My affiliate blogging journal
 

OK i know everyone is doing these threads these days but i feel it will help me to document everything publicly.

My goal
To make, consistently, $200 pm ($50pw) from blogs, within 2 years.

This is to be profit after expenses spent. I know it may seem like a small goal to many members but it is something i would be very happy with.

Strategy
I currently run slutsbukkake.com

I have learnt a lot from that and will continue to improve that. I also plan to launch another 4 - 5 blogs in niches i am interested in, and update them a few times a week each. I will also use free hosted blogs to develop micro niche blogs, much as other members who are good at making coin from blogging do.

Time & Budget
This is my main constraint. I will not bill out my own time as i class it as a hobby, and i plan to be able to spend 5 - 10 hours a week on this project; meaning across 2 years i will put in a minimum of 500 hours.

I am going to start with an initial budget of $500 seed capital, and reinvest any earnings back into the blogs up until the 2 year mark. If i need more funding before the end of the 2 years i will assess my situation and see if i am getting results, and if the ROI is worthwhile. I do not need to pay hosting costs, as they are covered through some non-adult sites that i run.

Details
I plan on using no more that 5 - 6 affiliates as any more than that, across 6 sites, then my cashouts will be too infrequent.

I will create a 'network' or sites so to speak, so try and hook users in as much as possible, sending them between other site on my network.

Traffic creation and SEO are probably my 2hardest challenges. Creating and maintaining the sites are easy for me, its just a matter of getting enough views to convert to sales.



I would appreciate any advice/strategies from users who have done this before like anexsia et al, but aside from that i plan to fumble my way through it and hope that this thread allows me to document my time and money spent so i can see what works and what doesnt

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$50 per week ?
you should be aiming for $100-$200 per day

a blogging journal * YAWN*....this is GFY not Digitalpoint :2 cents:

good luck!

Not sure if this is a serious response or not. But considering the time (not much) and money (minimal) i will be putting into it, then i thought $50 pw is a fair target.

Obviously the more the better, but i have virtually no idea how to get there

I really don't know what you mean by minimal time and I don't know what $50/week would do for you so it's hard to gauge but $50 week doesn't really seem worth it.

It a challenge for me. None of my mainstream sites make much either, so i want to actually dedicate a plan and time and actually get to making some beer money doing something i enjoy. I know i could make $50 way easier (ie spend and extra hour at work) but this is a challenge for me

I will be putting 5 - 10 hours a week towards it for now, and hope that in 2 years time it will not need much attention at all.

If you have any tips/advice it would be much appreciated

You need to fix your CSS. When I hover your titles they turn white...on a white background.

1500 posts. Booya.

I think aiming for less than minimal wage is not the best of goals to have, unless you are in some 3rd world country...

OK this will be my last post on my aim. $50 pw is the minimum i want to earn, as it is a hobby and far from my day job. I basically want to get it to that amount to prove i can do it, because as yet, every site i have ran, doesnt make a consistent profit.

If i get there within 6 months, then of course i will increase my target.

For those that have said it is too low, if it was easy for yourselves when you started i would appreciate some info as to how to go about it

OK will do

Do you have an email address or something? I could shoot you an email later on.

Best of luck, hope you keep this thread updated!

You should really be aiming for 1 mirrion dorrars per day

Nothing wrong with setting moderate goals. You might surprise yourself.

Set a bigger goal. If you get 2 sales a week at $35 PPS, you've already blown past your goal.

And what does $200 a month really do for you? Why bother?

Make your goal bigger so it forces you to stretch a little.

I think your goals are perfect. Good luck.

For those quibbling over to small goals .... reach goals reset goals give pat on back get motivation blah blah

I agree, nothing wrong with setting small goals, with using minimum time and effort. If you like, give us a look as one of your programs used, and I or my affiliate manager will help you along the way, you can even use our designer "through us" to help get you going. :thumbsup

I made my first $35 PPS sale three days after launching my first blog. You need to set your goals higher, if only out of self-respect.

your bukkake site uses Java
get rid of that...

just my 2c

Keep reading up and testing testing testing.

A good goal that you should hit quickly. Then up the ante.

Good luck!

I think $50 a week is a fine attainable goal. Once you hit that, set a new goal :thumbsup

I see no eurorevenue sites on slutsbukkake. Please hit me on icq and I can both help you with that and the blogging.

I wish you the best. Keep us posted. This is a great way to keep yourself MOTIVATED by being "accountable" to your peers. Also, some guys might chip in insights along the way as well as pick up some gems from your experiences as well.

Good start dude- IMHO, Leave no stone unturned!!!

1) I'd focus on a few blogs (rather than just one), writing some nice juicy copy for each post thats nicely tuned towards your keywords. Then give it a bit of time, link your blog to autopost to twitter accounts and make sure they're updated regularly.
2) Add some Plugrush plugs- they give you a good return ratio.
3) Hop onto Linkspun and get some hardlinks traded.

Eventually google will take notice of all the stuff it likes to see and you'll get some worthwhile SE hits which in turn will turn into conversions. I think most small program owners (m'self included!) will relate to the need to build your own traffic, becasue it *does* work.... certainly does with our content anyway.

Which, while we're in the subject! (wink!) check my sig for some nicely converting SplatBukkake content. If you need anything specific, come hit me up!
Rob

PlugRush is definitely a tool you should look into, in order to both grow traffic, and monetize.
Redirect mobile traffic for some extra revenue right away. consider using a popunder, and place some widgets on your sites for trading and selling traffic.

I think a lot of people missed this part. If only as a hobby then a few extra hundred a month never hurts.

Are the 6 sponsors you plan on pushing all in the same niche or closely related?

I thought this was going to be a blog about affiliate programs and whats up with them

Noticed that, too. The OP has a pretty realistic goal if it's just a hobby.

Thanks for all the support, glad we have settled that my goals are fair for a hobby site.

To all those offering help/advice/affiliates thanks very much, i will be in touch this weekend.

My sites will be across a few different niches, but obviously some posts will be able to fit into each niche, such as asian bukkake etc.

For those wondering, my current ratio for slutsbukkake.com is only 1 sale so far, off of about 2000UV. I will begin in earnest this weekend so will update again then

email is [email protected]

Thanks Nicky,

I beleive i was in touch earlier in the year, but i have just got back from 3 months travel, so i will try and dig out the email. Alternatively please email me on the addy above.

Yeah that needs fixing. No JAR files in the sourcecode so maybe a sponsor is pushing it?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by this?

I haven't embedded any JS myself, do you know where it could be coming from?

look again

http://i.minus.com/jwetlFy6jfKRI.PNG

it's the bit coin miner applet
get rid of that shit

Good luck man!

JS widget gone, totally forgot i had installed that!

Registered 6 extra domains today (so i will have a network of 7 blogs), set up FTP and emails etc.

Time spent - 15min
$ spent - $67
To do - Add wordpress and themes to all sites once the Nameservers transfer

Do that straight away. Just because your shitty ISPs Nameservers take 72 hours to update doesn't mean my Google DNS (8.8.8.8) won't resolve the nameservers quickly.

So get those blogs setup pointing to your IPs as soon as you point the nameservers.

Hi Rob,

DO you have an email i can get you on? Or can you email me? I have some questions regarding Splat Bukkake.

admin [AT] slutsbukkake . com

In the process of uploading WP to all my new sites, and then will set up themese and get a few posts to start each site off before going live. Also assessing a few new affiliate programs, currently have 2 fairly mainstream ones, looking for 2 or 3 more

Time spent today - 1 hour
$ spent - 0

Target - have 5 posts on 3 blogs ready to go by weeks end

are you writing your own text or outsourcing