Well I have been running ThinkComputers since 2001! I can’t believe it has been that long. So I figured I would let everyone know how I got started. I was always very interested in computers and I always went online to get tips and check out all the new computer hardware. That was when I got the idea to start my own site. When coming up with the name I was “thinking” of many different things, but ThinkComputers seemed the most appealing, and the domain was available so I got it. Imagine all the domains that were available back then! Once I got the domain and got my hosting up the site looked like this…
Well the site had some articles about my friend’s computers and mine and some guides on how to do various things. Once I got the site up and running and had some content on it I reached out to companies to try to get some products to review. Sending out tons of e-mails there were a few companies that send us items. I was really excited, especially since I was getting the stuff for free. I really never thought about making money off of the site, it was more of a hobby and I just did it for fun. Well this hobby was becoming more and more fun and I was getting a lot of really cool products for free. I had been running the website on and off for almost 4 years. I would always keep up with it no matter what. Then after meeting some other webmasters the idea of making money off the site came to light. Not really knowing much about it I looked for some advice. I met John Chow and he helped me explaining how everything worked and how to tweak ads etc. Well my first month after putting ads on my site I only made $63, but that was an extra $63!! And any extra money is good for a college student! So after I knew I could make some money off the site I pushed content so I could get more traffic, which in turn would lead to more money. After all the tweaking and hard work I am now running ThinkComputers full time and it is 90% of my income. I have really learned a lot about online advertising and web marketing since 2001. And I am happy that I am able to do something that was a funny hobby for a living.