Comments on: My Monthly Report – August 2009

By: Knoworange

Knoworange — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:23:56 +0000

Thank you so much for this useful post!
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But seriously, amazing post and thanks allot !!
i look ahead to your next post !!

By: Harsh Agrawal

Harsh Agrawal — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:16:54 +0000

Hey Pat must admit thats a handsome income and you doing great. Best of luck for upcoming months.

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Very interesting. What affiliates are you using?

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By: Vance

Vance — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:26:25 +0000

Good heads up on diversifying income streams. I’ve been doing a lot of research lately on multiple streams of income and that seems to be not only safer, but possibly more profitable than only one source. So far I have two online sources. I write for eHow, which has not been quite as fruitful as it has been for you, and I started a blog/website focuse on real estate investing information products. I’m kind of following your lead. We’ll see how it turns out.

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:12:07 +0000

Perry Marshall is great – he really knows his stuff.

As far as the sale page and offering free information first, it’s definitely a model that’s worked for me. I basically developed a website that I wanted to see. I was in the same situation as many of my readers, and I would be put off from a long sales page too, so the free information was definitely a great way to “break the ice”, offer good free information, and wow them with paid content.

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:48:57 +0000

I look forward to hearing how you fare with it. I just downloaded Perry Marshall’s 2010 PPC book (Definitive Guide to AdWords) and am still considering taking the jump.

On a separate note – I like that you don’t use a traditional one page sales letter/funnel on intheleed. You’re not forcing people down to that buy button – you’re giving them ways out to look around and take advantage of free information. I’m a big Ryan Deiss/Eben Pagan fan and I feel like this probably bucks their formula somewhat – what led you to use you current format? It’s clearly working for you!

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:08:03 +0000

Hi Julia, it is something I thought about doing, at least for a month to see how it pays off. If I end up deciding to go forth with it, you can be sure I’ll include the results in my report. PPC is a whole different realm with TONS of techniques and strategies, so maybe a month won’t be long enough.

We’ll see. Good luck to you on your campaigns!

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:03:36 +0000

Hey Pat,

I’m a long-time reader here. Congratulations on the baby and all your great work with IntheLEED. With your final transition on September 30 to the URL, will you be augmenting your SEO efforts with PPC?

I’m examining a new niche to enter and am trying to determine whether PPC is a good “bridge” to pursue until SEO efforts pay off, as they can take some time to implement.

Best of luck with all!
Julia

By: LS

LS — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:10:07 +0000

That might be the legal argument, but the argument they emailed to me was that they didn’t want their customers to mistake my site for theirs.

By: Susie

Susie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:29:54 +0000

( our WP and website still under revisions but I went ahead and posted it.)
Looking to the future…..some suggestions….
My husband and I actually need help with applying IBMA. We have our ebook done and have tons of videos to sell but we are stuck in certain places of how it all comes together from the big pict. to some of the small details.
Maybe you could consult via member basis to answer questions via skype calls and to do sheets and WP reviews? More than happy to be your guinea pigs. lol.
I would love to hire a successful graduate of IBMA to fill the holes and closer coaching and support of the WP-product business for a lesser price than $900 a month. Something more reasonable. Also there seems to be a lack of trustworthy coaches for outsourcing. Some of us have to develop a mindset to overcome the fear of someone totally messing up your business or how to instruct them.
You could easily offer a consulting service until you got your membership site going and as IBMA says…survey us.
OR how about step by step using camtasia on how you built your business. That would be worth a lot. Idea is to fill the holes from the other gurus. Not sure any of that is helpful. but its what we would need if you were to survey us.
P.S. it was your testimonial that sold us on IBMA.
Anyway, thats our 2 cents.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:05:08 +0000

Pat great post. Thanks for sharing about your earnings and your learnings. It’s true that we really need to be diversified in our profit centers, with our own product being front and center so that we are not depending on other companies. By the way, it would be interesting to hear from you on the business planning process that you go through to identify your niche. This is such a crucial aspect of online earning that I have not seen a whole lot written on.

By: Howie

Howie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:51:14 +0000

Oh, and just like a previous poster had said…..the eHow rounds of deletion, under some unclear guidelines (at best) really drove me away from that webiste, unfortunately, after being a faithful user for so long…..I read posts about hard working writers who lost up to 60 articles of their writing content (I mean, THAT is sad…..especially when it happens to a longterm writer)…..I honestly think you could do very VERY well over at Info Barrel…..and, their staff responds to emails very promptly…..plus, it’s much more user-friendly, I think….

By: Howie

Howie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:44:21 +0000

By the way, Pat……I was using eHow for quite some time, but there were a few grey areas in their platform that kind of turned me off to them….Maybe it was me, but I experienced so many glitches there that it really made the writing experience painful, until a light bulb when off and I made it a habit to save every single article I wrote prior to submission (I suppose anyone should do that anyways…)….but, it’s just the fact that I lost 3 or 4 articles because they redirected me after I tried to submit content…..

…also, even after reading their FAQs, I still can’t seem to figure out how much of a percentage they pay to writers for their Google Ad clickthroughs…

Last week, I actually stripped off all my 100-some articles, and moved them to a website called Info Barrel….they pay 75% of the Google ad revenue on your articles, and bump it up to 90% if you earn 30 points in a month (which really isn’t THAT hard if you like to write…..most of your eHow articles, probably meet the criteria to be worth 5 Points right off the bat…..)

Here’s my Referral link:
http://www.infobarrel.com/signup.php?ref_id=3246

If you write ANYTHING about marketing or promotion with Facebook, I’ll link directly from my Top Ranked Facebook Squidoo Lens:

http://www.squidoo.com/my_facebook_experience

It currently has 280+ Five star ratings, a PR of 5, and is ranked #8 in the Business category (which is HUGE…)….it’s highest was #2…..

If anyone else signs up I’ll include a link to one of your articles, too, along with Pat’s….if he decides to use it…..just contact me………….I subscribed to this thread, so I’ll see updates as they occur

Thanks again for an awesome post Pat!

By: Howie

Howie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:31:15 +0000

….and, THIS is why I love reading this blog….

Ever consider branding yourself, on another blog possibly, Pat?…..SmartPassiveIncome is great, but you could also do what well-known bloggers like Tyler Cruz do….have a LOGO/caricature drawn of yourself….

Here’s a guy that does an AWESOME job at creating ‘Mascots’ for blog headers…

http://www.sosfactory.com/ (that’s not a referral link…)….

If you ever try it, let me know how it goes….I’m thinking about doing the same one day….

By: valentina

valentina — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:09:42 +0000

Someone I know got a cease and desist from a lawyer for the word stealth which apparently is trademarked! I just finished 30 Day Challenge and they were very strong on not using any trademarked words in your domain. Its a bummer, I know … there goes my “buy me a mercedes benz” which I did have but decided not worth the hassle – I think I “overachieved” with that domain name … not only Merecedes, but probably Janis Joplin’s estate and the long tail just gets longer!

Congrats on the good results…. $9K isn’t exactly chump change.

best…………valentina

By: Steve Bellante

Steve Bellante — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:23:01 +0000

Sorry to hear about your domain name loss. That is a extremely frustrating situation to be in. I think you turned it into an excellent learning lesson here though with regards to reliable income and owning your content. It’s really important to understand your business model and the areas where you do and don’t have control of your product/income. As always, another excellent post on your monthly income. I continue to enjoy these.

By: Michael-John Wolfe

Michael-John Wolfe — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:21:56 +0000

That is crazy – my son was born Jan 3rd, 2008 and due on the 21st! We have #2 on the way, though and he is due on December 24th! – So we will get the tax break this year AND the Obama $8,000 for first time home buyers!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:17:18 +0000

My son was due Jan 21, 2007 and was actually born on Jan 3rd. I missed the tax break by 3 days! haha He was fine though, even a few weeks early.

By: Michael-John Wolfe

Michael-John Wolfe — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:00:28 +0000

Ehow has had two rounds of deletions – I lost about 10-14 articles each time. This has been pretty disheartening – I have decided to to submit further to eHow. My thinking is that they are going to start removing outside articles and focus on having more articles from Demand Studios which will give eHOW ALL of the earnings.

I have followed you for months Pat, I am one of those people you spoke about who started a blog and after about 6 months – stopped posting. I did manage to get to about $900 a month via online earnings, but this wasn’t enough money for my needs.

Rather than focus on online income, I started a limousine business with only one black Chevy Suburban. Within two months of starting this business, I am now making about $1,500/week through this business. (I am driving a LOT though!) I also started a lawn care business – which I already have 10 bi-weekly customers.

Shifting my focus from “online” to “real world” has helped me. And my online skills have helped me get the necessary SEO to get my limo/lawn companies easily found on Google, Yahoo and MSN.

My goal is to take my “real world” earnings and use those to create online ventures such as iPhone apps, etc. You had a great advantage with InTheLeed – since that income ALLOWED you to pursue other ventures. Most people don’t have this luxury.

So the next time you see a blog with no postings for months, it doesn’t mean this person necessarily gave up – they may have decided to pursue other forms of income!

Good luck Pat! I will be watching your next year of income with baited breath.

Best regards,

Michael-John Wolfe

By: Megg Mary

Megg Mary — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:02:29 +0000

Hi Pat,

I only just came across your blog this past week when I was trying to figure out all of this eHow hype. Your blog has been really helpful to me. I’m a complete novice to all of this and I’ve just started my own blog to track my learnings about online earnings. Keep the great articles coming!

Thanks,
Megg

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:51:51 +0000

Hey MG, thanks for following, and I really appreciate your kind words. I do my best to be honest because it’s something a lot of internet marketers are not. Hope to hear from you again soon!

By: Money Grubber

Money Grubber — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:14:45 +0000

Hi Pat,

I’ve just recently started following your blog. I think your honesty is really refreshing. Thanks for sharing all of your insights into creating your business. This is good stuff!

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:04:22 +0000

Oh James, I forgot to mention. I frequently visit this website and sometimes post a question whenever I have a question about legal stuff. People on this forum offer great advise, and some are even lawyers, but of course anything said on there may not necessarily be “right”.