Nadav's Outsourcing and eBaying Journey

Well... Nothing happened today, except some cosmetic changes to my website. One thing that did happen is related to my military service (it happened yesterday, but I forgot about it): I went up in rank, and according to Wikipedia I'm now a Corporal. That's a great addition of less than $1 per month for my salary, but I got two nice stripes on each sleeve of the uniform.

Statistics:
Purchased articles: 76
Published articles: 56
Income: $440.49
Expenses: $375
Outsourcing total: $65.49 (ROI: 14.9%)

nadavs

 

Congrats for the promotion,my dad also works in Indian Air force and i know the importance of ranks.

 

Today's progress and achievements: zero. See you next... Well... Whenever.

Statistics:
Purchased articles: 76
Published articles: 56
Income: $440.49
Expenses: $375
Outsourcing total: $65.49 (ROI: 14.9%)

nadavs

 

Residual (recurring) affiliate programs are the best! You can actually quit your job with them!

 

Finally back home after a tiring week, with $81.64 more in my accounts. All articles are submitted as well.

Statistics:
Purchased articles: 76
Published articles: 76
Income: $522.13
Expenses: $375
Outsourcing total: $147.13 (ROI: 28.2%)

nadavs

 

148.00 / 60 = $2.50 per day

You could probably have made twice that much,,,, with 1/10th the work using adwords bro!

 

... or he could have lost all the money on Adwords...
PPC is not a quick way to riches - if it was, everyone would be doing it.

 

But almost everyone doing it successful or not - that's other question

 

Nothing changed since the last time I wrote here, except some website changes. I'll probably have a sale or two by tomorrow.

It's good to be home for the weekend.

Statistics:
Purchased articles: 76
Published articles: 76
Income: $522.13
Expenses: $375
Outsourcing total: $147.13 (ROI: 28.2%)

nadavs

 

I stand motivated . I know you may be surprised. But this is called negative motivation .I was thinking after writing a dozen articles why I didnt have a single sale with more than 120 hops. btw anyone feels that Blogspot landing page is not worth the effort? is squiidoo better?

 

Today's progress: I uploaded the new articles to my website and Digged them, put them on the autoresponder series, created a video for one of the products I promote (maybe I'll create more tomorrow), and got addicted to a new song. I also contacted the DMV (full story in the future), and I'll keep you updated if anything happens.

In the meantime, I seriously consider ending this journal tomorrow or next week. Since nothing really interesting happens, I think it's a waste of time and energy to continue. I'll see what happens tomorrow and proceed from there.

Next-to-last statistics?

Purchased articles: 76
Published articles: 76
Income: $522.13
Expenses: $375
Outsourcing total: $147.13 (ROI: 28.2%)

nadavs

 

Well, that's it. It's my last update post in this journal. It's really the time to end this journal, mainly because nothing exciting is supposed to happen here. At least not until my birthday, March 18. Updating about nothing is not really helpful, and I can use my time better for other things.

So, for the last time, today's progress:
I optimized some of my review pages to meet some SEO guidelines. Hopefully they'll attract Google more this way. Also, I digged some more articles on my site, wrote a full week for my driving test blog, contacted the DMV, and ordered 20 fresh articles.

The DMV story: about two weeks ago I received a blog comment from someone from the California DMV. She said I can ask them for any help providing people with information about the DMV. Since she commented on my outdated Wordpress blog, I gave her the address of my Blogger blog (updated daily) and my driving test guide. She wrote back to me today saying she'll be interested in reading them, so I sent her a download link to my eBook. She also agreed to give me some Q&A sessions of the DMV to put on my blog, as-is.

My plan is simple. I will use her review of my eBook, if it's positive enough, as a huge testimonial. Sales pages require authority, and nothing has more authority in the subject of driving tests than the DMV. Such testimonial can really have a new meaning to "passive income".

And maybe, just maybe, the DMV will want to purchase the rights to print my eBook and distribute it all over California. The chances are slim, but everyone must have a dream.

This is it. The journal is ending. After 76 published articles, a new sales copy, and some interesting additions to my website, I'm ending my outsourcing journal. I'll continue to outsource article writing, of course, but you won't know about every single article like now.

Last statistics:
Purchased articles: 96
Published articles: 76
Income: $522.13
Expenses: $430
Outsourcing total: $92.13 (ROI: 17.6%)

Income (from articles only): $474.19
Expenses (articles only): $270
Article outsourcing total: $204.19 (ROI: 43.1%)

See you next Thursday, outside this journal (unless something really dramatic happens, like 10 sales or a DMV contract).

nadavs

 

Well this 'Journey' has turned out to be quite successful, well done Nadavs. 43.1% ROI is pretty awesome in my opinion. BTW what is DMV?

 

department of motor vehicle

 

Thanks Nadavs. I need to appreciate the openness and the patience you have shown to share this wonderful experience. Miracles and surprises are nice to hear but do not happen everytime. Let us hope that the experience you gained from this, would help you go a long way in your affiliate marketing endeavour. We are with You.

 

That's not it, apparently. Last week I got a $138.50 surprise in one day (and a huge bar), so I had to update. I also added a huge testimonial to my sales page and instructed my writer what kind of people enter my site, so he can write a better copy.

From now on, I'll update only when such big occasions happen. Otherwise, this journal is closed.

So, real last-time statistics?
Purchased articles: 96
Published articles: 83
Income: $660.63
Expenses: $430
Outsourcing total: $230.63 (ROI: 34.9% - much nicer. Article ROI: 67.7%)

nadavs

 

You really should try using Dragon Naturally speaking Preferred 10 as it will let you type the articles yourself in a hurry and save all that outsourced money. At least during the testing phase to see how well a niche converts.

 

Hey Nadav,

Very interesting journey. My hat's off to you for your persistence. I know you'll be very successful in IM. See you at the top!!!

 

So much knowledge here. I'll have to take time one day and read through all of it