Comments on: Moonlighting On The Internet http://voyagner.com/moonlighting-on-the-internet/ Independent and Adventure Travel Blog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dan http://voyagner.com/moonlighting-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Dan Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:07:56 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=694#comment-571 Thanks for the question Alex. It's something I have considered but probably not as much as I should. $30 is not so much a goal as it is a threshold, at that point I can make the major changes I want, so it's not an upper limit but actually a base one. Adsense is just one method I intend to use, currently it makes 0% of my income, advertising and affiliate sales make up the rest but I think about 30% coming from each of these methods is just a good way to avoid losing all my income if I have everything in one basket. I think my ultimate goal is $100 a day, I do have a quiet goal of $100,000 in savings/investments by 2020. I don't want to go to the other extreme where the goal is so big that you never actually put any real effort into because of that feeling you have that it is not really a likely achievement. Thanks for the question Alex. It’s something I have considered but probably not as much as I should. $30 is not so much a goal as it is a threshold, at that point I can make the major changes I want, so it’s not an upper limit but actually a base one.

Adsense is just one method I intend to use, currently it makes 0% of my income, advertising and affiliate sales make up the rest but I think about 30% coming from each of these methods is just a good way to avoid losing all my income if I have everything in one basket.

I think my ultimate goal is $100 a day, I do have a quiet goal of $100,000 in savings/investments by 2020. I don’t want to go to the other extreme where the goal is so big that you never actually put any real effort into because of that feeling you have that it is not really a likely achievement.

]]> By: alex - unleash reality http://voyagner.com/moonlighting-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-564 alex - unleash reality Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:19:20 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=694#comment-564 hey dan. interesting post. reminds me of where i was at a couple of months ago. and have been way too fvcken many times before in similar fields. here's a quick question: why are you only aiming at $30 per day? because here's the funny thing - if you only aim for $30, you'll only consider methods that bring you $30. also, as an upper limit, you prolly will always get less than that because of latent "meeting my goals" issues. so why $30? and why adsense? why not just create proper value and promote solid ebooks or write your own. or build up this blog to magic heights by doing loads of guestposts and then recommending affiliate products that you truly believe in. $30 is cool but how's about $1000 or $1million? you've got an awwwsome site here. all round. make it happen proper. keep well and in touch mate alex - unleash reality hey dan.

interesting post. reminds me of where i was at a couple of months ago. and have been way too fvcken many times before in similar fields.

here’s a quick question: why are you only aiming at $30 per day?

because here’s the funny thing – if you only aim for $30, you’ll only consider methods that bring you $30. also, as an upper limit, you prolly will always get less than that because of latent “meeting my goals” issues.

so why $30? and why adsense?

why not just create proper value and promote solid ebooks or write your own. or build up this blog to magic heights by doing loads of guestposts and then recommending affiliate products that you truly believe in.

$30 is cool but how’s about $1000 or $1million?

you’ve got an awwwsome site here. all round. make it happen proper.

keep well and in touch mate

alex – unleash reality

]]> By: Jill MacGregor http://voyagner.com/moonlighting-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Jill MacGregor Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:46:21 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=694#comment-539 Dan, Interesting--and thanks for sharing the info on TKA. I hadn't heard of them and I'm always looking for new information on the subject. Appreciate it! Take Care, Jill Jill's recent post: <a href="http://www.anagentofchange.com/2009/10/your-lips-are-moving-but/" rel="nofollow">Your Lips Are Moving But...</a>. Dan,
Interesting–and thanks for sharing the info on TKA. I hadn’t heard of them and I’m always looking for new information on the subject. Appreciate it!
Take Care,
Jill

Jill’s recent post:
Your Lips Are Moving But….

]]> By: Kelly http://voyagner.com/moonlighting-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Kelly Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:58:01 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=694#comment-538 Hey Dan, I've got a pile of AdSense material here that has been totally underutilized. I know that at some point I'll bust it out and do my best to use it. Think long term and you totally are. Be willing to do what others don't want to and what's hard now and do what others want to, but can't for the rest of your life. Cheers Hey Dan,
I’ve got a pile of AdSense material here that has been totally underutilized. I know that at some point I’ll bust it out and do my best to use it.

Think long term and you totally are. Be willing to do what others don’t want to and what’s hard now and do what others want to, but can’t for the rest of your life.

Cheers

]]> By: Diggy - upgradereality.com http://voyagner.com/moonlighting-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Diggy - upgradereality.com Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:37:36 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=694#comment-533 Hey Man, I know how it feels, Adsense is terrible for a small blog. I am still waiting to break the $100 mark to get my first check. I have had it just over a year and sitting around the $80 mark. (Had a forex site that brings in some clicks of $1 each sometimes). I have read of people making $1000 a day and more JUST from Adsense, of course they have massive sites with insane amounts of traffic. It's possible, but not easy. I'm still working on making $500 a week. Currently Im sitting between $200 and $400 a month from online. It's definitely possible, I think it just takes hard work, time and lots of experimenting. Keep it up man! Cheers Diggy Hey Man, I know how it feels, Adsense is terrible for a small blog. I am still waiting to break the $100 mark to get my first check. I have had it just over a year and sitting around the $80 mark. (Had a forex site that brings in some clicks of $1 each sometimes).

I have read of people making $1000 a day and more JUST from Adsense, of course they have massive sites with insane amounts of traffic.

It’s possible, but not easy. I’m still working on making $500 a week. Currently Im sitting between $200 and $400 a month from online. It’s definitely possible, I think it just takes hard work, time and lots of experimenting.

Keep it up man!
Cheers
Diggy

]]> By: Walter http://voyagner.com/moonlighting-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Walter Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:29:28 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=694#comment-532 I felt discouraged using adsense. Still, I will learn more about it. :-) I felt discouraged using adsense. Still, I will learn more about it. :-)

]]> By: Alan http://voyagner.com/moonlighting-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Alan Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:24:00 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=694#comment-530 Looking forward to hearing more about your experiences here. I've only heard positive things about The Keyword Academy. As an experiment in passive income, I'll be setting up two keyword-generated niche sites of my own over the next few months. I may be looking to you for advice :) Looking forward to hearing more about your experiences here. I’ve only heard positive things about The Keyword Academy.

As an experiment in passive income, I’ll be setting up two keyword-generated niche sites of my own over the next few months. I may be looking to you for advice :)

]]> By: Dan http://voyagner.com/moonlighting-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Dan Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:29:44 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=694#comment-529 @Colin & @nate: Yeah I'm still skeptical but I'm going to give it a try. I think Adsense is also a good test of how successful affiliate products would be on the site too. Most of the TKA members seem to end up running affiliate programs alongside or in place of Adsense. The thing is doing your keyword research and finding keywords with the best chances of success. Kirsty Henderson and Working Nomad are two people I know who make a good chunk with Adsese. I don't plan on making it my main earner, I'll continue to spread myself across advertising and affiliates as well. As far as the work I'm making for myself, yeah initially it will be a lot but we can apply 80/20 here and at some point I will employ some assistance. I don't want to get ahead of myself though. @Colin & @nate: Yeah I’m still skeptical but I’m going to give it a try. I think Adsense is also a good test of how successful affiliate products would be on the site too. Most of the TKA members seem to end up running affiliate programs alongside or in place of Adsense. The thing is doing your keyword research and finding keywords with the best chances of success. Kirsty Henderson and Working Nomad are two people I know who make a good chunk with Adsese. I don’t plan on making it my main earner, I’ll continue to spread myself across advertising and affiliates as well.

As far as the work I’m making for myself, yeah initially it will be a lot but we can apply 80/20 here and at some point I will employ some assistance. I don’t want to get ahead of myself though.

]]> By: Shannon OD http://voyagner.com/moonlighting-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Shannon OD Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:02:10 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=694#comment-528 Great piece and I love that your goal is $30 - I really think that is doable and I am interested in your future updates on how it goes on your other sites. Also wondering though if you are just creating a mountain of work for yourself building and maintaining the other sites - keep us posted! Great piece and I love that your goal is $30 – I really think that is doable and I am interested in your future updates on how it goes on your other sites. Also wondering though if you are just creating a mountain of work for yourself building and maintaining the other sites – keep us posted!

]]> By: Nate http://voyagner.com/moonlighting-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Nate Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:00:55 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=694#comment-527 Hey Dan, Looks like your a man with a plan, and that's good. I'm not a huge fan of Adsense myself, as I think there are much better income sources for a website, such as affiliate products. But with that being said, there are people who make HUGE amounts of money with Adsense, so go for it! Maybe outsource some of your writing once you start earning a decent amount to lessen the workload on you. Hey Dan,

Looks like your a man with a plan, and that’s good. I’m not a huge fan of Adsense myself, as I think there are much better income sources for a website, such as affiliate products. But with that being said, there are people who make HUGE amounts of money with Adsense, so go for it! Maybe outsource some of your writing once you start earning a decent amount to lessen the workload on you.

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