So,  to make our lives easier and ensure there is an efficient process in place, I’ve setup FreelanceContent.co.uk. Word of mouth has already got the ball rolling and orders are trickling in with 100% positive feedback.

At only £1.30 per 100 words, we’re cheaper than the industry leaders, and there’s no minimum or maximum order so anything can be catered for, providing it is not too technical! Having struggled to find efficient yet affordable writers myself, I’ve even got her doing work for me now!

Payments are taken in advance via Paypal using the online ordering system. So please help my bum of a girlfriend stay in work by ordering through Freelance Content today!

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

After thinking long and hard I’ve decided to keep what I’m doing under wraps until such times as I am confident it will not damage my efforts. Having previously advised published my latest website I’ve seen copycats pop up here and there. That’s a compliment really, however it can create unneccessary competition at an early stage and potential copied content issues – yes I’ve had someone rip a whole site of mine, even leaving my contact information in place!

I’m extremely excited about 2010 as I’ve just handed my yearly accounts to my accountant, and I’m pleased to announce a small but respectable profit. I treat my business like a savings account and never intend to draw funds from it until such times as I can pay myself a moderate income, so it is nice to see it growing at a slow but steady rate.

So, here’s a breakdown of what I earned in February…

• Website and domain sales – £4,800
• Google Adsense – £23.29
• Affiliate Commissions – £15.43
• Total: £4838.72 = $7277.45
• Daily average = $234.76 (I divided by 31 days and not 28)

Not a bad month considering it is just after Christmas!

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

I’ve spoken to a few affiliates recently, mainly Frank Smingle, Mark Boyd and Kirsty McCubbin, whom all have interests or experience in promoting adult related products, including lingerie and sex toys.

One of the ideas I’m trialling is targetting specific products or keywords but with profitable payouts. As Frank put it, “I’d rather have 100 visitors a month and 10 sales at £15 commission a pop than 10,000 visitors a month and 1 sale” (or something along those lines, but you get the point!).

So, this week I worked day and night to get Vibrating Fleshlight, Vibrating Vagina, Prostate Vibrator, Clitoral Pump and Magic Wand Vibrator up and running. We’ll see how they do, but with a simple layout and minimal inventory on the site, hopefully the conversion rate will be high. Oh and so you don’t think I’m a pervert, I also setup Indoor Hammock.

We’ll see how things go, and if it fails it’ll be an experience that cost me more time than money. I’ll report back in due course.

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

• Google Adsense: £19.21
• TradeDoubler: £16.45
• Affiliate Window: £10.99
• Website Sales: £600
• Total: £646.65 = $1024.08
• Daily Average = $33.03

As we speak I’m setting up bigger affiliate sites like sex swings (adult) and triathlon bicycles.

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

I purchased the solar names for mid £xxx, thinking I could perhaps flip them for low four figures (which I had as an offer after the deal was done). Solar is an emerging market and the domains, SolarHeater.co.uk and the plural SolarHeaters.co.uk, were a nice pair.

I am happy with my new flight comparison site, and have already given it a makeover and adding more content as we speak!

I was pleasantly surprised and hope to either shelve the site as a revenue stream or flip it for mid four figures in the near future.

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

p.s. a quick shout out for a critical illness comparison site owned by a friend of mine!

Whilst I received £160 in payments from an affiliate network, these were back dated so I’ve already taken them into account previously. Adsense was a dismal £7.75 but I’m not really bothered as I sold a few projects in January that ensured things picked back up nicely.

I was off for two weeks in December so I think I’ll count this month out and be happy I’m progressing nicely.

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

The date and location are still to be confirmed

Visit http://www.dotgathering.co.uk

Firstly, I’ve started an geo network of Edinburgh sites including Edinburgh Hairdresser and Edinburgh Taxis. In total I have 15 domains, 10 of which have active websites on them. A few are already on page one and the long term plan is to sell private advertising to local business owners.

Secondly, I’ve sold a few small affiliate sites and started re-doing things properly, with the launch of Bass Amp. I picked this name up recently in a clear out portfolio sale and had a private offer for it within 24 hours of owning it. I think it is a good name with plenty of potential and possible a sale to an end user in the near future. I spent a day manually adding products to ensure there is little copied content from the merchants so I am hoping my sore fingers will be rewarded with some cash on affiliate sales!

Thirdly, I am still running Trout as my main investment with a view of it either providing a decent revenue stream or selling to an end user such as a magazine publication. The site is on target to receive 3,000 unique visitors this month.

Finally, I am negotiating for a few domain names with potential to sell individual digital products (don’t worry not eBooks!). My idea is to then setup an affiliate program  and have people promote it for me. Targetting a niche and offering, say 50% commission, should be quite appealing to affiliates as ppc campaigns should not cost a lot and each sale offers a high return.

Being an Internet Entrepreneur is not an easy task and I’m constantly followed on Twitter daily by “Guru’s” pretending to offer get-rich-quick schemes that anyone can do from home. The fact of the matter is, if it was that easy everyone would be doing it and driving around in Ferrari’s. Hard work, determination, and the ability to learn from your mistakes is what it takes.

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

Beer Chillers
Ranks 4th for “beer chillers”
108 uniques this month

Fire Bowls
Ranks 4th for “fire bowls”
110 uniques this month

Hot Dog Maker
Ranks 2nd for “hot dog maker”
56 uniques this month (hit page 1 on 15th so you could say over 100 uniques)

Ice Making Machines
Ranks 14th for “ice making machines”
30 uniques this month

Assume no revenue as the sites have only been online for about 1 month and quite frankly I’m crap at converting visitors to customers but this doesn’t mean you can’t. For new sites the traffic is there so you just need to work your magic.

I’m looking for £250 per domain and this includes the site (on wordpress) in its current format. Buyer pays Nominet fee. Payment via BACS. Please remember people pay upwards of $250 for mini site creation so these are a bargain considering they are ranked too!

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

Whilst December is quiet I’ve had time to plan the future of my trout fishing website and build a number of affiliate and geo directories in a bid to generate revenue whilst Trout.co.uk builds itself up more. I think it’ll take a good 12 months to really make my place in the angling sector and I’m lucky to have a loyal and dedicated team of writers working with me…even if they do cost a lot! It is a real shame most companies just don’t get it otherwise we could work together and do wonders for the industry.

Examples of my affiliate sites include hot dog maker, beer chillers and skydiving experiences. I’ve never been any good at affiliate marketing so I decided to build some geo sites too, including Edinburgh spa, Edinburgh beauty salons and Falkirk electricians.

We’ll see how they turn out. Stay tuned and good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.