August Updates for Dominique's Desk

It has been about six months since I have implemented changes to the main blog- Dominique's Desk. There has been an increase in revenue as I've managed to secure some big  paying campaigns which last about 6 months each.

1. AdvertisingIve started using Nuffang ads after having shelved using that for a couple of years. The payout has been much better then Google Adsense as I've waiting for my first $50 cheque from them after cashing out in July. It took me 2 yrs just to accumulate $100 with Adsense.
   
2. Guest PostingI'm still doing guest posting over at different sites and it has helped to keep my alexa ranking quite steady. I've yet to go back to hubpages and hope to do a hubpage or two for August.
   
3. Sponsored posting/advertorials
   I'm doing more local campaigns then overseas one as the US market is currently still very bad. Certain advertising networks have zero sponsored posting opportunities. The local campaigns have been paying well and I have managed to purchase my DLSR camera much earlier then targeted. I'm quite certain by the end of the year I may even have some extra for new lenses for the camera.

I'm hoping to increase m PR ranking from a 2 to 3 at least but it hasn't been easy. I'm still working hard on it. Hopefully in time to come the PR ranking will increase to where I would like it to be.

Setting up a schedule

Over at Dominique's Desk I've been experimenting with a few different things.

1. Advertising
   I've put up some advertising slots on my sidebar and am reaching out to advertisers/sponsors. Hopefully everything will be running smoothly and recurrent income generated from it from March.
   
2. Guest postingI'm doing more guest posting on other sites and have accepted guest post on my blog. It has helped increase traffic tremendously and has reduced my ALEXA score tremendously.. now I'm hoping that in the long run it will increase my PR ranking too and bring in some long term clients. I'm averaging doing 3 guest post a month and have 3 guest post on my blog a month.
    
3. Sponsored reviews
   Jan has been good with a couple of reviews done for various companies. I've dropped all companies which have required do-follow links so Opps were not as many in Feb. Hope in days to come there will be more opps for me and add to my DSLR funding.

Building up Revenue

Since my last post here I've been signing up with many different ad networks and trying out new ways of generating revenue via the blog. 

Google Adsense hasn't been bringing it much money with the odd dollar here and there each month. I have yet to reach the $100 payout. The last payout I had was in 2010 and that's nearly 2 years ago!!

So far sponsored reviews have been getting me the most ROI for the amount of time spend online. I intend to pursue this further and generate a steady source of monthly income.

I'm too seeing if I will be able to branch out again and do some ghost writing or freelance writing I settle my schedule.