Comments on: Traveler Chasing a Dream

By: Wade | Vagabond Journey.com

Wade | Vagabond Journey.com — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:58:32 +0000

This sound alright . . . now I only have to get the 200 subscribers haha.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Walk Slow,

Wade

By: youbetterwork

youbetterwork — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:55:37 +0000

Youtube is a site that will pay you for your content.
Make slideshows and vidoes from your pictures and post them on youtube (with maybe a voice over like lonely planet does).
After you get something like 100-200 subscribers they start to pay you.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:21:11 +0000

I just altered my strategy as far as receiving more funds from Travel Help. I really enjoy answering reader’s questions, and I feel as if charging a set fee would be overly prohibitive. So I have basically stuck with the old policy of not charging . . . but I request a $2 suggested donation.

I wonder if anyone will actually do this haha.

Wade

By: admin

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:47:09 +0000

Thanks, Emery,

Your suggestions still stand as being really good . . . I think that I will try to do a little more with the Amazon program. If I can find products that I have used/ am currently using that I think are real good, I would love to help sell them.

Thank you for the suggestions, I really appreciate them!

By: Emery

Emery — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:32:49 +0000

Hmmm. I see you already have Amazon ads, so I guess that’s not a new idea. I had just thought once or twice when reading your articles that you might be missing an opportunity to link over from inside your articles. Anyway, best of luck.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:28:57 +0000

Thank you Heidi,

I really appreciate your good words!

Wade

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:38:01 +0000

Go for it! This site is excellent and I’m sure you could make enough money from it to fund you. I’m sorry I don’t have any ideas of my own, I just wanted to encourage you and say you have something special here. If I think of anything, I’ll let you know

By: Emery

Emery — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:40:58 +0000

Other Ideas:

1) I don’t know how you feel about hawking wares, but Amazon.com has a fairly simple associates program, through which you can link to products and make a small referral fee off things purchased after linking over from your site. I noticed that you do the occasional product review about things you use on the road, so it wouldn’t be all fake unless you went overboard with it. Of course, you wouldn’t necessarily want to link over for something you gave a bad review to like that oh-so-sanitary water bottle. But if you found a water bottle with a superior design, you might share that with people. It could be a little extra change anyway. (FYI, last month somebody clicked on a link of mine and while they were there, they decided to go ahead and purchase that HD flat panel TV they’d been looking at. You just never know.)

2) You might check out Examiner.com as an alternate option for online writing. They’re always looking for writers and might have a topic up your alley.

3) Oh, and you can still be a good writer and use good SEO writing habits that might help to drive more traffic to your site. 2000 isn’t enough? Maybe you can help more people to find you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization

Anyway, best of luck.