Rebublican vs. Democratic - Daily Vistors

The Republicans are beating the Democrats on total time spent on a domain

Rebublican vs. Democratic - Velocity

The Republicans are beating the Democrats on Velocity. This reports the relative change in daily Attention. Velocity is used to determine the relative growth of a domain over a particular timeframe or compared to other sites. Looks like a greater number of people are interested in viewing the Republican’s website as their convention draws near.

Rebublican vs. Democratic - Unique Vistors

The Democrats are beating the Republicans on Unique Visitors. The Democrats have around 70,000 & the GOP has around 50,000 different people viewing their website a month; these numbers don’t reflect August.

Rebublican vs. Democratic - Irony

With the Democratic National Convention being held in Denver & the Republican Convention being held in Minneapolis our company couldn’t help posting a blog about the irony.

Effects of Democratic National Convention

• $1.2 Million In Police Overtime
• $50 Million federal grant to cover expenses
• Multiple Schools Closed Downtown
• I-25 Interstate closed

Effects of Republican National Convention

• Bars Open 24 hours

Although our employee’s in Minneapolis Web Design employees will enjoy the drinking we just can’t help from laughing at the message the politicians are making. Our Denver Development team isn’t too happy with the traffic but us coders & marketers tend to be glued to our computer anyway. Hope you enjoyed the information.

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Google Alerts is a wonderful reporting tool that helps internet marketers increase search engine traffic, stay ahead of their competition, and improve search engine rankings. This is a video tutorial to show how a website marketer can use it to his/her advantage.

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I have been helping many clients start blogs (including starting this blog) and wanted to answer the question, Do Blogs Make Money…and if so How do They Do It? I have analyzed in detail blogs Business Week Reviewed and one I read occasionally….hope you can tell which one.

1. ICanHasCheezBrger

This blog allows users to upload/share funny animal pictures. Once you upload it you can add a funny caption to the image and share it with friends & family. An extremely simple concept but obviously very effective:

• 600k unique visitors a month
• 25,000,000 page views a month
• charges $500 o $5,500 a week for banner ads
• Been featured in The New York Times, The WSJ, C|NET, Business Week, and Wired.

They make money off Google AdSense, Banner Advertising, Widgets, and their store. I feel a great monetization of their blog would come from offering the ability for users to buy t-shirts, pins, badges, mugs, and other products with the pictures people upload to the site.

2. Boing Boing

This blog was started by Mark Frauenfelder in 2000. To me the site is about nothing and everything. But the site is updated 20-30 times a day making it a big in the search engines.

• $1,000,000 in ad revenue a year
• 1,500,000 unique visitors a month
• All ads sold through Federated Media

3. John Chow

John Chow used to work in the printing industry until he decided to quit his job and start online businesses. The blog is about making money online, internet business, internet marketing, and just as the slogan says.

• Affiliate Sales: $7,244.00
• ReviewMe: $4,200.00
• Private Ad Sales: $2,370.00
• Text Link Ads: $2,157.88
• Kontera: $1,000
• Google AdSense: $490.94
• FeedBurner: $131.18
• Buy Me a Beer: $117.99
• TTZ Media: $66.62
• Subscription: $50.00
• Grand Total: $17,828.61

4. Entrepreneurs Journey

Yaro is a blogger that WebBizIdeas.com has advertised with for years. His target market is Entrepreneurs, Internet Marketers, and Bloggers who are looking for advice. Recently he started promoting products & services through his blog that has added to his revenue. It works out well because the products & services he is promoting relates to his site and helps his target market.

• Total Sales: $10,000+
• Affiliate Sales: Not Sure
• Sponsors: Not Sure
• Unique Visitors: 150,000 a month

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