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Originally Posted by urb
I'm more worried about the falling value of the dollar at the moment.
But you have to look on the positive side... £1 uk pound = $1.94 USD so my hosting bill is going to be cheaper this month.  |
I'm with you on this, Urb!
My hosting costs $75/month which is around £41 at the moment - great, but on the flip side a $1000 payment into a UK bank returns just over £500. My brain automatically and instantly halves my earnings every time I calculate something.
I agree with Japamor & Sheepguy - it is possible to make money if you stay on top of your game.
Working smart and organising your work day is incredibly important. Distraction when you're sat at your computer is so easy, and before long you've lost an hour reading a forum or a few articles.
(GG&J gets me every time
)
If you aim to build a freesite per day, then make that your priority every time as it's your "bread & butter" job. If you don't like building freesites then do it in stages.
Freesite content,
non-freesite-task,
Freesite structure,
non-freesite-task,
Freesite gallery layout,
non-freesite-task etc etc ...but always get that freesite built and submitted. Try and look forward to that sweet "just-done-my-submits" feeling!
Plus, don't watch your sponsor stats too closely! Obviously you have to keep an eye on what's doing well for you, or not, but don't sit there staring at Unified Stats as the run comes to an end every half an hour and feel your heart sink when the sales don't come. It's depressing when you do that. How many non-sales stats runs do you see in a day?
As I said earlier, I'm really pleased with my progress, but I've built a few domains and a few hubs in between my freesite building, my main hub being
http://www.pynio.com/ which I treat like a real link list. I also have a couple of cam sites out there. I link to these sites from my freesites now and then, trying to trap the surfer into my own little network of porn. I find that these side projects are great for getting the creative juices flowing and I enjoy time spent developing them.
The "trapping the surfer" advice was one of the first pieces of truly great advice I got from GG&J. A few folks here said that it was the best way to go and I think it works pretty well. (Thanks again for the great tips, folks)
I haven't reached that magic stage yet where I have so many freesites out there that the sales are rockin', but I'm very optimistic that I can get there if I stick to the plan and work to my goals.