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Hello everyone, and welcome to 2009!

I know I have already made a post or two in January but I haven’t actually said hello or happy new year…

Well the name of this post is actually quite serious and something I have needed to address for some time. Well good ol Joe over at ImWithJoe.com reviewed my blog from the contest I took part in over at SuzanneFranco.com.

Joe always puts his own twist on things and he did that with the review of my blog as well (gotta love him though, he is totally original). Anyways here is the post if you want to see the video or whatever.

Well in the video he asked what the name Infected By Bugs means since it really has nothing to do with Internet Marketing or anything of that nature.

Well Joe, the problem is simple. When I started blogging just over 1 year ago I had no idea what to do nor what was actually important, so I picked a domain name that I could easily remember and probably never forget. At the time I did not know I was going to start an internet marketing blog but the name stuck and it has become one of the quickest growing and most useful internet marketing blogs out their.

I am no Tyler Cruz or John Chow but maybe someday I could hit 1,000 + subscribers who in turn help me make money by brining in continued banner renewals like my pals over at NetKilx!

My goal has always been and always will be until I reach it to make $500/mo with this blog off various advertising options. Heck when I first started most people told me I was dreaming if I would ever make it in the MMO niche, all those guys are probably shocked to know that I have over 600 daily rss readers and am already making about $200/mo off this blog alone (soon to go up I’m sure).

Anyways sorry to get off topic but I just felt I needed to say it!

So yeah Joe, your right. The name has nothing to do with Internet Marketing but honestly since you first heard the name Infected By Bugs have you forgotten about it? I think not and I believe its the same for many people. I mean seriously bro what the heck does Google mean?

Well that’s all I had to say today but hit me with some comments below and lets see what you think of my name!

Tags: wordpress, making money online, html

Another one bites the dust….

Well you all remember that I post monthly earnings updates right? Well this is no different and I am actually a tad disappointed in myself for what I earned this month, granted I took off two weeks for vacation but I was really hoping to do better then I did. Here is the small breakdown list.

Apparel Store CubeCart Skin = (Second Half Sent) = $175
ColdGaming.com CubeCart Skin = (Second Half Sent) = $125
NetPartner 125 x 125 Banner = $20
NetKlix 125 x 125 Banner Renewal = $20
Tbs-Tz Reviews (7) = $90.00
Last Months ReviewMe Reviews = $85.00
ColdGaming Banners = $100
TextLink Ads = $72.81
CC3 - CC4 Koi Skin Upgrade = $85.00
BzImage Blog Reviews (1) = $25.00

Total = $797.81.00

The goal I had set for myself online this month was $1400.00 As you can see I only made just over half that much!

While some would be shocked at my complaining I need to in order to get over the hump and try harder next month to not only beat $1400 but my goal is to reach $2000.00 in January 2009.

I do however want to say a special thankyou to Netklix for continuing to renew their banner on IBB! They have showed real support and I hope you all do as well by visiting there site! You can buy your own 125 x 125 on this blog by clicking advertise here on the right sidebar

God Bless, I hope you all did well this month and be sure and post your totals to me below!

Tags: wordpress, html, monetizing blogs

When it comes to making money from home most people instantly assume its all online. However this post should change your mindset about it and hopefully spark you with some more ways to make money from home!

Ebay- People don’t seem to realize just how powerful selling on ebay can be. There are so many ways to make money from ebay I could not even list them all but a couple I have done myself are buying old stuff and selling it for more then I paid, baseball card selling, cloth sales, collecting stamps, rare coin sales and more!

Affiliates- Affiliate marketing is a BIG way that people make money online, all you ever hear about is how these mmo blogs are making money from affiliates and the impression you get is that there MMO blog is what is selling these affiliate products when in actuality these mmo bloggers have other sites / blogs which do all the affiliate selling for them. Its a big miss conception that I even fell into myself!

Writing Services- Services are a great way to make money from home, you don’t even have to be the best writer in the world. As long as you can spell decently and have decent sentence structure you can get a job writing. Try searching google for freelance writing and see what comes up, I know several writers who do full time work and make a killing at Writing Services!

Blog Writers - Like above there are people and companies who may want to hire you to write on their blogs. You can check out the ProBlogger Job Boardfor anything new that may come along. There are a lot of great opportunities for everyone out their, don’t miss this chance!

If you found any of these useful or if you have one I should add to the list simply comment below and I’ll get it up!

Tags: html, blog, seo blog

For a really long time internet marketers and big business men have told the tale of how they got started, nearly all of them had a lemonade stand at some point and time that they learned how to make successful which in turn taught them about success, failures and of course how to make that green dough!

Well today I first wanted to ask if any of you have ever had a lemonade stand and what your results were?

I never ran a lemonade stand myself but I did have other business ventures that helped me learn a lot about business, making money, losing money and saving money as well.

However whether you ran a lemonade stand or not it does not determine your outcome as a business person or even as a blogger, its time to break out of the lemonade stand mentality and dream of something bigger.

You all remember my post last year which listed my 2009 goals, well I have begun working on them and to help the process along I have decided to create an ebook to help generate some income for this blog. I haven’t decided what the ebook will be about yet only that I will write one and sell it here on ibb for about $14.95 per copy.

If you have any ebook ideas then feel free to let me know about them and if I choose your idea I will give you a cut of each sale I make (that’s just how we roll at ibb).

The Lemonade Stand mentality for me would be giving up on IBB after one year of blogging because it did not grow in every way like I had hoped. But why would I want to do that? With a little more love and possibly a few more lemons squeezed ibb will be the blog I have dreamed of.

Its all in your vision and how you look at things, I look at a website and see potential while others look at it and see a failure. I just wanted you all to know that I am not giving up on ibb and you can expect great things to happen this year of 2009!

Tags: money, learn to blog, seo

Ever wondered what the best ways to make money by blogging were? Today we are spilling our guts and showing you the top 4 ways we like to make money blogging!

Paid Advertisements - Nearly every big blog sells advertisements of different sizes. I personally like 125 x 125 ads and sell them here on my blog as well. Paid ads are a great source of income but it is hard to sell them until you get a decent subscriber count. Stick with things though and the rewards can be great!

Written Reviews Products & Services- Another excellent way to make money from nearly any blog is to offer written site, service or product reviews. Its hard to sell them on your own site at the start but if you signup with like ReviewMe you can get started doing reviews for $5.00 and up pretty fast! I myself have made several hundred dollars in a month from ReviewMe so I know its a great place to start!

Affiliate Sales- If you have any amount of readers even if its only like 25 rss readers if you can convince them to buy a product or service through a affiliate link you will get a commission from each sale. These do great for some bloggers while not so well for others, you really need a receptive audience for these affiliate offers to work right.

Link Sales- I want go on record and state that I don’t endorse nor do this method but many bloggers do so I have to list it. You can sell links for w/e reason whether that be pagerank, traffic or some other site meter. Links are relatively easy to sell and you shouldn’t have much trouble selling them at all. You could even signup for a program like Text Link Ads which has performed great for me in the past!

Enjoy and be sure to comment if you have any other ways we should have mentioned!

Tags: technology, seo, making money online