The Story So Far
Its been 10 days since my last post, that’s to long and its going to change!
So what the hell have I been doing online since this blog started?
My first goal was to reach the fabled $10 amount on Google Adsense, that was the first major mile stone in my greater online money making plans. I managed that fairly fast with an average income around $0.10 per day at that time. That’s nothing great but it was the start I needed. It showed me how easy it was (in theory) to make good amount of money online from advertising revenue only. My first angle of attack was to start setting up content driven websites, based on WordPress. I have a solid understanding of WordPress from some past experiences so it made sense to stick with what I know. I looked at things in my life which I currently enjoy or have a good interest in, then I began to produce sites based around those subjects.
One of the first criteria in making successful sites is to base the site on subjects you know and understand. Making content driven sites to produce income is all well and good, but its a hell of a lot more difficult when you have no interest in the given subject. My advice is to stick to what you know, all day, everyday, then you can’t go wrong!
Eventually I had produced 4 content driven blogs/sites. Then it was time to learn SEO methods. I have a good knowledge on the more common easier methods, but I need to expand this knowledge. That’s what my current focus is aimed at.
Around the time the first 4 sites were completed I joined Digital Point Forums. Then from a few days of using DP I came across a link to Netbuilders.org
Joining an active community of webmaster is the single best thing anyone in my position could have done at the time. You have at your disposal a massive resource of Internet information. Any subject is covered, and in most cases covered in depth. Myself I have become an active member of Netbuilders. After first joining DP I used the forums for a few hours, made a few posts but never really got the responses I wanted. Netbuilders came along and saved the day. Questions would be answered with frightening detail and fast to, it really is an invaluable resource to me. I highly recommend that if your looking to make money online you take the time to join a webmaster forum.
From using Netbuilders I started to see how other people were making money online. I noticed their was a fairly active number of members making money from web based proxies. Proxies allow people to bypass content filters at their place of work or learning. this means they can get onto FaceBook and all the rest while they should be working! It takes very little time to set a proxy up, however there is a lot of background work which needs to be done. The first task was to select a proxy hosting company. The first company I used were fine, but expensive. Soon it became apparent that I would be needing more and more bandwidth so I was forced to change hosting companies.
Once the background work had been completed I started to buy cheap domains, .info for example. Proxies are somewhat special since they do not really need that much SEO to perform well. Instead you look at promoting them on websites people use to find new proxies. You add your proxies to toplist sites, directories, Yahoo Answers etc etc etc.
My current online assets are;
- 13 web proxies
- 6 content driven sites
- 1 service based site
I’m in the process of developing a logo/graphic design site. It looks like the next natural progression in my making money online journey, you can find a little more on selling yourself online in my previous post.
My total earnings since BlogStew began stand at $172.12
That’s pretty impressive, but its not taking into account all the expenditures on server hosting and such. The income comes from a combination of providing services and advertising revenue. By the end of this month I’d like to go over the $100 Adsense mark and get my cheque sent out!
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