You may have noticed that as of this week, there are some Ads on Millionairewho.com
Hate it, don’t you?
At least I’m fully disclosing WHAT and WHY. It wouldn’t be fair for me to do otherwise.
There’s three types of ads you’ll see on here:
The first type is a Google Adwords ad. These are auto-generated by Google based on whatever you have stored as cookies on your computer. I have no control over what you see:
In my first week with Google ads, I’ve brought in an impressive one penny. Yes, thats no exaggeration- I’m proud to inform you I made a penny. Whoohoo! Thanks.
The second type of ad you’ll see is an Amazon Affiliate program ad. Again, these ones I have no control over what you see. It may automatically select something related to what I am discussing, or it may not This looks like this:
Amazon will offer a little bit more than Google, but only if you buy whatever it is that shows up. For example if it lists a $20 movie, I could make 40 cents. If you don’t buy the movie, I get 0 cents.
And the last type of ad you’ll see is a specific product link to amazon. Its true that I get paid a couple of CENTS if you buy through this link, but you pay the same price you would if you just went to Amazon directly, and lets be honest- you’ll probably buy it at Amazon anyway, so why not help me out with a few pennies (literally) when you buy?
Here’s my DAUGHTER’s book she wrote:
Here’s what I do promise.
I will never link to an amazon product explicitly for the purpose of getting you to buy something.
I’m a professor first, and will give honest recommendations. Any product that I recommend and link to is something I authentically recommend, and I am offering the amazon link as one way to buy it. For example, I already wrote a number of book reviews that are scheduled to show up in the blog over the next 3 months. I recommend some of the books. I tell you not to waste your time with others, but regardless of whether I recommend it or not, I will put an amazon affiliate link at the end of it. If you choose to buy it, great! its always a good thing to learn, and I’ll appreciate the pennies I receive from your purchase. If you choose not to buy, I hope your learning in other ways but I’m still here to serve you!
So here’s an example of what was sold so far this week:
(This is a screenshot of Amazon Associates)
See? full disclosure, and no games!
“So why are you trying to make money anyway?”
First off, websites cost money. This website costs several hundred dollars a year to host, plus the domain name. The podcast hosting service charges between 60 and 500 a year depending on how many podcasts go up. In addition, to record the video podcast I need a video camera, and due to feedback from listeners that the audio quality could be improved, I invested in new semi-professional microphones. Some day I could use a better camera… and better mounts.. and maybe some better software to edit these things.
At this point I’ve spent around $800 on this website, and thanks to ads I’ve earned almost $4 back. Whoohoo!
I don’t anticipate MillionaireWho will ever be a massive money maker. That isn’t the reason I started it- I started it because I’m a natural teacher. I want to help others and love to see others succeed. You can ask the hundreds of students who have taken my classes and I believe they will fully agree. I hope some day to generate enough money to hire someone to help maintain this website and edit the videos and audio so they are even better for you, but in the mean time I’m hoping to generate enough to keep it alive long term!
Some might say- “you seem successful already, does a few hundred bucks matter”? If you ask me that, you need to listen to my podcasts and read my blogs, because every dollar matters. I might have brought in $4 in ads, but those $4 matter.. and I urge you to keep reading and listening if you don’t yet understand why!
Hopefully this helps some of you trying to figure out the “advertising” thing.
For others I hope this helps you understand WHY there are ads on this website.
I appreciate your support, and most of all- I appreciate you learning, educating yourself, and securing your wallet, Stabilizing your future, and Succeeding in Entrepreneurship and Finance! This world will be better if more people learn to be better with with their finances!