January Earnings Report

OK. Time to report on what I earned in January. Here are the figures:

Adsense: $136.38
Clickbank: $138.99
Amazon: $5.92

Total Earned (all passive): $281.29

Reflections on January's Earnings:

Well, I certainly did not reach the $500 goal I had been hoping for, and unfortunately I earned even less than I did for December. However, it was good to see my Adsense revenue jump back - it is now averaging about $5 a day on autopilot, which is great. Clickbank was very slow, especially towards the beginning of the month, and this may be simply a lingering effect of the holiday season (during which clickbank does not do well, historically). However, sales have picked up especially in the past week or so for me, and I'm excited to see what February brings.

Goals for February:

I now have 10 affiliate products that I have set up blogs for, along with another 15 sites focusing on Adsense revenue. This month my focus is backlinking - trying to boost the ranking of these sites for certain keywords, so that I will get more visitors via Google and other search engine's results (also known as "organic traffic"). Previously I have relied primarily on articles for backlinks, but now I'm expanding into using social bookmarks, press releases, videos and other blogs for backlinks as well. Hopefully I'll see the results of this effort fairly soon! Currently I'm receiving between 50-60 clickbank "hops" a day, and I hope to get this close to 100 a day by the end of the month. Also, I would like to get my Adsense daily revenue up to about $7/day by the end of the month (currently it is around $5). And I'm still hoping to reach that $500/month earning goal this month!