Review: John Chow Dot Com

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I’ve been a fan of John Chow dot com website for quite some time. So I’d like to offer a review of his website, especially on how he plans to make money online: I think my own readers would appreciate discovering his blog, as I did just a few months ago. I’m offering this review of his blog to encourage readers to discover why his blog has become successful, what lessons (both positive and negative) you can learn from his blog, and encourage you to strike out on your own.

Just as Starbucks has become successful for its cappuccinos, lattes and mochas, the world of coffee is hardly limited to the narrow confines of a Starbucks counter. Similarly, John Chow offers a great way to sample the wares on display on the Internet.

So why should you bother with his website, given the ‘range’ out there? Well, it’s mostly because he eats what he sells. How often can you go into a restaurant and find the boss eating his own cooking? How often do you go to look at cars, say a Ford, only to find the salesman and boss are driving Toyotas? Well, for John. He eats what he cooks. He drives what he sells. Let me explain.

He blogs because he enjoys blogging, and one of the things he knows about: how to market your blog. So, he writes about the different ways to earn money and he provides a good examples of how he does it: he writes occasional reviews for ReviewME (aff). As a reader, you are treated to the review he wrote, as well as the financial benefits that the review generates at the end of the month. Nor does he hide the fact that it is a review. He is open and honest about that aspect, too.

With John Chow, you see what you get. It’s as simple as that!

Blog Your Way To Wealth: Building Multiple Streams of Income

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One of the tenets of wealth building has to be the ability to generate multiple streams of revenue. Similarly, though, when you are trying to create an income from your online businesses, you need to pursue a multi-faceted methodology. I was reminded of this when TLA recently ‘reviewed’ this website without so much as a by-your-leave.

I would suggest that if you are creating a revenue from your website, once you have sufficient traffic, you should look at the following five ways:

  • 1. Google Ads
  • 2. Text Link Ads
  • 3. Paid postings (Payperpost, ReviewME, or similar)
  • 4. Affiliate programs

What other ways can you successfully monetize a blog? What has been successful for you? Or not, perhaps? Share by commenting me your thoughts…!

Building Your Own House: A Sensible Choice?

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In these lean times for the property market, how can building your own house be sensible? Well, Construction Loan Center thinks otherwise. In fact, their Advisors Column suggest that the timing couldn’t be better: lumber prices are down, labor is available due to rising unemployment, and contractors are returning phone calls now that work is scarce!

But, for an InvestorBlogger, is building your own home a wise decision? That depends on how you see yourself, your family and your time management. For some, building a house will always be an expression of their own personality; for others, it will be about keeping costs low enough to make owning their own house viable.

For others, it’s an investment that they hope they will recoup in a few years (when property recovers). Still for others, it’s a way to have a house that is suitable for their personal or family needs, not a cookie cutter design.

However, if you are willing to embark on such a course, it’s wise to research and plan carefully your dream house, you may not wish to follow the stone-age approach of these people. One aspect that these self-builders were acutely aware of was the financing. They scoped out the entire process, decided on the amount of money they could spend, and stuck to their goals.

Such a focus on the expenditure would be essential as self-building can easily exceed initial estimates of the costs. Indeed, with rising interest rates, it would be wise to figure out the building costs and the costs related to any loans you might take out. After all, it would be a terrible shame to build your dream house, then lose it because you couldn’t make the mortgage payments!

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