Blogging For Money

Buying WordPress themes in PSD, getting them coded and then selling the sponsored links in those themes before releasing them for free has been a steady money-earner for me since the past two months or so. I have earned at least $300 from every three WP themes that I got coded and sold. As of to date, I have a couple of free WordPress themes released but since the crackdown on sponsored themes, it has been hard to get them downloaded by everyone (although that has certainly not affected sales in the least!).

Anyway, I am planning to turn one of my domains into a place where everyone can view the themes that I’ve had coded and released for free thus far. It would be an interesting project with no additional cost since that domain is not fully utilised anyway as of to date. I will be setting up that domain tonight and be putting up the theme files that I have had coded for download at that site. The site will be announced as soon as it goes live.

So the maestro of WP decided to clamp down on sponsored themes? I think someone is having delusions of grandeur here, thinking that they can act like the Big G and paid links. Well, I have invested time and money into sponsored WordPress themes (which you can see here) and I am certain that the sponsored themes industry is not going to go away. Some people might be jumping for joy when they hear this news but these people certainly do not not care squat that WP theme designers and coders need to eat and make a living in order to contribute to the community. I am into investing sponsored themes as well not just for the backlinks and money, but also to contribute to the community. What’s wrong with making a honest living off the free themes?

Anyway, I shouldn’t be too worried. There are many WordPress theme galleries that will allow sponsored themes into their database. So the industry is not quite dead yet, no matter how much some would wish that it will.

Never thought that I’d neglect blogging for so long but I have a reason for that. Still waiting the final outcome of the impending sale of my bid directory which the buyer has agreed to purchase at USD 1.5K. My intention was never to sell it but after consultation and receiving advice from many others in the industry, I decided to sell it and start a new one However, I will only start aggressive promotion of this bid directory once the sale goes through and I receive the $$$.

In other news, I’ve begun to discover the joy of selling sponsored links in WordPress themes (already making some $$$ from it) and bought the license for Mishre Directory to open its doors. I am focusing more on income from web directories and have yet to fully realise the potential of selling sponsored links in WP themes (although I have three themes on standby to be coded), I will touch on that later. To put it simply, however, I am no longer depending on blogging as my sole income source. I’d advise those of you who are serious about generating income online to never fully rely on one internet source for your moola needs. Try starting a web directory if you have a good domain name and server space to spare. You would need to spend for advertising but once the submissions start to come in, the rewards are enormous.

I am pleased to announce that in partnership with Emporium Directory, there is now a free WordPress theme for you to download and use on your blog. Emporium Business Theme is a 3-column, widget-ready WordPress theme with a clean and professional look that is suitable for business or personal blogs with a touch of class to it. Made possible by Emporium Directory and coded by Cypherhackz.

Please do not remove the links in the footer as they help in making this theme possible.

Demo version of the theme. Download the theme today!

The free WordPress theme that I mentioned previously has been coded and you can see the demo here. The name of the theme is Emporium Business Theme.

The WP theme is 3-columns, widget-ready and works in WP 2.2. It will be released very soon, I hope. You will be able to download the file at this blog as well as other places that will be announced at a later date.

I have asked Cypherhackz to code a 3-column WordPress theme for me to be released as a free WordPress theme. Actually I hired a coder before him but the guy went AWOL soon after and he did not respond to any of my MSN messages. So I decided to hire another coder now.

Here is a preview of the theme.

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