I make a decent amount of income with this blog, but it surely isn’t $40,000 a month like John Chow claims to make from his.

Much of this is my own fault, lack of split testing offers, and not being overly concerned with churning out a profit on this site. However, after seeing this presentation below from John Chow, it sort of makes me want to focus a bit more on increasing the revenue generated around here.

Blogger and marketing expert John Chow claims to make around $40,000 a month with his blog. This video was filmed at the Vancouver Business, Marketing & Entrepreneur Meetup Group where John reveals his blog/business model.

My Blog Business Model from John Chow on Vimeo.

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If you’ve read my blog for any amount of time or keep up with me on any of the social media sites, then you’ve probably heard me mention my buddy Couch Surfing Ori a time or two.

ATTENTION: Ori wants to give you a FREE 15 minute consultation on anything you need in your business. My advice = Take him up on this offer. Please keep reading.

I first met Ori about a year ago when I invited him to surf my couch in Carlsbad California. I was about to embark on a road trip across the United States and figured prying into his brain and experience would be a worthy way to prepare myself before leaving on the trip.

ori-makes-magic

Since then, I’ve traveled to Mardi Gras with Ori and even let him stay in my La Jolla beach house while dog sitting my best friend Webber. There’s not too many people in the world whom I’d trust with my best friend for over a month.

Anyhow, when I first me Ori I didn’t know exactly what he did to make a living while on the road. The title “Couch Surfer” kind of implies lazy bum and I was curious how he kept himself afloat while going from one adventure to the next. What I learned was that Ori has some amazing skills as a photographer, Photoshop whiz, website developer, writer, problem solver and telling really stupid jokes. I mean atrociously stupid jokes. However, I’d rather hear a stupid joke than somebody bitching about their problems all the time.

And that’s one thing I like about Ori. He doesn’t bitch, whine or complain. He has a good outlook on life and has an ability to magnetize the things he needs into his world at just the right time. It can scary and dangerous from some people to live the way Ori does, but I admire his balls and determination to get the most out of life.

So, recently Ori took a trip to Mexico to see a dentist. I told him Tijuana wasn’t as safe as it used to be but he didn’t listen. And the idea of getting dental work in Tijuana seems a bit scary doesn’t it? But hey, Ori is a gambler. He even once played “Bull Poker” with a real live bull. Crazy dude.

Anyhow, Ori has some major dental bills piling up and wants to find some work to pay it off. What I admire about Ori and why I am writing this blog post is this… Instead of bitching about mounting bills and pain in his teeth, he’s just asking people what he can do to help them, so in return he can get his teeth dealt with.

He doesn’t mooch off people and is always willing to throw in a lending hand. That’s a trait that is far to uncommon nowadays.

So, Ori asked me if I knew anybody who needed some help with their business, graphics, websites or couch cushions getting too stiff? I told him I’d throw up a blog and ask my subscribers.

Ori is willing to give you a FREE 15 minute consultation to see if he can help you in any way.

His expertise is…

Photography – (He is a brilliant photographer. I mean amazing)
Graphics – (He can make any photo gleam like you never imagined)
Website Building – (It’s not his favorite thing to do, but he can build you a killer website
Problem Solving and Business Advice – (Ori is a out of the box kind of thinker. He can come up with incredible ways to help you move your business in directions you may of never thought before).

So my advice, is take up Ori on this FREE 15 Minute Consult by visiting… http://www.couchsurfingori.com/blog/remember-seven-minutes-in-heaven-this-is-way-better/

Cheers,

Jason

PS: Ori has worked with some incredible people over the last couple of years. Have a look at what they have to say about him in their own words on his blog. Click Here.

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I thought it would be a swell idea for us to collaborate on a mega list of free resources that we enjoy using online. If everyone chips in and adds their favorite free site, we will build a monster list of amazing resources that will be helpful for everyone.

So what are some of your favorite free resources online?

I’ll start by posting some places to get free images. Please post your free resources for any topic in the comment section below. Thanks

FreeDigitalPhotos.net :: Free Photos – Free Images. Royalty free photos. Thousands of royalty free photos for instant download. For commercial and non-commercial use. No registration required.
http://FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Free Images
The best free and paid royalty-free stock photo sites on the net. Clipart and Web Graphics Sites The best free and paid clipart and web graphics sites on …
http://freeimages.com

PD Photo – Free Photos And Pictures (public domain, stock pictures …
I have thousands of royalty free pictures here. Please use and enjoy them. To view the photos: Click on a category below, or use the search interface for …
http://pdphoto.org

Bigfoto.com :: Pictures Free Download
Free pictures: bigfoto.com, the royalty free photo agency offering free download of all pictures (with link or reference). See copyright for details. …
http://bigfoto.com

FreeFoto.Com :: FreeFoto.com – Free Pictures
FreeFoto.com is the largest collections of free photographs for non-commercial use on the Internet.
http://freefoto.com

Free Royalty Free Stock Photography – Home
designer portfolios. Free Royalty Free Stock Photography: Unlike other sites with free images, these are also royalty free. …
http://adigitaldreamer.com/gallery/

Free Clipart, Images, Photos, Fonts, Icons, Backgrounds
Royalty-free Photos Thematic Image directories Image Search Engines Free Image Hosting Free Animations Free Backgrounds Free Icon directories Fonts …
http://freebyte.com/clipart_images_photos_icons/

Free Stock Photos – royalty free with no usage restrictions
FREE digital photo images for web, dtp, and design. Royalty and cost free stock photos. Free stock photo library.
http://freephotos.com

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I want to follow you on Twitter. Simply follow me at http://www.twitter.com/jasonmoffatt and I’ll follow you back.

For the last couple of years I’ve refused to follow every single person that followed me on Twitter. My reason for it was because I felt it was disingenious and didn’t really display what I was truly interested in.

Many people like to say… “I have 27,000 followers on Twitter” and I say… “No you don’t”.

Just because you scrape the internet or use some Twitter mass following tool to attain more followers doesn’t mean that these people are paying any attention to you at all. It’s a very artificial number and doesn’t accurately reflect how many people really give a rats ass about what you have to say.

On the contrary, I built up a following of 7000 people without playing the reciprocal follow game and it all happened without me doing anything. These people found me on their own, or via their own automated bots. Because I’m in the marketing world, at least 4000 of those people are marketers who could probably care less about what I’m saying, but they are just trying to inflate their numbers to provide a bogus bit of social proof.

Everyone has a different way to use Twitter, and to each their own. I’ve always been fine with being a Twitter Snob and only following the people that I want. However, after hearing Tim Sanders talk about social media and Twitter the other day I decided to ease up on having a elitist attitude towards Twitter and agreed to follow back anyone that follows me.

My reasons for doing so are this…

1. I like to keep my finger on the pulse of new trends and chatter across the web. Following more people allows me to get a better idea of the markets I’m trying to serve and people I may want to connect with personally.

2. Most marketing folks have automated scripts that will unfollow me if I don’t follow them back within a few days. Now I don’t put too much worry into losing followers here and there, but I’m on a bigger mission than just to hock a few products and I’d like my messages to be seen by as many people as possible.

3. With the addition of “Twitter Lists” I can sort and aggregate the people that I truly want to stay in touch with. So the argument that following too many people dilutes the Twitter stream and I can’t see what’s going on falls a bit flat.

4. I want to reward people that follow me and pay attention to my tweets with the courtesy that I’ll attempt to pay attention to theirs. I can’t promise this for everyone, but I’m pretty good at plowing through a ton of info in record time.

Here’s the bad part of following everyone back…

1. I will now get spammed like crazy in my direct messages box. It will essentially render it useless and legitimate messages will get buried and unanswered.

2. Auto direct messages will flood in like crazy. Note to self: Turn off the email updater about direct messages. Please don’t be offended if I don’t answer direct messages. It will just be too much. I’m much better at conversing on my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/jasonmoffatt

I really hope I don’t regret this decision.

Anyhow, hit me up on Twitter if you haven’t already. My Twitter ID is at http://www.twitter.com/jasonmoffatt

Cheers,

Jason

PS: If you are already following me it may take me a week or so to follow you back. I’m trying to catch up on all the old followers but can’t add them all at once or I’ll risk getting my account suspended for adding too many people at once. If you want to speed up the process, send me a @ reply to @jasonmoffatt by clicking here and I’ll follow you back right away.

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I’ve been getting a ton of people asking me if I’m going to put out any more internet marketing related programs in the near future. The answer is YES!

I haven’t put any effort in selling my products in the year 2010 but I’m shooting for the end of September to re-release a new version of The Truth Serum. I think you’ll enjoy. Stay tuned.

My buddy Dax put together this trailer in Adobe After Affects for me. Very cool program.

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Occasionally I hear complaints from people on dial up saying things like… “I’m on dial up and can’t see your videos. You should think about us dial up users and make this available in other formats”.

Their complaints are totally valid, but is it really worth your time to worry about these dial up users?

Sometimes people live in remote places where they have no other options, but this is rare. I’m not sure about the exact amount of people using a dial up connection, but my Google Analytics sure gives me a good idea about my own user base.

In this picture I’ve attached the stats for my blog visitors this month. Notice that dial up users only make up about 1% of all the viewers.

Of course there are 3056 viewers that we have no idea what they are using but it’s safe to say that the majority of those aren’t dial up users either.

The point here is that yes it is nice to be able to cater to dial up users but doing so is probably not that profitable in most instances. Many of these users have already displayed a lack of catching up with the times, and probably aren’t in a very cash flush situation. (I know this isn’t always true, but more times than not it is).

Also, these dial up users are probably going to take up more customer support time than others as they are going to have download and viewing problems more so than someone with cable or dsl.

So is it really worth it to worry about dial up users?

I don’t lose any sleep over it. Maybe I’m being narrow minded but it seems like a waste of time and effort to optimize all my stuff just so a guy on a Commodore 64 in the middle of BFE can see my stuff.

What’s your opinion? Do you focus much time of catering to dial up users and is it really a profitable thing to do?

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The sites listed below offer royalty-free music that ranges from totally free to pay per use.  Please make sure to pay special attention to the stipulations of any Creative Commons-licensed music, as certain CC licenses require attribution to the original author or prohibit commercial use of the material.
(also checkout Garageband for Mac)

Sorry for not having each site hyperlinked but I didn’t have the time to do that. Maybe I can go back and copy the html from my joomla site and it will automatically link them together.

http://mobygratis.com :: this portion of moby.com, ‘film music’, is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short.
http://Incompetech.com :: All music on this page is provided royalty-free. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

http://jamendo.com :: On Jamendo artists allow anyone to download and share their music. It’s free, legal and unlimited.
http://openmusicarchive.org :: Open Music Archive is a collaborative project, initiated by artists Eileen Simpson & Ben White, to source, digitise and distribute out-of-copyright sound recordings. The archive is open for anyone to use and contribute to.
http://opsound.org :: Opsound is a gift economy in action, an experiment in applying the model of free software to music. Musicians and sound artists are invited to add their work to the Opsound pool using a copyleft license developed by Creative Commons. Listeners are invited to download, share, remix, and reimagine.
http://ccmixter.org :: ccMixter is a community remix site sponsored by Creative Commons
http://freesound.org :: The Freesound Project, collaborative database of creative-commons licensed sound for musicians and sound lovers. Have you freed your sound today?
http://classiccat.net :: free classical music

The following sites offer music that can be used royalty-free after a certain base fee is paid:

http://partnersinrhyme.com :: Royalty free music to download for Film, TV, Video and Websites, plus free sound effects, free music loops, free midi files and free audio software.
http://stockmusic.net :: Pay Once. Use Forever
http://royaltyfreemusic.com :: Royalty free music and stock music for production, multimedia projects, film, television, video, advertising, and on hold music applications.
http://shockwave-sound.com :: Royalty free background music, buyout music loops. Listen online, purchase on secure server, use as much as you like. Delivered by instant download
http://smartsound.com :: The world’s largest and most customizable music library
http://opuzz.com :: Royalty free music background music. Royalty free background music downloads & CDs for any usage. All buyout royalty free background music, pay once
http://digitaljuice.com (but it’s a bit spendy) :: Digital Juice is the world leader in royalty-free professional animations, stock footage, music, layered graphics, clip art, and templates.
http://stock20.com :: Broadcast Quality Royal Free Production Music *$20 Song
ebay.com :: Royalty Free music
http://instantbackgroundmusic.com :: Instantly Download Royalty Free Professional Instrumental Background Music Productions for Camtasia Video Presentations, YouTube video projects
http://musicbakery.com :: Royalty free music downloads and CD s. Download premium quality royalty free music for websites, podcasts, video & film. Features a buyout production music
http://neosounds.com :: Royalty Free Music Tracks and Loops for Video, Radio, TV and film production, Games, Flash, Presentations. Instant Downloads.
http://freeplaymusic.com :: Freeplay Music, Highest Quality Broadcast Production Music Library, Free Mp3 Music Download, See Terms Of Use, Country,Hip Hop,Rap,Techno,Song with Lyrics
http://beatsuite.com :: royalty free music library featuring thousands of production tracks, flash loops and sound effects. Preview, Purchase, Download.
http://uniquetracks.com :: Royalty Free Music provider UnqiueTracks is something different. Download from our music library and give us a listen, we have classical, sound effects
http://soundzabound.com (for schools) :: Soundzabound is the ONLY royalty free music library which meets all the licensing and technology requirements needed for education!
http://premiumbeat.com :: Royalty Free Music, professional tracks and Flash loops for website, background music, film, radio and television. Preview and download instantly.
http://productiontrax.com :: Royalty free music and sound effects library, stock footage, and stock photos. Create buyout soundtracks or download videos and photos, stock music
http://sounddogs.com :: 400000 Sound Effects and Production Music Tracks. Download WAV AIF, and Mp3 Sound Effects, Production Music, Surround Sound Effects, Sound Effects CDs
http://bbm.net :: Royalty free music from bbm.net. Thousands of royalty free music selections from professionals all over the world.
http://flyinghands.com :: Stock music and royalty free music downloads. MP3 tracks: Search, preview and buy online. Audio CDs: More tracks, better music . Instrumental royalty free
http://iamusic.com :: Royalty free music you can download online in mp3 format. Finally, that Hollywood soundtrack sound in a royalty free music library.
http://ibaudio.com :: 100% Royalty Free Music, Stock Music – A high quality music library for producers and multimedia developers. NO license hassles or cue sheets to file
http://studioloopstudio.com :: The first and finest collection of original sound effects and royalty-free music optimized for interactive media. Custom sound design and music also
http://vpdinfo.com/download.htm :: A reference site to help identify public domain songs and public domain music . . . lists of public domain music, royalty free music recordings
http://buyoutmusictracks.com :: Royalty Free Music by Alan Steward, CDs starting at $29.95, Instant Downloads, Affordable Production Library for Video, Broadcast and Multi Media
http://royaltyfree.com :: Royalty free music and buyout music for production, multimedia projects, film, television, video, advertising, music on hold, and background music
http://whitebeetle.com :: Browse our royalty free music by category or by using our Quick Search facility, make your choice and decide which format you require
http://crankcity.com :: free cd library at CrankCity. Buy Royalty Free CD collections today.
http://sound-ideas :: Sound Ideas is the world’s largest publisher of professional sound effects, royalty free production music and production elements.
http://allmusiclibrary.com :: Royalty-Free Music from All Music Library
http://studiocutz.com :: The Studio Cutz Production Music Library is a collection of the highest quality royalty free music (or buyout music) available for use in a multitude of production areas. Royalty free sound effects are available for downloads.
http://instantdownloadmusic.com :: The place to instantly purchase professional background theme music with a ‘Royalty-Free’ license delivered in high quality Mp3 format.
http://loopsound.com :: License Royalty free music Full tracks, Loops and Cuts from our stock music library. Download production music for TV, podcasts and Flash web sites.
http://gettyimages.com/Music :: Original music. Independent artists. Simple licensing.
http://audiosparx.com :: Celebrating 12 Years of Providing Quality Content to the Global Audio Community! Sounds are Free to Preview – Purchase to Download in WAV, MP3, AIFF, AU, or WMA Format
http://cssmusic.com :: Superb quality of royalty free buyout production music and sound effects available now. Over 300 volumes and 10000 tracks may be purchased on CD, CD-ROM
http://soundrangers.com :: The first and finest collection of original sound effects and royalty-free music optimized for interactive media. Custom sound design and music also
http://audiojungle.net :: AudioJungle is a brand new audio community serving up thousands of stock music loops and audio effects by independent authors for use in your projects.
http://musicloops.com :: Royalty Free Music Loops, Full Length Tracks and Edits, Immediate Download, Lifetime License, no ASCAP or BMI.
http://music2hues.com :: Music 2 Hues is a worldwide supplier of royalty-free production music and sound effects. With over 100 audio CD’s, and over 1000 buyout music tracks for download, we’re confident you’ll find a music track to fit your next production.
http://smartassmusic.com :: Royalty Free Music, Digital Audio, Composition, Custom Audio, Music Production and Session Musicians
http://stockmusicstore.com :: Your best source for modern high quality music
http://ntracks.com :: Your best choice for buyout music, production music and commercial background music. All clips are downloadable and royalty free.
http://massivetracks.net/royalty-free-music.htm :: Royalty Free Music, Loops, Voiceover for Immediate Download for TV, Video, Multimedia, CD, Games, Backgroundmusic, Internet, Musiclibrary
http://chrisworthproductions.com :: Royalty free music, stock music, buyout music for soundtracks, productions, video, television, websites, computer games, music on hold, and background music applications. Listen to and download music samples from our online catalogue.
http://expertaudioshop.com :: An audio professionals resource for royalty-free sound effects, production elements, sound effect downloads and sound library products. At Expert Sound Shop our product offerings include sound effects from Sound Ideas, BBC, Digiffects, Serafine and many more publishers.
http://nvmdigital.com :: NVM Digital – Library of royalty-free (copyright-free) music, photo library, books, maps, special interest CD-ROMs, Arts and Crafts from the Lakes and Dales
http://allmusiclibrary.com :: Download any royalty-free music track instantly for just $25 or less
http://search.stephenarnoldmusic.com :: We’re Artists – not Agents. All substance, no fluff. All needles, no haystack. Just real, high-quality tracks written, arranged and engineered by us. That means you’ll find what you’re looking for fast. Very fast. Save time, save sanity and save face by bringing the good music. So get in. Get the good stuff. And get out.
http://sonomic.com :: Download over 250,000 sound effects, samples and royalty free music tracks from the biggest and best libraries, including Sound Ideas, Zero-G, BBC and more.
http://studio1downloads.com :: Royalty Free Music for Downloads. Video Backgrounds, Web Templates, Graphics and Stock Photos all available as downloads. Demos online.
http://royaltyfreemusicmp3.com :: Download High quality Royalty free music, free Background Music, stock music, for video, film, TV, radio, multimedia, internet.
http://davenportmusic.com :: Royalty free music for production and music on hold – 3 CDs for $99. Buyout music CDs and instant mp3 downloads at $19.95 each. K-12 educational packages
http://notepadmusic.com :: Notepad Music – composing custom music, songs, advertising music, jingles, stock music, library music, television themes, television music.

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If there’s one thing I hear all the time about making an income with video, it’s that it’s too hard. Too time-consuming, difficult and expensive.

Listen up friend: THAT IS SO 2005!

Take Gideon Shalwick for instance. He cranks out cool videos pretty much as fast as he can think. These clips often get thousands of views and using his Video Domination Hub setup, those views also convert to signups and sales!

Sound like something you’d like to experience?

Then check out this new video Gideon just released by clicking here.

See Gideon taking you behind the scenes of his famed home studio setup, showing you everything from lighting to editing to ‘getting comfortable’ tips.

Great you say – but why would you even bother?

How about these reasons why:

1. Money

3. Instant Credibility

If that lit you up even a tiny bit inside, see just how easy Gideon has made it for you:

Watch the video here.

You know what the best part is?

This is NOT just the expert’s game.

In a couple of days I’ll show you a ‘normal person’ making a killing every month with Gideon’s exact method of Rapid Video Blogging.

Until then, take care.

Jason

PS. Here’s a hint: if you can get thousands of video views any day you like… how much can you grow your list from it during that day? Makes you think huh! Gideon’s done all the thinking and all the doing, so if you haven’t already, download his complimentary report
on the infamously effective Rapid Video Blogging method and check out this new video…

Check out Gideon’s Video

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Affiliate marketers can be a smart, devious and deceptive bunch. Last night I ran into a particularly clever affiliate marketing hustle using a Craigslist rental scam.

Make sure to never give your personal info to people on Craigslist without first verifying the people and listings are totally legit. This posting was definitely not legit and I show you how I know in this video below.

If you see people doing this type of stuff the first thing to do is flag it on Craigslist. Then, try to find out their affiliate ID if at all possible. Then you have to find the affiliate network that is running the CPA offer. Hopefully they actually have some ethics and don’t condone this type of behavior from their affiliates. Most legit networks will suspend the offending affiliate and cancel any due commissions.

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I love people that are hustlers. Those that are willing to get in the trenches and do the hard work necessary to make things happen. Those that don’t make excuses but instead do whatever it takes to get the job done.

jmo & unstrappd-crew

The Unstrappd crew have gained my admiration for the exact same things I just mentioned above. A group of 7 guys and one gal (Gabe Strom, Bradley Will, Arthur Tubman, Chris & Vanessa Record, Kyle Garrett, Russell Yermal and Ben Dixon) moved from across various parts of the country to come together and create a social media company like no other.

A few months ago I stopped by their San Clemente mansion and had a chance to hear their vision and goals. What these guys are attempting to put together is quite special. And it’s pretty sweet that they are filming it as a reality show called Unstrapp’d so you can watch along.

There are three main reasons for me making this blog post.

1. The Unstrappd crew wants to give you a FREE BLOG! Yes, I said free.

If you’re anything like me, you have no clue how to upload and tweet a WordPress blog. Yep, I’m a total dunce when it comes to stuff like that. I always pay someone else to do it for me. Fortunately for you, the Unstrappd guys will build you a blog for FREE!

All you have to do is click here and follow the instructions to get your free blog.

2. Episodes of the reality show Unstrappd on YouTube.

Their episodes of Unstrappd on You Tube are definitely worth a watch. I’ve included the trailer for their show and links to each of the episodes below.

You can see the rest of the episodes below…

Episode 1 of Unstrappd
Episode 2 of Unstrappd
Episode 3 of Unstrappd
Episode 4 of Unstrappd
Episode 5 of Unstrappd
Episode 6 of Unstrappd
Episode 7 of Unstrappd
Episode 8 of Unstrappd

3. Become an affiliate and make simple commissions for just giving away a free blog.

If you’d like to be an affiliate and promote a dead simple offer of giving away a free blog, here’s what you need to do.

Just click here to sign up as an affiliate and you’ll get all the info you need from Ben Dixon.

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