About once every other day I get a question about the AdSense Check in my Gallery. I originally posted the check in this thread. Its most visited page on shoemoney.com (behind the main page course) with 1-2k unique visits per day.
So just going through the 120 emails or so in the last year on the subject I will answer questions-
The site is nextpimp. The name was kind of a joke at first… next-pimp like pimp out your nextel phone. It started as a wallpaper site for nextel phones which grew into ringtones and other stuff. All content is 100% user generated.
At the time my expenses were 1 server @ 299$ per month for hosting. I would say atleast 130k was profit.
None of it was pay per click. Back then I did not know anything at all about pay per click.
About 70% of the traffic was direct 15% from search engines and 15% from referrals.
About 75k uniq per day.
Back then Google did not do wire transfers for amounts of $10,000.00
Yes.
Can you show the full month report from AdSense for that month?
Sure.
and here is the full month report: (I have permission from Google to display this in my blog and in my presentations. Please check with Google before you disclose any of your reporting)
Last week Pam had almost 20,000 views on her “week in SEM” video. Wonder where this one will end up!
This week in SEM Pam talks about:
Site Architecture and link building
Open Social
Love your IT guy, or at least pretend to
Quit spamming me for diggs - R Kelley
XML-Sitemaps.com allows webmasters to enter the url of their site, and an xml-sitemap is generated for you to submit to Google. This is a great tool for all of the web developers out there.
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I was getting caught up with Joel Comm’s Next Internet Millionaire. The guest guru today was Perry Marshall. Perry was talking about guerilla marketing and broke down the various techniques companies use.
One of his examples was Cosmo magazine and how they put more time and thought into the cover of their magazine then any other part. He showed the final 3 people and asked them what they thought:
He told the users not to mince words but to say what stood out. Contestant Jaime Luchuck started to blurt out her boobs and Perry jumped in and said “A BIG SET OF TITS”. He then went on to explain how they do this because you cant possibly pass by this magazine without stopping and looking at those boobs.
I don’t really know Perry Marshall very well but I thought this was one of the most interesting gurus so far on the show. I really like when people break down marketing and keep it real.
The task in this episode was to give away movie tickets to a free showing of “Over The Hedge” which was showing at the county fair. I think this was a great episode and the contestants came up with some great ideas.
In the end someone is eliminated and its down to the final 2 people. I dont want to spoil it for you go watch it now
When it comes to money you probably want the biggest piece of the pie if not the whole pie. There is nothing wrong with it and I would even go as far as saying that if your first instinct isn’t to obtain the full pie then there is something wrong.
However, because of this attitude it seems that many people are running their businesses solo these days. It could end up working out for you but here are some reasons why you may want to consider finding a business partner:
1. Being solo all the time can get depressing, especially when you are starting out. Having a business partner will allow you to motivate each other and hopefully keep the business moving forward at a rapid pace.
2. You are not a jack-of-all-trades, so you need to find someone who can fill in where you lack. Just look at Shoemoney and Dillsmack. Shoe is a great marketer and Dillsmack is a great programmer. Because they both specialize in what they do best, they are able to crank out successful products like AuctionAds,
3. Networking is one of the things that is necessary for most businesses to be successful. Even if you are extremely talented, knowing other people that can help you is essential. The great thing about bringing in a business partner is that they may have a new network that you can tap into to grow your business.
4. What you think is a killer idea may not be a smart idea. If you are running a business solo, you are more likely to do stupid things since you don’t always have somebody you trust and believe to run things by. With a business partner you can both bounce ideas off of each other and figure out what is really worth pursuing.
5. Timing is essential when it comes to success. A good way to get things out faster is to add employees, but when you are starting out this can be expensive. For this reason it is wise to add a business partner so that you can get things out faster.
Hopefully this helps convince you that you need a business partner. If you have a business partner, care to share how you have found it valuable or invaluable?
When Google first went IPO I remember calling up my father-in-law and telling him I wanted to buy $250,000.00 worth of stock. He thought i was crazy… really crazy… He went on to explain to me how stocks worked and how overrated GOOG was even at its opening price of $100.01.
Well now its years later and I still have that stock and its up over $700 per share. I am holding tight. I still don’t know anything about stocks but one thing I do know
Google Gets It.
They learned by watching Microsoft just how far you can push before you are broken up by the government. Google knows where its bread is buttered… Its all about putting as many ads in front of people as possible.
Where Google is smart is they never actually own any of the products that make them the most money. For instance Firefox. Google makes a philanthropic donation to Mozilla for 200+ million dollars. Googles “donation” to Mozilla actually accounts for 80-90% of THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MOZILLA’S funding (depending on what report you read).
So what does Google get for this philanthropic gesture? Well nothing “officially”. I have made the claim that the reason Google is the default search engine on Firefox is because Google is funding them so much but Firefox developers commented on my post saying they only use Google because “its what the users want”. I am sure they would switch to Yahoo “if the users wanted it”. Regardless of Yahoo’s zero donation to Mozilla compared to Googles 200m+… ya right
So a while back when people said Google was coming out with the Google Computer I was like ya WHATEVER Google will never have their own branded PC. It does not make sense for Google to be in the hardware business. Remember where there bread is buttered? Ya from Advertising… not from making gadgets.
What would make sense and be Google’s style? Well making all the applications web based where people would be required to have a Google Account to use but keep them free. Basically make a office suite and a email program but throw ads at people instead of charging them for use.
Well now ladies and gents I present the unofficial Google PC at Walmart for only $200 It comes equiped with the G-OS with full integration for Google’s web based applications. It also is fully integrated with Google maps and Google411.
So now there is buzz about the Google telephone. IMO Google will not release the telephone. Its just not there style. BUT they might fund the operating system on the phone and build all the applications on the phone in order to control all the mobile advertising. Because after all Google is… A advertising company.
Sometime last year I got our attorneys working on filing to trademark several things that we hold. Every thing from ShoeMoney to clickshield to nextpimp and other items.
On September 25 2007 we received notice from the United States Patent and Trademark office that our trademark for SHOEMONEY had been approved:
Now we could always legally have gone after people who infringed on our trademark but one thing that always bugged me was the PPC Trademark bidding. Everytime I did a search for ShoeMoney all these jerk off companies would come up that were trying to make a buck off of my brand and that bugged me. (I am such a hypocrite at the same time as I do a lot of trademark bidding on the other end).
So now that we got our shiney new registered trademark I thought I would give it a test run and file with Google. I filled out this form and today I received this from the Google Adwords Team. (still waiting to hear from Microsoft and Yahoo but really do they matter? )
Its cool when you fill out the Google Adwords form for your trademark because you can give it Google Adwords Account ID’s that you give permission to use your trademark (like mine).