I wanted to post a quick update to say that I went over $100 in Google Adsense. This means I'll be getting my very first check from Google next month. The next $100 should come much quicker. After a slow beginning to the month, things have been picking up. I made an amazing amount today in Adsense - $6.39 and the day isn't done yet. I never wrote a January report - sorry about that! I made $18.79 in Adsense, $0.88 in Amazon, and $1.09 in Chitika. It was worse than December but I expected that. The first two weeks of February were a bust as all of my articles were de-indexed with Info Barrel 2.0. The articles are back in the rankings and the last week has been amazing for earnings. I'm hoping it continues and it isn't a fluke.
I've been trying to keep up on my school work which doesn't give me much time to work on my Info Barrel experiment. However, I made a major investment in the experiment a couple days ago. I purchased Market Samurai to help me keep track of where my articles are ranking for their keywords. For each article, I choose 3 keywords I'd like to target and I input the information into Market Samurai. That's as far as I've gotten so far. I am also thinking about purchasing Article Marketing Robot to help with backlinks. It takes me forever to write an article to post on article directories. AMR makes it easy to spin that 1 article into 100 different articles and submit them to thousands of article directories at one time. This would save me a lot of time which I could then use to write more articles. I used the AMR free trial to submit backlinks to one of my articles and it has seen a record amount of traffic. I really wish I wasn't broke or I would purchase AMR immediately. Maybe I'll use my first Google check to purchase it.
I probably won't have time to work on Info Barrel for at least the next couple of months. I am dedicating my summer to building my Info Barrel article library and adding backlinks. I will have nothing going on this summer to distract me. I still need to make enough upfront money to pay my bills but that shouldn't take very long each day. Speaking of summer, I think I have cabin fever and to make it worse, we are under a Blizzard Warning. Stay safe everyone and hopefully my next post will come before the snow melts.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
December Review and 2011 Goals
I didn't mean to wait this long to post but it was a busy month. I only wrote a few articles in December. I had wanted to continue my November pace and write 1-2 articles a day. You can read all about December here: http://www.infobarrel.com/Allys_December_2010_Infobarrel_Earnings_Report
2011 Goals
In 2011, I want to reach my goal of $2,000 per month. I have other monetary goals as well, such as saving for a cruise, paying down debt and going on a road trip this summer. It is only the 5th day of the month and I have already changed my goals a bit. My original goal was to write 5 articles a day, 5 days a week. I have now realized that it isn't going to happen. I have too much going on and I have to write upfront pay articles so I can pay my bills. My new goal is to make $100 in upfront pay at Demand Media during the day, Mon-Fri. Nights will be spent doing homework. On weekends I will do my best to write as many articles as possible. Hopefully, it will be enough to reach $2,000/month by the end of the year. I should have more time for writing InfoBarrel articles once I get my credit card and car loans paid off in full. I also want to do a lot of backlinking in the summer. I would love to reach my goal by November when I go on a cruise. Then I can sit back and relax on the deck while still making money. I'll try to update this blog regularly.
I hope all of you have a happy new year and good luck on whatever your goals may be,
Ally
2011 Goals
In 2011, I want to reach my goal of $2,000 per month. I have other monetary goals as well, such as saving for a cruise, paying down debt and going on a road trip this summer. It is only the 5th day of the month and I have already changed my goals a bit. My original goal was to write 5 articles a day, 5 days a week. I have now realized that it isn't going to happen. I have too much going on and I have to write upfront pay articles so I can pay my bills. My new goal is to make $100 in upfront pay at Demand Media during the day, Mon-Fri. Nights will be spent doing homework. On weekends I will do my best to write as many articles as possible. Hopefully, it will be enough to reach $2,000/month by the end of the year. I should have more time for writing InfoBarrel articles once I get my credit card and car loans paid off in full. I also want to do a lot of backlinking in the summer. I would love to reach my goal by November when I go on a cruise. Then I can sit back and relax on the deck while still making money. I'll try to update this blog regularly.
I hope all of you have a happy new year and good luck on whatever your goals may be,
Ally
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
November Earnings and December Goals
You can read my November earnings and December goals here:
http://www.infobarrel.com/Allys_November_2010_InfoBarrel_Earnings_Report
My article on Cat Christmas Cards did get approved in time so yay!! I also finished 3rd in the contest so I'll be getting a $25 gift card to Amazon. I'm off to bed - gotta get up early tomorrow to start working on December articles;)
http://www.infobarrel.com/Allys_November_2010_InfoBarrel_Earnings_Report
My article on Cat Christmas Cards did get approved in time so yay!! I also finished 3rd in the contest so I'll be getting a $25 gift card to Amazon. I'm off to bed - gotta get up early tomorrow to start working on December articles;)
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
End of the Month Rant
I spend the past 24 hours working on a great holiday article for the contest so I can get my 5% rev share. I went to submit it today and it says it has to be approved. It's about Christmas cards so I have no idea why it needs to be approved first. Ugh!!! It has to get accepted today or I won't get the 5% rev share. Maybe I should write two more holiday articles as back-up. I have a huge school project due today so I don't really have time to write any more articles.
The second thing I need to rant about is two-faced liars. There is someone on Infobarrel that I HATE with a passion. Every time I see one of their posts on Infobarrel, I want to kick their ass. I really hope there is an ignore button on the Infobarrel 2.0 forum. It makes my blood boil whenever I see this person's avatar. They think they are posting helpful advice but it's stuff that people already knows anyways. Sometimes I want to tell this person, "Really, it took you this long to figure that out!!" There is someone else who I don't like but they don't post very often. I would just stay away from the forum all together but Travis and Ernie are very inspiring and I learn a lot from them. I should stay away from all forums but I wouldn't be where I am today without forums.
Here's an example of stuff I hate: I belong to two forums: a Bonnaroo forum and a Rothbury forum. There's this girl on both forums named Clair. Clair will go on the Bonnaroo forum and says how much she loves Bonnaroo and how she can't wait until the next festival. She also tries to tell us how awesome Rothbury is. She will then go to the Rothbury fourm and say how much she hates Bonnaroo and how she will never attend ever again. She will completely bash Bonnaroo. She is a two-faced liar and I hate her. What's worse is that everyone on both forums like her and they will defend her if someone says something bad about her. I finally hit ignore on the Bonnaroo forum but she's the mod on the Rothbury forum so there is no ignore function. I was so mad at her one day that I tried to spam her email and got banned from the forum. Oh well, at least I don't have to see her ugly face anymore.
Anyways, I think there are people like that on all message boards. I just need to learn to deal with them. That's why I love the ignore function. In the next week or so, I'll post my November earnings and my December goals. I'm very happy with my November earnings and I think they will surprise many people.
The second thing I need to rant about is two-faced liars. There is someone on Infobarrel that I HATE with a passion. Every time I see one of their posts on Infobarrel, I want to kick their ass. I really hope there is an ignore button on the Infobarrel 2.0 forum. It makes my blood boil whenever I see this person's avatar. They think they are posting helpful advice but it's stuff that people already knows anyways. Sometimes I want to tell this person, "Really, it took you this long to figure that out!!" There is someone else who I don't like but they don't post very often. I would just stay away from the forum all together but Travis and Ernie are very inspiring and I learn a lot from them. I should stay away from all forums but I wouldn't be where I am today without forums.
Here's an example of stuff I hate: I belong to two forums: a Bonnaroo forum and a Rothbury forum. There's this girl on both forums named Clair. Clair will go on the Bonnaroo forum and says how much she loves Bonnaroo and how she can't wait until the next festival. She also tries to tell us how awesome Rothbury is. She will then go to the Rothbury fourm and say how much she hates Bonnaroo and how she will never attend ever again. She will completely bash Bonnaroo. She is a two-faced liar and I hate her. What's worse is that everyone on both forums like her and they will defend her if someone says something bad about her. I finally hit ignore on the Bonnaroo forum but she's the mod on the Rothbury forum so there is no ignore function. I was so mad at her one day that I tried to spam her email and got banned from the forum. Oh well, at least I don't have to see her ugly face anymore.
Anyways, I think there are people like that on all message boards. I just need to learn to deal with them. That's why I love the ignore function. In the next week or so, I'll post my November earnings and my December goals. I'm very happy with my November earnings and I think they will surprise many people.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
My First Order on Amazon!
I woke up this morning and checked my Adsense, expecting another click, like I do every morning but there was a big fat zero. So I went to check Amazon and there it was. Someone ordered something using my referral link! I couldn't believe it. I immediately went to see what they ordered. It was a sewing machine that was only $20 but I should still get 80 cents (if my math is right). I'm thrilled and I hope I see more orders soon. Maybe I should write some articles on expensive items instead of cheap items;)
How is my Adsense going? It is going great! I've had at least one click every day this week even though I'm only on track to make what I made last month (unless I get some really high clicks). I'm currently at $7.28 for this month. I'm up to 65 articles.
I got accepted to Chikita last month so this was my first full month with Chikita. I have had two clicks for a total of 19 cents. Both clicks came from the bottom ad block. This means that people are reading all the way through my articles which is great but it makes them less likely to click on the Adsense ads. After I get to 150 articles, I'll experiment with some shorter articles.
How's the contest going? The contest is going okay. I'm working my butt off trying to get caught up. I took a day off to do homework and fell behind. I'm almost back into first. I just have to keep writing the same amount of articles as the first place person and try to do one or two more each day. You are probably wondering how I'm writing so many articles each day? I've decided to stop doing keyword research and SEO until December. I pick a topic and I search for it on Ezine Articles. I choose three articles about that topic and I quickly read through them. I close them and open a word processor and start typing. I type the article based on what I had just read. I can get an article out in an hour this way. Before it would take me at least two hours to research and type out the article. That time doesn't include the time it took to find the pictures and add links. I don't really expect to make much money off these articles but winning the $100 Amazon gift card and getting 50 achievement points for winning a contest would really be awesome.
I'm going to be really busy this week. My professors apparently don't care about Thanksgiving and they piled on a ton of homework this week. I'm going to my aunt's house in Iowa for Thanksgiving so I have to get all my homework done by Wednesday. My aunt doesn't have Internet. It's going to be crazy. I'm still going to keep writing articles for the contest. On Thanksgiving, I'll write articles on my laptop and just save them on my computer. I'll have to wait until I get home on Friday before I can post them. I'm getting stressed just thinking about all the stuff I have to remember to do. I probably won't update the blog until after I get back next weekend. I hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful Black Friday!
How is my Adsense going? It is going great! I've had at least one click every day this week even though I'm only on track to make what I made last month (unless I get some really high clicks). I'm currently at $7.28 for this month. I'm up to 65 articles.
I got accepted to Chikita last month so this was my first full month with Chikita. I have had two clicks for a total of 19 cents. Both clicks came from the bottom ad block. This means that people are reading all the way through my articles which is great but it makes them less likely to click on the Adsense ads. After I get to 150 articles, I'll experiment with some shorter articles.
How's the contest going? The contest is going okay. I'm working my butt off trying to get caught up. I took a day off to do homework and fell behind. I'm almost back into first. I just have to keep writing the same amount of articles as the first place person and try to do one or two more each day. You are probably wondering how I'm writing so many articles each day? I've decided to stop doing keyword research and SEO until December. I pick a topic and I search for it on Ezine Articles. I choose three articles about that topic and I quickly read through them. I close them and open a word processor and start typing. I type the article based on what I had just read. I can get an article out in an hour this way. Before it would take me at least two hours to research and type out the article. That time doesn't include the time it took to find the pictures and add links. I don't really expect to make much money off these articles but winning the $100 Amazon gift card and getting 50 achievement points for winning a contest would really be awesome.
I'm going to be really busy this week. My professors apparently don't care about Thanksgiving and they piled on a ton of homework this week. I'm going to my aunt's house in Iowa for Thanksgiving so I have to get all my homework done by Wednesday. My aunt doesn't have Internet. It's going to be crazy. I'm still going to keep writing articles for the contest. On Thanksgiving, I'll write articles on my laptop and just save them on my computer. I'll have to wait until I get home on Friday before I can post them. I'm getting stressed just thinking about all the stuff I have to remember to do. I probably won't update the blog until after I get back next weekend. I hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful Black Friday!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Back on Track
As you can tell by the last post, I got distracted from why I'm doing this. I'm not giving up on the contest but I'm not going to stress about it anymore. I'm going to write as many articles as possible and whatever happens, happens. I'm doing this to build up a passive income - not to win a contest. It looks like I should get at least 3rd place in the contest and I can be happy with that. I think I'm going to try to write as many articles as I can each month and save whatever winnings I get. Someday, I'll be able to use my winnings to buy a netbook. Here's the netbook I'm going to buy with my winnings: HP Mini 210-2050NR 10.1 Inch Netbook Lavender. I should have enough to buy it around March.
Another thing I wanted to mention is that I'm planning on going on a cruise either during spring break in March or next November. I'm hoping to get a nice passive income built up by then so I can still make money while I'm on the cruise. The power of passive income is awesome!
Another thing I wanted to mention is that I'm planning on going on a cruise either during spring break in March or next November. I'm hoping to get a nice passive income built up by then so I can still make money while I'm on the cruise. The power of passive income is awesome!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
It Makes Me Sick!
Warning: Rant
I am so very annoyed right now. I really want to win the contest bad so anytime I'm not doing homework, I'm writing Info Barrel articles. I've written around 24 1,000 word articles so far this month. It seems like I'm writing from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed. What makes me sick is how others can post 20 or more articles a day. I don't get how they can write articles this quickly. I don't even have a job and I can't even write that many articles in a day. I'm beginning to think that they outsource their articles. If they do then I can't keep up. I'm barely keeping up as it is. I didn't write any articles on Tuesday because I was behind in my school work and I fell from 2nd in the contest to 5th. I'm trying so hard but I'm still failing. It makes me want to cry. I actually did cry when I saw I fell in the points. I want a netbook but I can't afford one. I might be able to get one if I can win the contest but there's no way. A couple months ago, someone could easily win the contest with 30 articles but now, I'm not sure if someone can win with 60. I know I said I was going to write articles to build up my library and not worry about the contest but that netbook is calling me. Anyways, I need to write 7 articles tomorrow to get caught up with AJ and that's if he or the other 3 people in front of me do not post any articles. The most I've written in a day is 4 and that's when I got behind on my homework. Ugh! Why didn't I try to win the contest back when I actually had a chance to win:( I guess I'll get to bed since I need to write 7 articles tomorrow and I have 3 assignments due for my Graphic Design class. This sucks and I'm getting sick of it.
I am so very annoyed right now. I really want to win the contest bad so anytime I'm not doing homework, I'm writing Info Barrel articles. I've written around 24 1,000 word articles so far this month. It seems like I'm writing from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed. What makes me sick is how others can post 20 or more articles a day. I don't get how they can write articles this quickly. I don't even have a job and I can't even write that many articles in a day. I'm beginning to think that they outsource their articles. If they do then I can't keep up. I'm barely keeping up as it is. I didn't write any articles on Tuesday because I was behind in my school work and I fell from 2nd in the contest to 5th. I'm trying so hard but I'm still failing. It makes me want to cry. I actually did cry when I saw I fell in the points. I want a netbook but I can't afford one. I might be able to get one if I can win the contest but there's no way. A couple months ago, someone could easily win the contest with 30 articles but now, I'm not sure if someone can win with 60. I know I said I was going to write articles to build up my library and not worry about the contest but that netbook is calling me. Anyways, I need to write 7 articles tomorrow to get caught up with AJ and that's if he or the other 3 people in front of me do not post any articles. The most I've written in a day is 4 and that's when I got behind on my homework. Ugh! Why didn't I try to win the contest back when I actually had a chance to win:( I guess I'll get to bed since I need to write 7 articles tomorrow and I have 3 assignments due for my Graphic Design class. This sucks and I'm getting sick of it.
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