Overdue February Update

Sorry guys, its been a couple of weeks since I posted on passive income online, and yes  I am a bit unhappy about the lack of progress  I have to report.

So the good stuff is I fleshed out this blog a bit:  tidied up the blank pages on the header which were getting traffic but actually had nothing on them!

I decided that  I wasn’t going to finish my hubpages e-book instead  I published it as a series of four hubs,  I got a bit of traffic from Grizz’s new make money blog but  I should promote it a bit more and get a few more backlinks – to be honest I am not sure its worth it as the Adsense is pretty low on anything to do with writing.

So from now on I am not writing anymore sites/hub/articles unless I am either:

1. being paid to write them freelance writing
2. I know that the keywords I am after are worth getting!

I also started an ugly blogger blog in the Grizz model – this is going to take a few months I suspect – but  I think I have found the right niche – I hope I have, I don’t want another #1 position with no traffic.

Keywords Ranking #1: 4

Keywords Ranking #2 or #3: 13

More importantly though I’ve had to do some soul searching. The bottom line is what I thought the problem, isn’t. My problem isn’t finding keywords, I’m good enough at doing it – I have access to enough options  that have already been found for me – if you want access too, join Niche Network.

No the problem was me: I was doing the old roo in the headlights trick, I was paraliysed – by, I think, not fear of failure, but fear of success! How psycho is that – I know  I would be really good at lying by the pool, sipping the cocktail, and watching the affiliate checks roll in!

So I have turned my so-called time management system around. From now on each day in this order  I will:

1. Check email – well I have to otherwise I don’ feel right LOL
2. Work on my money making sites and link building thereto
3. Do anything else included my freelance writing

Its all about priorities and that’s gonna be it for the rest of the month – maybe I will have better progress to report in April!

Seriously though I am starting to realise the benefits of having a mentor – someone who keeps you on track. I know what it takes to make money online, I know its possible, I know people who do it. I know I can do it to – I have the skills and, far more importantly I have the time.  And I really, really want to make it happen. I thought about my options if this business fails and they aren’t pretty:

1. Keep sponging off my partner’s day job: unacceptable and anyway the contract only runs for a few more months;
2. Go back to corporate IT – no thanks – its depressing even looking at the job ads;
3. Re-train – another few years at uni – nope I’m over that to!

So I just have to visualise that pool bar and gin and tonic – all the rest will come, with a lot of hard work!