BankonThat.com

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I’ve been running content based resource sites since MySpace first came on the scene. I still maintain my main resource sites, but around 7 months ago I decided to try something with my smaller ones.

I have around 8 small niche based myspace layout sites that I basically have no real use for. For some reason I stripped them of all their Ads (google adsense, cpx) a very long time ago. I mainly just used them to get more people using my myspace layouts that had linkbanks + place links on the sites linking my main websites to pass on some PR juice.

About 7 months ago one of the CPA networks I’m in emailed me about a new way to monetize my content sites. I do some PPC marketing and my AMs know the bulk of our work is on content/member based websites. My AM wanted me to put a “content unlocker” on any sites I was willing to try to increase revenue on.

^ Content Unlocker ^

A content unlocker is exactly what it sounds like. It locks your page, blocking out your content and restricting the visitor from navigating anywhere. A box is seen on the screen asking the user to complete 1 quick survey to gain unlimited access to your website’s content. The surveys pay from $0.30 - $5 and only show geo-targeted results. For me they’ve averaged out to around $1.60/survey completion.

The first site I put the content unlocker on has been averaging 200-300 uniques a day from organic search engine traffic. I’ve been running the content unlocker on the site only on the individual “grab this layout” pages as to let the users browse around the site before asking them to complete a survey. Last month the site made $162.27. That breaks down to,
~2 cents profit a visitor
~$5.40/day
~$21.60 ECPM

This site had been sitting on my server chucking along since 2006 with $0 ad revenue. Once I saw the dollars trickle in and that it had no apparent negative impact on traffic I went ahead and placed the content unlocker on all of my other small niche myspace layout sites.

In theory I could make quite a bit more with the content unlocker than traditional advertisements on my main myspace resource site but I’m too scared to do this to 100% of my resource sites. Gotta stay diversified!

So yeah if you have any small or old content sites you’d like to try this on just go register with InstantDollarz and give it a test run. I’ve been starting up newer sites with fresh non-resource site content to see what else people would be willing to complete a survey for. Theres a lot of potential if you want to put in the effort creating new sites and doing a little SEO work or link exchanging.

I’ve seen people using the IDZ Content Unlocker with some shady sites offering to allow you to view pirated movies, ebooks, and pron in exchange for completing a survey. They quickly disable some those publishers. I’d suggest staying away from that route and just use the content unlocker on legitimate sites with worthwhile content

If you have any questions or need help setting up the content unlocker just leave a message and I’ll get in touch with you.

Otherwise happy content unlocking and easy profits off of your extra traffic. You can bank on that!

Its been over a year since I’ve made a post. I’m probably not cut out for consistent blogging as I’m always too busy with trying out tons of new methods to make bank whether its online or offline.

I’m going to start blogging again at a very slow pace. I’m going to shoot for 1 blog post a month and see how that goes. I enjoy blogging its just I usually get behind and blah blah blah.

I’ve been doing a lot of stuff lately and I’m happy to say I met all of those 2008 goals I had.
-I’ve officially been a landlord for close to a year now and that’s going great. Have had to deal with 1 eviction but its still been a profitable learning experience. I’m looking for more properties at the moment so we will see how that goes.
-I’ve started going to Affiliate Conventions and doing a lot of networking. Lots of fun!
-I’ve also increased our office to accommodate 3 full time staff who work with me to create new sites, manage old ones, and maintain our ppc affiliate marketing ad campaigns.

One thing I need to work on is to stop trying to do everything and anything. I’m like a rabid dog when I get a new idea, putting in way too many hours to set it up to see if it will work.

Well with that said stay tuned for a “July Post”.