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Continuing A Trend
Blogs seem to pay off in the long run. Quite a few successful sites are blogs or some form of content management system (CMS). The immediate benefits are that WordPress is setup in a few clicks, you can add useful plugins to improve your SEO and it is extremely easy to rank in the SERP’s using a blog (if you do it correctly!).
OffBeatInk.com is doing well and my unique, daily content is getting GoogleBot hitting my site close to 4,000 times this month! That’s probably the highest I have ever seen on any site I’ve run…and that can’t be a bad thing! Search engines love unique content that is keyword rich and website relevant (all my posts are about bodyart, nothing else – no paid reviews of anything like that).
As a result of the minor yet profitable success of the site, I’ve decided to continue my trend and make a small blog network with fresh daily content. I have one new site that is online but I still need to add a few more posts before revealing it to you. If I can do one post in 15 minutes and have 4 blogs each generating $5 per day, that’s $20 for one hour of my time…no bad.
Long term I’d want that to be a lot higher and there will be occasions when one site will require more work than another but the beautiful thing about it is that, no matter how big or small the site is, one post per day works. So, if OffBeatInk.com began bringing in 10x the amount of visitors and 5x the amount of revenue…my 15 minutes work would still stand.
I would consider increasing the post length and quality to ensure the traffic and revenue increase remains stable, the theory behind it works though! What do you think?
Good luck with your persuits,
Khalid.
Seasons Greetings
Hope you all had a good Christmas, I’m currently relaxing in bed listening to music and enjoying my day off! I plan on walking into town and checking out the sales, what are you up to today?
Santa was good to me, I got £300 ($600) in total from my parents for a TV for my room, clothes and toiletries. Now the difficulty…finding a good tv in the sales and fitting it in a good space in my room!
As for my projects, I continued to work a little bit through Christmas day, you can’t neglect your investments ever!
Tell me about your Christmas…?
p.s. I wish you all the best for the festive period and 2008!
Christmas Eve Roundup
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Apologies for not blogging in a while, my cousin was slagging me saying I promised to blog 1-2 times per day then my next post was after a week! I do apologise, sometimes I am just far too busy to update this blog daily and besides, not everyday something new occurs.
Last week was pretty eventful though! I got a new phone due to my old one being faulty. It is a Sony Ericsson K850i with 5mp camera and partial touch screen. It is amazing what you can achieve when you take the time to complain about bad customer service.
I’m going to try video blogging with it, see how it works out. I’ve got my eye on a webcam but don’t want to purchase one unneccessarily if my phone will do the trick.
On the web front, I’ve been working hard and finished my latest project today! I’ll launch it just after Christmas and perhaps get some reviews completed. I was thinking of using Pay Per Post, has anyone had any success with using them to review a site? If so, leave a comment and let me know, thanks!
Kortaz and Off Beat Ink are both doing well, with featured links on Kortaz completely sold out until January and people waiting to order! I’ve decided to keep a spreadsheet of advertisers and their details to create a mailshot when links will become available.
Similarly, Off Beat Ink is getting between 500 – 1,000 uniques per day, which is a slight drop in traffic but I’ve not spent any money on advertising this month. The site is ranking in SERP’s so I’m hoping more organic traffic will come through soon. The site is averaging $1.5 – $2.0 per day which is money I never had before so I’m happy!
I’ll be posting my goals for 2008 shorlty, watch this space! Good luck with your persuits,
Khalid.
Christmas List
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I thought I’d share what I’ve asked for (and know what I am getting) for xmas…
- LCD TV – for my room to create a cinema experience
- Jacket – it is like -5 degrees at night just now!
- Webcam – to do some video blogging – watch this space!
- Krav Maga book – further my martial arts knowledge.
- Kettlebells – a good piece of bodybuilding kit.
- Trainers – or “Sneakers” as they are refferred to across the water.
As my birthday is on 2nd January and I’ll be 21, the LCD tv will probably be a xmas/birthday present depending on the price. I’ll no doubt get some other random goodies but these are things that I have asked for.
I’m really looking forward to Christmas as I’ve actually bought some pretty cool presents this year. So, what’s on your list?
Two new projects
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When you are bored you tend to do things you regret…especially on the web. No I’m not talking about surfing porn and getting loads of popups appearing (how do I know that?), but buying domains when the light switch suddenly goes on in my business head.
One of them I’ll definately monetize as I want a recurring income without need to update daily. With OffBeatInk.com and my future gadget site (still in the pipeline), I need to post something new every 24hrs. Although this has its advantages, it can become a headache, especially when working full time.
Some nights I won’t go to bed till after 12am. I don’t mind because I always thing of the long term gain but I couldn’t manage a handful of sites like this unless they generated enough money for my to work part time.
The new project aims to target bloggers, a market that has experienced rapid growth in recent years. With the success of dot com moguls like John Chow and Darren Rowse, blogging has evolved into a very profitable industry. I want to tap into that market by offering products that will benefit bloggers…more info soon!
Anyways, I just thought I’d tell you my plans. Good luck with your persuits,
Khalid.
Working Weekend
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As the week drags along and you look forward to the weekend, most people think of relaxing, take it easy, chilling out. Me…I think of time to work on my sites. I’m sure this view is share by fellow webmasters who also have the unfortunate rat race lifestyle I do.
In a bid to keep myself going, I’ve been reading other blogs, watching inspiration youtube videos and thinking of how nice it would be to actually be out my overdraft for a change!
To make things worse, it started snowing here in Scotland today and I got caught in it…lovely eh?
Tonight I’ve got no plans so after eating dinner and tidying up I’ll continue what I started earlier. That consisted of updating OffBeatInk.com, driving traffic to the site, researching new ideas (I can’t help it!) and trying to sell the last few remaning links on Kortaz.com.
With just over 1k uniques per day and no money spent on advertising, OffBeatInk.com is making around the $2 mark. If I could double it by the end of this month and keep it consistant I’d be really pleased. However, waiting on the SERPS updating is a nightmare! Most of my traffic is from November’s exposure, fingers crossed that’ll continue and I’ll get a good search rank…double the traffic…double the earnings?
Good luck with your persuits,
Khalid.
Net News
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Just some quick updates on what has been happening in the world of budding internet entrepreneurs. It is a shame not to pass on quality content, so here goes..
> Tyler Cruz higlighted his own popularity with this thread on Digital Point Forums – Link
> TechCrunch released a very funny video that has been circling the web – Link
> John Chow is being featured in Entrepreneur magazine – Link
> Aussie entrepreneur copies MillionDollarHomePage.com idea…kind of – Link
Enjoy! Oh, and I forgot to mention – You can sponsor my blog posts now for $5 a post. Contact me if you are interested!
Good luck with your persuits,
Khalid.
(60 x 2) x 2 = 240
…that’s my new target. With OffBeatInk.com making $60 per month, I want to double it – hence the first “x2″ – then creating a second blog with the same earnings…thus bringing in $240 per month ($120 x 2 blogs).
My initial target was $150 per month but with hosting costs, the effort I put into my sites (and because I always want more!), I’ve increased this target to a new level.
I will continue to post 6 times per week (Mon – Sat) on OffBeatInk.com with unique content and videos. Each month I intend to spend some money on promotion and will trial new methods of advertising I haven’t used before. More on that later!
My latest project will focus on a heavily searched keyword – gadgets. I have a cool, brandable domain that is easy to remember. Me being me, I’m not revealing it just yet. I also have a professional but clean wordpress theme to work with too and I am really excited about launching my new site.
I would like my new project to be earning $60 after month two like OffBeatInk.com. By this time – February – I then intend to concentrate on increasing the income from both these streams rather than starting a third project. I don’t want to take on too much at one time as I generally spend around 45 mins per day on OffBeatInk.com.
As time progresses and OffBeatInk.com finds a position in SERP’s, natural traffic will increase the site’ s overall exposure and thus have a positive knock-on effect on my earnings. If my gadget project follows (fingers crossed!), perhaps $240 will follow in the footsteps of my $150 target and become redundant?
Good luck with your persuits,
Khalid.
Extreme Media Works…
Catching the attention of your visitors is one way they’ll share and discuss your site, not to mention keep coming back for more. It is important that you use plenty of quality images and videos, especially if you have extreme ones to share. People enjoy seeing others get hurt, end up in pain or embarrassed, and that’s exactly how Off Beat Ink has become so popular.
Since opening the site, I’ve covered Extreme DIY Tattoo Removal, Tongue Splitting, DIY Lip Piercing, Human Branding and Scarification. These have caught the attention of readers and become shared amongst their friends.
It is a simple tip that keeps visitors coming back for more. In a nutshell, catch their attention!
Good luck with your persuits,
Khalid.
November Earnings
November was a rather productive month for me, with Off Beat Ink receiving 60,000 unique visitors despite being only two months old! That was an increase of 40,000 visitors from the past month which I was extremely happy about. The site took in, on average, $2 per day. Although this isn’t a large amount, it is a start.
Kortaz was less productive, only taking in $16 for the month. That was due to the fact I had such a large downtime with Host Nine. However, with the site now hitting 8,000 uniques per day and PR4, I am surprised nobody is requesting to advertise despite me offering links on this thread at Digital Point Forums??? Any ideas?
Finally, Khalid’s Life is back online but not earnings really. As I’ve said before, I never had any plans to monetize this blog however I have placed a Media Links Box on the right hand side below the Blog Rush widget.
I am now at a crossroads, where I wonder whether to continue with Off Beat Ink until the earnings double or triple or move on to another project? I am currently posting 5 times per week on the site and would continue to do so but do I concentrate my efforts monetizing another site? What do you think?
Good luck with your persuits,
Khalid.
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