Woohoo! It’s time for another monthly income report. I love writing these posts, not because I get to publish all of the details about my online income, but because I get to share exactly what I’ve been doing to earn that income – what I’ve learned, what I did well, what I didn’t do well, and where I’m headed. My goal here is not to boast about what I do – if you know anything about me you know that’s not what I’m about. This is about inspiration and education.
I’m here for you.
Let’s get right to it…
Important Going-Ons in July
July was a fantastic month, on many levels.
Before I get into my businesses, I just wanted to mention how much more energy and focus I’ve had lately. I’m now on day 62 of 90 in my P90X extreme home fitness journey, and since starting I’ve lost 15 lbs., 6% bodyfat, and have never, ever felt better. I can go through an entire day with no naps and no coffee, which is huge for me because back when I had a 9 to 5 job, I drank coffee at least twice a day and took a nap in my car during lunch.
For those of you interested in my physical changes (I’ve had requests for these pictures, which is a little weird to be honest…lol), here’s a picture that compares how I looked on day 0 and on day 60.
I’ve heard that the best results come between day 60 and day 90, so I’m pretty stoked to see what happens. I’ll keep you posted.
If you have yet to read my post entitled What P90X Can Teach Us About Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur, I definitely recommend you check it out. Everything I mentioned in that post is absolutely true.
Ok – enough of that.
On to business!
The Smart Passive Income Podcast
In July, I launched the Smart Passive Income Podcast…finally! I had been talking about doing the show for almost 2 years now, and to see it finally come to life is pretty amazing. It’s a whole new type of media that I’m really falling in love with, and I now understand why people like Dave Ramsey and Leo Laporte use podcasting as one of their primary mediums to broadcast to their audience.
Although I only have two shows published so far (4 more are already pre-recorded and ready to go), I was fortunate enough to get picked up on iTunes and featured in their New and Noteworthy Section for the Business Category, right next to Steve Jobs and my good friend Maren Kate:
If you haven’t done so already, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or through this non-iTunes RSS feed.
Thanks to those of you who have left reviews for me in iTunes. I appreciate it, even if a few of them are a bit harsh only two episodes in. I appreciate your honesty.
Lastly, I purchased the domain: http://www.ebooksthesmartway.com, which forwards to my opt-in page for my eBook guide and newsletter. It makes it a lot easier to say and memorize, which is perfect for the show.
GreenExamAcademy.com
My LEED Study Guide blog at GreenExamAcademy.com has been seeing steady sales, both of my own products and affiliate products. In an attempt to increase sales and conversions, I had mentioned how I was going to insert a free mini-assessment quiz on the site to hopefully take people through some sample questions, and then hit them with an offer at the end.
I spent a majority of the month working with a plugin developer to reconfigure an existing WordPress quiz plugin so it worked the way I wanted it to, and so it was stylized appropriately for my site. The plugin is complete and I’m about ready to launch the campaign, so hopefully I’ll be able to grab some data for you by next month. August is the last month of Summer before professionals get back into their usual routine (kids back to school, people back from vacation, etc.), so sales in August are suspect to drop a little.
In addition to that, I’m exploring other options for shopping carts. I currently use an E-Junkie & Paypal Payment Pro Combo (as outlined in my guide, eBooks the $mart Way) to automate the sales and distribution of my material, but I’m currently communicating with 1ShoppingCart to see how that goes. They have some more options that I could use, such as an “after sale” upsell offer method.
This means that instead of selling upsells (i.e. selling the audio version of my guide to those who only purchase the eBook version) before they pay, the shopping cart promotes the upsells after the purchase has been made. That way, if the customer doesn’t want the upsell, they’ve at least already made the initial purchase.
We’ll see how it goes.
I’ll never know if it works better unless I give it a shot.
The Smart Passive Income Blog
SPI has continued to grow each and every month, thanks to you. I surpassed 8000 RSS subscribers (although Feedburner has been wacky the past month, so it may show significantly less for now). My goal for 2010 was to reach 6000, so to see it at 8000 in July is pretty amazing. I’m hoping for 10k by the end of the year.
Around mid-July, I had noticed how slow the blog was loading. People were actually emailing and tweeting me about how slow it was, which is not good. A slow loading site not only annoys your current readers, but it can also drastically increase your bounce rate, as new visitors are usually impatient and will not wait 13 seconds for a site to load.
Well, thanks to everyone and their suggestions on Twitter, I implemented WordPress plugin called W3 Total Cache, and integrated it with Amazon S3 and Amazon Cloudfront. I honestly don’t even know exactly how it works, but my understanding is that now that I’ve done this, everything you see on my site – the pictures, my CSS, background, header, etc. now comes from Amazon’s servers, which means it’s lightning fast to load.
Many people have told me how much faster the site is now, so that’s a relief. I’ll write a blog post about how to set that up later in August.
That being said, I plan to make it even faster. I think SPI has grown to a point where it makes sense for me to stop using shared hosting, and now move on to the next level.
Don’t get me wrong, Bluehost has been perfect for me. All of my websites – niche sites, greenexamacademy.com, etc. are all hosted on Bluehost, and I’d recommend them to anyone. However, this blog is becoming fairly popular, and I want it to be able to handle large loads of traffic in the future. Plus, a fish can only grow so big in a fishbowl. I need that lake or ocean to grow bigger, and I think now is the time.
So, what is the next step?
After shared hosting, it’s using a VPS host, which stands for Virtual Private Server. It’s the “middle” ground between shared hosting and a totally dedicated server, so the prices aren’t that bad. I’ll be looking to pay maybe $29 to $49 a month, compared to at least $100 a month for a dedicated server.
Again, I’ll let you know how that goes once it happens, and hopefully you’ll be able to tell because the site will be even faster. I’m crossing my fingers that it will be a smooth transition.
Niche Sites
As I stated in last month’s report, I’ve been starting to get involved with niche sites, and I’m actually seeing some good results. For many internet marketers, niche sites provide a majority of their income, either through pay-per-click ads or from an affiliate commission. Either way, the main goal is to find a niche based on keywords that people are searching for, build a site around it, and rank on the first page of Google.
I’ve gotten three niche sites up so far, and two of them are on the first page on Google. I have earned an affiliate commission on both of those ranked sites already, and overall, I feel like I’m finally getting the hang of how this works, because it was a business model that I was totally uneducated about not too long ago.
Here’s exactly what I’ve been doing:
- I use Market Samurai to find golden keywords that are highly searched for and have relatively low competition. You can grab your free trial of Market Samurai here.
- I then build a quick WordPress blog around that site. See my video about how to create a WordPress blog (and publish your first post) in less than 4 minutes if you’re wondering how this is done.
- Then, it’s all about creating content. I write about 5 blog posts, schedule them out for 5 days, and make sure the last one I write is the best – the one that REALLY promotes the product I’m pushing, along with affiliate links, obviously. I also like to include some relative YouTube videos on some of those posts (with the same Keywords in the title), just to give it a little more Google SEO juice.
- Then, I submit my site to a large number of Blog and RSS Feed Directories. This builds quick backlinks from relatively high ranking sites. The authority may not be as high because they are links from directories and not links from sites totally relevant to the niche I’m targeting, but it does help me to get picked up by Google within a day, usually.
- Then, I build more authoritative backlinks by finding relevant blogs and forums to post to, making sure to leave my site inwith the keyword as the anchor text in the signature. I don’t spam, and I do my best to leave a thoughtful, relevant comment or response to a thread.
- Then, I write articles. Article writing has been the strategy that has been giving me the best results for climbing Google, by far. I use a tool called Instant Article Factory to quickly write articles. I can literally spit out a well-written article in less than 5 minutes using IAF – the software is crazy amazing, and I want to give credit to Jonathan Ledger for creating the tool, because it has saved me a ton of time. I encourage you to watch the video about how it works now. Actually, I’ll talk more about Instant Article Factory at the end of this post, because I have something special to announce.
- I submit the articles to a number of article directories, obviously using they keywords as anchor text links back to my site, and then – I just wait.
- If the keyword research was done properly, I can see in Market Samurai’s rank checker that each day I climb the rankings and eventually rank on the first page of Google. I’m 2 of 3 so far, and the other one is not far behind.
I know you’re wondering what niches I’m in and exactly what sites I’ve created, but I don’t think I’m quite ready to disclose that information, at least not yet. I know that sounds sketchy, and without proof you might think I’m making this whole thing up, but I think you understand where I’m coming from.
I can tell you that I am promoting products from Clickbank, and I can show you this screenshot of my daily earnings:
*Please note that not ALL of the income you see in the report above are from the niche sites I’ve created. About 75% ($285) are from the niche sites – including the August sales you see.
I did this all myself at first, but for the last site I hired a Virtual Assistant from Odesk.com to do it all for me, and it’s the one that has actually earned me the most so far. I can get a lot more done with my VA helping out, that’s for sure.
Although the earnings are still not spectacular, it’s nice to explore the niche site option and know it really can be done. Now with my VA in hand, all I have to do if find more of those golden keywords, and then rinse and repeat.
I think it’s time for July’s income breakdown:
Income Breakdown
Please note that these are figures from reports from each individual company for the previous month. It does not necessarily reflect the actual payment which, for some of the companies listed below, come 30 to 60 days later because of potential refunds.
- GreenExamAcademy.com Product Sales:
- Total: $2637.40
- Last Month: $2172.00
- Difference: +$465.40
- Last Month: $2172.00
- Total: $2637.40
- eHow Earnings:
- Total: $246.95
- Last Month: $256.48
- Difference: -$9.53
- Total: $246.95
- Google Adsense
- Other Adsense: $49.18
- InfoBarrel (I’ve only written 1 article due to focus on other projects): $1.94
- Total: $51.12
- Affiliate Earnings:
- Green Exam Academy: $2,251.50
- Market Samurai: $1,392.96
- Bluehost.com: $650.00
- iPhone Apps w/o Experience eBook: $469.33
- Internet Business Mastery Academy: $450.00
- Niche Sites: $168.52
- Subscribers Magnet: $146.40
- InfoBarrel Success: $97.00
- Aweber: $26.40
- Amazon Associates: $1.89
- Total: $5,654.00
- Last Month: $6,091.81
- Difference: -$437.81
- Last Month: $6,091.81
- iPhone Applications:
- Paid Apps: $3343.00
- Free Apps: $1045.67
- Total: $4,388.67
- Last Month: $4,470.90
- Difference: -$82.23
- Paid Apps: $3343.00
- Gross Total in July: $12,978.14
- Last Month: $12,990.71
- Difference: -$12.57
It’s actually quite amazing that after all of that, I’m only $12 off from last month. Another consistent month of earnings, although I know I can do better.
One thing – we actually had a little hiccup with the free iPhone apps. We found that with the new release of the iPhone 4 and the OS4 operating system, the ads on our free apps were not being shown properly, so our ad income went down drastically. We’re fixing the issue right now, and will hopefully get the free app income back to normal next month.
What I Learned in July
I’m only going to mention one important thing, because I’ve already spilled a lot of info into this post.
The most important thing I learned is that article marketing works. When I asked Mark Mason, niche site extraordinaire (who was actually featured on the second session of the Smart Passive Income Blog) what was working for him lately, he said the same exact thing: article marketing.
When building authority sites like this blog, article marketing isn’t really that important. In fact, I would say that SEO in general isn’t that important (at least not as important as everyone makes it out to be), because a majority of my traffic comes from referrals from sites other than Google, which drives higher quality traffic than Google does, at least in my case. That’s why I don’t even pay attention to SEO on this particular blog, yet I’m still able to have an Alexa ranking in the 18,000 to 19,000 range.
With niche sites, however, SEO is everything because you want to rank on the first page of Google, and article marketing is the best way to get there. Not many of the big guys say that, because they don’t need to do article marketing themselves, but it’s an old school method that does work.
Above, I talked about how I used an awesome tool called Instant Article Factory to help me write quality articles in less than 5 minutes, and that I had a special announcement about it.
Well, I contacted Jonathan Ledger (the creator of the software) myself and told him that Instant Article Factory would be perfect for my readers who are doing niche sites. I also told him that many of my readers were just starting out and may not have the resources to pay for it.
He totally understood, and was nice enough to give me 3 free lifetime copies for my readers!
To enter to win a free copy, all you have to do is look at the video here (Instant Article Factory Sales Page), and tell me what you think about the software and how you would use it in a comment on this post.
Please note that these are affiliate links and I do earn a commission if you do purchase through them. If you have any questions about the product, please let me know before making a purchase! Thanks!
Jon also offered to give the SPI readers special pricing until Friday (a deep 40% off), so the contest must end by Friday too. You must go through my affiliate link though – because this special price is just for SPI readers only.
The video explains everything, and all I can say is that it works exactly as advertised.
And on a side note, the sales page is probably the best sales page I’ve ever seen. Why? No hype, and it shows everyone exactly what they’re getting. This is the type of sales page I want to create when I have my own products.
Check out the video, and I’m sure you’ll have no problem leaving a comment about it.
Here are the rules:
- Enter your comment about IAF before the end of the day tomorrow, Thursday August 5th.
- Good, thoughtful comments get the most consideration. I only want to give this away to those who will really use it and really want it.
- Early entries get special consideration.
- On Friday, August 6th at noon (not Saturday) I will pick three (3) winners and contact them via email.
- The three winners will get free lifetime copies and will be announced via email and on Friday’s post.
Note: If you have already purchased a copy, don’t worry. I’ll be sure you get your money back for your initial purchase if you are chosen as a winner.
I get to choose the 3 winners at my own discretion, and my decision is final.
Check out the video and good luck!
The Contest Has Ended
Congratulations to:
- Stacey
- Eric
- J Griffin
I have already contacted each of the winners via email.
Again, thank you all for your entries, and I feel really bad I can’t choose everyone.
If you didn’t win, but you still want a copy, Jonathan was nice enough to also offer a special “Pat Flynn Discount” (a deep 40% off) just for the SPI community. The offer expires at midnight tonight (Friday, August 6th), so you have until 11:59pm PST to grab the discount.
Thanks for reading July’s income report, and here’s to a healthy and profitable August. Cheers!
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Hi Pat. I am so excited to have come to your website. If there is such a thing as an “Uber Newbie” here I am. I have recently been introduced to what blogging is really about by a family member. I always thought a blog was just someone putting their random thoughts or daily activities out into cyberspace with one post after another. Who has that much to say? Turns out I do. I have so much info and advice to give to people entering my field that I want to “Shout it from the mountain top” but I’ll settle for the internet. Never thought that there would be a a way to possibly make money at it. Even without the income aspect I am so looking forward to my new venture. Thanks to people such as yourself who are willing to impart their knowledge, I feel confident I can utilize the lessons you’ve learned along the way and not re-invent the wheel. Not being a professional writer, I am sure there will be plenty of days of writer’s block and a product like Instant Article Factory will definitely help to free my mind to focus on all the other aspects of producing a successful blog. Then, of course, I’ll have more time to read your articles. (I know that was shameless!!)
Joking aside, your articles are very informative. They make me feel as if I can actually do this. I can, at least, feel confident going in knowing that I have great resources. Thanks a bunch.
Wow, Pat! IAF sounds like such a perfect tool. I am just starting out and could use it in the chapters I am writing in my new e-book which, by the way, you have inspired me to begin. Progress is good, but a tool like this could really make a big difference.
Thanks for all you do.
I had no idea there was even such a thing as article software. I thought the ability to “spin” for synonyms was the coolest part (well, unless you count my mental wanderings where I thought it looked fun because it vaguely reminded me of filling out mad libs as a kid…)
Anyway, I think I would use it to have my son produce content for some “quick” sites that I have in mind.
Hey Pat,
I’m always blown away by your income reports. It is kind a vicious cycle you’ve got me on. Every month I click the link in the email and get all hyped up to try some of the things you are successful at, and I have done some, have a bluehost account, with sites that mimic my interests and have done some for family. I try to monetize them whenever I can, which sometimes pays off, sometimes not so much. By week three or so, my job, my two rambunctiously perfect girls, and the darn laundry take over, and my passive income ambitions are covered up by dirty socks, so to speak.
Fortunately your facebook posts keep me on track! I intend to follow your plan like the bible, (after I finish a photography site for my sister) to get a few target niches sites off my list. As you’ll see by me site and email address, lately I have been pouring all of my evening time into a site that has a very small target audience. And although it would totally rock to make some money from it, to progress some projects on THAT to-do list, that one isn’t about money.
Of course I watched the IAF video – seems pretty hard to believe! My target is pretty narrow, but I think that may be a great way to post concentrated articles on several aspects of my topic, do you think it would work like that? – it seems to.
And his sales page is so convincing I almost bought two copies! BUT, my husband, the realist, was skeptical that I would make the cash back soon enough to pay the cable bill…he’s probably right. And, we both don’t want to see our girls without their Spongebob fix!
How random is this comment anyway?
Anyhow, I’d like to enter your lifetime IAF giveaway. I can see how it could immediately get more traffic to the site that I am passionate about, and just might be part of the pieces that finally get me to a place where I can be home with these girls! So, consider me entered, fingers crossed! Have a great night!
Oh Pat, I hate to see you go down the niche sewer. Why not play to your strengths and expand on your architecture/green exam business? It’s a waste of time spewing forth spammy content only to get slapped back by Big G.
Hi from New Zealand, ANOTHER awesome article Pat…thanks for sharing Instant Article Factory…you’ve become my ‘business fairy’ (sorry but it’s true!) by constantly sharing ideas and hints to help me with my business. I’ve recommended your site to heaps of my contacts, and I know that they are also benefitting! So in the space of just two months (since I joined up!) I’ve written an eBook on coaching for managers using your fantastic tips (and now both my web designer AND my graphic designer have your eBook) and now I’m going to sign up for IAF. As a writer that sometimes struggles to find ‘creativity’ when the deadline for submitting to newspapers looms this is an awesome tool. It shall become my marketing tool for the eBook of coaching questions too…thanks so much and enjoy your passive income lifestyle – you TOTALLY deserve it!
Thanks for all of the information in this post. It is allot to process, but it provides allot of ideas and inspiration to readers like myself. The Instant Article Factory seems to be a useful product as long as it is used as a tool for creating valuable content and not simply a random fill in the blank package. A previous comment compared it to madlibs. I love madlibs but I am not sure if my old madlibs books would make valuable content to my readers. Then again……
Hi Pat,
I have been following you for a short time and want to say that I appreciate not only the awesome value you provide but also for being “real”. Your month end reports are not over inflated hype which I have often found to be the case on the Internet.
I have tried my hand at article marketing and found it very challenging. I have sometimes spent hours writing one article. When I have used spinning tools, often the articles end up making little sense. Outsourcing didn’t work for me either as I ended up with a lot of inferior articles which I didn’t want to put my name to. I have to say that I had pretty much decided to give up with articles until I heard about IAF from you.
I believe the key to success online is keeping things simple and effective and that is exactly what I believe the benefits of using this awesome tool are, and I haven’t even touched on how much time it will save anybody who uses it.
If I was to be one of the winners I would take action immediately and use the tool to help me support my marketing wherever I could. In particular to support my blog and also the micro niche blogs I want to start too. It would mean not giving up a strategy that I can see works for so many people and which I have just not been able to master yet.
I’d like to thank you for your generous offer to give this to three people. I am a firm believer in the law of reciprocity because I know that when we give first, we get so much back in return. So apart form using the tool to further my own interests Pat I would definitely offer to use the tool, then write a post about it on my blog offering the tool to my readers but via your affiliate link. This is the one way I can think of right now that I could use to thank you and to give back to you too.
Thanks Pat!
~Marcus
Hi Pat,
Catching up on my reading tonight and good thing! Thanks again for sharing your Monthly Report, it is always very inspiring to see how you are growing SPI and that you are continuing to hone your skills. “So much to learn!”. That’s one of the many things I like about reading your blog—you boil it all down, saving me time and money.
I watched the video at IAF and WOW, this looks like an amazing tool. We are growing our niche blog at fidelisartprints.com, so I’ll be taking your tip to focus on Article writing to my desk first thing in the morning and crank out a couple of articles…it would be a lot faster to create more quality articles with the help of a free lifetime copy of Instant Article factory??? Count me in for the ask,I’d love to win a copy through SPI.
Also kudos on the fitness program, now you can keep up with the little one?!
All the best, karen@fidelisartprints.com
Thanks for posting your monthly reports online and being so open. It gives me a real insight into what is working for others.
As for my entry for the software:
I would love to have this kind of quickness for writing articles as well as blog posts because there seems to always be a lack of time to produce the content I need to produce. I have a wife and 2 kids to think of when utilizing my time, the reason I wanted to get in to internet marketing is so I could better provide for my family, both monetarily and time wise.
Time with my family is what’s important to me so this software would allow me to produce the content I need to be successful in a time conscious manner.
Thanks for the chance to win… and keep up the good info!
P.S. I found your blog when I happened to come across one of your videos on you tube about creating a facebook page, not really knowing that I had already heard of you, I finally put it together while listening to your podcast… I had heard Stirling and Jay talk about you on their podcast. Small world!
Doing business smartly requires perfect business tools to help you minimize time-consuming tasks so that you can spend time wisely focusing on building strategy for your overall business success – this is where I think IAF would fit in perfectly!
In my short and concise opinion, I am 100% confident in leaving my article writing tasks to IAF because it has been created by someone who knows what it takes to be successful in this industry. There is no reason not to trust.
Nice stuff!
DAMN, Pat! You look great, bro! With every success story I read regarding P90X I get more and more excited about starting. P90X is truly an investment, not just a product.
Hi Pat!
I’m glad to hear that you can constantly make very nice income. I’m following your blog and your great tips already for a year or so. I made a e-book because of your free killer e-book, it was so inspiring.
Just watched Article Factory video. Thanks for that! Amazing!!! I need that soft too!(I hope I can get it from You, but if not, I’ll buy it). Why I need it? Well, English is not my mother language and Its hard to pull out a good content for my blog in English. That piece of software could give me a lot of help and more quality for my blog articles.
Love your blog and your advices! You can make it so clear and simple!
Cheers!
Hey Pat. Love the website. I actually came across your name via your first podcast(loved it by the way) about a week ago. I was just searching for anything having to do with making money online on Itunes and I thought your podcast looked very interesting. Then, I of course, found my way here. Your story is very inspiring to me because, like you, I got laid off as well due to a number of factors. Since that time I have not been able to get a job that sticks. Right now, I do lawncare with my father in law which I do actually really like but its only seasonal and I will soon be out of a job again. My wife does have a good job and I am actively looking so this isn’t a sob story. Im just looking at all of these events as a reason to get going on something that I think I might truly love and at the same time make money doing it. I am seriously considering niche marketing. Ive done a lot of reading on the topic and this Instant Article Factory software sounds like something that could help kickstart everything. I would love for you to consider me.
Anyways, I am a bit of a procrastinator. I like to soak in as much info as I can before I get started and that often doesn’t end up in me taking any action. Your website has really motivated me to get started. I love how much of an open book you are about your successes and failures. Its easy to see that you are being real with everyone and thus, trustworthy. Thanks for the amazing info you’ve already provided on your site. It really does help and inspire. I look forward to more.
Thanks,
Mark
Hey Pat:
I sent you a personal email via your contact me form b/c this link was not available. I don’t have a copy of what I said; hopefully you’ll find it. The bottom line is that I’d use the Article Factory software to drive traffic to my 3 very different websites for my brick-and-mortar businesses, and help more people by providing them with valuable content.
The honest truth is that I hate writing; I think my writing sucks and b/c of that, I don’t do it. The drawback is that I don’t spread the word about the good stuff I learn; don’t drive traffic to my site and don’t get as many clients as I could.
This software looks fun, like Ad-Libs. I’m sure you will have to google the term, but basically it’s fill-in-the-blanks fun! I’d definitely use this software a LOT, and would also post stuff in newsletters (which I don’t do for the same reason)!
Thanks for the great content you provide, and for introducing tools that save time!
Teri
I would LOVE a copy of the Article Factory… I watched the video and would use it to write incredible articles for my blog…thanks so much again, SVH
Oh, my goodness. I have to say that your contest could not have come at a better time for me.
For the last couple of months, I have been writing articles, spinning them, and submitting them. I use a couple of membership sites (writing articles site and an article spinning/submission site) and a virtual assitent to get this all done. I have been working hard to increase my site traffic and have been very successful through the article marketing and social media. I have over 20 pages on top 10 of Google SERPS (for keywords that I have chosen) and my traffic has doubled. I have gone from 40 to over 600 backlinks. Next is to monetize that traffic.
However, I have spent way too much money on getting the traffic, and my clients’ contracts have been over for a few weeks now, and the new clients are taking forever to get started. So, I am strapped for cash and am doing everything to try to get more money coming in so that I can keep up with the article marketing and using my virtual assistants.
I had to stop paying the writing service for articles and am now writing them myself to save money. My virtual assistants take excessively long writing articles and their time is better spent helping me with other tasks that help to bring in traffic and build backlinks. I don’t want to loose my virtual assistants, although they are slow writers, they are great at everything else and have helped me so much. It is very hard to find people that have a great attention to detail and they have that.
In addition, I have been working so much to also get a new product launch out and I am just feeling horrible because I want to spend more time with my two kids who have been terribly bored this summer thanks to me. If I can get this software, I will have more time to get my product launch out, make more money from that to be able to spend more time with my kids and not worry about doing time-consuming consulting work. Heck, hopefully with the income from the product launch I can finally take my 10 year old to Lego Land in California (he has been begging to go) before he is too old and loses interest in it.
This article software can be used by my virtual assistants as well. It would save so much time for us to focus on automated product launches. I was also wanting to create some niche sites as well. I have been for a year now, but have been busy with school the last year (got my Master’s in Internet Marketing) and improving the rankings and traffic of my current site. It really is time for me to start some niche sites too, and this software can really help my virtual assistants help me get a few up quickly.
I really do love consulting and helping people, but I really need to have more passive income to have more time for my kids. Not to mention my husband got the P90X from a friend at work and has wanted to do it with me but I don’t have the time. Hope he is not trying to tell me something, his parents gave us a treadmill too ;p. After seeing your results, I am going to talk to him again about starting it.
Thank you so much for your offer. I really hope that you can find it in your heart to choose me.
I also want to add that I really love your blog. It really has been great seeing your successes and learning from you.
Hi Pat!
What stunning results from P90X!
As always your monthly report is insightful and inspiring.
With regards IAF, I’ve never used anything like it…but would very much like to try this one. Coming out with great contents is something I’ve really struggled with, unlike people like you!
And, if you are using it, IAF can’t be bad! In fact, I need it badly!
Hi, Pat! Long-time lurker here. Love reading your income reports each month. I spend my days as a content mill writer, which I hope to be able to stop doing someday and just make $$$ off my own websites. I actually hate being a part of mucking up the web with the tripe I get paid to write for the content mill, which is why I’d love a shot at the IAF!
I already have a bunch of domain names, but they don’t get the attention they deserve due to all the time spent writing crappy content for the “man.” Writing stuff I actually want to write for my own sites is the ultimate goal for me – and to make a living from it, of course. I would love to use IAF to make some articles I can submit to directories for backlinks to the sites I have been slowly building. I think that would really give the sites a boost, and help me break free from the reigns of literary prostitution! heh
Many thanks for offering up such an awesome opportunity! And thanks for the inspiring monthly income reports!
Another great month! As others have mentioned, you’re monthly report is so enlightening an encouraging. Thank you!
Now as for IAF. This comes at a the perfect time for me. I have two niche sites that I’m in the process of building back links for. It’s kind of a struggle because I’m new at this and it’s hard to tell what’s working and what’s not. I’ll use IAF to add article marketing to my SEO tactics and hopefully give these sites the shot in the arm they need.
Thanks again!
You know what? I checked out instant article factory and decided to just buy it (at the speical Pat Flynn price). I just wrote my first article and even modified the template quite a bit – and it still only took me about 10 minutes. This includes time spent going back to the video to refresh my memory about some of the fields. I can tell already that this is a great service, and I’m definitely going to get my moneys worth.
Pat, one thing I’d like to see is a post about deciding which article sites to submit to. There are so many that it’s kind of dizzying.
Thanks a lot for the heads up on this product!
Hey Pat, with Admob, did you have to submit your Iphone app to the market first before you get the script to put into your Iphone app? I’m in the midst of building my first Android app right now and it seems like they need your application’s market address first before it is able to generate an ad script. Is that so with the Iphone apps?
Also, how many Iphone apps do you have on the market to be able to generate that much revenue per month?
Hey Pat, digging the results so far from your P90X experience. I checked out IAF and thought it seemed like a useful product and had the potential to save a lot of time. I have been in the process of starting a blog but have been putting it off for quite some time, the reason (at least my justification) is I would like to have several (20+) articles that I have prewritten and can use for the first few months. I literally have pages and pages of ideas for quality content, but alas, have not started on the actual articles yet. I see IAF as a chance to give myself the kick in the rear I need to get started pumping out articles and get my site up and running. Thanks for your consideration and keep up the good work!
Hey Pat, its great that you have included your body weight results in your monthly financial report. Its really great. Ultimately if we earn a decent income and we don’t have a fitter body and great health, doesn’t make much sense.
Very impressive results with your fitness program, I must say. Keep it up.
Hey Pat
looking at your pictures, I’m out of shape but I do remember how strong and full of energy I felt when excercising… from 1st of september I ll start again, with a diet too
About Instant Article Factory… UAO ! That is genius, you can also add some templates yourself outher than the multiple ones included !! I believe once you have it, you can start building your business as IM content writer from scratch
Dear Pat,
You are the source of my inspiration. I am in awe of you! I am still at the beginning of the path, but I am making concrete and workable plans now.
Thank you for the amazing opportunity with IAF. It is indeed amazing how a little correct automation can simplify the writing of an article. The speed and quality of the outcome is superb. I have two e-books ready to market on my own. With the Article Factory I am sure that I can do a great job. This is especially good when you need to propel your product/ site and suffer from writer’s block.
Thank you for the wonderful tips and products you always send our way – your blog readers and followers.
Warmest regards,
Swapna
Hi Pat,
thanks for the awesome news and insights you shared with your post. I am impressed on your success on P90X. I have also a question for you: Do you use IAF also for your emails? I always thought that your messages are so easy to read and go directly to the point. Also most of them made me click through (like the on form this morning that made me come to your post and leave this comment).
I am thinking to give IAF a try. While I blog in 2 languages, it will help me improve my blogging at least on one. My strategy is to create at least one article from scratch (for each blog I have) every week and for the rest to use the template. Unfortunately for me the frequency of posting has decreased dramatically so this tool would help me get back on track. Also I think that the randomizing functionality of the IAF is one that I could benefit most. I have 2 blogs that in most cases will get similar content. One is related with inbound marketing for small business and deals with how to promote your blog, site in order to increase your traffic and exposure, while the other is a personal branding site. In both cases I write about blogging, optimizing content and social media. While I do not want to post the slightly changed content on both blogs I think that getting this possibility to randomize one article and get another one in couple of minutes is the one that will save me the most time.
Hi Pat,
You’ve got a lot of great stuff in this months report. I’m particularly stoked about the new podcast. I’ve been waiting for it and episode 2 especially did not disappoint. I enjoyed the interview with Mark Mason because I’m in a similar situation so I walked away with some good tips.
I went through Ed Dale’s 30 day challenge a couple months ago and am currently working on developing niche sites based on that model (which HEAVILY relies on article marketing). The problem is, I work a demanding job and come home to a wife and 3 kids (ages 3,2 and 3months). After an hour with the kids, one with the wife and a couple chores, i’ve got from about 10pm to 1am to get down to business. I’d use IAF to better leverage my time to focus on videos, commenting on blogs and forums, writing high quality content for my sites, setting up auto-responders, creating my own products etc.
For anyone wondering where to submit these articles, right now I’m manually submitting articles to Ezine Articles, Hubpages, Infobarrel, Scribd, Squidoo, Wordpress.com and Blogger mini blogs. Any tips on other good places to submit?
Just when I start to lose a little steam, I come to SPI and get completely pumped again. Pat, I can’t tell you how much your website motivates me!
I’ve clicked about every affiliate link that I can just so I can tell you thanks again for what you are doing for me and my family.
Now I’m pumped about article marketing… dangit!
Hey Pat
Great blog post and great results with P90X. Before IM I was an Electrician and never suffered with weight problems… now it is very hard to get my bum off the seat and tend to sit there for many, many hours every day… the result… weight gain, not good !!
That Instant Article Factory looks like a great bit of software which I’ve just bought through your link. JL always produces quality products so at that price it’s a steal.
I’ve been paying for articles to be written but by the time I complete the instructions, wait for the article and then tweak it when I get it back… it would be quicker, easier and cheaper to use Instant Article Factory. Thanks for the tip and the discount
Pat, which plugin do you use to get the subscribe to my popular newsletter function in the comments… a very good idea.
Cheers
Ian McConnell
Hey Pat,
Hope Keoni and the wife are doing well. 2 months ago I quit my cushy job teaching English to lawyers here in Korea to focus on building my business and spending more time with my family. And that’s what I’d do with IAF, spend time with my 23 month old son Ethan and my wife Dong Eun without having to think about writing articles and producing content to earn money to take care of my family.
My business partner and I have been getting into article marketing and have spent so much time getting the content ready. We’ve both got young kids and are doing this whole Internet business thing in our spare moments to get out of the rat race and live life as its supposed to be lived… Doing what we want with those that we love most.
Anyway, cool that you’re doing this and thanks always for being cool and sharing so much of you and your time.
All the best, dude.
Carl
Hey Pat,
Awesome Post. You’re looking great after 60 days. Great
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Wow.. 200 commentss..
My plan of using IAF -
The IAF software looks awesome. One of the great feature of IAF i like is “Write once, reload the article, and with a few tweaks you’ve got another piece of unique content in seconds.”
I’m currently working on some niche sites with high competition. I’ve already started working on article marketing, but it’s really hard for me to write so many articles.
so i think IAF software will going to help me a lot.
I’m basically going to use IAF for article marketing and for some niche blogs.
Thanks for sharing this great Post, as always. You rock
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There’s only one thing I can say, wow!!!!
I just purchased IAF through your link, and it’s just amazing. I’m glad to receive this kind of recommendations, among all the “rubbish” being thrown at IMers nowadays, being made aware of a gem like this is refreshing, so to speak.
Regarding their claims, I can confirm they stand true. First, Jonathan promises in the video they’d add more templates. Well, they seem to have done so, already, I’ve found more templates available now than those shown in the demo video.
Second, and the most important fact to me, I’m still a “9-to-5-er” trying to build my way up in IM to make a significant change in my life. I like niche research and keyword research, and I love promotion and marketing activities in general. But honestly, creating content, specially articles, is a pain to me. This piece of software has definitely made my day, I’ve created two articles in 15 minutes, while it took me almost 4 hours yesterday to just finish one manually.
Thanks a lot for pointing us to this service, Pat!!
Hey Pat,
Wow, congrats on the weight loss, dude! A few years ago, I lost 20kgs (not sure what that is in US currency ha!) through eating low-fat, low-GI foods and a structured work-out. I would run 2 days a week, lift weights 2 days a week, and pretend I was a rock star 2 days a week. By that I mean I would put on my fav. rock music, typically Guns-N-Roses, jump up and down and throw myself around the house like a mad man for 2 solid hours.
Loving these monthly reports. I, too, echo the sentiments of others here in that they are very inspirational .
All the best with the niche marketing sites.
You rock!
Pat, the Instant Article Factory was an awesome video. What a great writer’s tool. I am going to do some more research on it and am considering getting it. Thanks for making it available. Bill Sterling
Hi Pat!
I’ll leave my formal entry down here, because I am late to the party (what happens when you are all work and no play
I would love to win IAF, just watched the video and it looks like a fabulous tool for any article marketer.
With several niche sites of my own, it would be awesome to cut back on the time it takes to promote them. I write for others as well, so my own work (which hopefully will earn money longterm) tends to get neglected.
Plus, having a time saving tool that overcomes writer’s block would definitely be helpful. That tends to be my biggest problem in writing – after you’ve already written 10 articles for other people, writing your own is especially difficult.
And with four children (3 not yet in school), getting everything done in under 2 hours a day can be challenging.
This software looks like it would definitely help overcome writer’s block. Also, the built in spinning function looks awesome! Just writing one article for all the directories would be a huge time saver. I also like that you can add your own templates – it makes everything more original.
Anyhow, congratulations on losing the weight! I’ve heard so much about P90X – it seems everyone is using it right now! I’m down to my last few pounds post baby (born in February, just a little bit after your little one). But I like the gym since they have free childcare
Pat,
You continue to be an inspirational for both how things CAN be done and how WE can do them.
As far as the Instant Article Factory goes, here’s how I would use it. I’m a Speech-Language Pathologist who teaches fellow PT, OT and SLP therapists how to go into buisness for themselves treating private patients. These patients have autism, stroke, brain injuries, hearing impairments etc. If I am able to help more therapists learn to reach out to more patients, I am helping patients and families have access to the services they need.
Article marketing is something that I have done- but I haven’t generated nearly the amount of articles I need to to help both therapists AND patients. This service would help everyone that I serve AND everyone that THEY will serve!
Hi Pat,
I’m loving the podcasts (especially the different voiceovers at the start!). Congratulations on another good month.
Thanks for the link to IAF. Things I like about it:
- The range of templates available – a good way to overcome writer’s block.
- Being able to edit all fields, including the pre-written text.
- Having the ability to spin text in the pre-written template text.
- Having a thesaurus option where it will suggest additional words suitable for spinning.
- The ability to nest my spun words withing sentences.
- Being able to create my own templates and share them with others.
- Having access to templates others have created.
- Being able to produce documents that have the spun text with them so I can submit them to article directories that take care of the spinning for me.
- It’s so quick and easy to create new articles.
How I’d use it:
I probably won’t use it on my main blog. I prefer to write longer, more in-depth articles on that site.
I can see a use for IAF for creating content for a couple of niche sites I’ve set up in music-related areas. I know enough about the topics to be able to create the content. IAF would enable me to produce a wide range of articles in a short space of time that I could use on those sites as well as distributing to various article directories to provide backlinks with suitable anchor text. I don’t need long articles on those niche sites – just shorter articles that provide some relevant information that leads the reader on to suitable affiliate products.
IAF appears to be a simple way to write spun articles that actually make sense, in a short space of time. I’ve seen some other spinners that are a lot more manual in nature, and take ages to complete. IAF does it’s job well in a short space of time. I can see myself using this with Dragan Naturally Speaking to easily produce a bunch or articles every week that I can distribute without worrying about any duplicate content issues. It can only get better as the community of users grows.
Thanks Pat!
One question, does IAF support other languages?
Awesome job with P90X. I have been looking at that a bit since I just turned 27 today and I want to keep in great shape, especially since I am starting to get speaking gigs.
I love your podcast and I am sorry to say I haven’t been keeping up with your blog as much lately, but only because I have been focused on producing content instead of consuming so much.
Now as far as IAF goes, I’d love to win it and I will be purchasing it through your link. I am doing The Challenge like many people and I bought Market Samurai last year but I’ve really been struggling to make any money online. This year’s Challenge is helping a lot more and the Free Writing training he gave was an amazing breakthrough for me. With IAF I will double my output in the alloted 10 minutes of Free Writing.
Money is still really tight and financially last year was my worst year ever. Overall though it was my best year ever because it laid the groundwork for this year and I fully expect to hit my goal of millionaire status by age 30. Especially with people like you to give tips, tricks and shortcuts as well as motivation.
Hello Pat,
Thanks again for sharing your earnings. Your transparency is very refreshing.
I must confess I have not done ANY article marketing…yet. To be honest, I was kind of afraid of it. The concept alone seems so daunting and time consuming.
With IAF, this would allow me to continue to focus on content creation on my site. I really want to do more videos but am learning and tweaking how to create quality, timely videos.
Thanks again for sharing.
Pat,
I just bought the IAF without a second thought. I know it will be valuable. I write lots of articles, agonize for days, tweak and re-tweak and have been terrified of starting a Newsletter and blog because I know I’ll be working 24 hours. I have loads of material but the process I have been going through is scary. IAF has the potential of liberating me from my perfectionist hangups. I cannot wait to dig in. Thank you for the revelation.
All your recoms are outstanding. I only wish I could keep up with you.I am a senior, a huge group you are perhaps neglecting, and I find that you are getting hyper and I find you are leaving me behind. Perhaps one thing you could do for us less technology savvy folks is have someone take your existing SPI advice and slow it/ dumb it down in a stepwise fashion so that the likes of me and the other several million over-60s market could join your clan and continue to benefit.
You have saved me a lot of time as it is. I no longer need to surf the web, I only look for your advice. It helps that you are a born teacher.
Love those photos but most of all is the ‘after’ smile.
Best of luck and thanks,
Joan Vernikos
Love the newsletter and making time to tune into the podcast. The IAF software looks interesting as a Mad Libs style writer/spinner. It’s not that revolutionary, but I’m in for winning a lifetime copy.
I’d be interested in hearing more about working with your VA.
Hi Pat
I just attached the video of IAF for the second time and have to admit it liked it even more this time. I’m just in the process of taking on an outsource worker in the Philippines and think this would be an ideal way for them to write content for me.
Even better, once they’re really up to speed with the software they will be able to create their own templates and make it even more valuable.
Keep up the great work on your blog. I really enjoy reading it!
Gillian
Yo Pat
I see you finally got a chance to drop July monthly statements, by the way i love your last podcast interview you did with BlogCast…Hopefully I can get an interview from them soon myself..but I just stopped by to say keep the great content coming and I wish you the best.
“TrafficColeman “Signing Off”
Holy Crap I’m late to the party!
Here is my entry
I’ve tried to a handful of niche sites before and they usually end up dying out because it’s so painful to write articles over and over again about the same topic. Between working a 9to5 job, starting a real estate investing business and learning about internet marketing there just isn’t enough time in the day to write the number of articles needed to support my niche sites.
My reasons are nothing out of the ordinary so if you pick me I’ll be your best friend
Love the before and after shot PAtt!
Keep up the good work on making big bucks.
Go Bears!
You are doing greate
First of all, I am new to your blog and I have to say I am very impressed by 1.) the way you deliver your content, very personable 2.) your willingness to help and to go into detail exactly how to make a passive income and 3.) the overall value that you give on your blog which is an awesome resource for a person like me.
I have been struggling in the online world for the past 6 months and still have not made any money. I want to do it the right way and I know that it takes time but it’s just taking me longer I guess. I am really going to have to take a weekend to study your strategies and techniques because you definitely have a lot of good advice to give and I know that it works because you have proof.
I’ve watched the video on Instant Article Factory and this is just what I need as I am starting to market to offline businesses to offer writing articles for them. This will definitely assist me in being effective with my time and will allow me to bring on more clients. I am also a bit tight on money right now so this would help me out in this area as well. I know this is exactly what I need to be able to do this with ease and I thank you for your consideration in picking me (even though I’m kind of late).
Thank you for being an inspiration to me (a struggling internet marketer) but not for long. Take care!
Anna
Pat, this is fantastic. The 10 minute video on IAF willing save me a lot of headaches. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Hey Pat,
I’ve been following you for quite a while now and I am always impressed with your monthly income. I’m hoping that with the release of my first ebook, next week, I can duplicate at least a portion of your success.
As a content writer, myself, I have always known that article marketing was a lucrative way to bring in traffic. Thanks for sharing.
Pat – thank you for your time & I know how much time needs to be spend working on a site like yours. You are earning the money even if it its “passive”. I look forward to learning more and earning more. Cheers.
Hi Pat,
I’ve been following your blog since you started posting about eHow. I have a day job, and had never tried any attempt at online business, but your eHow articles were interesting, and ultimately convinced me that writing eHow articles was a viable way to make a little bit of money on the web.
I took the recommendation from your blog posts and bought Maria’s eHow eBook. I was skeptical at first and thought that it would be pretty much impossible for a regular guy to make money on the internet, but I followed your advice and sure enough it payed off. I was having fun writing eHow articles and I was turning them out at a good clip.
I even wrote an eBook about some of the tricks that I had been learning about optimizing eHow articles. I was working on the final design and layout when eHow decided to begin only accepting submissions through the Demand Media process. I decided not to continue writing for Demand Media, because I’d rather keep the rights to my own work.
I still have 228 articles on eHow (user: ccard123) and they continue to bring in money each month; however I am ready to branch out and try to find a new online project.
I’ve always been slightly skeptical about niche site marketing, but with your recommendation, I’m ready to jump in. Your eHow recommendations panned out for me just as your blog described, and I’m confident that since you are now putting your recommendation behind article marketing, it has a good chance of working for me too.
I’d definitely like to try Instant Article Factory as my next internet venture. I’m not just interested in making a quick buck and I’ve proven that I have the stamina to engage in a sustained content creation project; however, I am excited at the possibility of receiving new tools that will allow me to dip my toes into niche market article marketing.
Some of my better performing eHow articles drive a trickle of traffic to a Clickbank product, that I’ve found to be useful, and I’d like to try to use article marketing to build on the traffic and increase the revenue that I earn from affiliate commissions.
If I win one of the subscriptions to Instant Article Factory, I’ll be happy to share my progress with you and the rest of the Smart Passive Income community!
In any case, thanks again for all of the great information!
-Chris
Hey, Pat. Great job on the weight loss – keep it up! (or going down, as the case may be
). IAF looks like an awesome product for my purposes! I am the Publisher/Editor of The Virtual Evolution (a free subscription ezine by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs) and could really use something like IAF to help me continue to produce useful, effective articles for my readers. I often have ideas I would like to share but time to write the articles is definitely at a premium so many of the potential articles have to wait. IAF would let me produce these valuable articles on a more regular, consistent basis to help ‘spread the word.’ Thanks for the heads-up about this program! (and I hope I win a copy 
)
Pat,
Your monthly income reports are very inspiring and appreciated. They are proof some good ideas followed up with a smart strategy can produce great results. Thank you for helping us reach our dreams with the great content and learning from this site.
The IAF looks amazing! I started a hyperlocal running website and would like to get more articles on the blog to keep up with the growing traffic but I just don’t have the time to do so. Something like IAF would easily help me to double my content in the same amount of time, which is a no brainer to me!
As always thanks for sharing what is working for you and the tips and tricks that you use.
Pat–I have subscribed to your RSS feed for about a year. I first heard about your blog and business on Ehow.com. [Thank you for your information and recommendations. You really provide insight and value in all you do. I have a bachelors in English and I can usually write articles pretty easily. But this IAF software really sounds promising at first glance. I know in Ehow articles it paid to spin off new articles. This process could be made a lot easier by this software. I am considering buying this software, but I have to explore it a little more. I am participating in the 30 day challenge with Ed Dale (have you heard of this?) and I am learning a lot. This software could be very helpful in completing the challenge. Thanks again!
Hi Pat,
I would love to win the Article Factory! I have been blogging since 2005 but got serious this year with a new blog. I am now trying to make some passive income.
It is hard to write well consistently. I have been struggling to get guest writers for my blog and I cannot pay anyone at this point.
I think this tool would be a great help in the goal to leave the rat race!
Thanks!
Billy
Pat,
Thanks for the great tips and advice! I am sure you have inspired a new wave of ‘Net entrprenuers. Seeing your monthly income reports always gives me a little extra push to focus my efforts and go for it!
As for Instant Article Factory, all I can say is Wow! The biggest problem I have always had is writing engaging content on my sites. I think IAF would be a GREAT tool to help me learn more about what makes a great article to keep my audience’s attention!
Finding little gems like this on the Internet is one of the main reasons I frequent your site!
As always thanks a million!
Cool tool! I’m in the process of launching some niche sites as well using a drop shipper. I’ve been learning a lot about SEM and have come to appreciate the power of articles to drive traffic. I have yet to write one, but with the assistance of Instant Article Factory maybe it would prompt me to take the next steps. Great site! You are an inspiration. Just heard you on another podcast – Virtual Business Lifestyle. Looking forward to checking yours out next.
My Very Best!
Hello Pat,
Been following your blog for a few months and it has truly inspired me. I’ve been getting my tools together and learning everything I can on niece sites. I’ve launched my first one and it is up and running, going way too slow (mostly because of my lack of understanding of key issues), but it is up and I am making changes daily.
From someone who struggles with writing and engaging readers, I’m hoping the IAF will be able to help me write a better article. I see now that it is imparative that I not only write great posts but I can see where article marketing is a must. I can see where IAF will help me with that also.
Congrats Pat on the P90x & most importantly your new addition to your family. From 1 dad to another.
As usual, I don’t know how you find these great new tools. I’m in the process of creating a new blog and IAF will allow me to build my pillar articles up faster and more effectively.
Plus, my partner Karen at fidelisartprints.com said that we need to get our name in TWICE to win your give away of Instant Article Factory. She says it will save her hours of time writing articles. She needs the extra time to focus on writing pillar content about fine art marketing for our readers. Please help Karen….we need IAF!
I’ve been following your blog for a while and really impressed by your transparency. It’s great that you’ve opened up a voice of Internet Marketers beyond guru’s and shown that there’s a hungry market out there for it.
Great to hear about the podcast. I just downloaded both episodes and look forward to checking them out on my flight tonight.
IAF looks like a great piece of software as well. Although it also opens up ideas about how one can spin the template portions as well to get exponentially more of the the product!
Pat, I cannot tell you how happy I was to receive the email from you this morning about the Instant Article Factory. At this point, my mouth is still open from disbelief. Having just literally (and I do mean literally), created 7 niche websites and two websites to discuss technology and healthcare (respectively), I was wondering “how am I going to be able to run my businesses as well as write content everyone would enjoy?”
Seems as if IAF is going to be the answer to that equation! After reviewing the first few minutes of the video, I thought that the program would be not too useful if everyone would have the same content, but the next minute took care of that. The software is really intuitive and in-depth. While spinning is a key feature, being able to have overused templates rewritten from scratch by the developer is AWESOME!
From the post, I have used virtual assistants for the past seven months and like most people who dont start a blog with a mailing list often ask, “why didnt I do this much sooner?” In this fast pace world, trying to do it all yourself just doesnt cut it. And finding a quality VA fro the Philippines has become very easy with Odesk. They have been invaluable to me and my ability to get things done.
Thanks again for the post. As always, these monthly income posts give me inspiration to keep going! Thanks for being an inspiration to us all.
Would love to hear how the 1ShoppingCart thing is going. I’ve considered them as well (hope to hear more from you on that).
I have about 8 niche sites and they make OK money right now. Would love to hear more about how you promote clickbank products as I haven’t had that much luck selling anything from clickbank. But then my keywords and niche’s are probably completely different.
I watched the IAF video and it looks just like another article spinner to me. I’ve tried several and honestly it takes more time to learn, then re-write the crappy articles they put out then it is to just write a 3-400 word article myself. Just my 2cents.
Hey Jared, I’ll definitely let you know about 1ShoppingCart.
About IAF, at first I thought it was just “another article spinner” too, and while it is, it’s so much more because you can customize your own templates (or edit the existing ones so they don’t come out crappy), which I’ve found to be the most powerful feature, and something you can’t do with any other pieces of software out there. The templates they provide for you are well done, but I’ve made a few that are even better and tuned just for my niche sites.
Just my 2 cents back
Cheers Jared!
That is probably the most comprehensive monthly summary I’ve every seen, especially including personal goals as well. Congrats on getting fitter – I hear P90X does some amazing things. I have only seen the yoga video thusfar, but it really does kick your a** when you try to do it, so I can only imagine the results if you were fully involved in the entire program.
Market Samurai is definitely a great program for keyword research – I had a guest post on my site last month about it, and I ended up buying it after messing with the free trial. You can’t get alot of the information they supply without buying even more expensive tools or going to multiple sites for research which eats up a lot of time, so it’s definitely worth the investment.
Hey Pat!
Those numbers are looking good. I’ll be especially interested to see your niche sites grow, since that’s something I’m moving into doing soon too. Congratulations on the success so far – and on your Bowflex — I mean P90x body! So awesome to see motivated people achieving results.
Throwing my name in for the IAF contest:
I’d find quite a few uses for IAF if I could get my hands on it. First and foremost, writing articles faster would free me up to do other things – like learn and experiment with different facets of the business I’d like to build.
I hope to attract some freelance writing clients in the coming months, so being able to write their articles quickly with IAF and then tweak as needed would let me offer incredible turnaround times. Being able to provide an awesome service FAST would be a big bonus as someone just starting out.
Last but not least, using IAF on a regular basis would help me hone my writing in general. Not everything I write is going to be appropriate for IAF, but using the tips and techniques in the program would help me make all my writing faster and more effective.
Good luck to all the contest entrants!
Your entire section on niche sites is exactly what I have been doing for all my sites. Great to see that someone who I know is doing the right thing, is doing what I’ve been doing. Thanks. ~Ryan
Good day Pat. It is always a pleasure to read what is going on with your enterprises. You are inspirational 110%. I have been following your blog since it started and actually passed my LEED exam thanks to your material. I am almost ready to launch an internet site where I will be writing a lot of articles about spiritual, mental and physical health and IAF fits right there for me. I have been going through a very bad year. I lost my job back in March due to a rare mental health condition my wife is suffering, and we had to change our address to a different city as well. I am dedicated to take care of her and our 3 kids full time for now, but I have been planning to build this site for a long time and I hope you can help me out with the software. I do plan to be in SD this October to take my eit exam and hopefully we can meet in person for lunch of coffee.
Congratulations with your P90X project. I will try to follow that example as well.
Thanks a lot Pat for your inspiration and contributions.
Blessings!
EF
Great post, Pat, and thanks for turning me on to IAF. I’m going to jump on the bandwagon and say that I would use IAF to start building up my online marketing chops and generate some (hopefully) rapid income. I love Internet marketing and I’m dedicated to making my living online, but I’m frankly overwhelmed by all the possibilities and I’m experiencing “analysis paralysis”. Article marketing looks like a good place to jump in and just start doing something, however small. IAF would definitely reduce the barrier to entry. Thanks again for the post!
First off, congrats on the P90X results and for being brave enough to post those pictures online. P90X is a really solid program and I hope you continue to see some killer progress over the next month.
Secondly… As some have said before, thank you so much for being transparent and sharing information as freely as you do. SPI, Glen’s ViperChill and a few smaller sites have become my go-to resources for learning the ins and outs of building an online business. The amount of knowledge you share here is truly astounding and, as someone who has only recently begun the journey of creating an income online, is so incredibly helpful. There is so much garbage out there and so few real opportunities that it’s impossible for newbie like myself to sort through it all and find the real value. Thanks for volunteering to be a “filter” for those of us who are trying to learn.
Okay… Enough buttering-up. Here’s what I’ll do with Instant Article Factory:
I started playing with niche sites and article marketing about a month ago and I completely agree with your statement, “article marketing works.” And with properly chosen keywords, it can work amazingly well. In just a few weeks one of my sites moved from page 10 of Google’s results to number 18! And I’ve only submitted 3 articles to a handful of the major article sites. I haven’t made a commission from that particular site yet but moving up in the rankings is really encouraging. So, to keep moving up in the rankings, I need to write and submit a whole lot of articles and, writing all of those articles is going to take a lot of time. Any tool that can accelerate the process of writing good quality articles is welcome and it looks like IAF would fit the bill nicely.
I’ve played with a few other article writing/spinning programs and what I like about IAF is how much control it gives you over the process from the initial template to the final spin. One of the spinners I tried was one of the “no extra effort” style programs and it replaced words in your article with random synonyms. Yeah, it didn’t take any effort, but the articles were absolute crap; they were barely readable and I’d never want to put my name on them. With IAF it looks like you have complete control the quality of the final article.
The ability to create your own templates is huge! Think of it… Set up a few templates geared specifically to your chosen niche and then fire off great, targeted articles whenever you need. Sweet!
Also, the template system would be a huge help to me personally since it walks you through the main points of an article and keeps your writing focused. After a couple of paragraphs my ADD kicks in and I start getting off-topic. (If this comment seems to jump around, now you know why… sorry) Then I have go to spend more time going back and re-writing or my wife (god bless her) puts on her “editor” hat, slashes a few paragraphs and gets me back on track.
The ultimate goal in all of this is simple; My wife and I are planning to start our family next year and I want to replace her teaching income (about $4000/month after taxes) so that she can be a stay-at-home mom and not have to stress about money. Will niche sites and article marketing get us there? I have no idea. But I’m certain that they will play a vital role in whatever shape our online business ventures take.
I’ve had a hard time getting started with regular creating blog posts. IAF seems like it would be an EXTREMELY HELPFUL to build the habit of regularly posting.
Thanks for the posts.
I’m just wondering how effective could be the Instant Article Factory if I create my own templates using other language (Spanish). My niche blog will be oriented to Spanish speaking people, but I’m not sure if I can benefit 100% from this nice tool.
Thanks for share your work and for keep a high credibility blog.
Hi Pat,
Congratulations on the weight loss. You look incredible. I’ve passed up on P90X before but I might seriously reconsider it. It’s different when you actually see someone doing it and having success, you know? Much like internet marketing and online business.
I’ve just been introduced to internet marketing by a college friend and I love it and the potential. I watched the IAF video and couldn’t close my mouth – I was so blown away. It’s exactly what I’m after.
Just before reading this post, I was quite discouraged because I’ve not written the number of articles I set out to this week because I commute to and from my full-time job (20 hours a week!) and I’ve got a little girl who I’ve just got to spend time with. I’m really struggling to find enough time to write articles for my sites. IAF would help me schedule what little time I have and be more productive with it. My goal’s to be a stay home mom and have another baby without losing the income. I hope that this will go a long way to getting me there.
You know what? I’d love to win the contest, but even I don’t, I’d find a way to get it anyway. I’d just to wait to till payday when the discount will have expired. Without you, I would never have heard about it. Thank so much!!
Btw, I love love the podcast – now on my ipod. Keep churning them out Pat. I’ll be listening!
Hi Pat!
Yet another inspiring moment…. Even though I am fairly new to this affiliate/blogging world I have learned so much from you in the past few months. Thanks man!
As far as (IAF) it’s a wonderful idea and I do plan to purchase the product. I really plan to use it for more structuring purposes rather than saving time typing content ( I have another SECRET for that….shhhh.lol!) Just kidding I will love to share my secret with you so you can discuss it to our extended family out here who really would appreciate the tip! Knowing you as the creative guy you are, you probably already know what I use…. Anyway, I really think (IAF) will serve as a great source for new bloggers as my self. I will definitely share this with other friends who I know really need this product like last week.
Thanks PAT!
Okay… Once again, Pat, I find myself being surprised at just how much I learn each time I visit your blog. This time, though, I found myself learning from the people that have posted their comments. It seems that your blog attracts some quality people with great tools and experience.
I’ve always believed that “Poor people should take rich people out to lunch more often” so that they can learn how to be rich, whether that financially, or personally, or whatever. This blog is VERY rich.
Admittedly, this is my first post here, but I probably visit your blog 3-4 times a week, both for content as well as looking at how you set up your blog. I’ve just recently moved from a static site to a Wordpress platform because I’m working hard on creating quality content, building a community, and creating trust.
I watched the Article Factory video and I’m a little ticked off. I’ve spent way too much time doing articles the hard way and I wish I would have known about this sooner.
Here’s my shameless attempt to win one of the three give-aways. For a while now I’ve been totally sold out to creating some passive income. I’ve been reading, studying, learning, and “sorta” trying to get into niche web sites. But I realize that I am probably stuck in analysis paralysis.
I need something to help me actually DO something instead of just talking about doing something. Having this tool to streamline the writing would be a great boost. I’d use it to kick me in the butt.
That’s all I got.
Either way, thanks again for the great stuff!
Hi Pat,
As always, I learn so much from your monthly income reports. You’re into so much! Thanks so much for sharing your journey. I’m been loving the podcasts as well – how creative to keep changing the theme song.
I really resonated with the interview with Mark Mason because I’ve been trying to be consistent with article marketing with my weekly email and I love that he shared the resource for the article submitter. Thanks for that. I’ve been avoiding the whole process because it would take an entire day once a month. Yikes! I’ve got a backlog of great articles because it takes so long….
I’m really intrigued by the IAF program. At first I was worried that it would just churn out canned articles, but the spinning is really unique. I’ve never heard of that. I think one of the incredible values you’ve brought to this community is innovating new ways to do more effectively. I so love living in this time (can’t imagine living a century ago with no air conditioning or ice cream!!) I would love to be considered for one of the IAF’s.
BTW: You didn’t really NEED to lose weight, but OMG! You look fabulous – and even younger, if that’s possible. If it gets better from here you’ll have to beat the ladies off with a stick.
;-}
While I’m a huge fan of writing from scratch and take pride in every word, I do see the value of a tool like this. I’d probably use it to quickly create a foundation and then tweak the article(s) from there. It looks like a terrific time saver, especially if you want to submit articles to multiple directories. Thanks for the info. Food for thought. . .
Hi P.J. most folks use article software to direct links towards their main “handwritten article from scratch”. So I agree with your quality control issues. I write most of my stuff from scratch as well, and only use article software to SEO the good one.
Hi Pat,
Loving your P90X results – awesome job! I’ve been in training for a half marathon for a few months now, but with the cold weather here in rainy Melbourne, Australia, my training has kinda faded out a little – seeing your results inspires me to get back into it!
I’m really pleased you offered this incentive prize to watch the IAF video – not necessarily so I can win it – but just because it was the thing that prompted me to watch the video and wow! I’m really impressed with it, it looks great. I’ve been on a whirlwind learning curve this year on internet marketing and the thing that always seems to slow me down or make me lose interest in a project is just the sheer amount of content you have to keep coming up with.
I’ve recently purchased Automatic Article Submitter and I think that coupling IAF with AAS will be an awesome way to write content fast and get it submitted out there fast. As much as I’d love to outsource all of it and provide a VA with these tools to do it for me – I’m just not there….yet! Watch this space though!
All the best, I love reading your blog and also loving the new podcast. Well done and keep it up!
Kaz
First of all, i love your site because it’s real and not full of useless hype. Your site has been so informative and encouraging for me. A “real person” who has done well and actually given out stats and real info that is useful, informative and encouraging. I would love a copy of the article submission software because I have a domestic violence website, half devoted to celebrity mayhem and half devoted to my personal story. The article submission software would be so useful to me. I also have another “lighter blog” about crafts that got hacked and i’m trying to get it up and running again. But even if I don’t win your contest I want you to know you are an inspiration for me, just cuz. Thanks
Hi Pat,
Long time no comment. I’ve still been following, just not commenting. I just wrapped up p90x myself. I love the results, now we’ll see if I can keep the results on my own. Did you purposely take your before picture scruffy, with no light and no smile so your after pictures look better? That’s what they do on all of those weight loss ads.
This software looks amazing. I’ve sacrificed my blogging (the pitfall of a 9 to 5 job) to try to create niche websites, online stores, ebooks and helping local companies improve website seo and conversions. I always come up with great ideas and do all the research and learn everything I need to earn money. My main problem is creating the articles to rank high in the search engines.
The software is perfect for what I want to do with helping small business owners dominate the local seo scene. It will allow me to breeze through the backlink building and free up my time to create facebook pages, google place pages and optimizing on page seo for these companies. Not to mention the time to spread the word to local small businesses. I’m really excited about tapping the local seo scene, since it has so little attention paid to it. Also, most of these small business owners know nothing about the internet, which makes me seem even more like an “expert”.
Thanks for the inspiring monthly update again.
Pat – Really appreciate your insights into income breakdown!
IAG looks like an interesting piece of software. I’m still skeptical – not sure if it it flexible enough to blend individual style, slant and voice – but it’s definitely worth a shot.
I am going to try it out and see for myself – and form my own impressions that I’ll be happy so share.
One good thing that I did notice from the video though – it does offer a pretty wide array of template options. That’s one sure shot way of getting past the writer’s block. Do you happen an insight into how often the templates change – and what’s the baseline of number of uses before they’re rewritten?
I’d sure love to get one of free giveaway copies of IAG – and I am hoping you pick me
Hey Pat, instant article factory is an AWESOME resource. I am student at the University of Tennesse Knoxville, I will be a senior this year, and I have recently started on my quest to become a full-time online marketer. I have signed up for differnt courses all over the internet, but honestly your blog is as good as a majority of the paid sites.
I have recently launched three niche websites. I am using article marketing to get ranked with google as my only source of traffic right now. As you know article marketing requires a ton of content generation. Currently I am spending around an hour writing each article, and to be honest its getting pretty old. IAF is EXACTLY what I have been looking for, and as a college student trying to get started on a budget is would be a HUGE blessing to win the software.
Please take me into consideration. If given the chance, I will use instant article factory to pump out tons of article everyday. This will give me just what I need to get my three niche sites ranked with google, and get traffic flowing to my website!!!
Hey Pat,
In terms of switching to a VPS I was a long-time customer of Servint.net a few years back and I’ve recently signed up with them again (after going a few years without needing a lot of server grunt) and they’re just as brilliant as ever. The pricing starts at $49 per month but you get a ton of bang for you buck, an active support forum and a great all-around service.
I know I sound like a Servint salesperson, but it’s hard not to be an evangelist for the company. They simply do great work.
Mmm, time to get a P90X.
Wow!!! Congrats on your success on P90X and your income!! I’d LOVE to get a copy of the Article Factory. It would make my life SO much easier especially with 3 kids, lol. Plus I need to help since I’m not so tech savvy.
Yes mate! That’s what I’ve exptected from you, Pat! Always online and always prepared with good ideas and products of course.
I love to see you growing. I want to reach the same level! I’ve just set up my new product-driven company. Maybe you want to take a look at http://www.vieltee.de/mixen and give a little feedback. It’s only in german at the moment, but hey (!) maybe we sell to other countries as well in the future
At vielTee (which means: aLotOfTea in english) users can mix their own teabox
By the way: hope to win the P90X
Cya
Flo
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