Million Dollar Portfolio

It’s been work work work around here lately. My full time job has me completely swamped which has had a bit of a negative effect on my blogging as you can tell by my less than frequent posts. I also haven’t had a whole lot to talk about lately. Although last month’s earnings report was less than stellar, I’ve already made more money from Text-Link-Ads this month than I had last month. That’s progress. There’s still spots available. As soon as they fill up, the price is likely to go up as a result of supply/demand.

John Chow made a post today about selling private ads and he has some really good points. The main one though is traffic. No matter what ad revenue stream you are going to go with, the most important thing to keep in mind is advertisers are looking to get the most “bang for their buck”.  This blog gets around 1000 hits a month right now and that figure is growing. I know that seems like very little but consider the niche market I am in and consider the content of my posts and I think this is a pretty solid figure.

I know I sound like a broken record, but content is still king. Your readers are only going stick around if you write about things they are interested in. I don’t read blogs unless what is written is interesting to me. Ironically, if you write what you know about, your readers will find you because i guarantee you aren’t the only one interested in the things you think, do or talk about.

Now, blogging can be fun or it can be work, how it feels is up to you really. I write because I enjoy it. I also enjoy other things and I find time to enjoy them. Take gaming for example. I like Role Playing Games. For the past 7 years or so I have been running around hacking and slashing things in the world of Norrath. For those that don’t know, the game is Everquest or its counterpart Everquest II which is the same world, reimagined.

I enjoy this game because its an escape from my every day life and I don’t have to devote inordinate amounts of time just to get anywhere. If it feels like work, then it isn’t recreational. Keep it fun. I also don’t bring work home. I work FROM home two days a week but when that clock hits 5pm. I’m done. I give 40 hours a week to The Man and that’s all I give.

Have some fun, you know? All work and no play…

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