Hello everyone, my name is Jeni Larson and as Forest said, I’ll be taking over Real Blogging Tips. Not to worry, he’ll be back for frequent guest posts and he is also helping me with a few case study sites that will be shared here. Plenty of opportunity to harass him.
Some of you already know me, or have seen me around the web. For those of you I haven’t met yet, I’ll tell you a little about myself. I’m known as Brilliant Jeni, and while I’m told I’m rather clever, the name is really just a nickname from my Rutgers days. I’m originally from OC, California and currently live in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I also have a home in Denver, and I travel frequently- in fact, one of my blogs covers my travels, but I’ll be sharing my sites with you as examples later.
I’ve been a full time blogger and web publisher since April of 2007, the best career choice I could have ever made. It has allowed me to work for myself, have a flexible schedule, travel monthly, and make 6 figures many times over. Best of all, it’s something I really love so I’ve been happy to spend much of my time coaching new and established bloggers.
I don’t consider myself an MMO blogging guru. In fact, I’m still learning new things every week, experimenting, and modifying my own strategies constantly. I can, however, say that I know enough to make $60,000 a month- my estimated income for the month of March 2010. And, I know enough to make that on sites I haven’t touched in months. I’m definitely a fan of passive income blogging strategies, no matter which ad network for affiliate program I’m working with. Sorry Tim, but 4 hours a week is just too much for me! AdSense snapshot from 2009-2010:
While MMO Blogging is definitely my forte, I’m also looking forward to sharing blogging tips on SEO, keyword research strategies, backlinking, blogging software, troubleshooting, networking… this list could go on for a while. If you have specific topics you’d like covered, just let me know. If you have questions, now or later, drop them in comments anytime and I’ll respond. Looking forward to meeting you all and learning a lot- Happy blogging!
On twitter… @brilliantjeni – send me a knock knock joke or such nonsense so I know to follow you back. 
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Wow, what an enticing first post!
I signed up for the rss feed and it shows up in Google Reader that this post is by “by Big Ben Patton (Big Ben Patton)”. May want to change that.
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Enticing- that’s quite a compliment! I’m glad you liked it and thank you for subscribing to the RSS.
I was just working on the site changes now and it looks like I have my work cut out for me. Good thing I like this stuff huh? I’m such a geek.
Hi Jeni,
WOW I think Forest found himself a real GEM in you.
Looking forward to seeing where this blog is going.
Welcome aboard.
Joe
Thanks Joe! I’m looking forward to seeing where the blog goes myself
I like you I know
I forward Joe too.
As Joe said, I will wait for more articles from you
Hey thanks guys! new one is up- let me know what you think
OH I see. I keep on visiting in this site a from a couple of months ago, and it’s now that you keep an update here. Keep on blogging dude we have lot of knowledge gained with this site
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You know, I had planned to post sooner but it’s been a crazy month. New projects, family emergencies, and of course tax season is here… I’ve worked more this month than I did all of last year I think!
I’ll do my best to keep the posts flowing for you though.
Nice to meet you – sounds like you’ve got a lot of great tips to share, look forward to reading more
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Thank you Ruth, and nice to meet you as well. If you have anything specific you’d like covered, by all means let me know.
Well Jeni, an awesome introduction
…. Not sure what is up with the RSS so will have to see if that can be fixed….
I’m really looking forward to seeing what Jeni is going to being here and am really looking forward to still being a part of the community.
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Thank you for all the help Forest- not sure what I’d do without you. We’ll have to get your first guest post in soon, so you’re not missed too much
I dunno, if Forest the CodeMonkey couldn’t get Big Ben off the RSS, I’m not sure anyone can!
And, holy crap! I had no idea your income was jumping that fast! Congrats!
Yeah, this last earnings jump was even more than I expected. If you remember, I’d made a few slight tweaks last Fall, preparing for the New Year’s traffic spike I predicted. Then I didn’t touch it again until last month, so obviously I made the right changes. Next month should clear $60k, so I’m pretty excited.
There’s one more change I’d like to try, but going to wait until I have Ian and Jarret around in case I screw up the coding (again) lol My MMO strategies are tight but my coding skills bite.
Hey, you rhymed!
Mmmh. 60 K a month and living in Puerto Vallarta. Not in a shack on the beach, I can imagine
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Casa de BrilliantJeni lol
No, not a shack exactly
I have a few shots on my facebook page; it’s a pretty big, modern home on the golf course at Marina Vallarta. I have a few guest rooms that seem to be always full, and I love it.
My office: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=32348&id=580969575&ref=mf#!/photo.php?pid=3907330&id=580969575
Honestly, there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think how fortunate I am to have that view while I work. Life is really good
Very nice debut post, Jeni. Great to have you onboard.
Till then,
Jean
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Belated thank you Jean!
Forest, sorry to hear that you won’t be around here much. I guess it is best to concentrate on your more profitable ventures. I’m looking forward to Jeni’s upcoming posts. I’m sure she’ll do a great job.
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It’s a little weird seeing someone copy and paste your comment from a different post. I read this comment and it was eerily familiar to me. Sure enough, it was the comment I left on the previous post. Tsk tsk. Bad spammer!
Yea, I’ve been seeing it more and more everywhere lately. Hope it can be prevented in the future.
Till then,
Jean
I suppose you could take it as a compliment right? Your comment was so great, it deserved a repeat! lol
I remember a world, way back when… there was no such thing as spam. Pre aol days even. ahhh those were the days…
Wow… That’s a lot earning that you have. Wish that I can earn like you. In yearly (not monthly income), I am a happy guy already.
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Today, I was hanging in the new hammock out by my pool, and just feeling overwhelmingly grateful after finishing this month at $60,000. Then it hit me- April is my AdSensiversary- it was 3 years ago this month that I started with AdSense and blogging. My first goal, believe it or not, was to make $33 USD a day. I don’t think I could have imagined that I’d be making a few thousand a day, just 3 years later. You may just find yourself in that boat too
I can only dream of making what you make now with adsense, hopefully one day i’ll get to your level!
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Well, I’m always here to help Mietwagen!
Welcome to the blog Jeni. I’m sure you will do a great job taking over from Forest. Your online earnings do sound quite impressive. Looking forward to hearing you share some tips about how you accomplished that.
Thank you Laptop- happy to be aboard and looking forward to what’s to come. If you ever have any topics you’d like to see covered, feel free to share.
SEO and keyword research are the other things that I certainly want to get into as well. Looking forward to it.
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You asked, I posted- Just published an SEO starter strategy I hope you’ll find helpful Marvin.
There are lots of tip in blogging but for me effective blogging always comes with great SEO
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Have to agree with you there. At the very least, a few efficient SEO tactics can sure save a blogger time and money!
Yay – this is pretty sweet! Though I do enjoy a good affiliate marketing rant, I would love to hear about your Adsense adventures.
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Hey there Elijah! Good to see you here!
I’ll definitely make a note of that and plan some AdSense adventure posts.
As far as nicknames go, yours’ isn’t half bad!
Look forward to reading. Best!
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looking forward to getting started and grateful for the link but techniphobically overwhlemed. I don’t even know what MMO blogging is!
Is there a ‘Blogging for Dummies’ somewhere?
Make Money Online = MMO.
There is a blogging for dummies, but not sure that would be my first recommendation. AdSense Code by Joel Comm is great for familiarizing yourself with the basics of MMO Blogging. 6 Figure Blogging by Darren Rowse & Chris Garrett is another good one for learning basics. I have yet to find a single resource that covers A to Z about blogging- if there was, it would be larger than a copy of Pride and Prejudice!
Best option is to subscribe to the pros who teach MMO Blogging. Myself, Darren Rowse, Shoemoney, John Chow, Yaro, JenSense, CopyBlogger… there are good handful of really successful bloggers out there now, some who don’t mind sharing their secrets.
Yup in blogging I saw my life and I really love doing this
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I was just working on the site changes now and it looks like I have my work cut out for me. Good thing I like this stuff huh? I’m such a geek.Cool Post! Very informative dude. I saw this site while browsing and think it may be relevanthttp://www.blisslimos.com/ keep up the good work!
I am looking forward for some good seo tips. Good luck on taking over this blog
I think that makes the 5th request for SEO tips just this week. That makes my new few posts an easy call. Hope you find them helpful and thanks for the request!
I am interested also in some new seo strategies, Looking forward to it. keep up the good work =)
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Hey Jeni,
Way to set your stall out. That was an awesome intro post! Not that I don’t already know who you are, but this spells exciting, or enticing even, things to come
How soon till we see you in six figures for the month?
Neal
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Hiya Neal! well, let’s see- last month was $60k, this month is looking like $70k… I wouldn’t be surprised if I was at 6 figures a month by the end of summer.
I’m really excited to see my “passive income blogging tactics” have snowballed the way they have. I knew they worked but I never imagined they’d have my earnings going up 10k a month.
have my work cut out for me. Good thing I like this stuff huh? I’m such a geek.Cool Post! Very informative dude.
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Hi your real blogging tips is very impressive and also very impressive all is very great article share it again by again.
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I wonder that realy how you earn it. From my blog I use in a month 5k $. But ass I see your payment ise like 25k$. How can I do it?
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This year, my payments have gone up 10k each month- this month, I will earn over $70k, about $68k of that is from AdSense. Honestly, this keyword strategy is the first step to how I make that. I’ll be posting an a to z of what I do when launching a new site but since most of my previous readers are new to blogging, this will be somewhat basic to avoid confusion. For advanced strategies, I’ll be sharing those here. If you have suggestions for post topics, by all means let me know.
Well, your name says it all. Brilliant, Jeni. I’m not too sure if you still remember me but hey, nice intro. 50K a month is like shooting for the stars for some.
Yan
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Of course I remember you Yan! So great to see you here!
For those of you that are new to blogging, Darren Rowse over at Problogger.net is starting up a series for beginng bloggers. I believe it’s going to be more about actually blogging than any technical issues with a blogging platform but I read Darren’s stuff fairly often and I’m sure it will be good.
Well Welcome to the site, and I look forward to getting fresh new opinion and learn what you can bring to this blog. I am new to a lot of this, so I am always looking for more websites to further my knowledge.
WOW! $60,000 a month by blogging sounds fantastic!! Congratulations! I can understand making that much through a company but through blogs that blows my mind!
$70k now
and ty! Next goal is 100k a month, and happy to share how I’m doing it.
That’s kinda neat. I didn’t know you could do that. A couple JS includes and a quick call to the API. Though wouldn’t you need to apply some sort of caching system? The user timeline call is rate limited, and it looks like you’re calling the API on every page load.
Sure seems that way to me too, Umbro.
Till then,
Jean
Excellent stats. I hope to be there in a couple of months!
It seams to be so much easier, for your guys blogging about blogging to get, some income from the blogs, i have tried Adsense with out to much success, i have considered affiliate programs but in my blogging niche it seams difficult to find something useful.
Actually, blogging about blogging pays little more than that warm fuzzy feeling I get from helping other bloggers.
This site isn’t currently monetized at all. I will be adding AdSense soon but to be honest, I just like the channel stats- not really looking to make anything here.
For AdSense, your best bet is always going to be in highh-demand content niches. Right now, there are TONS of these but this will get more challenging as more people turn to the web for money opportunities.
White Board, I just took a look at your site- looks great! In fact, it looks so great, it almost makes me cry not to see AdSense on it! Not sure if you’ll check back here, but definitely curious to hear if you’ve tried ads on the site already? and what kind of traffic you’re getting atm?
Your confidence will keep growing with experience. Have you tried practising “public” speaking with your family? or friends? Seek their constructive criticism and ask for their ideas regarding your presentation.
Nah, I’m not shy. I was the president of a 300+ organization at Rutgers- speaking in front of them regularly got me over my stage fright fast! lol
I’ve been asked to speak at some blogging events and similar but not sure I’m up for that at the moment. For now, I’m content to help out a few thousand people here and focus on other projects.
Who knows what the future will bring thought right?
Thank u for all information. Im adding you on My rss feeds. Can u share your twitter or msn?
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Search Engine Optimization) is relatively easy and you don’t need to be an SEO blogging master to reach #1 in the SERP’s (Search Engine Result Page) for even highly competitive keyword phrases.
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This is amazing! How long have you been doing this for?
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The SEO opportunity, here, lies in keyword variation. You see, keywords often have many substitutes for which you also want to rank for. Title tags can help you do this.
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Jeni,
You are really brilliant. Blogging tips can really help me in my new endeavors in life. Just got kicked-out from my company, hopefully blogging can help me earn.
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Hearing her speak made me want to go back and read more of her writings. She spoke about her book, Blogging Tips, writing good content, general tips for blogging, and spam management. It was all very interesting.
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I can only dream of making what you make now with adsense, hopefully one day i’ll get to your level!
Those are unique tips and straigh-forward advices from you. Thanks for sharing to us.
I was thinking about this the other day Jeni, I think it would be an awesome case study if you could perhaps share at least just one of your successful websites, although I could understand why you perhaps might not want to go into that, as it may give away too much, but I think nothing speaks louder than a real live example
Till then,
Jean
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Looking forward to hearing you share some tips about how you accomplished that.
Looking forward to seeing some blog posts for you. Im sure you will do a good job.