Happy New Year! and December 2007 stats
by Sapphire (January 1, 2008)
This December was a bit disappointing with $348 in earnings.
For January, I gained some cheap text links on one of my PR Zero blogs but lost some expensive ones on this one. I’m still not sure this is related to the zeroing out - I’d have thought so, except for the new text links I’m selling, and how long the ones I’m losing have been there. But as far as I’m concerned, it’s all good:
- I think I’m finally starting to get a handle on affiliate marketing. I’ve been trying some new methods recently and am seeing a good CTR… I think with more traffic I should start seeing steady conversions. *crosses fingers*
- I cannot freaking wait for Mark to get ShowYourAdHere on the road - what used to be No Follow Ads. (BTW, good call on the name change.) I fully believe you can sell no follow links to people who don’t want to make graphic ads or don’t think they work as well as text - it’s just like selling ads before Google invented PageRank, and it worked then, so I’m looking forward to using this on my sites. You just need a marketplace.
I’ve set up a goal spreadsheet for 2008. It shows what I’m currently earning on each site per month, and what I believe each site should be bringing in. Instead of obsessing on traffic and building new sites, I’m starting to focus more on how much I should be bringing in per visitor. As I’ve mentioned, I do not know how to monetize sites, so now I’m trying one method after another and taking notes, trying to figure out what works for each site in each niche.
My goal for the end of this year is to be bringing in about $2000 per month. Unlikely? Hell, yes. But I need to condition myself to believe that’s possible, so I can work my way up to believing $10,000 a month is possible - that number being my longterm goal.
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January 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pm
thanks for the mention. I’ve made the basics about 8 times already and keep redoing it
You’ll be able to put adsense/widgetbucks/whatever in the adspots if there is nobody paying for the slot. Originally I wanted to automatically nofollow anything in an adspace on a site except that would mean I would be messing with peoples adsense code and that’s no good. So now it’s going to be a hosted ad server and the decision to add nofollow tags is up to you
$2000 is very possible, only $66 and change per day and you’re golden
lol, if only it’s that easy. good luck.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Happy new year, Sapphire! I like your goal spreadsheet idea, and focusing on how much you make per visitor. And I agree, too, that $2000 per month is totally in reach for you. What I’ve been finding is that once you get on a roll, you build momentum. Plus, the longer you’ve been at this, the better your older domains tend to do.
Here’s to a great 2008!
Belle
January 5th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Yes, that’s just it - my domains are old enough now that I should be able to make more than I’m making. It’s just a matter of trying new stuff until I find what works.