January 2009 Update

As I mentioned at the end of December I am not proposing to post specific numbers any longer.  I started this site as a permanent record as much for myself as the many others who now read the blog whenever I make a post.    It was to document my internet marketing journey from hopeless newb to super success lol.   I thought it would take a couple of years to generate an income sufficient for my needs (actually I’m not even sure I thought it was possible) but, in the last two months, I have generated more than I ever made as a senior manager in full time employment (and that is after expenses).

So I have become living proof that anyone can make the transition from interent dummy to success in a pretty short space of time.  It took me 12 months from the day I started researching to get to where I am today.  I settled on BANS as the most likely way I could make money at the end of March2008  generating £7,000 from my endeavours in December.  Didn’t do quite so well in January but I doubt many did.  It was still pretty good though (acutally it was very good).

I’ve launched a coaching program which aint cheap at £999 for 6 1 hour sessions  (I am a qualified coach by the way) to cut through the crap and accelerate the speed that those struggling to make it can succeed.  The program is full  so if you’d be interested in using the service let me know and I’ll add you to the waiting list.   The next slot will probably be available towards the end of the month but maybe the middle of March.

I remain concerned that I only have the niche store model generating most of my income and I have explored some other money making models but I haven’t found much I can get excited about yet.   If you know of any worth looking at let me know.

This year I have been trying to optimize my working week so I can focus on what makes the biggest difference.  I had built a number of new stores but I have decided to freeze development for a month or so whilst I revamp my existing stock.  I have a large number of poorly performing stores and should be able to dramatically increase earnings by focusing on some off page seo stuff which I am allocating 2-3 days per week to.   Yeah I know I outlined a different routine in my last post but they say internet marketing moves fast right?  Obviously I provide an update on how things progress in this regard.

That said, I have been making extensive use of the need-an-article.net service which I can highly recommend.  Unique articles cost just $5.52 each and are just wonderful for submitting to article directories.  It takes me about an hour to write one of these so if I charged for my time the cost of me producing one would be about $45.  To paraphrase Brian Tracy, if you want to earn $45 per hour don’t waste your time performing $5.52 per hour tasks!

Having had an article produced you need to submit it to as many article directories as possible.  Again, this is a truly thankless task which needs to be automated.  I currently use Article Marketer and after a sticky start with them I now distribute all of my stuff via them and am happy to recommend them to anyone.  Try them out using the free account option but the paid service gives much wider distribution.

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