February Earnings Report

Here are the numbers:

Adsense: $104.96
Clickbank: $188.54
Amazon: $11.76

Total Earned (all passive): $305.26

Reflections on February's Earnings:

Well, I'm trying to keep positive. February's a short month, right? I must admit I'm starting to feel a bit down about my earnings right now. It seems like I have been stuck at the $300 a month (or so) level now for way too long, and I really want to see those numbers increasing soon!

I am, however, continue to take action and not letting my discouragement hold me back. My goal is to have a total of 15 affiliate sites in play by the end of March, plus 15 adsense sites. This will give me a total of 30 websites, and once I hit this number I'm going to hold off building any new ones until I start seeing some decent returns.

Two main actions I've taken in the last month are appearing to pay off a bit this month already:

1) I've hired a freelance writer through getafreelancer.com. She is an excellent writer (from India), who is writing me ten 500 word articles a week at $3.50 an article. I'm using these articles to update some of my old sites as well as complete developing the remaining affiliate sites. It is quite a bit of cash right now for me, but I do think you have to invest in your business in order for it to grow.

2) I've also purchased (outsourced) some backlinks as well. Right now I'm investing about $50 in a month in backlinking services so I can devote more of my time to website development and research, and I hope to see the returns on this investment soon.

Hopefully these actions will help get me out of the rut I seem to be in, and that I will start to see some improvement in March in my numbers. Stay tuned!