At 17 going on 37 (at least), Ashley is very much an Internet professional. In the less than two years since Whateverlife took off, she has dropped out of high school, bought a house, helped launch artists such as Lily Allen, and rejected offers to buy her young company. Although Ashley was flattered to be offered $1.5 million and a car of her choice--as long as the price tag wasn't more than $100,000--she responded, in effect, Whatever. :) "I don't even have my license yet," she says.
Ashley is evidence of the meritocracy on the Internet that allows even companies run by neophyte entrepreneurs to compete, regardless of funding, location, size, or experience--and she's a reminder that ingenuity is ageless. She has taken in more than $1 million, thanks to a now-familiar Web-friendly business model. Her MySpace page layouts are available for the bargain price of...nothing. They're free for the taking. Her only significant source of revenue so far is advertising.
According to Google Analytics, Whateverlife attracts more than 7 million individuals and 60 million page views a month. That's a larger audience than the circulations of Seventeen, Teen Vogue, and CosmoGirl! magazines combined. Although Web-site rankings vary with the methodology, Quantcast, a popular source among advertisers, ranked Whateverlife.com a staggering No. 349 in mid-July out of more than 20 million sites. Among the sites in its rearview mirror: Britannica.com, AmericanIdol.com, FDA .gov, and CBS.com.
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YA itulah sekelumit kisah dari Ashley. gadis berusia 17 tahun yang sukses meraih pendapatan dari internet dengan websitenya tentang pernak-pernik myspace Whateverlife.
Bila saya mengamati web nya timbul beberapa persepsi, mengapa ia bisa mendapatkan pendapatan sampai $ 70.000/bulan dari webnya :
- Ashley memilih niche yang tepat dan sedang digandrungi anak-anak muda khususnya di negaranya. Anak muda yang berinternet untuk suatu hiburan dan pengisi waktu luang adalah sasaran empuk bagi adsenser yang ingin kliknya diperbanyak...(Ayo..aku juga lagi mikir nih...apa ya kira-kira yang sama)
- kekuatan komunitas berlaku disini. Cobalah masuk ke myspacenya lihatlah di sana berapa orang temannya..sekitar 56.oo0...mungkin ini salah satu kemungkinannya. Ashley berterus terang bahwa dia ber myspace untuk mencari teman dan afiliasi. So kenapa gak mulai aja sekarang dari myspace dan friendster buat mempromosikan bisnis mu...Gak usah takut dan malu...Toh Halal kan....Hoho..
- penempatan iklan.Ini Kunci penting..ketika masuk anda tidak akan menjumpai langsung tip-tip atau perkakas My space tapi yang anda jumpai adalah iklan-iklan yang sangat memikat untuk di klik...
