Chrispian Burks

Chrispian Burks

There’s no doubt that selling text links is big business, but is is a risky business? The question, is selling text links dangerous, pops up in web master forums with increasing frequency. For... Read More
According to Techcrunch the rumor that Google is buying Feedburner is now official. Until Google or Feedburner posts it, it’s still a rumor to me! But considering the source it looks like this... Read More
I talked about Making Money With Arbitrage in my last post and I touched on the fact that some people may see it as “shady”. Like it or not, arbitrage has a negative stigma. Based on the... Read More
 
When I first heard about arbitrage I thought someone was getting a divorce. I’d never heard of arbitrage to describe a market condition. The basic idea of arbitrage is simple: take advantage of... Read More
In the second part of his series on Adobe Business Catalyst, Rob builds on part one and shows us how to add back-end ecommerce functionality, custom reporting, and additional users and roles to a... Read More
When people talk about leads or lead generation, many people start thinking about affiliate marketing or CPA (cost per action) programs. While it’s true there is a connection there, lead... Read More
Not all niches (topics) are created equal. One of the things we discovered when building our network of sites was how competitive some markets were. Here’s the problem: Lets say you start up a... Read More
 
Anyone who’s been on Digg can tell you that while the traffic can be amazing there isn’t a correlating increase in ad revenue, the bottom line being Digg users don’t click on ads... Read More
Yesterday I talked about the problems facing communities when it comes to making money. Today we’ll talk about specific ways that you can turn the loyal following that communities naturally... Read More
As I mentioned in my bio snippet, I’m a big fan of user generated content. Before the Internet I read somewhere that the worlds content was created by 10% of the worlds population. I think... Read More
Let me introduce myself, My name is Chrispian Burks and yes, you can call me Chris. I’ve been a member here at SitePoint since November, 2001. I’ve also been a Mentor in the forums and... Read More
As he hones his Website, Chris finds himself depending more and more on the PHP Cookbook. But, as he says, it's not for everyone. Should it be on your bookshelf? Read on to find out...Read More

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