No site yet? Here are two options to get started. You can begin with a free WordPress site (this site is WordPress powered). There are two versions, the first they host for you and the second you install or have installed at your own domain.

The latter, installing at a web host with your domain name allows you more options for expanding and adding functionality. Some may argue it also allows you to obtain better search engine results if the site is under your domain. If you decide to install yourself I also recommend a hosting company and if you would like the additional control of having WordPress installed under your own domain on your own host, I also list a resource for finding someone to install it for you. Options are listed below.

Option 1	Free Hosting & WordPress Site WordPress provides their publishing platform for free, fully hosted, all you do is sign up and you are up and running. You are able to get started immediately, however you will not have your own domain name. You may however upgrade and pay a fee to have your own domain name mapped to their site. You can sign up here for free at WordPress. (click here to sign up for WordPress).
Option 2	First Download Free WordPress Site Software WordPress also allows you to download their application and place it on your own server. You can maintain control which allows you to have more options as your site grows and you wish to add functionality. You can download the most recent version for free. (download WordPress here for free).
	One of my favorite sites to get any programming I need is Scriptlance. Scriptlance is a marketplace for programmers and those that need something programmed. I have used the site for years. Find a programmer her to install and set up WordPress exactly the way you want it. (click here to visit scriptlance)
	So you have the WordPress software, a developer to set it up for you, now you need hosting and a domain name. To get a year of hosting and your own domain name for only one payment of $42.40 go here to this site for instructions. This is an excellent price to cover a year of hosting and get a domain name. (full year of hosting and domain only $42.40) (follow these instructions for the promotion).

If you ever need assistance coding, design, server administration, data entry, anything to help your business, you can find assistance online.

Various sites exist, I have used Scriptlance for years. You simply post your requirements and others bid on providing the work, you choose the price you are willing to pay, check the providers reputation and try one out. Read about Scriptlance in depth here or visit their site to sign up for free at Scriptlance here.

oDesk : “The Global Marketplace for Remote Work”
Recently I ran across oDesk, another site to post your jobs or find others to perform work based on your needs. They have categorized all of the providers so you may browse through the various categories, or post your job requirements and wait for others to respond. You can sign up for free at oDesk here.

Hire Qualified Service Providers
oDesk lets you interview and hire service providers from over 40 countries. They give you each provider’s resume and verified work history. You can interview as many oDesk providers as you like and hire only those that are right for you.

Manage Effectively
Once you have hired your remote team, the oDesk Team Room gives you literal visibility into your team’s activity, and offers collaboration tools for task management, code sharing and email communication. Their weekly timelogs let you verify hours worked and pay your remote team via their automated Payment System.

Features and Benefits

• Hire the best from around the world
• Manage them as if they were in the same office
• Pay only for work performed

Why post a job on oDesk?

• It’s free
• No credit card required
• Reach 31,781 providers
• Get 20+ applicants in 24 hours

Need WordPress installed, need a server set up, need a new unique WordPress , Drupal , or other theme? No matter what the job you can find someone at oDesk, be sure to sign up for free at oDesk here and take a look at their services.

Making money with Google AdSense can be an excellent source of income for your site. I tested a generic site using Google AdSense and a niche site to determine which is more profitable.

The benefits of implementing Google AdSense is the fact that it is:

• easy to sign up,
• does not require a minimum amount of traffic
  to your site,
• you can place multiple advertising units on the same page, and
• you can begin earning quickly and effortlessly.

Many factors can determine how much you earn, such as:

• placement of the ads on your site and pages,
• average revenue per click, and
• relevance of the advertisement to your content and to your visitor

The average revenue per click depends on two main items, your content and the associated ads. If your site is focused on life insurance and another site is focused on cellular phones, then the ads placed on the sites will reflect life insurance and cellular phones respectively. Google matches your content with their advertisements. You can only attempt to control the type ads on a page with the content on the page. Therefore the ads will match your subject matter.

The average revenue per click will depend on the worth of the keywords that are being bid on by advertisers. How words obtain different prices from advertisers depends on multiple factors and is a subject for another story. Typically if those selling life insurance products and services make more per sale (assuming equal click through and conversion rates) than those selling mobile phones then the site with life insurance content will make more revenue per click.

Test of Generic and Niche Site Content Revenue

I created a site due to my passion for Venture Capital and those that are funded, called Venture Capital Update and implemented Google AdSense. This is a niche site focused on Venture Capital fundings, Venture Capital firms, and entrepreneurs.

This site Longest.com is more of a generic site. While the focus is on learning what does and does not work in the realm of making money online, the stories and subjects can vary greatly.

Here are the results after 2 months of running Google AdSense on both sites.

Venture Capital Update

• .68% Click Thru Rate
• $2.83 eCPM

Longest.com

• .17% Click Thru Rate
• $.36 eCPM

The implementation of Google AdSense was as close to exact on both sites as possible. The eCPM is an effective cost per thousand, meaning for every 1,000 pages the ads appeared on that is the amount earned on average. Above you can see that the click thru rate was better on the Venture Captital Update site and the earnings per page denoted by eCPM were also higher. The earnings per page are a factor of both the price bid on keywords that match your pages content as well as the click thru rate, the more that click per 1,000 pages the more revenue you will earn.

The conlusion here is twofold, the higher click thru rates denote advertisements were more targeted to the content and site visitor on the niche site of Venture Capital Update. It may also be the case that the keyword prices that were bid on related to the niche site were higher as well. As this test is not perfect, it was over a period of 2 months and the difference in revenue was large as the niche site earned much more. If you wish to optimize your Google AdSense earnings I suggest you create a niche site as I did for Venture Capital.

Click below to sign up with Google AdSense:

LinkWorth provides multiple advertising options for you, as well as valuable services. Some of the benefits include the following:

• Buy ads and increase traffic, visibility and search positions
• SEO/SEM Consulting, Reputation Management
• Article Distribution, Directory Submission, Press Releases, Custom Content & more
• Huge inventory of publishers growing daily
• Perfect backend for Agencies to White Label or Add-on to existing services
• Use our Control Center to manage one or all of your accounts with one login

LinkWorth provides 10 advertising products. You can sign up for free here at LinkWorth.

LinkWorth provides advertising for your site. You can sign up as a partner and generate revenue from your site. There are many many ways to make money with LinkWorth.

There are services that provide one of the following products, selling text links, paid blog reviews and more but I have yet to find one that provides all of these products.

Their products consist of text link ads, paid blog reviews, in-text links, in-content pay per click ads, rotating text ads, hosted content pages, article submission, directory submission and many more.

You can sign up for free here at LinkWorth.

What is nice about LinkWorh is that you can utilize many of their products to increase your revenue faster. As with all services have a minimum amount you must earn before paying out, you are more likely to reach that payout threshold must faster.

Publisher Benefits

• Sell ads and monetize your site with relatively little maintenance
• Earn up to 70% of ad revenue recurring monthly in most situations
• Get paid to blog and write reviews for products & services
• Tons of advertisers, from Fortune 500 to small businesses
• The more websites you list, the more money you earn
• Manage all of your published ads and websites with our Control Center

You can sign up for free here at LinkWorth.

Sponsored Reviews allows you to join as a blogger when you register and join their affiliate program.

By advertising their program you may obtain paid reviews on your site and increase your revenue for paid posts. You also receive an affiliate fee when you refer other publishers like yourself.

Take a look at their program and they have excellent banners available to advertise their site and service. Sign up here, it’s Free.

A program I am just now trying myself is the SponsoredReviews site and service. There is an excellent interface and review ordering system. Those that wish to post on your site ask you through their interface.

The individual that wants the review will list the topic and any specifics of their posting request. You can agree to accept the post request or not. You are paid for your post and both parties benefit.

Take a look at the Sponsored Reviews site to sign up as a Publisher and list your site information.

As part of the December initiatives I am purchasing a review from the SponsoredReviews site and service. Once the review is posted, at a cost of $77, we will determine after a month how much traffic and other benefits are derived from the review.

Take a look at the Sponsored Reviews site to order your review. You can easily search the sites in their network, many are available. You can choose to search in the topics of the sites to obtain reviews from sites that best match your subject matter.

This is the November monthly summary in the quest for $10,000 a month in revenue, part time. We will be tracking the site growth both in traffic and revenue here on the about page. This site is unique, we show you exactly what our progress is towards $10,000 a month, in your spare time. We discuss what we tried, what worked or did not work.

Of most interest is the marketing tests category, detailing tests and how they performed.

The first month was September when the site launched on 9/4/07, this is the first full month.

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SITE STATISTICS	Launch	September	October	November
Alexa	2,712,399	408,377	237,610	194,131
Quantcast	NA	6,083,285	5,950,003	1,883,550
Technorati Ranking	NA	640,383	550,426	317,977
Technorati Authority	NA	10	15	26
Feedburner	1	25	113	132

* Alexa is a 3 month average

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REVENUE	Launch	September	October	November
Advertising Networks	$ 0	$ 0.48	$ 5.18	$ 2.96
Direct Sales	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 18.80
Affiliate Programs	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 25
TOTAL REVENUE	$ 0.00	$ 0.48	$ 5.18	$ 46.76

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EXPENSES	Launch	September	October	November
Reviews	$0	$50	$20	$0
Advertising	$0	$0	$180.65	$0
Development	$0	$470	$0	$0
TOTAL SPENT	$0	$520	$200.65	$0

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This month we increased revenue slightly, however there were no expenses. I will post what the plan is for December ahead of time, stick to it, and determine if we can increase traffic and revenue.

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After reviewing the first two months results, below is a list of items I will focus on during December. The first week of January ‘08 we can review the results and determine if the efforts yielded any results. While some results may not be seen for months, it is worth starting.

Here is what can be accomplished in December:

Increase Site Traffic : External Marketing

• Review Me article focused on the tests provided here.
• Outreach - find related/relevant online communities to become involved in.
• Email List - add an email list manager and provide once weekly mailings.

Increase Site Traffic : Tools to Optimize Site

• Optimize Site for Search Engines using SEO Suite v8.

Postings to Assist with Site Appeal

• Tests, create and post more tests to assist in evaluating software and marketing programs.

Postings to Assist with Revenue

• Affiliate Programs, create more posts related to affiliate programs and reviews of their offerings to increase revenue.
• Optimize the affiliate articles (utilizing WordTracker and other tools to obtain better search engine placement.

In December we will take a look at the results, if any, of these efforts.