| September Earnings |
Updated Oct. 1, 2007
Online Shops
CafePress: $0.00
Article Writing
Associated Content: $0.00
Get Paid To Programs
CashCrate: $0.00
TreasureTrooper: $0.00
Internet Marketing
AdSense: $0.00
ClickBank: $0.00
Commission Junction: $0.00
Amazon Associates: $0.00
Total October Earnings: $0.00
Total September Earnings: $688.24
Top Money Maker (Sept): CashCrate - $473.26
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| Monday, September 10, 2007 |
| Niches Smiches |
It's Sunday night (Monday morning) and I'm about halfway through setting up my second niche/affiliate site. I used the same template as the first one, although I've changed the images and stuff to match the new niche. I like this template and it lends itself well to a simple store setup. It has some nice features and effects - and since I'm already pretty familiar with it, the coding is going a lot quicker on this site.
I have run into a stop point as I am awaiting a few affiliate programs to approve my application. So I can't do much more to the site as I'll need those codes to place products in the site. Hopefully those will come through in the next 24 hours so that I can finish up this site.
I've been writing articles like crazy for the first niche site. I've been writing under a pen name for this niche. I plan on using a pen name for each niche - a persona I've created to become the 'expert' in each one. The persona for the first niche is actually a female as I think it will help with my credibility in that niche.
I've also set up a facebook account for that persona and begun to network on facebook through some groups that pertain to that niche. Hopefully that will help drive a little bit of traffic to my sites.
On CashCrate I started the month with 7 or 8 active referrals and about 20 total referrals. Here's where I'm at now:
 I finally hit 'silver.' I was just happy when my total first level referrals hit 100. And my second level has really started to go - I've picked up about 30 second level referrals in just the last 3 or 4 days. Then next level is 'gold.' Here's the requirements:
 I only need 150 active referrals to hit that level. That's a lot - I'm hoping to hit that level in a week and a half or so. We'll see. Right now I'm finding that for every 2 people I'm signing up, 1 of them will actually become active. To be active all they have to do is complete 1 offer. Not much. But we'll see how long it takes to get there. I'm still only spending about 15 - 30 minutes a day actively working on getting referrals - and I'm getting 10 - 12 a day right now. Not bad.
Anyways - I've got a few different niche's planned out right now. The neat thing is that I really don't know much about any of the new ones that I am trying. The first one I know a bit about, so it's not that hard to create content for it. But these new ones - well, I'm doing a lot of research to educate myself on these topics which is fun, because it's like everyday I get to learn something new. Keeps things interesting.
I've got a total of 10 add on domain spots available in my current hosting plan. I've used three - my goal is to use all 10 by the end of the month. So that'll be 9 niche/affiliate sites this month (I used two for the first niche). That's my goal - we'll see how I do with that.Labels: internet marketing, making money online, niche
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| Sunday, September 2, 2007 |
| My first affiliate marketing site |
I've just spent the last 12 hours working on my first real affiliate site for the niche I've been working on. I'm pretty excited about getting it completed - though now the real work is about to start as I'll have to figure out how to get some traffic there.
It is linked to the rest of the network that I've been building in this niche - but I'm also hoping to do some article marketing specifically for this site. My plan is to write about 10 good articles focusing on different keyphrases that I'm targeting in the niche - and then submit them to a few directories including ezine and associated content.
I did manage to find a nice template to use for the site from andreasviklund.com. I was really pleased with it as it was super easy to use and I think it looks a lot better than most free templates. I should know because I spent about an hour looking at various free templates before I finally came across this guy.
Well - the little man Harper is about to wake up I'm sure - so it's time to fix some breakfast. His new thing is dancing - it's pretty hilarious watching him sway back and forth and move his arms about above his head. He gets a huge grin too whenever he dances. Maybe I'll show him my new niche site and see if it makes him dance. Ok, probably not.Labels: internet marketing, making money online, niche
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| posted by HarpersDad @ 6:53 AM |
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| Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| My first niche site mapped out |
On Day 30 of the 30 Day Challenge Dan presented a pdf of one of his niche sites and it's reach. I thought it was really neat how he mapped it out - and it's nice to have a visual representation of the kind of network that we're trying to build with a niche using a combination of free platforms and our own domains. Two days ago I purchased a domain for the niche that I made my 30 day challenge sale ($18.78) in. I like the niche and think there's a lot of potential in it. I'm also finding a few more key phrases that fit the parameters that were looking for as far as competition and daily searches. One of the free platform sites that I put up is ranked fourth in google and is getting pretty good traffic. Anyways - I thought I would take the next step by purchasing a domain and putting up a site - which is why I haven't posted the last couple of days, been busy putting that site together. And tonight I made a map of my niche so far - I'd say about 10 percent completed compared to Dan's site. But it was fun to map out, and since I'm a pretty visual person, it really clarifies my direction with this niche for me.  - Red - Search Engine Traffic
- Blue - Targeted Key Phrases
- Yellow - Content Sites - Free Platforms
- Grey - Content Site - Domains I own
- Purple - Affiliate Product
Obviously I still have a long ways to go - but it's a good start and I'm having fun putting this together. Technorati Tags: 30 day challenge, making money online, niche, internet marketingPowered by ScribeFire. Labels: 30 Day Challenge, internet marketing, making money online, niche
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| posted by HarpersDad @ 2:34 AM |
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| Friday, August 17, 2007 |
| The 30 Day Challenge And Another Contest |
Ready, Set, GO!So the 30 Day Challenge is really starting to heat up. It's almost starting to feel like a race as thousands of challengers are now diving into tumblr to get their content up and begin fishing for traffic. I just completed my first two tumblr sites - and feel like I'm bringing up the rear as I read the forums and all the people bragging about finding their sites on google already. Oh well. Also - both! of my umbrella phrases were already taken for url's in tumblr. I looked at both sites and their wasn't any content up yet, so I at least beat them to the punch there. Another ContestContinuing my week long study of contests, I came across another contest via Contest Blogger today. It's for a contest on the blog Just Not Martha. All you have to do to enter this contest is write a post about pampering yourself or somebody else or something to that effect and link to the contest page like so, and you'll get an entry into the contest. The prize is a nice little "Pamper Me" package full of fruity tooty bath stuff that I'm sure my wife will love. And yes, if I win I'll be surprising her with the package to thank her for letting me spend so much time working on this blog and the 30 Day Challenge. Is that a fair trade? Soap for hours upon hours of sitting in front of the computer? Well, maybe I'll keep the Whipped Body Creme for myself. It sounds like it could be fun. Another thing that caught my eye about this contest is the nice little banners that they provide for it - how easy is that?  Doing things like providing your readers with tools to promote your contest or blog is only going to make it easier to get the word out. I can click and paste - shoot, I think Harper already knows how to click and paste. Plus, it just adds to your branding - a logo for a contest isn't all too common just yet - so make your contest stand out by providing some. Mac's MapPinI talked with Paul today about Mac's MapPin - and he said Mac is so excited by the response he's been getting and can't wait for the postcards to start rolling in. I'd like to thank everybody who's taken the time to send one or promote it on their blog. If you don't know what I'm talking about - see the previous post. Technorati Tags: contest, 30 day challenge, mac's mappin, niche, umbrella phrasePowered by ScribeFire. Labels: 30 Day Challenge, contests, mac's mappin, niche, umbrella phrase
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| posted by HarpersDad @ 2:08 AM |
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| Friday, August 3, 2007 |
| Why I Love The Thirty Day Challenge |
You feel like you've just moved from the big city into a town of a couple thousand people. Everybody there has the same interests. The town has a general store to take care of the necessities. And you have first crack at setting up shop. If you do it right? Well...let's just say all you have to do now, is figure out what it is that these people want. Technorati Tags: internet marketing, niche, 30 day challengePowered by ScribeFire. Labels: 30 Day Challenge, internet marketing, niche
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| posted by HarpersDad @ 2:07 AM |
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| Thursday, August 2, 2007 |
| 30 Day Challenge Homework Day 2 |
Ok. The problem with telling me to generate 7 ideas for niche markets, and then handing me a list of site indexes to use as reference material, is that I end up reading stuff like this:  I seriously just lost a good 45 minutes. I actually asked myself out loud "What were you doing?" And then I found my google notebook buried under a bunch of windows and said, "Oh yeah. Niche Markets." So to make something productive happen out of my last unproductive 45 minutes - we'll go with this: Possible Niche Markets: Whale Oil for heating oilWhale BlubberWhale SteaksPopular Whale Watching Areas (affiliate products: journals, binoculars, lawn chairs, blankets w/ whale designs, gps!) Hmm...maybe... Technorati Tags: niche, internet marketing, 30 day challenge, 100 in 100Powered by ScribeFire. Labels: 100 in 100, 30 Day Challenge, internet marketing, making money online, niche
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