Archive for earnings:

June 2009 Earnings

June was a quiet month for me earnings wise as I have been concentrating on startup projects and not in a rush to sell anything. Adsense project me in just over $60 and I had a few quotes so we could say daily earnings we at $3.

I managed to bag a nice new name back in an old market I used to earn from. The last time I checked the plural was for sale at over £6,000 so my investment at very low £xxx was a bargain in my opinion.

The plan is to rank and monetise this site so it will pay for my part time article writer to update three websites three times per week. I will re-visit these websites in 6 to 12 months once they are established to begin ranking them for their chosen terms.

Good luck with your pursuits,

Khalid.

May 2009 Earnings

May saw little revenue (from Adsense) until the end of the month when a sale of a small network of sites was completed.

Total revenue: $1681.37

Daily Average: $54.24

Not a bad income considering little/no work has been done, hopefully I’ll sink my teeth into a new project this month and begin earning again.

Good luck with your pursuits,

Khalid.

April 2009 Earnings

April’s earnings was dominated by the recent sale of Chiropractor.co.uk. In order to ensure I am taking precautions, I cannot disclose an exact breakdown of my earnings as I have previously done.

April’s earnings totalled around $5337.81 which brings my daily average to $178

Good luck with your pursuits,

Khalid.

March 2009 Earnings

April saw some changes to my income. I changed a few of my Adsense earnings sites to generate leads which turned out to be fruitful at the beginning but has since dopped off slightly.

Here’s a breakdown of my earnings…

• Sale of men/ladies mini-sites: £525 = $777.46
• Site creation and optimisation: £500 = $740.38
• Google Adsense: $120.71
• Lead Sales: £45 = $66.63
• Text Link Ads: $13.47
• Media Jump: $7.57
• Adversal: $1.83
• Total: $1728.05
• Daily Average: $55.74

Higher than last month, hopefully it’ll continue to grow as I begin promoting my new projects.

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

February 2009 Earnings – One Year On

One year has passed since I began my $100 a day challenge and what an adventure it has been. I profited heavily when I sold my tattoo network, became debt free and realised that I should stick to what I was good at. I dabbled in different markets, including domain leasing and joint ventures.

On occasions I had to cut my losses and make new aquisitions, whilst finding a new job and continuing my persuits despite my ill health. Sometimes you just have to go hard or go home.

So, how did I do?

Well, I’m not at $100 a day yet but you cannot put a price on the wealth of information I have accumulated over the past 12 months. I feel I have made some real improvements in my personal and business life, and slowly began to build a profitable business on strong foundations.

Whilst I still have a long way to go, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and know that I need to “stop chasing and start racing” – I need to put a hold on fly-by-night ideas and research my ideas before investing in them. I need to stop wishing I could be like others and start being like me, putting words in action and becoming the full time Internet Entrepreneur I want to be.

In an uncertain economy during uncertain times, it would also be wise for me to save a little and not put all my eggs in one basket.

I shall save the rest of the motivation speech for another time, here’s a breakdown of the results…

• Google Adsense – $294.46
• Private Advert – £50 = $75
• Text Link Ads – $21.53
• Media Jump – $6.49
• Adversal – $1.88
• Search Engine Optimisation Consultation – £250 = $356.87
• Domain Sales – £200 = $285
• Total: $1041.23
• There’s only 28 days in February, daily average: $37.18.
• Daily average from ad networkds only $14.26

Considering there was no website sales I am proud my, majority ppc, daily average is increasing. I’m happy with the results and I’m continuing to work hard in a bid to achieve my dream.

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

Dry Spell

The economy hasn’t really caught up with the internet/domain world and nobody I know (touch wood), seems to be in any great financial difficulty. What I have noticed is that the market has dried up a little, with less sales and more people doing “reverse auctions” to attempt to generate some interest.

Whilst domainers and webmasters aren’t suffering (aside from a drop in ppc earnings), they are certainly being more cautious. Cash is a king and buyers are picking up sites for 10-12 x monthly revenue rather than the usual 24- 36!

If you are in a comfortable position my advice would be to close the hatches and ride out the storm. That’s why I’m doing whilst funding my projects from my full time job and savings.

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

January 2009 Earnings

January was a much better month in terms of PPC revenue, and with the acquisition of Kefalonia I managed to sign up one advertiser at £600 per year. I’ll split this revenue to £50 per month to show consistency. Here’s a breakdown of my earnings…

• Private Advert: £50 per month for 12 month’s = $75
• Google Adsense: $196.58
• Text Link Ads: $24.33
• Media Jump: $7.52
• Adversal: $2.94
• Total: $306.37 – Daily Average: $9.88

Although this is down from last month, the earnings above are from adverts and not website sales. February will be even better (fingers crossed!) and I’ll hit $10 a day = 10% of my goal. Although nearly a year has gone by, if I can make a good go at it and hit 25% by month 12 then I’ll be very happy. Slowly but surely

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

The Proof Is In The Pudding

In my last post I explained how I managed to bag a fantastic site and it really hit home that I should stick to what I was good at – developing. Since then I’ve been working hard to ensure Kefalonia was re-built to an acceptable standard and appealed to visitors.

After sending out numerous e-mails introducing the site to prospective advertisers, I managed to sell one ad spot and may have another in the pipeline. Meanwhile, PPC ads are working well on the site and I’ll be happy to announce January’s earnings shortly.

In a few weeks I’ve taken an old project and turned it into something profitable whilst generating 125% of my investment back! I’m really happy with the progess I have made so far and have prompted my friend, Stephen, to invest in numerous generic domain names too!

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

December 2008 Earnings

December was a far more successful month, primarily from my Christmas clearout. Here’s a breakdown of my earnings…

• Website Sales: $1350
• Private Adverts: $150
• Text Link Ads: $27.50
• Media Jump: $35
• Adversal: $2.50
• Total: $1880 - Daily Average: $60.64

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

Christmas Clearout

I managed to raise $1050 this month by clearing out all the sites that I no longer have time to update, including many of the mini-sites that were helping me reach my goal of $100 a day.

I’m moving into a different direction, with exciting new investments and partnering with some fantastic, established domainers/entrepreneurs.

I have managed to bag a few nice .co.uk names in an attempt to become a domain leaser. More on these projects to come in the new year.

I’ve now got two weeks off from my new job and I intend to work hard on ranking some of my new domains.

Good luck with your persuits, have a nice Christmas and a happy New Year!

Khalid.