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Re:What are some ways I can earn online ($200-$300)? Just en... by yummyfajitas on Sunday July 01, 2012 @08:57AM (#4184590)
I wrote this blog post, and just to see what would happen I turned the book links into Amazon affiliate links. I made $291.99.

http://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2012/leaving_academia.html

Re:What are some ways I can earn online ($200-$300)? Just en... by frugalfirbolg on Sunday July 01, 2012 @09:45AM (#4184697)
That's pretty impressive. If you don't mind me prying, how long did it to take to rack up those earnings (guessing 2 months since it was posted) and where did most of your traffic for that post come from (rss subscribers vs search engine referrals)?
Re:What are some ways I can earn online ($200-$300)? Just en... by yummyfajitas on Sunday July 01, 2012 @09:55AM (#4184723)
1 month. Amazon takes a while to deliver payment, and I just got my first payment a couple of days ago. However, earnings went way down after the first month. This month I only made $17.

HN was the biggest source of traffic, followed by reddit. A bunch more came from twitter, facebook, google+, as people shared the article.

Re:What are some ways I can earn online ($200-$300)? Just en... by frugalfirbolg on Sunday July 01, 2012 @10:54AM (#4184887)
Still a nice bonus for taking the time write some original content. Thanks for sharing the info.