My life

Had some progress with MySQL. I have a video tutorial which I follow, and I actually managed to fill in my own Form at the same time the tutorial ran! This might seem like a petty thing to most people, but for me it proves that I can actually do what the video is telling me. It boots my confidence to know I’m on the right track. "> Had some sillier ideas. I noticed that I’ve made a couple of dollars on helium. So I thought: what if I posted some of my old stories up there? Would they make money?... Sign in to see full entry.

So things might seem like they ain’t working out too well, but I feel more positive about the future now than in recent months. My Web site project might have come to nought for the moment, but I have so many other irons in the fire, I feel good about it all. The web design came to nothing purely because I don’t have enough time to dedicate towards it. If things work out better, I shall certainly take another look into it. But to be honest it rest upon the same dilemma as the writing. That is... Sign in to see full entry.

On the advice of Gomedome I’ve opened a page on a new site called Squdoo. He’s right in that it gets cralled a lot by the Bots and spiders, so you stand a chance of people actually the thing. I’ve given up on Adsense and the hard work they put you through for a dollar a day. I’ve found a good affiliate program and intend to try and promote it. Don’t ask me how! I might have to spend some money, but a clever type of spamming might be the best bet. Forums and MySpace are most likely. But I need an... Sign in to see full entry.

Plans! Do you ever get that feeling that things are finally comeing together? Even though I’ve only 2 days left of my holiday, I feel more fired with joy about my prospects than I did last week. I’ll tell you why. I was truly convinced that I could make a small amount part time from programming and writing web sites. That all fell apart, as Dreamweaver threw more and more obstacles in my way. But I feel that was fate’s way of telling me that my heart was not in it, and I would never make a go of... Sign in to see full entry.

Affiliates? With the growing threat that I might be suspended from Adsense for self Clicking, I might have to find a way of subsidising the income from my blogs. It never did pay much and I never had a lot of faith in Adsense. After all you can’t make people click on those silly adds, so what’s the chances of making any money from them? No, a better way is to target the adds(and the blogs) at people who are likely to buy the stuff in the first place. Take an example. If you sent posts to a forum... Sign in to see full entry.

One of those days! Have you ever had one of those days when nothing seems to progress? Maybe its fate’s way of telling me I’ll never be a programmer? But try as I might I cannot get a data bade model going. I can try to set the damn thing up but nothing happens. You get so far then hit a brick wall. Its as if it was just not meant to be. Of course I love writing so much I keep getting drawn back in. I’ve got several ideas going, and the whole thing is based on Adsense, but it takes so much work... Sign in to see full entry.

Money making lists! Yet another money making idea. Congratulations to Gomedome, for his SEO ebook. He’s right in that we should all have a go at writing an ebook. After all is that not just a collection of the articles you would write anyway? But battling with the spiders is a big worry, and I’m not sure I’m up to it. Ziggy Stardust had better luck. Some of the ideas I have had, are based on blitzing the web with simple articles to get traffic to whatever site I choose. It does take a lot of... Sign in to see full entry.

Empire building! Well I’m putting together a set of pages that should give me a return on a number of blog pages. It relies on posting up several blogs, getting traffic for those blogs and getting click-throughs for affiliate pages. So it’s a long shot. Can it be done? Well if you believe the hype, it can. But I’m yet to make anything from it. But what have I got to lose? I’ve not spent a penny, and writing is my life, and I’m actually looking forward to it. Which is more than can be said for... Sign in to see full entry.

Well I’ve put the shop up for sale on Ebay. I’ve pitched it at £120 to start with, as this would at least give me my money back for setting it up. I have seen them go for around 200, so finger crossed. Trying not to think about the importance of this, as it could spell my release from the supermarket. So let’s hope it comes off. Another interesting development, are the blogs. I’ve now collected a huge list of sites which let you post your Adsense scripts up for affiliates. This means that the... Sign in to see full entry.

I’ve been looking around at a few blog sites which might pay you for adding copy. Remember this is based on providing a hell of a lot of content. To the extent that I can’t believe people can write that much stuff in a day. So they must cheat in some way. Either copy it off others or just resubmit the same thing over and over. Which ever way, they claim to make a tidy income from it. My web site shop project is going well, although I will wait for my day off before I submit it to Ebay. The hope... Sign in to see full entry.