You guys are inspiring. I've been reading here a lot. Right now I have a 9-5. And often a 7-7, depending on the day. I do work at client sites plus help manage the company.
I'm 35 and I've been a business owner for 12 years. I make about $300K in a good year right now - and I want out. I have two business partners and getting out will be interesting. Before I do that I want to make sure I have a reliable income stream of at least $500/day.
On the plus side I've got all the business background (and then some) and IT skills to do this without a problem. On the negative side the dollar amount I need is higher than some people will think is realistic. From the people I've talked to
I've been reading/learning about AM for about 3 months now. To start with I put up some blog sites for me to learn organic SEO and I got good at that. REAL good, in my opinion. I got our company to #1 in Google for a competative term (12,000,000 results) and #1, #2, and #4 for some different long tail terms (25,000 results or so - high end IT stuff). My own personal blog also has done quite well.
On top of that I'm writing an information product for small technology business owners. Right now it's at 120 pages and complete original content. And that's without adding fluff (graphics, headers, chapters, etc). I suspect 200 pages will be the final length. I intend to make that a Clickbank product since I am new to all of this and I'd probably screw up the marketing. Then - assuming it does sell somewhat - I'll analyze the affiliates selling it and doing well to learn more.
I'm also looking at CPA stuff, adsense, etc. But right now I am primarily focusing on a review site for a niche I found. That goes live on June 1st.
Anyway - just wanted to say hi and thank you to everyone.
I'm 35 and I've been a business owner for 12 years. I make about $300K in a good year right now - and I want out. I have two business partners and getting out will be interesting. Before I do that I want to make sure I have a reliable income stream of at least $500/day.
On the plus side I've got all the business background (and then some) and IT skills to do this without a problem. On the negative side the dollar amount I need is higher than some people will think is realistic. From the people I've talked to
I've been reading/learning about AM for about 3 months now. To start with I put up some blog sites for me to learn organic SEO and I got good at that. REAL good, in my opinion. I got our company to #1 in Google for a competative term (12,000,000 results) and #1, #2, and #4 for some different long tail terms (25,000 results or so - high end IT stuff). My own personal blog also has done quite well.
On top of that I'm writing an information product for small technology business owners. Right now it's at 120 pages and complete original content. And that's without adding fluff (graphics, headers, chapters, etc). I suspect 200 pages will be the final length. I intend to make that a Clickbank product since I am new to all of this and I'd probably screw up the marketing. Then - assuming it does sell somewhat - I'll analyze the affiliates selling it and doing well to learn more.
I'm also looking at CPA stuff, adsense, etc. But right now I am primarily focusing on a review site for a niche I found. That goes live on June 1st.
Anyway - just wanted to say hi and thank you to everyone.
