Hi Everyone,
I had a pretty good run the last couple of days. On Wednesday I found a penny when checking out at the local Quick Check and when returining to the car I found a dime in the parking lot. After that I had to go to Walmart to get some oil for the car. I decided to give a quick scan of the store since I was having such good doubling luck. I looked down and found a quarter on the floor and a little bit past that was a nickle. Just for good luck I gave a quick scan of the parking lot when returning to the car and found another two cents. So that makes 43 cents for Wednesday.
Yesterday I found a penny on the ground while at the store with my wife. Added to the 43 cents found on Wednesday, that makes 44 cents added to the stake.
To summarize:
Current Step: 8
Total Stake: $1.09 Total Surplus: $.22
Amount required to complete step $.19
Until Next Time...
Friday, March 5, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monetize Your Blog - Progress Update
Hi Everyone,
In my February 11 post (view it here), I mentioned that I was setting up a blog to monetize with Google adsense, based on some instructions contained in some free videos I found. This is the first update on my progress.
Well it was easy enough to set up the blog and monetize it with adsense. I followed the instructions from the videos which basically state to search Google hot trends and publish posts to your blog about the hottest trends, then you put this information on sites like Digg and Propeller. In theory this should drive viewers to your blog and hopefully some of them will click on the ads.
This worked pretty well and there were definitely people viewing the blog however I did not get any clicks on the ads. In looking at the ads Google placed on the blog I noticed that many of them did not have much to do with the content of the blog. I feel that this is the primary reason that there were no clicks. Another reason is that the blog covered to broad a range of topics.
So what am I going to do about it you ask?? I have a background in quality management and have decided to apply quality management (QM) principles to my approach. One of the primary methodologies applied in QM is the Shewhart Cycle, also known as the Demming Wheel. You can find more information about it here .
Basically it is the cycle of PDCA which stands for PLAN => DO => CHECK => ACT
I had the initial plan which was to set up and monetize the blog.
I did it.
I checked it and noticed that although I was getting visitors I was not getting clicks on the ads.
So that brings me to the act portion of the cycle.
The actions that I am going to take are:
• set up a new blog that has a narrower topic
• pick a topic that people are passionate about and therefore have a reason to view it and click on associated ads
• find out how to select the ads myself rather than have google select the ads in order to ensure that the ads are relavent to the blog topic
Hopefully I will see some better results after the changes have been made. This brings the cycle back to the beginning and you PDCA all over again. I will run this set up for a month and then report back on the progress.
If anyone wants more specifics please leave a comment and I will get back to you. Also, if any of you have attempted a similar approach I would love to hear how you made out.
Until Next Time…
In my February 11 post (view it here), I mentioned that I was setting up a blog to monetize with Google adsense, based on some instructions contained in some free videos I found. This is the first update on my progress.
Well it was easy enough to set up the blog and monetize it with adsense. I followed the instructions from the videos which basically state to search Google hot trends and publish posts to your blog about the hottest trends, then you put this information on sites like Digg and Propeller. In theory this should drive viewers to your blog and hopefully some of them will click on the ads.
This worked pretty well and there were definitely people viewing the blog however I did not get any clicks on the ads. In looking at the ads Google placed on the blog I noticed that many of them did not have much to do with the content of the blog. I feel that this is the primary reason that there were no clicks. Another reason is that the blog covered to broad a range of topics.
So what am I going to do about it you ask?? I have a background in quality management and have decided to apply quality management (QM) principles to my approach. One of the primary methodologies applied in QM is the Shewhart Cycle, also known as the Demming Wheel. You can find more information about it here .
Basically it is the cycle of PDCA which stands for PLAN => DO => CHECK => ACT
I had the initial plan which was to set up and monetize the blog.
I did it.
I checked it and noticed that although I was getting visitors I was not getting clicks on the ads.
So that brings me to the act portion of the cycle.
The actions that I am going to take are:
• set up a new blog that has a narrower topic
• pick a topic that people are passionate about and therefore have a reason to view it and click on associated ads
• find out how to select the ads myself rather than have google select the ads in order to ensure that the ads are relavent to the blog topic
Hopefully I will see some better results after the changes have been made. This brings the cycle back to the beginning and you PDCA all over again. I will run this set up for a month and then report back on the progress.
If anyone wants more specifics please leave a comment and I will get back to you. Also, if any of you have attempted a similar approach I would love to hear how you made out.
Until Next Time…
Step - 8 Update #1
Hi Everyone,
I found another penny at the Quick Check last night and have added it to my stake.
To summarize:
Current Step: 8
Total Stake: $.65 Total Surplus: $.22
Amount required to complete step $.63
Until Next Time...
I found another penny at the Quick Check last night and have added it to my stake.
To summarize:
Current Step: 8
Total Stake: $.65 Total Surplus: $.22
Amount required to complete step $.63
Until Next Time...
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Step - 7 Completed
Hi everyone,
Well it took a while but I finally completed Step 7. I found a dime today at the Quick Check while picking up the paper this morning. I used one cent to complete step 7 and put nine cents into surplus.
To summarize:
Current Step: 8
Total Stake: $.64 Total Surplus: $.22
Amount required to complete step $.64
Until Next Time...
Well it took a while but I finally completed Step 7. I found a dime today at the Quick Check while picking up the paper this morning. I used one cent to complete step 7 and put nine cents into surplus.
To summarize:
Current Step: 8
Total Stake: $.64 Total Surplus: $.22
Amount required to complete step $.64
Until Next Time...
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Step - 7 Update #7
Hi Everyone,
Just a quick update, I found 11cents at the Quick Check and added it to my stake.
To summarize:
Current Step: 7
Total Stake: $.63 Total Surplus: $.13
Amount required to complete step $.01
Until Next Time...
Just a quick update, I found 11cents at the Quick Check and added it to my stake.
To summarize:
Current Step: 7
Total Stake: $.63 Total Surplus: $.13
Amount required to complete step $.01
Until Next Time...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Step - 7 Update #6
Hi Everyone,
On Friday I found 2 more cents. One penny at the Quick Check and one on the ground.
To summarize:
Current Step: 7
Total Stake: $.52 Total Surplus: $.13
Amount required to complete step $.12
Until Next Time...
On Friday I found 2 more cents. One penny at the Quick Check and one on the ground.
To summarize:
Current Step: 7
Total Stake: $.52 Total Surplus: $.13
Amount required to complete step $.12
Until Next Time...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Step - 7 Update #5
Hi Everyone,
I am still focusing on my job search and that is why I have not been posting as frequently as I had been. Anyway the search is going slow. I did get a commitment for a second interview with one of the opportunities.
One of the problems I am having is that many of the opportunities require online resume submission. You never know if anyone even sees your resume in this process. I can't help but feeling that if I could speak to an actual person I would be able to get my foot in the door.
If any of you have been in this situation and have any tricks or suggestions as to how to get to a live person please leave a comment and let me know. It would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!!!!!
Anyway, on to the update. I found a penny by the self check out at the Quick Check this morning. Gotta love the self check out lines, there always seems to be change on the floor close to them. I added this to the stake for Step 7.
To summarize:
Current Step: 7
Total Stake: $.50 Total Surplus: $.13
Amount required to complete step $.14
Until Next Time...
I am still focusing on my job search and that is why I have not been posting as frequently as I had been. Anyway the search is going slow. I did get a commitment for a second interview with one of the opportunities.
One of the problems I am having is that many of the opportunities require online resume submission. You never know if anyone even sees your resume in this process. I can't help but feeling that if I could speak to an actual person I would be able to get my foot in the door.
If any of you have been in this situation and have any tricks or suggestions as to how to get to a live person please leave a comment and let me know. It would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!!!!!
Anyway, on to the update. I found a penny by the self check out at the Quick Check this morning. Gotta love the self check out lines, there always seems to be change on the floor close to them. I added this to the stake for Step 7.
To summarize:
Current Step: 7
Total Stake: $.50 Total Surplus: $.13
Amount required to complete step $.14
Until Next Time...
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