Hi, everyone. It’s almost the end of the month again. So, I thought I’d nudge you a little and ask that if you haven’t voted on this month’s poll just yet, please do so. It’s always great to hear from JMMO readers and visitors – even if it’s just from a poll vote.

If you’ve already voted, thank you so much!

As always, I’ll be sharing the results of this poll shortly after I close it in the next week or so.

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Poll Reminder: Are you preparing your online business for the recession?

Last month, we conducted a poll with this question: Have you ever paid for advertising for your blog/business?

And, it looks like the majority of the votes went to the option: ‘No – I don’t think I will.’ (37%) It makes me wonder if it’s primarily because JMMO readers and visitors don’t believe that advertising will help their online business, or if budget is the main consideration.

However, overall, advertising seems to be acknowledged as a way to promote one’s business. Where the next majority of voters said that they have tried advertising only once or twice (24%). And, there are those who do advertising occasionally (16%). And, there’s 9% of voters who say they do it regularly. And, a further 14% say that even though they haven’t tried advertising yet, they are planning to use it some time.

Thanks again to everyone who voted in last month’s poll. I’ll be sharing a new poll for the month shortly.

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Poll Results: Have you ever paid for advertising for your blog/business?

Hi, everyone. Time for a new poll here at JMMO. This time, I’m curious to know if any of you have used paid advertising for your blog/business? Have you tried Google Adwords, TextLinkAds, PayPerPost, etc as an advertiser? I wonder what you think of using online advertising to get new readers and customers?

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New Poll: Have you ever paid for advertising for your blog/business?

Last month, I asked JMMO readers: What’s Your BEST Source of Income Online?

And, as you can see in this chart, I’ve tallied the results and found that most JMMO readers’ source of online income is: Advertising Programs (22%). This is a shift from the results two years ago when I asked the same question. Back then, the most popular way JMMO readers make money online was Writing/Blogging. Ad programs only came in second last time.

Anyway, the second most popular source of income (17%) is Affiliate Programs (Amazon, Clickbank, etc). Looks like more people are doing things on their own lately?

Well, Writing Content (freelancing, eHow, AC, blog networks, etc) and Services (virtual asst, consultant, design, etc) ties in third place with 13% of all votes.

Then, there are those who make money with Product Sales or Auctions (eBay, Etsy, ebooks, etc) with 11% of all votes. And, Other Work (9%). What type of other work, I’m not sure.

Other ways JMMO readers make money online include: Advertising (Direct), with 7% of all votes. And finally, Multimedia (videos, photos, etc) and Other Business (virtual employee, web company, etc) got 4% votes each.

There were a total of 46 respondents in this poll. And, I thank each and every one of you who voted. I really do appreciate it a lot.

Do watch out for our latest poll this month. If you have any suggested poll questions, just let me know and I’ll consider them. Again, thanks!

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Poll Result: The Best Source of Online Income

Money means different things to different people. For some, it means a way to pay the bills. For others, it means motivation. Or success.

Some may look at money and be excited with it. Some would rather not think about money at all, if possible.

What about you? What does money mean to you?

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Open Mic Monday: Money Means…

First of all, thanks to everyone who promoted their online business and work in last week’s Open Mic. This week, I’d like to ask you to talk more about you and your work. Perhaps, you can respond to the following:

1) Your name (pseudonyms, welcome)

2) Blog or Site URL (if any)

3) Age? 20s, 30s, 40s?

4) How long have you been using the Internet?

5) Why do you want to make money online?

6) How long have you been reading JMMO? And, how did you find out about this blog?

7) What do you want to read more about here at JMMO (more tips, more advise [Q&As], more tutorials, etc)?

Anything else you’d like to share?

Looking forward to your responses!

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Open Mic Monday: Tell Me About You

Hello and welcome to our latest poll of the month. This time, I’d like to explore the different affiliate programmes that JMMO readers use.

As you can see, I’ve given a few options here in this poll. And, I’m wondering which among these programmes do you use the most? If you have more than 1 that you use a lot, which one do you like more?

If you use an affiliate programme that I did not list here, there’s also an option to add the names of those programmes.

Looking forward to your votes!

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New Poll: Which affiliate program do you use the most?

As promised, here’s the result of our poll: Have you ever read a book about making money online?

And, as you can see in this chart, majority of the JMMO voters say that they haven’t read any online business books, but they plan to do so (35%).

The next group of voters say that they have read a few (28%) and 13% said that they’ve read 1 or 2 so far.

Interesting to note is that there’s a good 24% who seem adamant that they’ll never read an online business book. And, I imagine there are varied reasons for this.

Anyway, here are some interesting comments:

From Barbara Ling -

My favorite to date is Jim Edward’s Lazy Man’s Guide to Online Business (he advocates writing a superior customer care autoresponder sequence that solves 99% of customer questions ahead of time, as well as create a great helpdesk).

The problems with MMO books are that if they require actual hard work…people tend to become quite unhappy with them. Folks are always looking for the Silver Bullet and after doing this now for 10+ years, I know for sure… there ain’t one EXCEPT hard work.

From Kay -

I’ve read a few articles and blogs about making money online. It always struck me that I would find it far too boring to devote sufficient time and hard work to the online aspects, rather than making the objects I like to make and may want to sell. I tried some scheme that turned out to be a pyramid thing of just persuading people to subscribe to introduce more people. BORING! As soon as they wanted my money for “nothing”, I dropped out. I haven’t got a business head and need more intellectual stimulation than what I’ve found online regarding selling.

From Michael Clark -

Books have far too long a lead time, so the information is generally going to either be very generic; or out-of-date. Ask this question again in a few years after self-publishing and on-demand publishing have matured.

From Jennifer Kyrnin -

So far, I haven’t found any that were worth the cost of their printing. All the ones I’ve tried to read have either been MMF schemes or all the same SEO and marketing techniques of every other “build a website” book out there.

Thanks again to everyone who voted. I’ll be posting a new poll soon.

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Poll Result: Have you ever read a book about making money online?

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Open Mic Monday: Why Do You Want to Make Money Online?

A survey of JMMO readers’ involvement in making money online showed that majority are doing this only on a part-time (or less) basis. So, it made me wonder what everyone does in their “day jobs”?

What exactly do you do when you’re not trying to make money online?

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Open Mic Monday: What Do You Do?