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So this one came a little very late because of the season. The June part onwards seems to be the busiest part of the year as some people focus on their work, young ones like me go back to school and so. This round of head to head is a pretty interesting one. I really haven’t had much time picking a nice matchup. It’s pretty a little contrasting. Dave of the Internet Babel looks like a old older person than most of us while Germz cannot even watch rated x movies at cinemas! But well oh well, like other previous head to head this is a pretty interesting one. Check it out:

	Dave	Germz
Describe yourself in less than 5 words?	A handsome balding hunk.	Easily Bored Person.
What is your favorite breakfast?	Hmm – Crispy Bacon, scrambled egg and Toast.	Coffee, it’s the only thing I drink for breakfast. If there is no coffee I won’t eat breakfast.
How long have you been blogging?	Currently – 1 hour a day cos I have a lot of other work on. Hope to ramp it up a bit soon.	Usually an hour, I spent way more time researching new business ventures and freelancing.
Any story behind choosing that domain name?	I bought Internet Babel as a developed blog (but I liked the name).	My friends call me germz, and Germz.com was already taken.
How many uniques are you getting monthly?	July (my first month of owning the Blog) was about 2,000 UVs and 15,000 Page Views..	About 6000.
What is your average blog income?	hah 😉 Only 1 month in so very little to show at the moment. Ask me again in 12 months ;-).	About forty bucks per month, great thing that’s not my main source of income!
Do you read other blogs feeds? How many do you track?	– not a big consumer of feeds – prefer to visit the blogs i like and just Google around the web	I’m not a big fan of blog feeds, I don’t like having my email spammed with hundreds of emails per day with new articles. I hardly subscribe to any feeds unless I really like the content or I’m doing a favor for a friend. I currently only track about 3 or 4.
What are the other thing/projects that you are doing aside from blogging?	– Website development (got about 20 clients at the moment) – Helping develop some mining/data logging software – domain flipping/speculation – got a few websites of my own that bring in some Ad$en$e – Writing articles – drinking beer	Studying, and freelancing.
What keeps a blogger from making money from his blog?	a few things off the top of my head (in no particular order) – lack of time – lack of commitment – not enough belief in their own skills/ability – treating readers like idiots – no interaction with community – aiming for a saturated market/not finding a niche	I don’t use my blog to make money, I don’t think it’s easy to earn money from a blog unless your blog has a niche that’s easy to exploit. My only source of income for the blog comes from the advertisers. I only use the money to pay for hosting and aweber.
When does a blogger have to consider monetizing	Well, unless you’re doing it purely for the love of your subject and income is not a factor, then ideally you should be thinking about monetization before you start – it should be a part of the planning process. Money isn’t the key factor for a lot of Bloggers though so they shouldn’t get hung up about it.	As soon as possible, it’s best when you have some content otherwise no one will want to advertise from you.
What makes your blog unique from others?	Me. Hehe. Well, that’s the main reason – the blog is about my personal entrepreneur experiences and projects, which differ from other entrepreneurs, good and bad.	It’s written by me! 😀
What’s the biggest goal for this blog?	Apart from the things I mentioned above: – get the stats back up to where they used to be and then make them even better – increase the earnings (although that’s not my primary driver) – spread some useful knowledge – have some fun “	At the current moment I’m doing a very special project which I’m sure everyone will like.
Give me a blog you admire and why?	At the moment, I like reading the Net Fool – a lot of good info in there usually, and a nice ‘tone’ to it.	Thenetfool.com I visit his blog every time I get a chance, it’s very informative and I really like Jim’s point of view on most of his articles.

So today is gong to be the premiere of the bloggers head to head. You can recall a couple of weeks ago that I have really worked for this one. I am very elated that at last this head to head has now started. I wanted to thank Mr. Daniel Scocco because he had allowed me to use this very popular face-off. You can visit his blog at Daily Blog Tips.

Ok so for the premiere, we have Jason Pereira of The University Kid and Jim of The Net Fools. I think this is a great premiere as these two blogs have really established something in the blogging and internet marketing world. They also interact well with people as their content is very natural and has a lot of humor packed into it. And thank you so much for the interview. 🙂

	Jason	Jim
Describe yourself in less than 5 words?	Never serious, always lazy. 🙂	Determined businessman focused on success
What is your favorite breakfast?	The full English breakfast – eggs, sausages, bacon, hash browns, orange juice etc. More of a brunch I guess because I can’t eat all of that unless I’m real hungry.	Cocoa Krispies, of course. It says “I’m professional, but I like to party”
How long have you been blogging?	Since November last year, however I only took an active interest in networking and promoting in the middle of January 2008	I’ve been blogging for just a bit over a year to this point, it’s been a long road to get to where I am now… but once you get a foothold somewhere, ventures in the future are a lot easier
Any story behind choosing that domain name?	I was out of ideas, thought that there weren’t too many established university students with a blog that were making money online, and had to pick a domain that came free with my hosting, there wasn’t much risk.	I was just brainstorming for a name and I wanted something fun that would be a good bubble term for all the stuff I was attempting to write about. The “fool” seemed like a good approach and “net” is just
How many uniques are you getting monthly?	Anywhere between 10,000 on a bad month to 30,000 on a good month.	Somewhere around 10,000 every month
What is your average blog income?	Around $500, give or take a couple hundred. This is direct income from the blog itself, from ad sales, reviews, affiliate sales etc. However, indirectly I have developed an $X,XXX income from the blog, in the form of joint ventures and project launches.	I’m averaging about $500 a month
Do you read other blogs feeds? How many do you track?	I’m subscribed to about 15 but haven’t checked them in ages. I’m more the traditional type, prefer reading blogs on the actual website… I’d say I read about 20 – 40 daily, some A Listers, some B Listers, some friends and the rest people that have commented on TUK.	Yeah, I have a whole mess of feeds in my Google RSS Reader. Probably around 40-50 names in there, it’s essential to keep in touch with as many people as possible to succeed in this business
How did you gain your feed subscribers?	Contests and guest posts. Can’t beat them for getting you a truckload of subscribers fast. However, I’ve not promoted it like I should have; if I put the energy into the blog I’d have five times the subscribers I have now. Gaining recognition etc is not too important for me and TUK; I have a small group of friends that read it and that is enough (although that circle of friends seems to be growing daily  )	If I knew that, I’d be a very rich man, haha. Lots of my readers have come out from contests I have run, others have just stumbled upon my website and still others have been referred over to me. You never can tell exactly what is happening when people are subscribing. I like to think its my superior content that got me readers.
What keeps a blogger from making money from his blog?	Laziness, nothing else. Lack of knowledge is one of the things, but if people were not lazy they’d do research and everything so it all eventually leads to laziness. By doing simple things – things that anyone can do… link building, guest posting, networking for contests etc, people could easily (and I’m including myself in this) get thousands of readers daily and make lots of money. However, few do; partly because they’re lazy and partly because for a return on time, blogging is not one of the best ways to go.	Wasting time is the number one thing. People spend so much time monetizing and analyzing stats that they forget to write good content and stay active on other blogs to drive traffic
When does a blogger have to consider monetizing	From the get go, especially if you’re in any niche related to internet marketing. It’s gotten to the stage where people expect ads on the websites they visit and if you keep your site clean and then suddenly pop some ads on them, they are going to be pissed off. Let it be known from the beginning that you are looking to make money from your blog and you won’t have a problem.	Consider monetizing from the get go. People that tell you not to monetize until you have a cult following are out of their minds. It’s essential to have a game plan from the start, regardless of whether or not you actually put the ads up, for functionality purposes. I would start right of the bat selling ads to make some extra revenue and appear as an authority on the blogosphere
What makes your blog unique from others?	Me. Hehe. Well, that’s the main reason – the blog is about my personal entrepreneur experiences and projects, which differ from other entrepreneurs, good and bad.	My blog is unique because of the design and what I write about. Look as hard as you want, you aren’t going to find another stock market blog that talk about affiliate marketing on the internet
What’s the biggest goal for this blog?	Probably to meet more people I can network with, and eventually sell for five figures. No urgency though. 🙂	I want to eventually hit 1,000 RSS subscribers,that would be a big moment for me and the blog. I really am a lot more concerned with my readers than making money or any of that. Every little bit helps, and so far I am on pace to break 1,000 within the year. Of course, things do become more challenging as you work along
Give me a blog you admire and why?	It would probably be Darren Rowse of Problogger or Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips. Despite being relevant giants in the industry, they’re always honest and haven’t done anything that’s pissed me off yet. 🙂	I admire GarryConn.com because his content is honestly some of the best I’ve seen and he isn’t afraid to start a fight. The fact that he puts out so much content all the time is really eye-opening, and he recently got into competition with John Cow… who honestly had a lot more going for him. Despite this, Garry knows that even if he doesn’t come out on top, he’ll be a winner. I admire that

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