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Just an Update
Well, I realize I haven’t posted anything in a while. I’ve been pretty busy. My friend Gareth messaged me a few days ago and asked why I haven’t posted and for an update on how things were going, so I thought I’d oblige.
Firstly, I haven’t been posting lately for a few reasons. I’ve just been busy with projects and with things in the real world. Secondly, realmadhatter’s sort of taken a back seat. I was never satisfied with the domain; in the next few months I plan to buy a better domain name to better chronicle my webmaster projects/advice.
As for what I’ve been doing…
I’ve really started to get serious with affiliate marketing. A while back I posted on BANS. BANS has made me a decent amount of money - a few hundred each month. However, that’s not really much when you look at the big picture. Rather than commit all my time to build a niche store sites, I’ve migrated to other affiliate marketing tasks. I won’t give details just yet, but I’ve been promoting offers from networks such as www.cj.com and advaliant. I basically build a site around them and drive organic traffic. I’ve also been experimenting with PPC a bit as well.
I’ve also been posting on one of my projects, ForWhichItStood.org. Basically it’s a political blog in which I discuss current events, libertarian ideology, and promote economic education. I’m still working on the site and plan to contribute more time to it in the near future.
Aside from that, I’ve been learning a lot about SEO and affiliate marketing. That’s about it. 
More Project Updates
A few days ago I made a post about the BANS software. While I haven’t made any significant revenue yet from the sites, I haven’t given up. However, I have shifted my focus in regards to affiliate marketing. I’m not going to give out too many details just yet, but I’m working more with leads rather than sales, and SEO rather than PPC. A few days ago I spent three hours writing 20+ articles for this project. I’ve just started building everything on a solid website; I’ll post an update once more progress has made.
As for my other new project, AdminAddict.Com, I’m waiting on the design to be finished by the designer. I would guess it will be done within a week.
Another project I’ve had in the works for a while is focused around Fox’s new show, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I was fortunate enough to get the domain name www.sarahconnorchronicles.org; because the domain name is very search engine friendly, and because I started posting on the site months ago, the site is ranked in the top 5 for most terms related for the show in most search engines. The result is a massive amount of traffic (for me, anyway) coming overnight. I was already having problems with the new VPS, and the new traffic did not help whatsoever.
Traffic aside, I did have some problems monetizing the site. I tried various sale and referral campaigns with commission junction, but had no luck. Amazon ads had been running for the previous month with only a few sales. With the boom in traffic, I switched ad sense. Sunday and Monday I made a decent amount, but had a very low CTR. I made some changes and it improved. I’ll keep experimenting. I’ve added TV episode listings of the recent episodes on Amazon and iTunes for purchase, so we’ll see if they’ll convert.
Sorry for not posting for a week or so; I’ve been busy. 
BANS - Affiliate Marketing with Ebay
BANS, Build a Niche Store, is the new ebay affiliate software that’s been all the talk lately. The software takes ebay RSS feed with your affiliate ID and publishes them as it’s own store/site. BANS allows users to select which categories to display, enter keywords and descriptions, and even add additional content pages. Overall, the BANS software is very customizable.
There are some big affiliate marketers out there, some bringing in thousands and tens of thousands a day in affiliate revenue. I realize most don’t make it as an ebay affiliate, but some do. This is my first real step of getting my piece of the pie.
Over the next few months I’ll be working with a few of my own BANS site. I see real potential to make money here, though, to be honest, I haven’t made a cent as an ebay affiliate to date. I plan to build up revenue through BAN sites through PPC, SEO, and social bookmarketing and see which works best. I’ll be trying various marketing techniques and will report their success (or failure) back here in a month or two. Regardless of my level of success, I will share what I did right or wrong.
Until then, I suggest you check out BANS and build a site of your own.
Note that the links above are affiliate links.