Last month we hit a high of $1810.94, and as of yesterday, we've surpassed that. The last few days of the month are all record setting now, and we're averaging about $60/day at the moment so hopefully we can come in $200-300 over last month's high. Cross your fingers.

With Christmas approaching, we've registered an additional 4 Amazon based sites. We're hoping to fill them with content and being ranking them before Xmas hits. This is a bit of a rush job, but I think it's doable. One of the sites has already crawled its' way into the top 10 on Google, the others don't appear at all for their keywords yet.

Websites Types

So obviously, I have been focusing on developing money making websites. I have close to 30 websites, all making various amount of money. Lots of my websites are Amazon-based websites, but at least 25% of them are Adsense-based. Over the last few months, I have purchases quite a few software to help us. And I have to say that they seem to be wise investment, as our income has constantly been increasing over the months. . Notes on my websites I want to point out that not all of my websites are making any money. Less than half of the websites are making steady income right now, as I haven't filled them all out with content yet nor have been working on promoting them yet. .

Revenue Growth

In June, I (we were) excited if I saw a 20$ day... In July, I saw my first 50$ day! My all time day high seemed to plateau between 20$-$50 in July and August, although the overall monthly revenue did increase. I also noticed a decrease in traffic but assumed that my sudden decrease in traffic in July and August were due to people vacationing and going away on holidays. I was probably right because as soon as September hit... it hit hard!! I suddenly saw a huge increase in traffic, therefore in increase in revenue. In September I saw my first 70$ day... Then my first 80$ day... Then my first 100$ day... Then my first 120$ day! In one month, I made $1810.94! So in the following table, you can see my strong increase in revenue in September, but also the overall increase in revenues over the months since May 2009.

Growth in revenue per month, May 2009-September 2009

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Amazon vs Adsense

I am undecided as whether I prefer Amazon or Adsense. While most of my websites are Amazon-based ones, I find that Adsense do give me a more steady income.  However, I do feel that Amazon has the potential of making more money when it hits. I seem to understand the Adsense spirit better. I have been able to optimize my websites in order to increase my click-through rate As for Amazon... I am still way under the average number of purchases vs number of clicks. I am unsure why, and have been following other people in the hope that I could get a hint at how they manage to increase the number of purchases. So far, it hasn't been that successful, my Amazon rate seems to be fairly random, I can be selling a huge number of products one day and none the next following days. .

Mini-Conclusion for September 2009

I realized, after writing this post that, hey, I am actually not doing too bad. Putting those numbers together is giving me a better sense of where I am going. And I like where I am going so far!! .

Short Term Goal

1) I need to put content on lots of my website, increase the content, or simply complete them! 30 is a large number, sometimes difficult to manage. I will admit it, I do spend a fair bit of time trying to make my content and website look good. On many forums, people say not to spend too much time on the look or even content, but I am finding difficult to spread "crap" content all over the web =) 2) I also need to work harder on bringing my website keywords to the top. Several of my websites are on page 1 for they keyword, but not in the top 5. I know, from previous experience that being #2 or #8 will change your traffic by about 90%! .

Long Term Goal

1) Create more websites!! 2)I am aiming to be making a steady 2000$/month by Christmas!