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While Automated Blog Profits is not one of my favorite topics I get so many questions on it, I decided to answer it once and for all and do it based on my personal experience. But before I will even proceed I need to make a disclaimer:

What you will create as result of following ALL or SOME recommendations in this guide WILL NOT make you an authority blogger. It will earn you income (I have tested each part of the strategy) but how much will depend on your efforts as with any internet venture.

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AdSense is one of the most common ways for bloggers to earn from the blog - but should YOU use it? Or the variation of the question I receive on regular bases - “why don’t you use AdSense on your blog?”

Answer to this one simple and complex at same time and perhaps by providing it here I will save myself some time answering it and help you determine if you should use AdSense on your blog…

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Part 3 of the mini-series of posts dedicated to RSS technology and its benefits will build upon information shared in 2 previous posts:

• What is RSS and How You “Feed” It
• What Is RSS And How You “Eat” It

… and in it I will not beat around the bush and want to concentrate directly on what is “near and dear” to every blogger - monetizing the RSS feed without loosing integrity of the blog and annoying our most precious readers - our loyal subscribers!

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There have been a lot of talk lately about Google AdSense stopped been the true contender for income and while in many ways it’s true (I don’t use simply because affiliate links pay me more) it is still a valuable source of income for great many people. People who have no clue about other form of Internet Marketing or income and quite frankly - probably not even interested to get into all the complexity associated with it.

And just yesterday I read a story featured on USA Today “Gray Googlers strike gold” that I think is a great inspiration for people who are looking to not get rich but perhaps simply supplement their existing income in exchange for couple, three hours of daily work. But it goes beyond that …

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One of the most common reasons we fail to succeed is the lack of appropriate prerequisites: lack of knowledge, lack of experience, lack of full information, lack of time, etc. In affiliate marketing it is most apparent when you attempt to sell a product you have never had a chance to see.

Not only do you risk to not make any sales but what is even worse – you risk to damage your reputation by recommending a product you have never seen and only base you recommendation on information provided in affiliates section or hype (an absolute no-no). But for every problem there is a solution … even though it is not perfect, it is very well implemented …

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In this [tag]Video Tutorial[/tag] I will share a very effective technique I have been personally using on my blog since its inception. A marketing technique that has proven to be extremely effective and to date responcible for over $2500 of income generated by this blog.

While the number is not overly impressive - it is a hands off blog income. Set and forget type of strategy that each and everyone is striving for in their blog monetization model. What stopped me from sharing this before is that the script required some knowledge to install and properly configure that might have put it beyond many users. Well, now it’s as simple as copy and paste and will not cost you a dime!

So, start peeling the profits with this great Free Service! (click to singup) see the full post for Video Tutorial!

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Stephen from php.aspcode.net just released his wpAdMentor plugin. While I’m only getting ready to implement this plugin on my blog it shows some great promise. Stephen managed to combine all the options I was looking for in non-commercial plugin with ease of usage that accompanies all great WordPress plugins.

Some of the features I was looking for and provided by this plugin:

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Youtube is popular and fun and if you vlog - can be a great source of traffic assuming you are creating your own videos. But using it exclusively you are actually doing yourself a great disservice!

Ditch that dump and use something better on your vlog! And no, I don’t mean not to use it at all but simply using it in combination with a more superior service, which creates a lot higher quality videos and Pays You!

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Keywords within your content turned into affiliate links, most commonly known as Context Ads are some of the best converting ads you can use to monetize your blog and since they are a lot more relevant - they produce higher earnings for publishers. I personally use aLink plugin with ClickBank module activated to create context ads on this blog but there are many other options.

Kontera is perhaps one of the more known context ads networks but not every blog will be accepted into their publishers network. They have a required minimum of 500,000 page views a month for your blog prior to been accepted. So what do you do if you are “slightly” smaller?

How about using brand name recognition of Amazon and monetize your blog using a trust they have already created with consumers? And get paid affiliate commissions not just some small peanuts for the click! Interested? Well, here is your step-by-step guide.

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