I’m Trying Something New Here
October 21, 2012 § 6 Comments
This weekend I signed up for WordAds on my site, I am curious if I can make money from posting what I post, and if so, how much. My plan is to put this money back into the Tiny House Community in some form or another. I have recently been working with Ryan Mitchell over at TheTinyLife to get some plans together for a open chat session (which may require a monthly subscription) available to anyone who is interested (more info to come soon!). Also, a few people are starting to put some ideas together for challenging building codes.
I think if I could generate some income from this site it will help fund those efforts. That being said, if it is annoying PLEASE tell me! I would much rather just take the ads down then turn anyone off. If they are not annoying then share my site/posts with friends, the more page views recieved the more funding gets built up (or so I’m told, we shall see! 
You People Rock
I read that this makes you almost no money… hmmm. does anyone else know a better way? I am up for moving my site if needed.
Keep the money, no need to give it back to the tiny house community. You deserve to be paid for your work.
I don’t mind using this income to help make tiny houses more accessible to anyone who is interested. I have been completely inspired by everyone in this community and would love to be able to pass that on somehow. Besides, I have a couple ‘day-jobs’ that pay me plenty at this point, I really like the idea of giving back to the tiny house community
The trick with ads is traffic, you need a lot of it. The trick to traffic is great content. The trick to great content is to not worry about the ads. Ironic huh?
The trick with great content is also TIME! Man I feel so squished lately, I have a couple good [hopefully] posts coming up… more than just my build at least.
Thank you for all your help in this arena! 
(I’m sure I’ll ask more questions of you down the road 
You’d probably do better with relevant affiliate products. Tiny house books, plans, etc. Almost everyone offers a small cut if someone clicks from your website and buys something. It’s way more honest and allows you to promote products that you actually are interested in! Email me ethan[at]cloud-coach.net and I’d be happy to show you the ropes
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