2005 Revenue Roundup.
I was taking a look at my earnings from all sources, and revisiting the goals I had set. I most certainly broke the $500 goal by January 1, 2006. While I may not see the checks for all money earned in 2005 until February or even March of 2006, the total for all revenue sources, as far as I can tell, is hovering at $750 plus or minus a dollar or two. That uncertainty comes as a result of unknown auditing at Chitika. (Note that this includes 2004 AdSense earnings, about $7.)
After running Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) ads for a couple of weeks, I became a bit excited at the earnings, to say the least. I even said that making 5-digits in 2006 was “quite achievable.”
The next day, Dec. 6, 2005, when revisiting my goals, I said that if I earned $500 in January 2006, that I would be setting a new goal of $1000/month by May 2006. That $500 statement was on the assumption that my YPN earnings would continue at 4 times that of AdSense. They did not. As the advertisements became contextual in nature, as opposed to run of the mill, the earnings plummeted. And just as hastily as I had removed AdSense in favor of YPN, I yanked YPN and went back to AdSense. I do not anticipate earning anywhere near $500 in January.
I’d still like to aim at the lofty goal of $1000/month by May, but prior to the wonderful YPN earnings, I was aiming for $5/day in advertising. I don’t think I’ve indicated that here, but it was in the back of my mind as a short term goal. Now that things have calmed down (no crazy YPN earnings), I’m looking at the numbers and I think I’m still short of that $5/day goal.
Now, you may be asking why it appears I have goals that are measured by different time periods. I have the 4-figure 2006, 5-figure 2006, $1000/month by May 2006, $500 by January 1, 2006, $500 in January 2006, and now I’m telling you about $5/day. Why don’t I just make and measure my goals in the same way? Because it’s more fun to have lots of goals and make some of them more achievable than others.
A little secret that I’m just starting to reveal to people around me? $274. It’s no secret online, but most people don’t realize that earning $274/day for 365 days is $100,010. (The magic six-figure earnings number.) How can I earn $274/day in 2006? That’s what I’ll be trying to figure out all year long…
Earning money is a slow process that requires work. This is not a get-rich-quick blog. And maybe January 1, 2007, I’ll be saying I hit $274 in a day. Who knows what the future holds?
