Watch Me Dance & Learn How To Make $50

Check out my fly dance moves in the video below. You just got served? Not quite. Anyway, the video is fun, and more importantly, the message is funner. Shawn and Missy own a site called WeViews.tv where they review products on video. I did a few video reviews for them and they’re looking for more. Even better, they’re paying $50 for a review. That is one awesome deal. So look around your house for stuff you have and get reviewing for some cold hard cash! By the... Read More »

Three Questions For Shoemoney

These making money online guys are everywhere. I’ve already done a video about Zac Johnson. Now, today, I’ve got an interview with Jeremy Shoemaker, aka, Shoemoney. Shoemoney is known as one of the biggest “making money online” guys, primarily I believe, because of his success with ringtones. Why interview Jeremy? Well, as you’ll see, I didn’t ask him the same questions he gets from everyone. Ok, one of them is, but the other two are not... Read More »

Zac Johnson Is One Bad Making Money Mofo

A lot of “make money online” guys talk a good game, but I know for a fact that a guy by the name of Zac Johnson actually lives it. I’ve known Zac for years now, and we hang out together at most Affiliate Summit events twice a year. He’s a great guy, and an even better money maker online. The great news for all of you peeps who want to learn how to get rich online is that Zac now has a blog where he gives away, yes, he gives away his mad skillz for... Read More »

Announcement: Making The Leap To Video Blogs Only In 2008 - No More Text

I’ve been blogging on this domain since 2001. I’ve written thousands and thousands of blog posts in text form, and while I enjoyed doing it all those years, it’s, well, boring now. This will be the last text blog entry I will post here at JimKukral.com in 2008. Instead, I’m committing to only creating video or audio content. and I’m not looking back. Who will join me? There are several reasons why I’m doing this… Reason #1: Stop Being... Read More »

You Need 500,000 Viewers A Month To Quit Your Job & Be An Online Video Star!

That what an executive from Blip.tv said in an article at TVweek.com. “There is a very good chance that people creating shows that reach 500,000 viewers a month or more will be able to go full-time,” Ms. Kaplan said. “I don’t know if you should quit your job, but if you reach 500,000 people a month or more, you will have opportunities to monetize it.” Furthermore… If a show has an audience of only 20,000 people per month, the creator... Read More »

Online Video Ads Mean Big Bucks For You

As Beet.tv is reporting, YouTube overlay ads are beginning to appear all over the place. Want to see it in action? Try this video from Tim Carter. You’ll notice the little yellow bar in the player… that shows where the ad is going to play (if there is one, you may have to refresh as the ads don’t load every time). Here’s a screen grab of an ad on that video. Relevant ad for some kind of DIY network. So why is this important to you? If you’re... Read More »

The Power Of Adsense In Web Publishing

Ready to make money as a web publisher? Here’s a neat little Google Adsense commercial that I found at my Making Money Online video channel at Magnify.net. I know MANY a friend who has made TONS of money from Google as a publisher. There’s still time to get on the $$$ bandwagon.  Read More →

Want To Make Money Online As A Publisher? This Is How You Do It.

Quite possibly one of the smartest publisher strategy plays I’ve seen to date. It has all the great components with a few MAJOR things you must do to be successful… 1. It’s not spammy and provides high quality content. 2. It has awesome problem solving video content. Entertaining too. 3. It is built in a blog platform so it’s SEO friendly and linkable. Rss/tags too. 4. It has great Adsense placements. Even the videos, using monetization at Revver,... Read More »

Online Success Comes To Those That Take It, Not Wait For It

Normally you won’t hear me talking much about “guru” type programs. Why? Because I think that a lot of them are suspect. However, I do know that there are high-quality gurus and the like out there that actually do deliver on what they promise. Let’s throw that aside for a second and instead talk about why these gurus succeed. You know why? Because they’re creative, and they move fast… and most importantly, they take chances. Joel Comm has... Read More »

Online Videos Increase Traffic & Bring Eyeballs To Your Online Business

I knew my constant harping on online video would start to pay off :). BlogBusinessWire.com ran a piece today called 10 Ways To Increase Blog Traffic With YouTube Videos, and they included one of my AsktheBlogger.com (please subscribe to my channel on YouTube) videos in example #4. I’m flattered, thanks guys! Read the entire post for the full analysis. Here are the top bullets. 1. Embed a YouTube video in a blog post. 2. Share a YouTube video link in an email. 3. Create... Read More »

How To Sell A $100,000 Sponsorship For Your Blog

Joel Cheesman is a blogger in a niche of career/recruiting. Early in 2007 Joel sold a one-year sponsorship for his award-winning blog, Cheezhead.com, to Jobcentral.com for $100k. I recently interviewed Joel via email to find out how he did it, and how you can do it to. Jim Kukral: Was it your idea to sell your entire blog or did the sponsor suggest it? Joel: Mine. Jim’s Analysis: It just goes to show that success comes to those who ask for it. Decide what you want,... Read More »

Online Video Click-Through Rates Vs. Traditional Banner Ads, It Ain’t Pretty

Interesting news piece over at my old stomping grounds clickZ.com today. Entitled ‘Online Video Ads Leave GIFs and JPGs Standing Still, Says DoubleClick’. The entire piece can be summarzied into this paragraph. People are about twice as likely to play a video, or replay one that started automatically, than they are to click through standard JPG or GIF image ads. Video far outdistances plain image ads when it comes to the coveted click-through rate, said DoubleClick.... Read More »

How To Change Your YouTube Video Thumbnail Image?

Graywolf teased us a bit in his video entry here, and below about a technique that can set your YouTube thumbnail image. Here’s his video. So, does it work? I tested it out, after trying the math in my head. I’m probably wrong, but we’ll see. It worked! See the black video overlay with the message? This post from Crunchnotes, and the comments, are postulating that it is the center/middle of the video. That’s what I did above. However, YouTube... Read More »

Online Marketing Videos Every Aspiring Super Marketer Needs To Watch

Mack at the Viral Garden had a great post about how he found some amazing marketing videos by some famous marketers over at Google Video. I started searching through Google Video and found plenty of gems by speakers such as Seth Godin, Joe Jaffe, Jackie Huba, and Robert Scoble. For the other 99.9% of you that have broadband (ie, real internet), enjoy. Do yourself a favor, take a few hours out of your day or weekend, and give these guys a chance to make you smarter. In particular,... Read More »