Choosing a hosting provider is one of the most difficult decisions that a webmaster must make. This is obvious by the large number of people who are always on the prowl for a new hosting company. Luckily, I chose BlueHost the first time around, and they have been great since day one.
There are two things about BlueHost that really appeal to me. First off, their customer service team is unlike none other. Personally, I love their live chat feature which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The great thing about the BlueHost live chat is that the representative will answer just about any question you ask; within reason of course. In fact, I have asked questions in the last week that have more to do with WordPress and less to do with hosting, and the rep was more than happy to answer my inquiry.
Additionally, BlueHost uptime has to be among the best in the industry. While I do not have any stats on this, I can tell you one thing. As far as I know, this blog has never seen any downtime. And if it has, it has only been for a few minutes here or there.
If you are looking for a new hosting solution, or want to start your own blog, BlueHost is the way to go. For me, it does not get any better than top notch customer service combined with near 100 percent uptime!
After being rejected by PayPerPost a couple months back, I have finally been accepted. The problem before was that ChrisBlogging was not yet old enough to qualify under PayPerPost standards.
So what now? I am contemplating on how much I want to use PayPerPost related posts on this blog. There are two sides of this story from where I am sitting.
On the positive side, PayPerPost gives the opportunity to make some extra money. In fact, my PayPerPost dashboard shows the top earners so far for September. The top earner has made $990.17 through the first 14 days of September. The tenth highest earner has pulled in $530.50. Of course, these are the top bloggers who put a lot of time into the PayPerPost opportunities. But with that being said, it does show what type of potential exists.
The downside of making sponsored posts is that they will take up space on my blog. And the question is: will this bother readers? Since I plan on at least giving PayPerPost a try, I have come up with an idea on how to combat this. As you probably know, I post at least once a day. And this one non-sponsored post is not going to be effected by my PayPerPost opportunities. In other words, I will always write at least one post per day that has nothing to do with what PayPerPost is offering.
It will be interesting to see what PayPerPost does to my traffic stats as well as how much money I can earn. For me, a few hundred dollars a month without losing traffic would be worth my time. I’ll keep you guys and gals posted!
Even though I have only been running Google AdSense on this blog for a week or so, I wanted to give everybody an update on how the advertising program is performing. Generally speaking, the results are pretty much just what I had expected based on my placement and traffic. Since I have used AdSense in the past I kind of had an idea of what the situation of this blog would bring.
As you probably know, AdSense is not a steady program. In other words, you could get 20 clicks one day and just a handful the next. To add to this, 20 clicks on day one could earn you $4 and the next only $2. It all depends on what ads are being served, and of course, what ads are being clicked on.
So what am I earning each day from AdSense you may ask? Again, this is only an approximation, but my earnings are usually in the $2 to $4 range. No, this is not a lot of money, but it does add up by the end of the month.
I am hoping to do two things to improve my AdSense earnings. 1. Increasing traffic should at the very least give me a chance to increase my income. 2. Tweaking my ads, such as color and placement, will also put me in a better position to succeed.
It is easy to get frustrated with AdSense because unless you have loads of traffic you are not going to make a full-time income. But with that being said, it is a nice program that will help you to earn more and more as your traffic increases.
