Yesterday was a great day!

In my mailbox yesterday was a giftcard from Mypoints.com to spend at Overstock.com! My plan is to buy something on Overstock Auctions for like $40-$50, use the $25 gift card, and then use Paypal’s free $15 rebate. Then whatever I buy try to sell it on ebay or half.com and turn a little bit of my time on mypoints into like $75 or so… I’ll keep you posted!

EPISODE $100 Shownotes:

Ladies and Gentlemen, This is it! This is episode dollar $100. If you have listened to this podcast series so far and put the tips into practice you have earned at least $95 dollars and all with little or no money spent on your part.

We’ve talked about offers and promotions online, surveys online, freelance work online, blogging for dollars and now… Podcasting for dollars!

A quick google search will give you a description, history, and future of podcasting.

Below I offer two opinions about how to get a strong following in podcasting.

My theory of making shows of mass interest:
Go for a trendy topic and hope for huge audience. i.e. Lost, Mac tips and trick, Home businesses. Try to pick the next big thing with mass interest and produce quality – the huge audiences have an interesting topic and a quality product.
Go for non-fiction unique shows. Non-fictions shows seem to last longer and are usually easier to prepare. Check out my Crossword Puzzle Enthusiast Podcast as an example: http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=13793

In this podcast we also talked about www.talkshoe.com and how you can earn money doing podcasting.  Tommy from talkshoe tech. support joined the podcast and answered these questions:
 1) How many shows are on talkshoe right now?
2) Give me a few titles that offer the types of the shows on talkshoe?
3) What about some unique talkcasts, one’s you are surprised are making it?
4) So, I know you can make money with talkshoe, but can you summarize the cash program?
5) What’s the biggest check talkshoe has cut so far?
6) What kind of feedback have you received from users and what is in the future for talkshoe?

Tommy brought two copies of Jason Van Orden’s book – Promoting Your Podcast – to give away tonight! You can see more info about the book at http://www.promotingyourpodcast.com/ . Congratulations to Shadow who won a copy of the book while on the show. Email me at troystory3-at-aol.com before 9:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, February 11th for your chance to win the second copy. We have only one email so far, you do the math. If you send an email you will have a great chance to win this book!

EPISODE $100 Announcement!

The Thursday February 8, 2007 (9:00 p.m. EST) Episode will be a show to remember! We will make the last $5 thatwill take us up to the $100 goal. (You really can make at least $50 from this episode alone.) ATTENTION: A special doorprize will be awarded to a lucky person in the Talkshoe Chatroom during tonight’s episode! Make sure to go to www.talkshoe.com or email troystory3-at-aol.com about calling in if you do not have a talkshoe account.

EPISODE $95 Shownotes:

We are almost at our $100 dollar goal! There are two episodes left in this series and this is the show that is going to take us up to our $95 dollar goal.

This is the supplement episode. Just like with vitamin supliments, you get most of the stuff your body needs from the meat and potatoes or McDonald’s and taco bell you eat. And the vitamins just give you what you might have missed, in this episode we are going to review the different types of money making opportunities and then offer new sites that can help boost us up to the $95 dollar level.

Online offers to make money: www.netwinner.com

Surveys to make money: www.i-say.com

Ways online to save money: www.lastminute-auctions.com and www.saveupwards.com

Ways to work online and make money: www.paidpostingtools.com

Ways to make money with your blog online: www.ohcash.com, www.mylot.com, www.linkshare.com, www.bigcrumbs.com

Now, Carl called in and talked during the show, his website for information is: www.wdslibrary.com

If you have had success with what you learn visit this podcast cast series (the link is to the right), email me at troystory3 –at- aol.com and call the listenerline at (641) 985-5999 x 22505.

I need 8, now 6, now 5 more emails to continue doing the show, please email or call the listenerline and let me know if the show is worth continuing.

EPISODE $88.88 Shownotes:

This is episode dollar 88.88. If you have listened to this podcast series so far and put the tips into practice you have earned at least over $75 dollars and all with little or no money spent on your part.

This is the Post I am most excited about…

First, let me share some ideas I have had that would fit the winning blog criteria discussed on the last show: Do listen to the podcast for an explanation of the application of each of these blog topics.

Britney from LA (Louisiana) to LA (Los Angeles)
Numerology of Britney
Smokey and the Bandit 2010
People from HERE (insert your town here) interviewing

Now let’s talk about MAKING MONEY:

An article in the Washington post talks about making money with blogs, I am not the only one.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43241-2005Jan27.html

Following one of these ideas, YOU can buy quality undergarments for both men and women with the “Make $100” logo at: http://www.cafepress.com/100onthenet

HERE is a timeline to make money with a blog. Listen to the podcast for full details on the implementation plan.

Week one: Start your blog. Focus on content and appearance.

Week two: Focus on content. Do not change blog layout so public becomes familiar with your “look.” Do not be disappointed by low numbers.

Week 3: Spend 25% of your time in forums, other blogs, Myspace publicizing your blog. Research products and affiliate programs you would like to offer on your site next week.

Week 4-6: Focus 50% of your time on blog content, 25% on publicity, and 25% affiliate and product management.

At some point: When you reach 500 hits a month (a quality well publicized blog can reach this in the second month) Begin offering ads on your blog. Redo blog layout to make blog pleasing to the eye and have maximum ad space (but not too much).

In the whole process do not spend less than half your time creating quality content.

Sites to consider for affiliates to start you site:
Amazon’s affiliate program: http://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/join

Dating site affiliate program: www.friendfinder.com

Site that writes blogger’s to post blogs: http://payperpost.com/page/blogger

Sites to consider for ads for your site:

Google’s answer to ads: https://www.google.com/adsense 

Another ad site: www.adbrite.com

Another ad site: www.Money4blogs.com

Remember it takes time to build a well-visited site and a money-maker.

If you have had success with what you learn visit this podcast cast series (the link is to the right), email me (the link to the email is to the right) and call the listenerline at (641) 985-5999 x 22505