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amateursurgeon · 06-20-2008, 03:43 PM

Thanks for the pointers emp!

I have updated my site accordingly, and it looks a LOT better. Unfortunately I have done nothing else this week as I was struck down with tonsillitis. It was bad enough that I qualified for proper painkillers from the GP, which is an added bonus as I have quite a few spare in case of inconvenient hangovers or boredom. So, not much done this week apart from watching the ceiling spin round and having some really strange dreams.

Since my last update, I've been looking into PPC more. I ran a poll campaign on MSN adcenter through to an email submit, which generated me nearly $70 in revenue.

I used $100 worth of clicks to get that $70 income, but it still proves the concept is workable. I was using a £50 adcenter voucher, so it's still profit, just not sustainable. I guess it counts as "making my first buck online", so I'm pleased.

Encouraged by this, I've joined up with the PPC Coach program, and I'm following his course. I will, of course, post up my progress with PPC coach along as a review in this thread.

From my experience so far PPC is more attractive to me than blogging, as I'm a systems freak at heart. What the Toddler Sleeping Bag blog has taught me is that it seems to require a hell of a lot of content to rank - which could make scaling difficult for me. I'm going to carry on with it though as I think the lessons in SEO will be useful.

A concrete benefit I've found from having this site is that I don't seem to be having the troubles getting accepted by networks that some people seem to. Even having something as basic as this up seems to reassure aff managers.

I think I may have made a fatal error early on in not being sure how well my niche will monetize - even if I do get to result 1 for "toddler sleeping bags", will it make bank for me? I probably could have sorted that out early on by running a PPC campaign before I invest time in SEO. That's something I'll try next time.

Ok, on to getting some more content up, and launching PPC campaigns

Total gross income so far = $68.75 (PPC campaign) + $1.82 (blog)

06-20-2008, 03:43 PM	#42 (permalink)
amateursurgeon Iridium Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,271 iTrader: 3 / 100%	Thanks for the pointers emp! I have updated my site accordingly, and it looks a LOT better. Unfortunately I have done nothing else this week as I was struck down with tonsillitis. It was bad enough that I qualified for proper painkillers from the GP, which is an added bonus as I have quite a few spare in case of inconvenient hangovers or boredom. So, not much done this week apart from watching the ceiling spin round and having some really strange dreams. Since my last update, I've been looking into PPC more. I ran a poll campaign on MSN adcenter through to an email submit, which generated me nearly $70 in revenue. I used $100 worth of clicks to get that $70 income, but it still proves the concept is workable. I was using a £50 adcenter voucher, so it's still profit, just not sustainable. I guess it counts as "making my first buck online", so I'm pleased. Encouraged by this, I've joined up with the PPC Coach program, and I'm following his course. I will, of course, post up my progress with PPC coach along as a review in this thread. From my experience so far PPC is more attractive to me than blogging, as I'm a systems freak at heart. What the Toddler Sleeping Bag blog has taught me is that it seems to require a hell of a lot of content to rank - which could make scaling difficult for me. I'm going to carry on with it though as I think the lessons in SEO will be useful. A concrete benefit I've found from having this site is that I don't seem to be having the troubles getting accepted by networks that some people seem to. Even having something as basic as this up seems to reassure aff managers. I think I may have made a fatal error early on in not being sure how well my niche will monetize - even if I do get to result 1 for "toddler sleeping bags", will it make bank for me? I probably could have sorted that out early on by running a PPC campaign before I invest time in SEO. That's something I'll try next time. Ok, on to getting some more content up, and launching PPC campaigns Total gross income so far = $68.75 (PPC campaign) + $1.82 (blog)