10 Reasons Why Agloco is Booming February 13, 2007
Posted by The Probabilist in : [Articles], Business, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Goals, Wealth, Work, Assets, Blogging , 4 comments1. It’s free
You just can’t compete with free. However, the psychology of free often works against you since many people are cynical enough to believe that nothing that doesn’t cost you any money can’t be a profitable idea. It does cost you time and effort to build up a decent network, but you can’t lose money in the process. So yes, it doesn’t take money to make money.
2. The web 2.0 assists you
Have you noticed how dominant the Agloco effect has been on blogs and forums? More and more bloggers sign up and use their blogs as leverage to get readers to sign up, which is a good idea no matter what you blog about. This shouldn’t be a discouragement to those of you who don’t have a blog of your own though, since the social web 2.0 was predictably bound to be the center of innovation where the agloco effect blasted out from. There’s plenty of room left since the viewbar hasn’t even launched yet.
3. It’s easy
You get a referral url and give it to everyone you know. In other words, it’s a no brainer. But as a reality check, if you want people to join your network with a higher probability and a higher degree of dedication, you need to be descriptive, to the point and keep the hype level down. I haven’t told a single person how much you can make from this, because I’d rather keep it real and stick to the current facts.
4. It’s useful
It’s surprising that many don’t even consider the option that having the viewbar on the bottom of your browser can be useful to you in getting new information like movie trailers, anti-fraud utilities and a search engine. I might as well never minimize it and use it all the time instead of the 5 hours per month.
5. It’s a challenge
This one fits me very well. I like the challenge of having a concept at my hands that has virtually no downside effects to it. Because of this, I can freely attempt my very best at building my referral network as far as I can because it has my 100 % recommendation behind it.
6. It generates passive income
I always liked the idea of doing the job once (create a system) and then let that network or system create revenue from that point onward with less and less effort. In other words, you also start to realize what kind of a mind-set rich people have about making money. I just love having assets like this one.
7. It’s less work than other viable options
Granted, those that already have an existing, big and promising network before they start promoting, have a head start. But I don’t belong to that group and I’m still seeing much better performance than when I did e.g. network marketing. Just spread the word to anyone who spends some time on the web and give the heads up of what’s going on to those who have turned passive.
8. It’s not obtrusive
One of the reasons network marketing is frowned upon is because the network marketers are too hype-driven, obtrusive, obnoxious and whatnot. With Agloco, you just tell them these ten reasons to join and let them be if they don’t care. There’s no point beating a dead horse over it if that’s the case.
9. It makes you think creatively
Ever since I joined, I’ve found myself sporadically thinking of how I can increase, improve and optimize my performance in building my network. One of those sessions spawned the idea to create my own Agloco banner (468 x 60). You’ll see it in action at the bottom of this post. For using it on your own website, I only ask that you social bookmark this post.
10. It’s too easy
This isn’t much of a positive thing, but it does explain why Agloco has spread like wildfire. People sign up and then forget about it. Which means that with all the referral links found everywhere, sometimes people sign up even when they don’t even know what Agloco is. It’s the 90/10 rule in action. So the question is, do you want to belong to the 10% of people who make 90% of the money from this opportunity or not?
Join the Agloco network and stay updated on this blog.
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Why You’re Obliged to Make Money from Your Blog February 7, 2007
Posted by The Probabilist in : [Articles], Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Purpose, Studies, Assets, Blogging , 71 commentsI bet this statement doesn’t resonate very well with some bloggers, but this is how I view it. If you’re not making any money from your blog, then you’re not being true to your own value. Before you bash me for being an evil capitalist, hear me out and you’ll come to understand why I want to see ads on your blog.
I’ve been holding a weekly carnival to help people get some exposure to their blogs and in the process I’ve had the privilege of reading plenty of excellent articles and finding promising blogs that I’ve enjoyed browsing through. However, some of them will undeniably be gone or idle by this time next year and the main reason is that they do it part time and generate very little income from their blog - if any.
These are the people that update their blogs at snail pace and publish a new post 2-4 times per week. If they had the common sense to do their best in realizing their blog’s true potential and make some money that they rightfully deserve, they would surely last longer and probably write 1-3 posts per day instead.
And that’s what I want to see above all else. If more bloggers realized how valuable ideas they’ve got, they would have a much greater chance to reach the positive spiral of working as a full time blogger - for everyone’s benefit. But since many decide not to untap their revenue stream, I again lose another good read because they give up. Or then the blogs don’t get updated enough because they’ve got a “real job” to deal with.
So to provide you with some details, I took a look at 50 blogs that are familiar to me and categorized their income potential into four groups.
To the right is the percentage breakdown of how well the bloggers are using ads on their websites. Only two showed that they had thoroughly thought about how and where to place their money magnets. They also understand to use more than one ad format (mostly banners and text ads) to add a more diverse mix to their blog. And most of all, the ads fit perfectly and are sure to reach nearly maximum potential.
The blogs that I considered doing a fairly good job were the rest that used more than one ad format, but had either placed them in cold spots, picked slightly off-topic ads or made them stand out too much. They are on the right track, but could use some additional tweaking or blending.
Bad results are definitely seeing those who decided to rely on only one ad format and who also placed very few ads, in poor locations or that fit very badly in the overall layout of the blog. For those 36 out of 50 blogs that use ads, 22 use only one ad format and 14 use more than one (of which the majority relies on two formats).
However, the blogs that I’m most sceptical about were the 14 that didn’t (yet) run any ads or other forms of income generating means. And some of them are downright excellent reads. There are of course a few valid points that counterattack this small study/observation.
Firstly, these are mostly upcoming blogs that only have a few months of experience under their belts, so a couple of the bloggers may still be in the phase of contemplating how to make their monetizing move. Secondly, as they still don’t have a great reader base, the really good advertising programs aren’t available because of the low traffic. But there are plenty of options to choose from even if nobody has heard of your blog yet. There will be a future entry specifically outlining how to choose, use and place ads later on in this blog. So stay updated.
If you’re concerned about losing readers by putting up ads then think again. There are plenty of visitors like me who hold an advertising blog that supports its blogger in much higher regard than a blog that gets updated twice a week because it doesn’t pay a single bill. Another good reason to put some ads on your blog is that you’ll get another indicator for yourself of how valuable you and your entries are to the world. I’m hard pressed to write a review of a blog if it doesn’t indicate that it takes this work seriously, because nobody likes dead links or obsolete posts on their blogs.
All work, even if it doesn’t feel like work, should be paid for. So would you please start making (more) money from your blog so that you free up time to write more entries?
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
