It’s been one year ago that Bob Schmuck (my son) suggested since I like to write, I should start a blog. I got my Blogger account and I began.
It’s been a slow journey on my road as an internet entrepreneur. I’ve struggled with learning skills and with hackings and with discouragement the past year. I have also made many new friends and developed my confidence and encouraged others.
Trivia regrading my first year:
- $63+ with AdSense
- $1200+ writing
- 8 of 12 months I’ve had two wage earning jobs
- 4 of 12 months I made less than 40 cents with AdSense
- My average per month was $5.25
- Had my first online purchase
- Spent about 2 months with lots of down time and hackings with one re-seller hosting account
- I’ve been with 3 different hosting companies
- Lost everything on my blogs 5+ times
- Started with one blog
- My third month I had two domains and a reseller hosting account
- I have close to 20 domains currently
- I have 5 active blogs and 3 websites
- March 2007 started to focus on projects
- May 2007 was my highest income w/AdSense-just under $18 which was just about double my previous highest earning month
- I hit the 1/2 way point to my first check from AdSense
- I’ve helped my daughter to successfully pay for her phone through her manual directory submitting service. (Her brother and I are her only clients)
The past month has been very encouraging to me, I feel like I have finally turned the corner on my journey. I’m looking forward to a breakthrough year for my second year. This first month of my second year is off to a great start.
Recently I have come up with a design for a pilot project that will combine providing content with a form of income earning that encourages people to become financially self-sufficient. These are the three target groups and why I chose them:
- Single parents (personal experience)
- Disabled people (my wage earning job experience)
- Those who face life threatening illness (my son, Bob Schmuck, is a cancer survivor)
I hope to develop many of my projects and ideas this coming year. I’m very excited for my future as a netpreneur!