Okay, I got over my earlier pity party (last post) about having lost a post I was writing. I'm going to write a condensed version of it, before I forget the info and because I think it might help someone.
One of the many internet marketing forums that I occasionally read had a post that suggested a fairly simple method for creating an online income -- Create a message board on a topic around which people spend a fair amount of money, such as their dogs, cats, gardening, bird watching, photography, etc and then place adsense ads or affiliate links to related products on your site.
I created a message board once about 5 years ago using phpBB and it wasn't too hard. I abandoned it a couple years ago because of the SPAM. But I gather there are now a lot of simple mods (modifications) that you can install which catch a lot of the SPAM and make it more manageable. If you are interested in doing this I recommend either phpBB or SMF (Simple Machines Forum). Both are free and both have active message boards (about using the message board software) where you can search topics such as SPAM or post for help. Some level of HTML and website knowledge (like how to FTP) is needed. The beauty of the model is of course that you can begin a topic and then let others generate the content. SMF has SMFads.com, which is a modification meant to place Adsense into your message board for you.
So why am I not going down this path? Simply because I have too many half-done projects and almost any idea fully completed (or even 95% completed) has a better chance of success than a half-done project. Let me know if you decide to give it a try.
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Posted by: Internet Marketing Dictionary | July 29, 2008 at 02:05 AM
Thanks for stopping by and letting me know this was useful!
Posted by: ScamHunter | July 30, 2008 at 01:20 PM