The last 3 months were terrible. Where is my Bailout? just kidding.
Anyway that whole 800% increase plan didn't go so well. The good news is, it still looks promising. One of my properties lost over 90% of its cashflow a few months running. December looks good though. And I think the future is promising. i just won't take huge gains for granted.
There is one thing that I have seen again and again. Whenever I attempt to make things better they get MUCH worse first. I have to make a decision whether I'm OK with what I'm doing now as a ceiling or if I'm willing to blow everything up with a stick of dynamite and take a few months putting back the pieces.
The best protection? Have multiple properties in at least 3 distinct phases (IMHO). I like to break it down as follows: Phase 1: old reliable- something you can count on when nothing else is going well. Steady but unpectacular and no matter what you do things are about as good as they get. You mostly leave this alone and maintain. Phase 2: These are doing something for you but not enough to justify their existence. the problem is they should be huge. Solution? go for Broke. To make these huge you have to be agressive. This means you might lose it all, or you might win big, Just go for it. Phase/Type 3 (numbering is not really important or even backwards here): these are "In Development" properties. They will either mature into Type 1 with some seasoning or require aggressive marketing to make them Type 2s.
Type 1 is what feeds me. Type 2 buys my yachts. Type 3 is the retirement plan and kids college fund.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Expanding the Network and Injecting the Juice
Last time I posted about a plan to increase my revenue 8-Fold. Hasn't happened- YET. Some of this stuff takes time, weeks or months. It's all a long term plan and there are several phases.
I completed phase one which included creating a few more properties and developing them. The next part of the plan involves aquiring an established property and developing mini sites based around the themes. If all goes well in 3-6 months the one niche will grow between 200-800%.
If it doesnt work, it probably stays the same or worst case scenario loses a couple hundred. Not a big deal.
I completed phase one which included creating a few more properties and developing them. The next part of the plan involves aquiring an established property and developing mini sites based around the themes. If all goes well in 3-6 months the one niche will grow between 200-800%.
If it doesnt work, it probably stays the same or worst case scenario loses a couple hundred. Not a big deal.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Laser Vision and Focusing on the Niche
Sometimes I am all over the map when it comes to my business vision. One thing I am focusing more on is optimizing existing properties and finding my strong points. The last time I posted about a trendy site and a growing site.
Well the trend was a good ride but it's settled down. That's OK. I expected it. The good news is the site still makes money with no work. It just doesn't make a LOT of money.
The growth site- well I determined that there was one very narrow path for traffic to this site. The good thing is I was able to make a plan that could potentially increase the revenue EIGHT -fold ( 8x) by focusing on just one thing I could do better.
And that is what I'm going to do. Will let you know how it goes.
Well the trend was a good ride but it's settled down. That's OK. I expected it. The good news is the site still makes money with no work. It just doesn't make a LOT of money.
The growth site- well I determined that there was one very narrow path for traffic to this site. The good thing is I was able to make a plan that could potentially increase the revenue EIGHT -fold ( 8x) by focusing on just one thing I could do better.
And that is what I'm going to do. Will let you know how it goes.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Update: It's been a good month..or 2
Wow, Last month..around January 7th to be exact one of my websites received a lot of exposure from being featured on a major TV show. Perhaps the most popular show on TV.
OK, it wasn't my website that was featured. It was the TOPIC of my website.
Sometimes chasing TRENDS Pays $$$ off. I prefer long-term properties, but I mix a few trends in here and there.
So January was a great month for that one site. I have another site that did well in December, January, and continues to grow. It had its first real "money month" in December. January was up 10%. February? February has already DOUBLE January half-way through the month.
What do these sites have in common? They are both very simple and keyword research driven. And they were part of a very simple yet effective keyword domain strategy. That's about all there is to say, but ANYONE can do this. And you can "rinse and repeat." You may only make a couple hundred bucks a month from one site, but make a couple hundred sites. You do the math.
OK, it wasn't my website that was featured. It was the TOPIC of my website.
Sometimes chasing TRENDS Pays $$$ off. I prefer long-term properties, but I mix a few trends in here and there.
So January was a great month for that one site. I have another site that did well in December, January, and continues to grow. It had its first real "money month" in December. January was up 10%. February? February has already DOUBLE January half-way through the month.
What do these sites have in common? They are both very simple and keyword research driven. And they were part of a very simple yet effective keyword domain strategy. That's about all there is to say, but ANYONE can do this. And you can "rinse and repeat." You may only make a couple hundred bucks a month from one site, but make a couple hundred sites. You do the math.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Do You Have What it Takes? Making Money Online
I read a lot of webmaster and internet marketing forums to get and share ideas. It is obvious that 99% of wannabe online money masters will never get anywhere. This (stuff) isn't easy, but it ain't rocket science either. It's like any other business. Get an idea and execute it. If it doesn't work (or even if it does), start something else.
One great thing about domain speculation and website monetization is- it's f-ing Cheap. Domains are under $10/year. Cheap shared hosting is under $10 a month. If you think of something, buy a domain. Or think of a good domain first and then develop something for it. But most important- Get to WORK. Don't fuck around on forums all day learning how to make a shitty MFA site and then brag when you make $1 a day. I live in America ( where most of those net losers live) and you can't do or buy shit for a dollar. If your site will never do much more than $1 a day, then make 100 more. Research different topics and learn different niches. Learn the technical stuff or outsource to someone who does.
Take a RISK. Yeah, that's right. Don't whine about how you don't know SEO or can't afford PPC. Get to reading. Learn something new. Whip out your credit card. Don't have a credit card? Get some. If you can't afford to invest some time and money, then get a day job.
That's right. A lot of wannabe "make money online at home" suckers don't have a job or any skills at all. They just want to "get paid" for doing nothing. Well, jackass, you can make a lot more money on your own if you leverage your efforts from working from someone else. If you need 30k to live, then get a job making 50-60k. Take the rest and learn SEO, hire content writers, run PPC, whatever you need. If you know what you are doing, you will make money. You probably arent smart enough to quit your day job yet.
Otherwise, if you want to be self-employed- Make it a damn BUSINESS. Don't fuck around on the internet 20 hours a day. You are in this to Make Money, not jerk off. Work on your sites, learn new skills, make new sites,etc. Don't spend all your time sitting around THINKING about shit. You have to EAT. Your family ( if you have) one has to eat. What are YOU going to do to feed those mouths? What are YOU going to do to make sure you do more than just GET BY? What's the point if you have to worry about eating or paying the house payment? If you want to be in business, make big Money.
Having a business means I don't cry if I have to spend $5 OR $500- if it's going to bring me 1000s in return. If you are counting pennies and cutting back, you are missing the big picture. If you can't hack it, find something else to do.
The fact is 99% of these slackers trying to make money online will never get anywhere. They have no initiative, no business acumen, no skills, no drive. They dont want to build a business- they just want to get paid for nothing. They can't take 20 minutes to learn something or $20 to pay for something useful. And 99% of the people who really COULD make something for themselves aren't interested. They are content to work fr "the man" and not worry about shit.
I'm telling you what the e-Book hucksters and MLM fradusters won't. No it's not easy to make money online ( or in mlm, sales, whatever). If you are loser in life, you will not magically become some net millionaire rockstar. You probably are a loser and will always be a loser. You will make more money in 1 week at mcDonald's than you will in the next 5 years online. because you suck at life. You don't have what it takes. Can you change that? Maybe. But you need to start somewhere else. Leave this business to those who want to be in business, not lazy hobbyists.
Quit whining, and Do It
One great thing about domain speculation and website monetization is- it's f-ing Cheap. Domains are under $10/year. Cheap shared hosting is under $10 a month. If you think of something, buy a domain. Or think of a good domain first and then develop something for it. But most important- Get to WORK. Don't fuck around on forums all day learning how to make a shitty MFA site and then brag when you make $1 a day. I live in America ( where most of those net losers live) and you can't do or buy shit for a dollar. If your site will never do much more than $1 a day, then make 100 more. Research different topics and learn different niches. Learn the technical stuff or outsource to someone who does.
Take a RISK. Yeah, that's right. Don't whine about how you don't know SEO or can't afford PPC. Get to reading. Learn something new. Whip out your credit card. Don't have a credit card? Get some. If you can't afford to invest some time and money, then get a day job.
That's right. A lot of wannabe "make money online at home" suckers don't have a job or any skills at all. They just want to "get paid" for doing nothing. Well, jackass, you can make a lot more money on your own if you leverage your efforts from working from someone else. If you need 30k to live, then get a job making 50-60k. Take the rest and learn SEO, hire content writers, run PPC, whatever you need. If you know what you are doing, you will make money. You probably arent smart enough to quit your day job yet.
Otherwise, if you want to be self-employed- Make it a damn BUSINESS. Don't fuck around on the internet 20 hours a day. You are in this to Make Money, not jerk off. Work on your sites, learn new skills, make new sites,etc. Don't spend all your time sitting around THINKING about shit. You have to EAT. Your family ( if you have) one has to eat. What are YOU going to do to feed those mouths? What are YOU going to do to make sure you do more than just GET BY? What's the point if you have to worry about eating or paying the house payment? If you want to be in business, make big Money.
Having a business means I don't cry if I have to spend $5 OR $500- if it's going to bring me 1000s in return. If you are counting pennies and cutting back, you are missing the big picture. If you can't hack it, find something else to do.
The fact is 99% of these slackers trying to make money online will never get anywhere. They have no initiative, no business acumen, no skills, no drive. They dont want to build a business- they just want to get paid for nothing. They can't take 20 minutes to learn something or $20 to pay for something useful. And 99% of the people who really COULD make something for themselves aren't interested. They are content to work fr "the man" and not worry about shit.
I'm telling you what the e-Book hucksters and MLM fradusters won't. No it's not easy to make money online ( or in mlm, sales, whatever). If you are loser in life, you will not magically become some net millionaire rockstar. You probably are a loser and will always be a loser. You will make more money in 1 week at mcDonald's than you will in the next 5 years online. because you suck at life. You don't have what it takes. Can you change that? Maybe. But you need to start somewhere else. Leave this business to those who want to be in business, not lazy hobbyists.
Quit whining, and Do It
Friday, October 12, 2007
My Little Website Blog
This will be my little blog about other blogs and sites that I run and what it's like being somewhat of a small time "domainer" slash website developer/marketer.
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