbound for the next couple of weeks. Once I fulfill a couple of these orders from my business, I’ll be experimenting with new hustles that I’ve been thinking up. I’m ALWAYS thinking. You are as smart as any businessman out there, you just have to unleash your mind. Make a dollar, a million times.

I have a few ideas which seem ridiculous but I’m going to list out 2 ideas I thought of today for you and document my progress with them through this blog. And you can see if they work, or if I fail. I promise you I’ll make a couple bucks at least though.

Ideas:

I’ll let you know how it goes. And for the future – I’m going to put some basic information soon so you can set up your own blog so I can read about what YOU have to say.