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The Perils and Pitfalls of Blogging in College

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In January 2011, I launched my second blog, BROcrastinator.com in hopes of capturing a large piece of the male college demographic. In March of 2010, during my sophomore year at Elon University, I started a blog called the Jersey Jets Fan as a way to exercise my passion for professional football.

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What’s the Best Type of Affiliate Site? [Case Study]

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Once upon a time, making money with affiliate marketing and AdSense was a question of following this step-by step recipe (circa 2009): Find a product to promote on Clickbank or other affiliate networks. Plaster the site with affiliate banners, links, and AdSense. Find a low-competition keyword.

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The State of the Blog Sales Market: Interview with Andrew Knibbe of Flippa

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It’s probably a fraction up on previous years—it’s probably grown at two percent in 2012 based on 2011. Flippa’s assessment of revenue and sales price for sites using popular affiliate networks. Sometimes the match between the niche they’re in and the affiliate network they use tends to be hand-in-hand.