Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:06 PM

I got my PO Box today. Another thing that seemed much easier than I anticipated or remembered. Maybe this is what it feels like to be truly taking inspired action. Things are happening right now, concerning this website I am building, that seem effortless, like the results are just FLOWING effortlessly from my fingertips. Like “Fantasia” for the internet or something. I feel almost magical right now.

This stuff kicks ass!

Here’s who I sold out to: Lucid Dreaming Find out how to do it!

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:13 AM

I just set up my aWeber account. That was much easier than I thought it would be.
I got a “Welcome” message from them with an awesome PDF that explains how to set up my first list. It sorta reminds of me the “Hello World” program found in most programming languages.

So, this website is coming together. I got the articles done, and now I’m arranging them, and making sure everything is perfect. This is taking far longer than it probably should, but I’m not worried since it’s my first one like this.

I’ve decided though, that there are already several things I can identify that will help me do this in a more time-efficient manner in the future. Perhaps What I’ll do next is figure out how to automate some of the process.

I have to go get a PO Box sometime soon. Since I’m using aWeber, the CAN-SPAM laws require a physical mailing address be present in the emails I send using the aWeber service. I checked the site FAQ’s to make sure PO Boxes are acceptable. They Are! I don’t want to put my home mailing address on all the outgoing emails.

Here’s who I sold out to: Niche Marketing Explained!!! Free eBook explain how it works. Get your copy.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:53 AM

Today I’m off work and I plan to use the time to get closer to setting up my first site that I hope won’t take months/years to turn a profit. It’s not as easy as it sounds/seems to get this stuff going, at least not on the first try.
But, I already feel as if the stuff I’m learning will help me do this faster and faster with each run.
I will open up an aWeber account soon as I’ll need that to start building my mailing list. Eventually, I’ll need to figure out how to save or backup my mailing lists from aWeber to a remote location in case some unforeseeable catastrophe happens on their end.

I honestly can’t wait. Once I hit enough income per week to be able to quit my job, from a financial standpoint, I’ll look and see how my options change for living. I am having fun with this.

Monday, February 25, 2008 11:45 PM
Well, I got the first article written for my new site today.
I ended up being way tired afterwards, since I worked last night.
A few more days, though, and I’ll have the articles finished. Then I can work on getting traffic to the new site.
I’m still looking at ways of tracking the site’s progress. I may use trusty Google Analytics.
As far as getting traffic, since I don’t have time to wait on organic traffic, to see if this idea will pan out (love that term), I will use something like AdWords.

I plan on doing some continuous A/B testing so I can try and get the highest possible CTR and conversions from the site.
I remember reading in one of Seth Godin’s books that while he was at Yoyodyne, they were able to, with meticulous tweaking, get one of their campaigns to a conversion rate of a staggering 67%!!!

I’d love to get a 67% conversion ration with something like AdSense clicks or affiliate clicks.

Sunday, February 24, 2008 7:43 PM
So today has been yet ANOTHER productive day. I read some today, and made progress toward my goal of launching a money-producing website.

My problem before has been setting my goals as the “end goal”. I heard Dave Savula once talking about how long-term goals are actually detrimental to long-term success. He said that long-term goals act as a much bigger yardstick, and if you’re not careful you can get discouraged. He says to take whatever your long-term goal is and break it down into smaller daily ACTIVITY goals, as opposed to RESULTS goals.

Then, if the activity you’re doing doesn’t get the results you’re wanting, alter your activity.

Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:17 PM
Today has been a very productive day, got the keywords I plan to target, and am now looking at how best to use them.
I am glad to finally have a sense of focus on a possibility for a money-making online venture.

Today was really a very awesome day. My business partner and I got a lot done today. I’m glad of it too.
it’s nice to feel like you’ve accomplished something worthwhile.

I wonder how long income like this could last? I am certain it could last for a very very long time, unless the internet just “dries up”. yeah right.

Friday, February 22, 2008 5:04 AM

I’m sitting here at work, and GOD we are busy tonight. Several high-priority tech support calls have come in and needed to go to engineers. Someday, if I stick around long enough, I’ll be able to do that too. that job sounds fun from what I hear of it, at least sometimes.

It’s fairly troubleshooting-intensive. Makes me think of the old-days. Makes me wonder if I’ve got it in me to do that stuff again.

Here’s who I sold out to: Lucid Dreaming Find out how to do it!

Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:59 AM
I’m doing more work today. I’ve decided on the topic for the first website to test in my new project, so now I’m collecting some PLR content. Not really doing it so much to re-publish it, but to read it and get an understanding of the material. This may help me with making the website better.

Which brings me back to the whole lucid dreaming thing, how can I effectively monetize this as a niche? I mean, Lucid Dreaming has low-ass CPC’s in AdSense, and I’ve never been able to get AdSense to convert well with that stuff.

The best I’ve ever done is with affiliate programs of Lucid-Dreaming-related products. I imagine there are several ways I just haven’t thought of yet.

Here’s who I sold out to: Niche Marketing Explained!!! Free eBook explain how it works. Get your copy.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:54 AM

Today has been great. I’m off work today and I’ve been doing some keyword research for a new website project I’m working on. I don’t live and die by keywords, but I have been playing with the AdWords tool to help me pick good keywords to target based on what I think people will be searching for.

So, anyway, I’ve finally decided on the type of websites I want to focus on for a while, to see if I can generate some steady streams of passive income. Now that I know what my general life purpose is, if i can get enough passive income to cover expenses, be able to save at least 10% of my total income, and still have enough money left over for “play money”, I will be able to focus full time on realizing my goal of changing the world.

Well, as I’m writing this journal entry, my internet connection (high speed wireless running on a dish on the radio tower in the back yard) has dropped and the usual stuff like unplugging/resetting the router don’t seem to be working.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:00 AM

I’m feeling a bit better today. I have been shifting my focus slightly back to Internet Marketing a bit. I am focusing on finding a way to generate enough passive to meet my expenses, as well as be able to save at least 10% of whatever the income is. I think that might be a more useful goal that to just simply “get rich”.

As long as I can meet my expenses, and have enough left over to save, and have a small amount of discretionary income to do a few of the “nice to do” things, I think I’ll be able to work from home full time and focus more and more of my time on how to realize my goal of helping people make useful changes, without worrying about making money right away.