Archive for the ‘Business Building’ Category

May 17

Dave and Jay is not the most successful make-money-online blog, we’re probably not even in the top 100. We’re just another nameless face awash in the sea of thousands of others just like us, trying to stand out from the crowd.
The biggest struggle for a blog like ours, something we wrestle with quite often, […]

May 16

When you finally decide to monetize your website with any sort of ad program, the first thing you need to do is sit down in a quiet room and really think about your website.
Who visits your website?
In order to maximize your income, you need to know who is going to see it. For the most […]

May 09

Our First EasyByDesign Sale!

2007 at 9:35am | by Dave

As you may or may not know, depending on how long you’ve been reading (because we haven’t talked about it in quite some time), EasyByDesign is one of our newest business ventures. It’s part of our overall strategy to diversify our income and avoid being dependent on one set of Internet properties for our […]

May 08

Struggling with Focus

2007 at 11:21am | by Jay

I have to admit, these past few weeks I’ve been having a real hard time staying focused. It’s not that I’m not doing any work, in fact I spent a lot of my birthday working on the BEP-Fan galleries and other stuff around the sites…
The problem is, right now there are so, so many sites […]

Apr 27

When Do You Monetize a Blog?

2007 at 5:19am | by Dave

When browsing our blog to read the latest comments we have about online business, you have probably noticed that our blog is clear of any sort of advertisement, other than the occasional affiliate link. We decided when we started this blog that we wouldn’t put any advertisements up until we started getting decent traffic.
Originally when […]

Apr 24

As you probably know, Jay and I are in a partnership developing sites; I usually try to get him involved in anything I’m doing online because we generally have the most success when we work together. The only reason he’s not involved in my latest project is because he didn’t like the start-up costs of […]

Apr 18

More Help With Content Writing

2007 at 7:04am | by Dave

Yesterday, Jay talked about a service for tracking content updates to make it easier to see when there is new content to report on. When he says we have problems updating content, he really means, “Dave has problems updating content.” I have had a tough time keeping the site I’ve been tasked with updated. […]

Apr 16

Content, Content, Content

2007 at 6:59am | by Dave

This past weekend, we had our first post-200 visit day on Saturday since we started actively posting and promoting this blog at the beginning of March. Our growth has been almost completely free of cost, as we’ve been focusing on guerrilla tactics for traffic building; we’ve been able to have a fairly high retention rate […]

Apr 12

Importance Of Back Link Scans

2007 at 12:00pm | by Jay

As someone interested in online business, I’m quite sure you’re sick of hearing about the importance of links -  unfortunately, this article will bring you no comfort!
Okay, so you’ve picked out a nice little niche to develop a site for, you’ve got a list of keywords you want to rank for, and you’re ready to […]

Apr 11

Part 1 - Part 2
In Part 1, we covered the basics of why flipping websites was a good way to get into the business, and in Part 2, we discussed how to protect yourself when making a purchase. Today we will talk about what kinds of websites you should be looking for when starting out, […]