These weekly updates are starting to become monthly ones but at least I’m still updating you guys! But ever since my blog auction ended and no sale met my reserve price, I was going to commit a little more time and this site as well as my other ones.

So, let’s get to some of the changes.

OIO Publisher Plugin Purchased – As you guys should all know from my last post OIO Publisher Coupon Code – Save Up to $20!, I purchase the OIO Publisher plugin and it has worked wonders for me.  This is just one small step for Jay and one giant leap for DatMoney.  Okay, that was corny. But this purchase is just a small step towards taking DatMoney to the next level.  Trust me, all the small steps will add up to one huge step.

Advertisement Page Changed – Don’t worry, I didn’t raise any prices, I just made a few changes to the options, text and I added some purchase links so you can buy ad spots directly without needing to contact me and waiting.  You can even upload images yourself, as an advertiser.  Also, text links on the sidebar has a direct purchase link there as well.

Free Blogger Templates - To support our free blogger templates section, I decided to add a small banner on the sidebar.  I actually did this a while ago but if you never noticed it, its directly under the “Popular and Helpful Posts” on the sidebar.  I also added a tracking option on it just to see how many times it gets clicked on as a banner on that spot.

Passwords to Protected Posts Sent! - If you subscribed prior to September 8th then you received an e-mail from me with the passwords.  Some of you guys unsubscribed shortly after, some e-mails bounced back and one person even decided to reply to the e-mail telling me “don’t send it again.” I didn’t understand that one.  Anyways, I’m actually considering taking some good advice and signing up for Awebar to handle all my subscriptions and password e-mailing stuff for me.

Design Change - I actually like this template and I got used to it but too many people have this same exact one.  I’ve been leisurely looking for a new design, premium theme, but haven’t found one I can really bite down on.  Anyone have any recommendations?  Or possibly a good theme designer for a reasonable price?  Let me know and I like your pick, I’ll sign up through your referral link or convince the designer to give you a finders fee or something.

One of my Sites Went Down! - There was a reason why there was a lack of posts here this week.  One of my sites went down and I have no idea why.  Of course, since the site is a pretty profitable one for me, I had to turn my attention to it because the longer it stays down, the more I potentially lose in revenue.  Unfortunately, it was down for about a day and a half (from what I know) so that kind of hurt.  But I finally managed to fix the issue and everything seems fine once again.

Anyways, that’s it for now.  I’m sure there are a lot of updates and changes but I’ll save that for the next one. 

So, it’s been a while since my last weekly update and it’s been a few days since my last post but I’ve been busy. A large portion of my time has been dedicated to those people that have contacted me interested in blogging with me. In addition, I’ve been finding new ways of making money and trying to take advantage of what the internet offers me.

People Who Contacted Me for the $100/Day Jobs – I responded to most of you guys that actually left your instant messenger screen names in your e-mails. For those that didn’t hear from me yet, it’s probably because you never left an instant messenger name within your e-mail or you just haven’t been on at the same time as me, yet.

There were a couple of you guys that went out of the way to create an instant messenger screen name just to chat with me. I find that when you go out of your way to do things like this, you’re showing initiative and you’re motivated to work. I, personally, want to work with someone like that. So, I’m spending extra time with those folks.

Making Money with Twitter - The best part of working with other people is the fact that I’m building relationships and future business ones as well. But I was having a conversation with a new online entrepreneur friend of mine that was telling me how he was making money with Twitter. Of course I was interested and started testing a few things out, researching myself, etc and found there are tons of ways to take advantage of what Twitter has to offer.

I’m lazy, as most of you guys probably already know, so if I can get things automated then that’s even better. Well, what if I told you that I might have a way of possibly making $20/day extra from Twitter for not doing too much? More to come on this in the future, I just have to figure a few things out to make sure it’s not against any TOS. lol

Making Money with Youtube – Of course, since I figured we want to take advantage of the internet to make money, why not try out the third most visited website in the world – Youtube. I figured if I’m trying to take advantage of Twitter, I might as well try Youtube.

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while but like many of you guys, I just had the knowledge but never took action. No more! Time to take more action!

Passwords for Protected Posts – I think it’s been a few weeks since I sent out that e-mail so if you just subscribed, I’ll probably be sending that out later this week, if not early next week. And for those of you guys that were subscribed before mid July that never received the passwords, leave a comment and I’ll check out what happened.

New Ad Placement on DatMoney Works – If you guys haven’t noticed yet, I made a few slight adjustments in my ads being displayed here. And so far, so good. The most successful one that I’m seeing is the Adsense block I put right underneath the post title. It seems to be getting some good clicks and making some good money. I probably won’t be selling that as a private ad only because the click throughs seem to be better suited for Adsense.

Alright, those are just a few updates so you guys know what I’ve been up to. And don’t worry, I’m not neglecting this blog, I’m just preparing you guys for some good posts soon!

So, it’s been over a month since my last DatMoney Weekly Updates so I figured I would update you guys on a few things and also mention that you guys don’t have to e-mail me right when you subscribe via e-mail to obtain the password to the $100/Day Adsense post. But keep reading and I’ll update you with more than just that.

Advertisement Changes – I don’t know how many people have noticed but I decided to make just a couple of adjustments to the ads being displayed here. The main changes were getting rid of the six 125×125 spots on the right hand side and only making it three. I did that for a couple of reasons:

1. To get more exposure to the current advertisers.
2. To not have so many ads cluttered in one section of my blog
3. Also, I have less advertisers contacting me currently for the 125×125 spots so I figured I’d reduce the number of ads being shown. And if more people contact me, I’ll add more 125×125 spots and get rid of the 160×60 banners below.

In addition, the other main change was the fact that I put a 350×250 Google Adsense Ad on individual posts right below the title. I’m actually doing this as an experiment for the search engine traffic I’m getting because on my other blog, it seems to work out pretty good for click-throughs.

I’m not sure how long I’ll leave it there but if it works out in my favor, I may just consider leaving it there.

Attention New E-mail Subscribers Looking for the $100/Day Password! - Although I love getting e-mails from you guys, it’s not necessary to e-mail me individually letting me know that you have subscribed and looking for the password. I usually only send out the password once a month as a batch and I usually give updates on my weekly updates posts so you guys know about it.

Of course, I understand a lot of you guys e-mailing me because you are fairly new and don’t know this information. But please be patient, you should get it by the end of this month if you have subscribed via e-mail, verified, etc.

Banner Designs E-mail - If you e-mailed my banner designs e-mail address within the past month or so, more than likely you never got a response. Well, I haven’t checked that e-mail in quite sometime so if you guys are still waiting to hear back, I’ll check it this weekend. If it’s a rush, please use my contact form to get in touch with me. Or add me on any of my instant messengers, I’m usually on at some point in the day.

Top Commentators Change - The only change I made was basically I took off the number of comments being displayed next to each commentator. I did this simply to avoid top commentators hijacking so if someone had 3 total comments and made it on the list, I didn’t want someone else to see that and try to comment 4 times just to knock that person out.

Of course, there’s always ways around this but at least it slows these one-time commentators down a little bit.

Contest Coming Soon - Well, hopefully it comes sooner than later. I mentioned earlier that I would hold a contest once I hit 1,000+ subscribers so it’ll depend on how fast I make it to that. At this rate, I may be close to it within a couple weeks but who really knows.

Does Anyone Have the Pagerank Tool? - There’s this pagerank tool I had (which I don’t anymore) that basically you typed in the URL and it would give you a list of all the pages/posts on the site with pagerank of each individual page. Does anyone have that tool or know where I can get it? If you do, I’ll hook you up with one month advertising here. Well, I’ll hook you up if you can hook me up. But it has to be this specific tool or something better than what I’m describing.

Guest Posting - Last time I mentioned I’d be interested in guest posts on here and a couple of people contacted me expressing interest. Unfortunately, no one has officially submitted one. If you are interested, please send me a copy of what you had in mind and I’ll consider posting it.

Anyways, those are some quick updates! Please contact me if you still have questions or concerns.

It’s been quite a while since my last DatMoney updates, and the main reason is the fact that I haven’t been around as much to keep up. But at least I get a few posts in each week. Anyways, because I have been busy, I decided I’m going to start outsourcing a few things. That’s just one of the many updates… let’s get straight into it.

Outsourcing Some Work – I was too cheap and hardheaded to outsource a lot of work. I think this is one of the main reasons why it was hard for me to multitask with all the projects that I’m working on. I’ve actually hired someone to help me out with the small tasks of building links, blog commenting, writing articles, etc. Don’t worry, these tasks are mainly for my other sites so that way I can focus a little more here.

But if you know of people who can help for cheap (or even for free), please let me know. I can definitely use the help, and who knows, you’ll probably learn a thing or two from me in the process.

Price Changes on Ad Space and Paid Reviews - I haven’t changed my prices for over a year now which is a good and bad thing. And good thing because advertisers get a pretty good price for what they are getting. But bad because that means I haven’t been increasing my stats like I’d like to.

Since I’m nearly around 900 RSS Feed subscribers (even though Google hasn’t updated my RSS counter) and all my stats are pretty decent, I’ve decided that on June 1st, 2009 that I will increase my prices. Of course, it won’t be anything drastic. I haven’t figured it out yet but more than likely I’m just going to increase prices by $5.00 USD a month or review.

I’m just easing it in and $5.00 isn’t even a big increase. Of course, if I really start promoting and my stats skyrocket, then that’s going to be a different thing.

If you sent me an e-mail regarding a paid review or ad spot already (or before June 1st) then you’ll get the old prices.

Password to the $100/Day Adsense Post Sent – I finally got around to sending out the next batch of e-mails for the password protected post of making $100/day from Adsense. If you subscribed since the last batch, verified and stayed subscribed, you should have the e-mail. I think I got everyone prior to today, so if you happen to missed the cutoff, you’re going to have to wait until the next one.

If you didn’t receive the password but subscribed, more than likely it’s in your spam so check it before you contact me. And if you just feel as though you never received it and you’re currently subscribed, then drop a comment or contact me and I’ll get it to you.

Site Flipping Series Update - Just a quick update, I’m considering just using a domain name and niche that I already have setup that is relatively new so you guys can follow along with that. I think you guys are more interested in the later results in progress rather than the very beginning.

Though, if the site I show you guys makes consistent money that is pretty good, I may actually hold off on selling it. I would prefer recurring revenue, if the money is right, rather than a lump sum up front… especially if there is a lot of potential in the site.

Guest Post Anyone? - Since I haven’t been able to update as much on here, I figured I’d give you guys chances on guest posting if you want to. Of course, you’ll get a backlink to your site (and whatever anchor text you want) as well as your post being sent out to the 800-900 subscribers of DatMoney.

I’m not too picky on the type of post, I just want it to be informative, interesting or related to online entrepreneurship. If you are interested, just shoot me an e-mail with an example of your post and I’ll let you know if it’s cool.

RSS Feed E-mail Delivery Hours Changed - Before I had my RSS Feeds sent out between 11am – 1pm EST but since my work schedule has changed slightly, I figured it’d be easier for me to get posts at a later time.

Currently, I’ve set it to be delivered between 3pm – 5pm EST but maybe possibly change that to a little later. I’m sure no one is going to care anyways, but I wanted to inform you guys if you were ever expecting to read my post right when you got it in your inbox.

Well, that’s it for now. Let me know if you guys have any questions!

Here comes another edition of DatMoney Weekly Updates to get you guys all caught up on where I stand on some of my online entrepreneur projects and what’s been new.

Where Have I Been? – Honestly, I’ve been going through a few personal issues that have taken my mind off of things and it’s hard trying to focus when things get you down, you know? I haven’t had my head on my shoulders for a while but I’m trying to get things back so I can get rolling but again, it’s hard.

On top of that, I’ve been working on new projects which I will mention further on this post.

I’m A Little Behind – If you sent me an e-mail within the past week or so, more than likely you haven’t received a response from me. Again, I haven’t really had my head on my shoulders and on top of that, some of my personal issues have been getting me down a lot so I’ve also lacked motivation to do anything. And it’s not only online stuff that, for the record.

Password to $100/day from Adsense Sent Out – I believe I sent out a mass e-mail last week or the week before to those e-mail subscribers that have been active and been patiently waiting.

If you haven’t received the password and you subscribed before one week ago, please let me know. My e-mail might have went straight to your spam or you might’ve deleted it for some odd reason?

Extending FREE Banner Designs – I decided that I’m going to extend this offer but not exactly where until when. Of course, you guys do need to meet the requirements and a lot of people were denied simply because they were looking for a head for a brand new blog.

Please read the requirements at “I Will Design Your Blog Header for FREE!”

Working on Amazon Sites – I recently signed up to promote Amazon products and someone gave me an idea to build niche sites for it. It’s almost like how I build my niche Adsense sites or maybe how some affiliate marketers create landing pages.

I’m testing a few things out because I heard you can make quite a decent amount of money with Amazon. Plus, it’s a trustworthy and known site so people won’t hesitate on buying it through them.

So, I’ve hit a speed bump with personal issues and I’m sure it happens to the best of us but it just depends on how we cope with it. I’ve been trying my best but when you are simply too distracted, you aren’t as productive and that’s how I’ve been for a little while. I’m still like that but I’m out to prove things to people… and that’s what is giving me that little motivation I need.