Hi all,
I'm reading here for a few days now, I've read very good threads, I did not read them all yet
For more information about my background, please read my introduction first (Introduction - 20 year old from The Netherlands).
Short story:
I'm a 20-year-old from The Netherlands, currently at college studying education called "Small Business and Retailmanagement". I learn things about all components from a company, so buying, selling, marketing, business models etc.
In highschool, I 'discovered' affiliate marketing and started some affiliate niche websites, after some trial and error I have some websites that make me some money. I want to discuss them and give some more information per website:
Website A:
- Topic: special vacuum cleaner
- Started in March 2015
- Last 5 months, €152/month on average
- Low search volume, low scalability
- Ranks #5 for main keyword
Website B:
- Topic: special vacuum cleaner
- Started in March 2015
- Last 5 months, €47/month on average
- Low search volume, low scalability
- Ranks #1 for main keyword
Website C:
- Topic: motor-assisted bicycle
- Started in June 2014
- First website that I didn't quit because it didn't make money
- Makes about €50-100/month with insurances
- High hobby content, low potential
Website D:
- Topic: Numatic vacuum cleaners
- Started in March 2016
- Last 5 months, €21,19 on average
- Note, starting website, does not rank very well yet
- Average search volume
- Can become a vacuum cleaner authority
Website E:
- Topic: DIY-tools (electric saws)
- Started in August 2015
- Last 5 months, €220 on average
- Last month €503 revenue
- Ranks top 5 for (5) main keywords
- Good search volume, some potential
Website F:
- Topic: Coffee
- Started in May 2016
- Last 5 months, €24 on average
- Last month €77 revenue
- Major search volume
- High potential, big search volume, lots of products and stuff to write about, can be a coffee authority
So that are the websites I currently own.
You can see I went from a hobby website, to two websites about 1 type of product, to several products, to a wide subject with high potential.
My vision is that much webshops have a sales pitch for each product.
On my website I write objective reviews with benefits ánd disadvantages.
I help my visitors to find a product that fits their needs. (need)
I hope to graduate in June 2018.
By that time I would like to make 2k/month with my websites.
Why 2k? Because my starting salary after college is about 2k/month.
I can reinvest that money and later travel the world, look my future children growing up instead of daddy is always working etc.
I don't want to work for a boss for 40 years straight.
I found out that each article/text on my website makes about €5-10/month (let's say €7) on average.
It is on average because some articles don't make money, but they do attract visitors who buy products from other articles etc.
That amount is after six months with some good promotion.
At the moment I have about 150 articles on my websites, but much of them are on my coffeewebsite that isn't promoted good yet.
So to make 2k/month by June 2018 I need to have 2k/7 = about 285 articles online at the 31 december 2017.
In the beginning I wrote the articles myself, since July 2016 I outsource the writing because I don't enjoy it very much.
Every euro I earn, I invest back into new articles.
At this moment I publish around 4 articles per week at website F and one per week at website E.
285 articles (first goal) - 150 (already online) = 135 articles to go.
135 articles / 5 articles = 27 weeks.
If I keep publishing at this speed I will reach the 285 articles in 27 weeks. Then I can publish the same amount of content and focus more on promoting the content instead of creating new.
I have some other goals after 2k/month:
- €100/day (3k/month)
- 5k/month
- 10k/month
My weak points are:
- Talk, read and image about a future with 10k/month too much instead of working for it.
- Compare too much to others. (in my journey I let my website just run and tried PPV for a few months because I saw people were making 1k/day with it (event?) while I made about 200/month, I have stopped with that because it requires much maintain work and I didn't think I helped the people with the offers I promoted)
- Let my actions depend on the money I earned that day. (If I make €50-100 on a day I'm very motivated and work much, but If I make €0 I'm sometimes demotivated and don't do any work at all.
That makes no sense because the amount of money I make today does not depend on the work I do today, but on the work I did a year ago.)
- Focus too much on making money for myself instead of focussing on helping other people.
Why am I starting a progress thread?
- Other progress threads inspired me, so I hope to inspire some other people
- I keep in touch with people with the right mindset
- I've noticed I do more work when I post it somewhere.
It was a very long post and I don't know if anybody is going to read this but however.
I'll look how often I'm going to update this thread.
I want to do some income reports monthly and maybe an update once a week or once in two weeks.
*I'm aware of what I'm currently doing isn't completely Fastlane, because I don't have full control, but at this moment due to college I have limited time and this is the most Fastlane thing I do now.
I'm building a sellable asset (a website with lots of information about coffee) and this is at least more fastlane than trade time for money at a part-time job. I also learn things about online marketing etc, there are multiple shops to promote in The Netherlands and at long-term I can send the traffic to my own webshop to have control.*
Any questions/comments?
I'm reading here for a few days now, I've read very good threads, I did not read them all yet
For more information about my background, please read my introduction first (Introduction - 20 year old from The Netherlands).
Short story:
I'm a 20-year-old from The Netherlands, currently at college studying education called "Small Business and Retailmanagement". I learn things about all components from a company, so buying, selling, marketing, business models etc.
In highschool, I 'discovered' affiliate marketing and started some affiliate niche websites, after some trial and error I have some websites that make me some money. I want to discuss them and give some more information per website:
Website A:
- Topic: special vacuum cleaner
- Started in March 2015
- Last 5 months, €152/month on average
- Low search volume, low scalability
- Ranks #5 for main keyword
Website B:
- Topic: special vacuum cleaner
- Started in March 2015
- Last 5 months, €47/month on average
- Low search volume, low scalability
- Ranks #1 for main keyword
Website C:
- Topic: motor-assisted bicycle
- Started in June 2014
- First website that I didn't quit because it didn't make money
- Makes about €50-100/month with insurances
- High hobby content, low potential
Website D:
- Topic: Numatic vacuum cleaners
- Started in March 2016
- Last 5 months, €21,19 on average
- Note, starting website, does not rank very well yet
- Average search volume
- Can become a vacuum cleaner authority
Website E:
- Topic: DIY-tools (electric saws)
- Started in August 2015
- Last 5 months, €220 on average
- Last month €503 revenue
- Ranks top 5 for (5) main keywords
- Good search volume, some potential
Website F:
- Topic: Coffee
- Started in May 2016
- Last 5 months, €24 on average
- Last month €77 revenue
- Major search volume
- High potential, big search volume, lots of products and stuff to write about, can be a coffee authority
So that are the websites I currently own.
You can see I went from a hobby website, to two websites about 1 type of product, to several products, to a wide subject with high potential.
My vision is that much webshops have a sales pitch for each product.
On my website I write objective reviews with benefits ánd disadvantages.
I help my visitors to find a product that fits their needs. (need)
I hope to graduate in June 2018.
By that time I would like to make 2k/month with my websites.
Why 2k? Because my starting salary after college is about 2k/month.
I can reinvest that money and later travel the world, look my future children growing up instead of daddy is always working etc.
I don't want to work for a boss for 40 years straight.
I found out that each article/text on my website makes about €5-10/month (let's say €7) on average.
It is on average because some articles don't make money, but they do attract visitors who buy products from other articles etc.
That amount is after six months with some good promotion.
At the moment I have about 150 articles on my websites, but much of them are on my coffeewebsite that isn't promoted good yet.
So to make 2k/month by June 2018 I need to have 2k/7 = about 285 articles online at the 31 december 2017.
In the beginning I wrote the articles myself, since July 2016 I outsource the writing because I don't enjoy it very much.
Every euro I earn, I invest back into new articles.
At this moment I publish around 4 articles per week at website F and one per week at website E.
285 articles (first goal) - 150 (already online) = 135 articles to go.
135 articles / 5 articles = 27 weeks.
If I keep publishing at this speed I will reach the 285 articles in 27 weeks. Then I can publish the same amount of content and focus more on promoting the content instead of creating new.
I have some other goals after 2k/month:
- €100/day (3k/month)
- 5k/month
- 10k/month
My weak points are:
- Talk, read and image about a future with 10k/month too much instead of working for it.
- Compare too much to others. (in my journey I let my website just run and tried PPV for a few months because I saw people were making 1k/day with it (event?) while I made about 200/month, I have stopped with that because it requires much maintain work and I didn't think I helped the people with the offers I promoted)
- Let my actions depend on the money I earned that day. (If I make €50-100 on a day I'm very motivated and work much, but If I make €0 I'm sometimes demotivated and don't do any work at all.
That makes no sense because the amount of money I make today does not depend on the work I do today, but on the work I did a year ago.)
- Focus too much on making money for myself instead of focussing on helping other people.
Why am I starting a progress thread?
- Other progress threads inspired me, so I hope to inspire some other people
- I keep in touch with people with the right mindset
- I've noticed I do more work when I post it somewhere.
It was a very long post and I don't know if anybody is going to read this but however.
I'll look how often I'm going to update this thread.
I want to do some income reports monthly and maybe an update once a week or once in two weeks.
*I'm aware of what I'm currently doing isn't completely Fastlane, because I don't have full control, but at this moment due to college I have limited time and this is the most Fastlane thing I do now.
I'm building a sellable asset (a website with lots of information about coffee) and this is at least more fastlane than trade time for money at a part-time job. I also learn things about online marketing etc, there are multiple shops to promote in The Netherlands and at long-term I can send the traffic to my own webshop to have control.*
Any questions/comments?
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