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Earnings For September 2009

Tiptopcat — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:43:49 +0000

This is the low down of my activities for September 09

So the month of September is over and what has been achieved during my money making experiment? Well I have finally seen the light and have started to invest my hard earned online money in tools and virtual real estate that should hopefully improve my fortunes.

I Bought Market Samurai

After completing the 30 Day Challenge for the second year, I have now purchased Market Samurai, the keyword tool that was what we used to do all our research with.

During the challenge we had an incredible 40 day free trial and with the very well made video tutorials created by the Market Samurai ninja team, I really got to understand the benefits so I bought it. I still have a lot to learn in order to really gain all the benefits but I wanted to get it at the discounted price and I will always have the videos to refresh my memory.

Time To Invest In My Own Host Websites

After checking my adsense earnings, I have noticed that I have double the amount of free websites (blogger blogs) compared to my hosted sites but they produce roughly the same amount of money. I have finally realised that I should not be afraid of to spend £4-6 for a domain name because I am now confident enough to believe that I can make that amount of money back in adsense without too much problem.

Even if it turns out to be a dud keyword phrase, all is not lost and if it is a good choice then I will be quids in and taking one step forward towards building up a successful portfolio. To that end, I have purchased two new sites this month and hope to get some content on them during the next couple of weeks.

My Goal To Create 50 Amazon Related Hubs & Barrels

My earnings for September are fairly consistent because I was concentrating on c reating hubpages and info barrels for Amazon affiliate links. I took on board the tips provided by Tracey Edwards about how to make money with Amazon and set a goal of producing 50 posts. I didn’t think that I would make it as I got a little jaded and despondent in the middle of the month; however I got my second wind and managed to churn out the majority of them in the last few days.

I am very happy to report that I have already achieved a couple of sales already and hope to see a few more over the next few weeks as the hubs and barrels settle into Google’s search engine lists.

So to my earnings for September 09:

Adsense earnings from Hubs = £34.69

Adsense earnings for Info barrels = £28.65

Adsense earnings from Free blogger blogs = £25.88

Adsense earnings from my Hosted sites = £25.86

Total Adsense earnings = £115.08 (last month £103.28)

Total earnings from Amazon this month = £13.75

I will most probably be cutting down on the amount of hubs and barrels that I produce as I concentrate on my own sites so it will be interesting to see how my earnings will fare next month.

I also need to investigate other possible ways of monetizing my sites so that I am not dependent on adsense and Amazon.

I would love to know how others have done this month. Comments are always appreciated.

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The 30 Day Challenge 2009

Tiptopcat — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:55:49 +0000

The pre-season for the 30 DC is now under way. The challenge is aimed at newbies who are interested in making money online. The daily lessons, which are provided via online video tutorials teach different skills and introduces us to lots of tools available free on the net.

I did the challenge last year but I didn’t make my $1.00 during the 30 days. However the site I created is on the first page of Google’s search engine and is now earning money via adsense clicks. This is now a great little passive income earner. It doesn’t make much but it makes enough to cover the cost of the domain and hosting.

This year I hope to be a bit more successful. I have learned a lot more about website creation and hope this will stand me in good stead.

If you are new to working online I would definitely recommend the 30 Day Challenge.

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The 30 Day Challenge 2008

Tiptopcat — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:06:47 +0000

I have discovered the 30 Day Challenge. This is a challenge that originally took place once a year during the month of August with the aim of creating a niche site and making money without spending a single penny. Well this definitely fits in with what I am trying to achieve so I have signed up. The man who is running this challenge is called Ed Dale and he is based in Australia. His programme is presented via his website and video blogs. I will definitely be learning a lot more about the internet and how to create new cash making possibilities.

Update:

This programme has now bee extended and people can join the challenge at any time during the year. Find out more at 30 Day Challenge.

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30 Day Challenge – Progress So Far

Tiptopcat — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:10:50 +0000

I am now on day 14 of the 30 day challenge. I am fairly new to this whole blogging and making money on the internet thing and I have learned so much stuff in such a short space of time.

So far I have learned among other things:

How to do market research on the net and pinpoint good keywords

How to create a squidoo page (I had never heard of before)

How to create a hubpage (I had never heard of this before either)

There are still 17 days to go. I wonder how much more I will learn. Can’t wait.

I have so far created two new websites. I am not sure that the keywords I have chosen to focus on will be strong enough to attract enough traffic so that it will be on the first page of Google search. I am still trying to get my head around the market research aspect of the challenge. I have picked words that the research tells me are the words people type into the Google search engine when they are looking for information on these particular subjects. Only time will tell if my interpretation of the keyword data was right.

My first site, which I published 5 days ago has received a total of 17 visitors so far. My second site, which I published yesterday, has received 4 visitors so far. Is that good, is that bad? Both sites have products for sale but I haven’t had any buyers yet. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I really do hope that I am able to complete the challenge and earn my first $1.00 in the 30 days. C’mon people, buy buy buy!

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