I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months

Muhammad Hassan · 05-26-2009, 12:26 PM

At the beginning of the year I tried a way of making money using automated blogs.

The technical side of creating the automated blog worked exactly as I intended - it listed the eBay bargains that I was looking for automatically. I didn't get as many visitors to my blog as I hoped.

In 5 1/2 months I made £3.00 which is a success.

That's approx. $3.00 in 5 1/2 months, about $2.00 a month, and I still says it's a success.

Here's 2 reasons why I say it was a success.

Reason 1

I took action.

You cannot gain anything without taking action.

I had success in overcoming my procrastination.

I have been diagnosed with a disability - Asperger's Syndrome (type of autism). Asperger's Syndrome leads to perfectionist thinking which can lead to procrastination. So I succeeded in ignoring my disability and perfectionist thinking and tried to make money.

Just suppose I didn't have Asperger's syndrome, would that mean it would be easier to overcome procrastinating?

Because I took action once it means I can take action again and again and again and hence achieve more.

Reason 2

I gained a lot. Obviously, I didn't gain a lot of money, but I gained something of equal or more value.

I gained knowledge - I know things now that I didn't know 5 1/2 months ago and that I would know if I hadn't tried to make the money.

I know what helped me make the money - I can repeat it in the future.

I know what didn't help me make money - I can do something different in the future.

I can use my new knowledge to take action to create more money or increase my knowledge.

What You And I Can Learn From It

I Took action and lived to tell the tale.

If I can overcome my disability then is it fair to say that other people can overcome procrastination to take some small action?

Take a small manageable action that does not risk wasting too much time or money.

Take note of the results you achieve and work out what they tell you.

If taking action leads to positive results then repeat the actions.

It taking action leads to negative results try to work out why and change the actions appropriately.

Summary

Take some small, manageable action and take note of the results. Then take some more action.

Thread created to use my experience to TRY and motivate others to overcome procrastination.

InternetMarketingIQ · 05-26-2009, 12:33 PM

To each their own.

Odhinn · 05-26-2009, 12:34 PM

So what's your next step?

FredFarnes · 05-26-2009, 12:34 PM

Good work Mohammad! You took a step in your career. Now plot the next step, and take action. The actions are cumulative, each step is progress.

ShayRockhold · 05-26-2009, 12:35 PM

You did take the first step. Congrats.

Now you need to find out how you can expand and hasten the process - so you are not just making $6 in 12 months.

Tyrus Antas · 05-26-2009, 12:44 PM

It's great that you took action and I think you should be happy for it. But... Automated blogs? Common. That's not a business, that's a gimmick. It's not stable and it's a matter of time Google's cracks down on content mashups too.

Tyrus

Muhammad Hassan · 05-26-2009, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShayRockhold

You did take the first step. Congrats.

Now you need to find out how you can expand and hasten the process - so you are not just making $6 in 12 months.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FredFarnes

Good work Mohammad! You took a step in your career. Now plot the next step, and take action. The actions are cumulative, each step is progress.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Odhinn

So what's your next step?

Thanks for the support - it makes it easier to take further action knowing that people are supportive.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyrus Antas

It's great that you took action and I think you should be happy for it. But... Automated blogs? Common. That's not a business, that's a gimmick. It's not stable and it's a matter of time Google's cracks down on content mashups too.

Tyrus

Once again thanks for the support Tyrus. The action that I took was not to create a business I did it for 3 reasons:

1) to see if I could make money

2) to share knowledge with readers about what I did and what I learned

3) to force myself to take action and overcome the procrastination.

Here's What I Learned

I could create an automated blog, i.e. I had the technical skills to create something that had the potential of making money.

I had developed a systematic approach to getting the content of the blog - list of the cheap diamond ring bargains on eBay.

I have a methodical mind that can analyze situations and use the analysis to create something that would be of use to others. (This is one of the advantages of having Asperger's Syndrome)

The promotion of the automated blog did not work. Did not enjoy this part of the work.

The Future

Use my strengths (focused, methodical and analytical mind) to create information, tools or service that would be of use to others.

Stay away from my weaknesses - get others to do the promotion of my information, tool or service, but don't know how yet.

Emily Meeks · 05-26-2009, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyrus Antas

It's great that you took action and I think you should be happy for it. But... Automated blogs? Common. That's not a business, that's a gimmick. It's not stable and it's a matter of time Google's cracks down on content mashups too.

Tyrus

That may be so, but the moral of the story is, he took action.

That said, Mohammed, you must now keep going. What can you do TODAY that will propell your efforts?

Muhammad Hassan · 05-26-2009, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyrus Antas

But... Automated blogs? Common. That's not a business, that's a gimmick. It's not stable and it's a matter of time Google's cracks down on content mashups too.

Tyrus

When I took action at the beginning of the year automated blogs were quite a popular topic on WarriorForum which is why I chose it.

I do not know enough about them to make a comment about whether they are a viable for making money.

Tyrus has quite clearly said that they are not a good way of making money. Therefore, I think you should take note of what he has said and do some investigation and get advice to see whether you should create them or not.

dlwebb610 · 05-26-2009, 07:55 PM

God bless you Muhammad.

1 Marketing · 05-26-2009, 11:42 PM

It seems you left your blog automated and start fishing... If you know a bit about the fisihing... Most of the time people return home spending whole day with nothing in hand. At least you got $3.

If you creat at least 3000 such blogs and if each of them can save you $3 what else you need...

joelraitt · 05-26-2009, 11:45 PM

Thats a great story, as long as you learned. Now make a blog that makes you $10 a month...and go from there! Just keep improving!

Star Riley · 05-27-2009, 12:14 AM

Good Grief Golly Gee Whiz id anyone tell you to check the blogs?

You may actually have more than $3 bucks I would look at the PR, Alexa, and or Inbound links also depending on the name you maybe able to sell these blogs to somone who can take them to another level possible adding real content and doing whatever, while paying you something.

You may also want to add good content at least ten pages that are Keyword specific shut off the Feeds and build the incoming links. if you boosted them to $3 with junk imagine what they may be come with quality content and incoming links from articles or blog comments etc.

Best of luck my friend.

honestbizpro · 05-27-2009, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tyrus Antas

It's great that you took action and I think you should be happy for it. But... Automated blogs? Common. That's not a business, that's a gimmick. It's not stable and it's a matter of time Google's cracks down on content mashups too.

Tyrus

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muhammad Hassan

When I took action at the beginning of the year automated blogs were quite a popular topic on WarriorForum which is why I chose it.

I do not know enough about them to make a comment about whether they are a viable for making money.

Tyrus has quite clearly said that they are not a good way of making money. Therefore, I think you should take note of what he has said and do some investigation and get advice to see whether you should create them or not.

That is a sincere response to a good comment. Sometimes trends lead us down a common path but not always the best path for long term success. Learning from action is always a winner though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Star Riley

Good Grief Golly Gee Whiz id anyone tell you to check the blogs?

You may actually have more than $3 bucks I would look at the PR, Alexa, and or Inbound links also depending on the name you maybe able to sell these blogs to somone who can take them to another level possible adding real content and doing whatever, while paying you something.

You may also want to add good content at least ten pages that are Keyword specific shut off the Feeds and build the incoming links. if you boosted them to $3 with junk imagine what they may be come with quality content and incoming links from articles or blog comments etc.

Best of luck my friend.

Yes I say no matter what you decide to endeavor in marketing...if you are going to blog then seek out the best and immulate what they are doing and teaching.

On day 2 I would have been finding out all I can about blogging from people that know and asking for tips to improve it.

Many times we can shorten our learning curve by following proven strategies and guide maps.

I love automatic as much as anyone but I know I have gotten the best gains from putting in the most efforts.

kayvee · 05-29-2009, 02:47 AM

Bravo my friend,

Now keep building on your success and let it snowball.

willye · 05-29-2009, 03:15 AM

Dude look in your traffic stats and see what terms people searched to reach you. Then build quality posts around that. Buy some Plr and re write it. Try to add 1 page daily or at most 2 days.
If you at a loss what to write go YouTube and search for a video and embed it in your site.
Also take the keywords people used to find you and plug it into your favorite keyword tool and see what other terms come up.
This should move you forward

Muhammad Hassan · 05-29-2009, 12:58 PM

Thanks to everyone for encouragement and suggestions - although the posts were written in my thread for me all people who read the thread should take note of them.

For me I wanted a way that was totally automated and did not want to type good quality posts.

Each automated was an brief affiliate listing of eBay items. Plan was for user to find post in search engine then go to eBay and buy the item. Had only 3 people do that.

Willye said 'Dude look in your traffic stats' which is brilliant advice - but I forgot to switch the monitoring on so lost lots of valuable info to learn from. (One thing I did learn though is switch on traffic stats analysis).

Automation worked fine in listing the items I wanted listing. Problem with getting people to the blog / posts via search engines.

What worked (keep same) - blog got posts I wanted it to.

What did not work (change) - people did not get to the blog. Have some ideas on how to approach this - wish eBay still allowed digital products.

Muhammad Hassan · 05-29-2009, 01:05 PM

Thanks for all the help with what to do with improving my blog.

Improving my blog to improve within search results is not something I wish to pursue - looking at other ways of getting people to my blog.

If you want to still post in the thread yet more useful information about improving automated blog in search results for other readers to benefit from then please do. I will try to give any useful responses I can.

I tried not to make this post sound ungrateful - not sure if I succeeded - sorry if I didn't.

Mark 2 · 06-01-2009, 09:20 AM

I started my online carrier with adsense, would you believe for almost 6 months my earnings never touched $1, but thanks God, Now I am making reasonable money thanks to google.

Muhammad Hassan · 06-07-2009, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark 2

I started my online carrier with adsense, would you believe for almost 6 months my earnings never touched $1, but thanks God, Now I am making reasonable money thanks to google.

It's great to hear that you are now experiencing success. I imagine that a large number of people would have given up and gone on to the next new thing for making money. Especially if they were on only earning $1 per month.

Always look at what you are doing to see what can be improved - then make the improvements.

Adrian Cooper · 06-07-2009, 05:38 PM

Anyone who takes action deserves respect, because that is more than 99% of aspiring business people do, and then they complain about their j-o-b for the next 50 years.

Take that step, make your first buck, and the rest will follow - that's what I did 33 years ago and have never worked for anyone else since.

Just do it.

M.Bruso · 06-07-2009, 06:10 PM

Every project or just anything beggins with a first step. One thousand steps toward your goal begins with the first one (Not sure who said that). Don't take the first step - forget the second, third and all other...

Shortly - Congratulations! I hope you're ready to take other steps towards long and exiting way to bigger and bigger achievements!

Ah, almost forgot. Many things were said about procrastination. I offer you and all others having such problem visit mind2earn.com (link in my signature..) and read my friend's article '6 ways to beat procrastination'. It's systematic and really very helpful.

Best luck!
M.Bruso

jamiedot · 06-24-2010, 01:52 AM

Aspergers Syndrome: im genuinely curious about this - you said that it
"leads to perfectionist thinking which can lead to procrastination" and without being facetious, i could immediately think of a number of people that i know of who have been struggling with the 'taking action' part of their business due to what is loosely termed as analysis paralysis, but ive looked at their problems as being perfectionists rather than being procrastinators.

how did you end up getting the diagnosis, as im sure not too many doctors would pick up on this and by the way, what kind of 'treatment' has been suggested?

aside from that, im guessing that you've moved on with your business activities now, so how have things been going for you in the last 12 months?

05-26-2009, 12:26 PM	#1
Muhammad Hassan HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 297 Thanks: 154 Thanked 963 Times in 61 Posts	I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success At the beginning of the year I tried a way of making money using automated blogs. The technical side of creating the automated blog worked exactly as I intended - it listed the eBay bargains that I was looking for automatically. I didn't get as many visitors to my blog as I hoped. In 5 1/2 months I made £3.00 which is a success. That's approx. $3.00 in 5 1/2 months, about $2.00 a month, and I still says it's a success. Here's 2 reasons why I say it was a success. Reason 1 I took action. You cannot gain anything without taking action. I had success in overcoming my procrastination. I have been diagnosed with a disability - Asperger's Syndrome (type of autism). Asperger's Syndrome leads to perfectionist thinking which can lead to procrastination. So I succeeded in ignoring my disability and perfectionist thinking and tried to make money. Just suppose I didn't have Asperger's syndrome, would that mean it would be easier to overcome procrastinating? Because I took action once it means I can take action again and again and again and hence achieve more. Reason 2 I gained a lot. Obviously, I didn't gain a lot of money, but I gained something of equal or more value. I gained knowledge - I know things now that I didn't know 5 1/2 months ago and that I would know if I hadn't tried to make the money. I know what helped me make the money - I can repeat it in the future. I know what didn't help me make money - I can do something different in the future. I can use my new knowledge to take action to create more money or increase my knowledge. What You And I Can Learn From It I Took action and lived to tell the tale. If I can overcome my disability then is it fair to say that other people can overcome procrastination to take some small action? Take a small manageable action that does not risk wasting too much time or money. Take note of the results you achieve and work out what they tell you. If taking action leads to positive results then repeat the actions. It taking action leads to negative results try to work out why and change the actions appropriately. Summary Take some small, manageable action and take note of the results. Then take some more action. Thread created to use my experience to TRY and motivate others to overcome procrastination.
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05-26-2009, 12:33 PM	#2
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FredFarnes (not my real name) War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 469 Thanks: 10 Thanked 39 Times in 32 Posts	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success Good work Mohammad! You took a step in your career. Now plot the next step, and take action. The actions are cumulative, each step is progress.
	So, you want to sell me another way to easily make "X" dollars in "X" days? ROFL too funny! IM success requires hard work and lots of time. Most newbies do not survive the steep learning curve. Anyone who says otherwise is probably selling you a fantasy.

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05-26-2009, 12:44 PM	#6
Tyrus Antas Advanced Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 931 Thanks: 36 Thanked 102 Times in 91 Posts	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success It's great that you took action and I think you should be happy for it. But... Automated blogs? Common. That's not a business, that's a gimmick. It's not stable and it's a matter of time Google's cracks down on content mashups too. Tyrus

05-26-2009, 07:55 PM	#10
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05-26-2009, 11:42 PM	#11
1 Marketing HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 193 Thanks: 3 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success It seems you left your blog automated and start fishing... If you know a bit about the fisihing... Most of the time people return home spending whole day with nothing in hand. At least you got $3. If you creat at least 3000 such blogs and if each of them can save you $3 what else you need...

05-26-2009, 11:45 PM	#12
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Star Riley Americas Next Child Model War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Florida "The Sunshine State..." Posts: 319 Thanks: 12 Thanked 52 Times in 42 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success Good Grief Golly Gee Whiz id anyone tell you to check the blogs? You may actually have more than $3 bucks I would look at the PR, Alexa, and or Inbound links also depending on the name you maybe able to sell these blogs to somone who can take them to another level possible adding real content and doing whatever, while paying you something. You may also want to add good content at least ten pages that are Keyword specific shut off the Feeds and build the incoming links. if you boosted them to $3 with junk imagine what they may be come with quality content and incoming links from articles or blog comments etc. Best of luck my friend.
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05-29-2009, 02:47 AM	#15
kayvee HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 100 Thanks: 81 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success Bravo my friend, Now keep building on your success and let it snowball.

05-29-2009, 03:15 AM	#16
willye Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 33 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success Dude look in your traffic stats and see what terms people searched to reach you. Then build quality posts around that. Buy some Plr and re write it. Try to add 1 page daily or at most 2 days. If you at a loss what to write go YouTube and search for a video and embed it in your site. Also take the keywords people used to find you and plug it into your favorite keyword tool and see what other terms come up. This should move you forward

05-29-2009, 12:58 PM	#17
Muhammad Hassan HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 297 Thanks: 154 Thanked 963 Times in 61 Posts	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success Thanks to everyone for encouragement and suggestions - although the posts were written in my thread for me all people who read the thread should take note of them. For me I wanted a way that was totally automated and did not want to type good quality posts. Each automated was an brief affiliate listing of eBay items. Plan was for user to find post in search engine then go to eBay and buy the item. Had only 3 people do that. Willye said 'Dude look in your traffic stats' which is brilliant advice - but I forgot to switch the monitoring on so lost lots of valuable info to learn from. (One thing I did learn though is switch on traffic stats analysis). Automation worked fine in listing the items I wanted listing. Problem with getting people to the blog / posts via search engines. What worked (keep same) - blog got posts I wanted it to. What did not work (change) - people did not get to the blog. Have some ideas on how to approach this - wish eBay still allowed digital products.
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05-29-2009, 01:05 PM	#18
Muhammad Hassan HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 297 Thanks: 154 Thanked 963 Times in 61 Posts	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success Thanks for all the help with what to do with improving my blog. Improving my blog to improve within search results is not something I wish to pursue - looking at other ways of getting people to my blog. If you want to still post in the thread yet more useful information about improving automated blog in search results for other readers to benefit from then please do. I will try to give any useful responses I can. I tried not to make this post sound ungrateful - not sure if I succeeded - sorry if I didn't.
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06-01-2009, 09:20 AM	#19
Mark 2 Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 60 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success I started my online carrier with adsense, would you believe for almost 6 months my earnings never touched $1, but thanks God, Now I am making reasonable money thanks to google.

06-07-2009, 05:38 PM	#21
Adrian Cooper Veteran Marketing Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 601 Thanks: 20 Thanked 80 Times in 63 Posts	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success Anyone who takes action deserves respect, because that is more than 99% of aspiring business people do, and then they complain about their j-o-b for the next 50 years. Take that step, make your first buck, and the rest will follow - that's what I did 33 years ago and have never worked for anyone else since. Just do it.

06-07-2009, 06:10 PM	#22
M.Bruso a.k.a Bruce Mind Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Lithuania Posts: 28 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success Every project or just anything beggins with a first step. One thousand steps toward your goal begins with the first one (Not sure who said that). Don't take the first step - forget the second, third and all other... Shortly - Congratulations! I hope you're ready to take other steps towards long and exiting way to bigger and bigger achievements! Ah, almost forgot. Many things were said about procrastination. I offer you and all others having such problem visit mind2earn.com (link in my signature..) and read my friend's article '6 ways to beat procrastination'. It's systematic and really very helpful. Best luck! M.Bruso
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06-24-2010, 01:52 AM	#23
jamiedot Active Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 67 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: I made $3.00 in 5 1/2 months - Here's why I think it was a big success Aspergers Syndrome: im genuinely curious about this - you said that it "leads to perfectionist thinking which can lead to procrastination" and without being facetious, i could immediately think of a number of people that i know of who have been struggling with the 'taking action' part of their business due to what is loosely termed as analysis paralysis, but ive looked at their problems as being perfectionists rather than being procrastinators. how did you end up getting the diagnosis, as im sure not too many doctors would pick up on this and by the way, what kind of 'treatment' has been suggested? aside from that, im guessing that you've moved on with your business activities now, so how have things been going for you in the last 12 months?