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WordCamp November 2008

Itay Paz

Founder, Affilicon

WordCamp November 2008

Itay Paz

Founder, Affilicon

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ABOUT ME

Entrepreneur, Living and Breathing Online & Affiliate Marketing for over

9+ years

And currently running Affilicon Affiliate Marketing Conference & Exhibition

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The majority of internet users are participating and producing content

A FACT

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184 Million Worldwide have started a blog (26.4 Million in the US)

346 Million Worldwide read blogs (60.3M in the US) Technorati 2008

77% of active internet users read blogs (Universal McCann March

2008)

FaceBook- 41M users , MySpace 75.1M users (end of 2007)

SOME ROW DATA

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52% Express yourself creatively

50% Document and share personal experiences

37% Stay in touch with friends and family

34% Share practical knowledge or skills with others

29% Motivate other people to action

28% Entertain people

28% Store important resources or information

27% Influence the way other people think

16% Network or to meet new people

7% Make money

TOP 10 REASONS FOR PEOPLE BLOG

Source: Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project Blogger Callback Survey, 2006.

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Source: Technorati

BLOGGING FOR REVENUES

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USING EVERY EMPTY SPACE FOR ADS

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54% of bloggers make money at their blogs

Annual average revenue $5,060

Maximum annual average revenue $350,000

10% of the top bloggers are generating $19,000

1% of the bloggers (have more than 100K unique visitors a

month) earn $200K+ annually

BLOGGING FOR REVENUES

Source: Technorati

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SHOE MONEY BLOG

www.ShowMoney.com

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THE MISCELLANEOS RAMBLING

www.JohnChow.com

Blog Income Report - October 2008

Affiliate Commissions: $12,652.52

Private Ad Sales: $10,290.00

Shoemoney Tools: $4,000.00

ReviewMe: $4,000.00

Text Link Ads: $2,112.91

Kontera: $1,000.00

RSS Ads: $295.50

Total Income: $34,350.93

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THE MISCELLANEOS RAMBLING

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EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE

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EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE…EVEN IN ISRAEL

Traveling Blogs

Shopping Blogs

Money & Finance Blogs

Photographing Blogs

(Almost) AnythingGoes Blogs

Beauty Blogs

Dating & Relationships Blogs

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ADSENSE SIMPLE 1-2-3

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Is turning your blog into a revenue generator reducing

its image?

Barack Obama collected donations through his blog www.my.barackobama.com/page/content/hqblog

New York times blog has various advertiserswww.thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com

General Motors Blog has internal corporate adswww.gmblogs.com

BLOGGING FOR PROFIT & YOUR IMAGE

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Thank youThank you

Study how to market your blog and make money at the first international Affiliation conference and exhibition on November 24th - 25th

A 10% discount code: wordcamp

Downloading this presentations: www.Affilicon.com/wordcamp.html

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