Getting Money Out of Gurus – Part I

This article series is going to be for everybody out there who wants to actually learn valuable information that can make you more money. This is for every person who reads a lot of blogs in search for information, or tries to make contacts with gurus in which they can learn from. The fact is, so many people go about it the wrong way. I used to be in the position of asking people for tips and tricks all the time, and now that I have a TON of people asking me the same things, I can see where I went wrong. If you really want to know how to get good information from gurus, continue reading.

I’m going to be breaking it down into 3 separate articles, including :

1) Getting money from guru bloggers.
2) Getting money from guru affiliates.
3) Getting money from biz dev gurus, or anyone else.

 
Getting Money From Guru Bloggers

Blogs can be a great source of knowledge, if you read the right ones. Many blogs out there are popular and fun to read for entertainment, but they’re not going to do anything that’s going to rock your world in terms of making money. We want bloggers to give away the best information they will, and the highest quality of it. Being a blogger now, I can look at the outside, and see what makes me more likely to post better information.

1) Motivate me to blog. This is the root of everything. If a blogger is motivated, they’re going to want to write more. Not just a higher frequency of news posts, but more pillar articles with great information. Motivation can be broken down into a few different things.

1a) Comment on blogs you read. Simply commenting blog posts encourages the blogger that there are people actually listening to what he or she has to say. The more comments I see on my posts, the more I feel like people actually care about what I have to say. This makes me feel good about my blog, and wants me to blog more. Participation shows loyalty, and the readers are the life blood of a blog. Respect goes both ways.

1b) Support the blog by buying advertising. Many blogs out there are made for making money. In the case of full time bloggers, it’s what they live off of. By supporting the blog monetarily, you’re keeping it alive and well to give you more tips that in return can make you much more than you pay for an ad. I’m not saying to just buy an ad and put nothing there, but if you’re looking to advertise your blog or site, it’s a win-win situation. Also, when a blogger is filling up his ad spots every month, people are liking the traffic they’re getting. This makes the blogger want to up his prices for more money, which means he’s going to feel a little pressure in making sure his blog gets just as much (if not more) traffic.

1c) Subscribe to the RSS feed. I will tell you that for me personally, the single worst feeling when blogging is writing post after post every week, and looking to see like 5 readers subscribed, or a stagnation of readers. That totally un-motivates me to blog. It may just be a personal thing, but I cannot stand feeling like I’m blogging to nobody. So if you view my blog every couple days to check up on it but haven’t subscribed, why not subscribe? If I feel like more people are listening to me, I’m going to crave more and more readers. The best way to get more is by writing better and better content. If you really don’t want to subscribe, make a fake gmail account and subscribe with the Google reader and never look at it again. I won’t know.

1d) Link to good posts. Links are great for a blogger. They bring more traffic, popularity, and respect to a blog. I love getting links, it really does motivate me to write more link-worthy posts. So if you’re a blogger and you read something really good in a blog, you know they have the potential to leak more good information. So make them feel good by linking to them. I’ll be honest, when John Chow linked me up about my earnings screenshot, it felt good. It felt so good, that here you go John have a link :

John Chow is Awesome

Shoemoney let me guest post on his blog a couple months ago…good man and a great link, here ya go :

I Love Shoemoney.

See how easy that is. Give love, and love will be returned to you, either in links or quality posts.

2) Don’t be a dick. Why do I blog? I make plenty of money with affiliate marketing, so why should I blog and share some of my tips and experiences? Don’t insult bloggers or question their honesty. There have been plenty of people in the past couple days that called me a liar and said I Photoshopped my Azoogle screenshot. Now I do like to play around and mess with people, as you saw from my Feedburner stunt, but I came right out and said “lol you tards it was a joke, you really think if I was going to fake that screenshot, I’d make it say I have 8x as many readers as Shoemoney?” $200,000 in one month is not absurd when it comes to affiliate marketing (I know people making that revenue per day). If it’s so much money that it pisses you off, take it out on yourself, not by accusing me of being a liar. This goes with any blog, don’t be stupid and call them out on things. A few hecklers surely isn’t enough to do any damage, but you never know what can happen. Somebody can take down their blog just like that, and before you know it, it’s gone.

3) Let bloggers know you appreciate what you do. It can be as simple as dropping an email saying “hey, great blog you run, I really appreciate all the time you spend writing and all the information you give out.” While I may not remember to respond to all of those types of emails, I certainly do appreciate them a lot, and it’s one of the reasons I keep this blog going. If a blogger feels like it’s not worth their time to write every day or two, what’s the point?

4) Understand. What do I mean by this? This moreso deals with niche blogs (affiliate marketing, PPC, Adsense, etc). You have to understand that if I’m an affiliate marketer making my full time income from it and I start a blog, I am not going to post any information that may pose a serious threat to my income. When I posted that screeshot proving my income, everyone started asking me “How did you make that money?” You honestly think I’m going to tell you how I made that much money? Hell no! People seem to get upset in all sorts of blogs when the person doesn’t tell them step-by-step how they make their income. Blogging certainly doesn’t pay my bills, nor am I Mother Theresa. So understand that bloggers will do their best to help the readers out without threatening their income. I’ll try and tell you guys what not to do, instead of telling you exact what to do. That way, it’s easier for you to figure out for yourselves what to do without having me actually tell you.

So there’s many ways you can support bloggers and give them the drive to post more, and post more useful information. Even if you just want to be a little blood sucking vampire, at least fake respect for bloggers and they’ll show you the love in return.

Stay tuned for the next part of this series : Making Money from Affiliate Gurus.