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Hey everyone, please forgive me for my absence. My life took on a new form of crazy and it was just about impossible for me to do anything with my blog over the last few weeks. I got a promotion at my “day job” which was a blessing and a curse at the same time. It’s good in that I get to do more of the things I actually enjoy at work… but it’s a curse because it takes up so much more of my time that I don’t get to the things I enjoy for me anymore. Such is life, I guess.

I didn’t post a progress and income report for April, so as you probably can tell from the title of this post I’m gonna do a two-in-one. March was a good month that gave me some serious inspiration and momentum, but then my life got crazy and took me away from my Internet home business (and blogging) and changed everything. So, April and May pretty much reflect that. I’ve managed to still make some money simply based on the things I’ve done in the past to build my business - which is awesome! Here’s my income report for April and May.

My online income for April 2008:

• Home business program earnings: $107.59
• Affiliate commissions: $286.46
• Grand Total: $394.05

My online income for May 2008:

• Home business program earnings: $135.05
• Affiliate commissions: $484.52
• Grand Total: $619.57

As you can see, April was somewhat pathetic in terms of my master plan goals. Over these last two months, I dropped two home business programs because I just wasn’t seeing the point anymore since they weren’t turning a profit and I didn’t have the time to build them further. My NMOC sites and affiliate marketing stuff managed to make some pretty good money in May. I’m pleased with those numbers, but my overall progress is not at all where I want to be. However, I’m going to focus on the positive and keep moving forward! Since I’m struggling with a lack of time to work on my business and my blogs I’m gonna spend the day reevaluating what I need to do to stay on track here. I’ve come to accept that my goal of posting here three times a week is simply unrealistic at this point… so I’m going to shoot for once a week right now. Stay tuned… this is my real life journey and I refuse to give up.

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March was an incredible month! I felt invigorated and focused and I got so much done. I made a couple of key decisions in late February in an effort to meet my goals. The first of which is focusing on a marketing strategy that has already proven to be successful in the past - Niche Marketing on Crack. It’s one of the methods that I first started making money with and it’s the method I have the most fun with. Niche marketing is my favorite Internet marketing method because it allows me the opportunity to use all of the Internet marketing skills I’ve learned in niches with a lot less competition.

Another aspect I re-focused on in March was remembering the key principles of The Law of Attraction. I know some people view LOA as little “out there” but for me it’s part of my inspiration. The difficult part of LOA is when you have limiting beliefs about the things you are trying to manifest in your life. I’ve struggled with my limiting beliefs about money that I acquired during childhood and have been working to release them using positive affirmations… but things were slow and go. So, the first weekend in March I bought Joe Vitale’s Money Beyond Belief. It uses the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and so far I love it! Believe it or not, I started seeing results within a week.

Now, if you remember in February my online earnings came very close to $300. My end of first quarter goal from My Master Plan was to reach $500. Well, I didn’t quite make it to $500 BUT I came soooooo close! I’m extremely pleased with the income I generated in March because it was just about $200 more than the previous month and I can feel the momentum I started building to propel me into April. Here’ s the breakdown:

My online income for March 2008:

• Home Business Program Earnings: $126.94
• Affiliate Commissions: $197.85
• Advertising: $45.00
• Google Adsense: $118.00
• Grand Total: $487.79

Woo hoo! You’ll notice I included a payment from Google Adsense. I don’t talk about Adsense much because I don’t concentrate my efforts on it at all. Somehow, through the various sites I have it on, I’ve managed to build my income from Adsense to about $30/month, so I’ll get a payment from them about every 3 months. Nothing major, but nice when the money arrives. How was March for you? Are there any areas you can re-focus on to amplify your efforts? I’d love to hear from you!

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I’m making this post a little later than I intended, so my apologies for that up front. Not too much has changed since January… my work schedule is still kicking my butt and I still haven’t reached my goal of posting three times per week here. *sigh* It’s a lot more difficult than I thought it would be, but I’m not giving up on that goal just yet.

I was recently informed by Margaret of EyeSpi20.com (one of my Entrecard advertisers) that the blog comments function was malfunctioning! (If you’re reading this, Margaret, thank you again!) Come to find out I had left out a closing HTML tag on a modification I made to my newsletter sign up form. This was making it impossible to comment here and was resulting in a Get Response newsletter sign up error! Undoubtedly, more than just Margaret encountered this unintentional error so please accept my sincere apologies for that whole mess. It’s been fixed and things are functioning properly now.

So, now to the meat of this report… did I make my goal of $350-$400 last month? It disappoints me to have to report that I didn’t. I suspected I might fall short because I just haven’t had the time to put into promoting any affiliate products and such, so I wasn’t too surprised. I did, however, manage to increase my earning by a little bit over January, so that was slightly encouraging. I’ve already started this month off by promoting the Niche Annihilation Method, so I hope that finding the time and opportunity to do more affiliate promotions will push me forward towards reaching my earnings goals. Here’s the breakdown of my online income for last month:

My online income for February 2008:

• Home Business Earnings: $127.13
• Affiliate Commissions: $167.88
• Grand Total: $295.01

Not too bad considering February was also a short month, but I’m definitely not satisfied. I’m going to work harder this month to push forward towards my goals and to get my posting up. How did you do last month? Did you reach any new milestones? I’d love to hear from you!

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Last month was crazy! I spent most of it transitioning from my previous “day job” to a new one. There was so much involved with this change and it took up a lot of my time. In addition, I finally got so fed up with my niche websites hosting company that I just couldn’t take it anymore (just an fyi - that does not include this blog’s host). Switching hosts was a big decision, but because of way too much down time (which resulted in an inevitable loss in earnings), I had to put an end to my relationship with h2-oh hosting. So, I moved all fourteen of my niche sites to Hostgator. This was so much more work than I expected… if I never move another website to a new host ever again in life it will be way too soon! But it’s done now and I sincerely hope that Hostgator lives up to all the reviews I’ve read and their stellar reputation.

Because of all of the above, I didn’t have much time to devote to promoting my home businesses or any affiliate programs. I did get a few sign ups for both My Power Mall and Lawn Chair Millionaires, which is really great. I also found my commitment to post on this blog three times a week impossible to keep last month. I was lucky to post once or twice a week, so I’ve just got to get better at sticking to my blogging schedule. All in all, January didn’t make a bad showing in terms of my income. If you remember, part 1 of My Master Plan included a goal of increasing my online earnings to $500 per month by the end of this quarter. Here’s the breakdown of my online income for last month: (continue your reading )

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A couple of days ago, I gave you the details of part 1 of My Master Plan. It included my 2008 income goals and the home business programs I will focus on this year. Now it’s time I gave you the rest of my plan.

I commit to making this blog my primary focus in 2008!

I’ve had this blog for over a year, but I have fallen short of my blogging potential in so many ways! First and foremost, I wasn’t committed to blogging. I had no posting frequency established and I hadn’t taken any real effort to optimize this blog. I’ve begun changing all of that! Here are some of the things I’ve done recently: (continue your reading )

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