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Income Stats From My Internet Marketing | August 2010

September 2, 2010 by 20 Comments

To those new to the blog, the stats here are for internet marketing alone and will never include figures for SEO consultancy or for coaching for anything similar. The main point here is to make it clear that anyone can make at least a half decent income from internet marketing. Its early days for me really, considering the fact that 10 months ago I was earning about a quarter of what I do today from internet marketing. Therefore, the potential to be earning so much more in the coming months is very good indeed. We’ll see…

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A bit of a mixed bag was the month of August, and I could really go overboard and complain about this and that, but what’s the point? As internet marketers, we all go through very similar ups and downs time and time again. And certainly for me, the month of August has been very much one of ups and downs!

My main “issue” has been eBay. The month started off really well and then went kinda dry mid month. That’s very normal. But the thing is it never really picked up at the end, which is totally unusual. Let’s get down to the stats and my tales of woe icon smile Income Stats From My Internet Marketing | August 2010

I’ll use the same format as last month, and I shall use the same US dollar to UK pound exchange rate as previously (my AdSense and eBay is worked in pounds sterling), to give the stats some parity. That is £1 = $1.58 US. Its actually gone done a little but not enough have much over-all affect.

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Filed Under: Amazon, ClickBank Affiliate Sales, eBay, Google AdSense, Google Sandbox (Supplementals), Internet Marketing, My Internet Marketing Income, Seasonal Trends Tagged With: , ,

GOOGLE Stats are Telling the Truth and Nothing But the Truth??

June 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Good day to everyone!

I wanted to make a mention of this as its something that is on the mind of many IM’ers and SEO’ers. And that is, what’s all this talk about Google stats being a bit out with regards to search volumes?

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I talked about it before a number of times and here I go again…
I have a site that is based upon…

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I’m not telling cos someone will swipe the idea and try to outrank me, no doubt.

Anyhow, for the two primary keywords I want to rank for at this time, we have the following stats as given by Micro Niche Finder (works with the Google database):

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Filed Under: General SEO, Google Analytics, Seasonal Trends, SEO Musings Tagged With: , , ,

TWILIGHT POSTERZ WEBSITE UPWARDS MOVE IN GOOGLE!

May 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Hi K0brik, many thanks for the update as to where you got the site in Scroogle!

I got it 9th and 12th respectively. I had noticed yesterday that there was a little jump up from where it had slumped for the past 6 days or so, so this is very nice to see for two reasons:

1. its going in the right direction
2. it appears to have avoided the Google “sandbox” effect

The latter was always a concern due to the fact that I had to really push a bit harder with the links than I would normally, obviously because of the deadline. So its nice to see that things appear to be cool with Google there!
I see that one of the anchor web 2.0 sites is ranking for both these keywords too:

successoftwilight .blogspot .com/

“New Moon poster” (110,000 exact global searches) ranked at 12

successoftwilight .blogspot .com/

“New Moon posters” (40,000 exact global searches) ranked at 17 (the Squidoo lens is at 20)

These are obvioulsy very do-able keywords so they will be on the target next for my Posterz primary site. I’ll be doing more targeting of those specific keywords from now on.

Don’t forget however, that although the search vols look really big, you have to take those stats with a large pinch of salt. Google does seem to embellish things a bit. Further, keep in mind seasonality fluctuations too – next month should be good with the  new movie coming out, but the real trumper will be November/December!

Thanks again K0brik!

Regards

Joseph

Filed Under: Google Sandbox (Supplementals), How to Rank HIGH and FAST in GOOGLE, Ranking in Google for Tough Keywords, Seasonal Trends, WARRIOR FORUM 40 Day Challenge Tagged With: , ,

Following Trends and Reaping the Rewards!

May 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Hi Tim, many thanks for coming by – you’ve been on this forum for a long while so I’ve no doubt you have a lot to offer to all of us who are joining in with the thread here, myself included!

Yes, I fully agree with you – watching for trends, be that seasonal, or be that via a fan base of something like Twilight Saga, or perhaps a hot news topic that hopefully will not come and go overnight, is a great way to go with regards to getting a website up and hooking into what potentially could be a very profitable venture indeed!

After all, if you are not providing for the people, then the people will not provide for you.

Dish up what is in demand and you’ll reap the rewards to be had, with a bit of great SEO work too, of course wink Following Trends and Reaping the Rewards!

Mind you Tim, I have to admit that I tend to just go down the whim path sometimes (often) too. I very rarely check for trends and I just plump for things that come to mind (I think some of my posts kinda give that notion – I’m a fairly whimsical sort of guy). But, that’s because I can sit back a bit and make cash from sites that I’ve had in place for a while now. Many of these sites, as mentioned, are product related. The sales vary season to season. Its simply a case of riding the waves really. One site does well during spring, another during autumn and so on.

So the message would be here, its not really about fast cash rewards, but it is about pulling together a long term plan (albeit loose in my case) of how to gain the most from your own endeavors online.

And my own plan for the coming months to year or so? Provide what people really want me to provide. LISTEN to what the message is and listen closely. This way we are all going to win and hopefully, win big!

Kind regards to you Tim!
I hope very much to see you back again here!

Joseph

Filed Under: Hot Niche Ideas for YOU!, Many Links from Same IP Address, Seasonal Trends, WARRIOR FORUM 40 Day Challenge Tagged With: , ,

PROFITING from Seasonal Trends

May 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment

I thought I should make a mention of one very important factor when it comes to search volume for certain niches, and when it comes down to making good, hard cash too.

As I have said quite often throughout this Challenge and on this thread, Twilight posters are not going to be in particularly high demand all the time. Yes, it was coincidence that I set up this site, only to find out that by the end of next month the new Twilight movie is to be released.

No doubt this will have a positive effect on Twilight merchandise sales. So yes, its well worth keeping an ear or eye on what’s going down in the media (or whatever it may be where your own chosen niche is concerned).

The main time for some serious sales of Twilight posters is going to be November and December, without any doubt!

And this is the same with many products.

However, I’m just checking through my eBay stats and having a look-see what’s going on there.

Its now late spring, so what do you think would be selling very well indeed right now?

Here are some thoughts of my own…

Bicycles
Barbeques
Garden furniture
Gardening products in general
Hunting gear
Hiking gear
Rambling gear
Fashion wear for summer
Things you would take on holiday
Holiday packages
Tractors (yes, tractors are doing very nicely on eBay right now!)
Sports cars
Archery products
Books (for taking on holiday)

Anyways, you get the idea, I’m sure!

Trend watching can be well worth doing, even though some items sell well throughout the year (“evergreen”). But there does tend to be huge fluctuations in sales of many different products. Thus, if you want to see some early successes from your SEO and IM campaigns, do pay close attention to current and future trends and hook in with them as soon as you can do.

Ranking a good long-tail keyword phrase, and hence web page is not difficult and can be done quickly too. Its within your grasp to take rapid advantage of seasonal trends and to reap some nice rewards for doing so too!

To your success!
Joseph

Filed Under: Choosing Great Keywords for Profit, Seasonal Trends, WARRIOR FORUM 40 Day Challenge Tagged With: , ,