It’s been a while since a wrote about webmoney, but never fear!

The InterWorld is never short of new ways to earn a little scratch, and I’ve discovered one. You should be seeing a little yellow widget to the right over there entitled Money Magnet. This is my newest webmoney widget. The idea is simple…

1. Buy a Money Magnet widget by clicking on my widget over there->
2. You’ll get the code to put a Money Magnet on your web site or blog
3. Encourage people to buy Money Magnet widgets from your site

There are several denominations you can buy from $10 to $100, I bought the $10 widget. With the $10 widget, I get $5 for each Money Magnet widget that is sold from my site(s). If you but a higher denomination, you get more per sale (it’s all explained very well on the Money Magnet site).

So go check it out. It’s simple and looks like it could be a pretty easy way to make a few bucks.

Back in December I was inspired by Daniel’s 2008 Goals blog writing project over at Daily Blog Tips, and I published my blogging goals for 2008. Well, I’ve made at least one of them already!

Admittedly, back in December I was a bit unsure what my goals should be, after all I had only gotten serious about this blogging thing a couple of weeks earlier. But that didn’t stop me from laying them out there for the world to see.

I has planned an update on the goals for the end of this month to mark the end of the first quarter but I got such a great surprise yesterday that I decided I couldn’t put it off any longer!

Goal Number 7: Break into the top 5,000,000 on Alexa (currently 8,167,786). I blew past the 5,000,000 mark weeks ago but seemed to be stuck just over 1,000,000 for forever…till yesterday. When I opened my browser and looked at the Alexa Rank I was rewarded with 958,194.

Now it doesn’t take much surfing (um, or mathematical acumen) to know that there are still almost 1,000,000 sites ranking higher than mine…but hey I thought it was worth celebrating!

Ok, so here’s the update on all the rest!

Write at least one post every day. I’ve definitely not been making this goal on this blog alone, then again I have about a million times more blogs than when I wrote this goal too. Realistically, I’d like to post 2-3 times a week here so….there’s my UPDATED goal for 2008.

Network with (not just link to) other bloggers. I’ve done ok with this one I guess. I’ve been working diligently in the local niche arena lately and I’ve been in touch with lots of folks there. I also had the pleasure of making a guest post at The Writers Manifesto entitled 3 Tips To Make Working At Home Easier. Thanks Monika for the opportunity!

Average at least 100 daily unique visitors. Wow, just went to calculate this and I’m embarrassed to post it… maybe next time! (As kind of a consolation I will say that my local niche site East of Huntsville is averaging 44.4 per day!) (Another side note, my series on LOST on ABC has helped a lot)

Average at least 300 daily page views. Again, too embarrassing to print. (East of Huntsville, 82/day)

Have at least 100 RSS subscribers. Today the number is 13. I don’t watch this one every day because it is the least dependable and often most depressing number. I am satisfied with the progress overall in this category though because the trend is up! (BTW, if you’d like to subscribe to my feed…)

Average at least 3 comments per post. Well, this number isn’t very good yet either but here tis: .38 per post, yes, you read that correctly. The average is less than one…but it’s not zero!

Break into the top 5,000,000 on Alexa (currently 8,167,786). Already addressed this one (yeah!) but since I’ve hit on East of Huntsville, I thought I’d mention that EOH’s Alexa page rank is 986,715 today! Not bad for a site I hadn’t even created when I wrote my goals!

Generate at least $500 monthly. Well, progress here is slow but it is still progress! January and February were still less than $10 each and the trend is increasing. I’ve added two new revenue generators this month, ProjectWonderful ads and Yahoo! Publisher Network ads. We’ll see how they go.

Ok, there’s my update. As always comments with praise, ideas, or just to say hi are always welcomed and encouraged. And remember, you can be sure to get future updates by subscribing to the feed.

If you follow BloggerUnleashed.com then you should already know about the Mission Possible contest that Vic is putting on. If you haven’t, stay tuned here at jtrigsby.com and you can follow my progress at jtrigsby.bloggerunleashed.com, that will be my blog for the contest. thanks for your support and see you soon.

In the never ending search for meaningful content on the web, Genius Types is a refreshing discovery that can actually restore your faith in blogging and the Internet

Over the past year I’ve been on a quest to find the way to make money from home/on the Internet… and I’ve seen plenty. Everything from bogus ads on Craigs List to mortgage brokering. During that time I’ve also done lots of reading on finances, debt, and getting things done. Through all of this I was beginning to piece together what I thought was a pretty original framework for how to work my way out of debt, build some residual income, and not have to work 26 hours a day. Then I found Brian Lee’s blog, Genius Types.

If anyone else had been home they would have seen me sitting slack-jawed in front of my monitor reading all the things I had just moments ago been so proud of as original thought! But instead of being mad, upset, or disappointed… I was thrilled! Brian had just confirmed my ideas and gave me even more confidence in my own. The link that got it all started was to his number one article, Five Ways to Create Passive Income With Little Or No Money. For the better part of the remaining day I wandered around through Brian’s posts gleaning nuggets of wisdom and encouragement. Wow!

Brian doesn’t just tell you how, he proves that it works!

While there is no shortage of blogs that will tell you how to make money online, some even promising huge payback in a couple of weeks, Brian is a bit more practical and doesn’t mind proving it.

First, Genius Types is all about passive income, what I call mailbox money. Little or no effort for a regular, recurring income stream. Without a doubt there are ways to make your Internet business pay off quickly, but from what I’ve seen they take lots of time and effort…and then they’re gone. I’m willing to make the trade-off of slower start for longer return!

Second, and this has been the kicker for me, Brian posts a detailed breakdown of where his blog income comes from each month! Granted, I haven’t read the whole Internet yet, but I have yet to find anyone else bold enough to do this. This also means Brian is complete transparent about how much he makes. While he hasn’t broken the $1,000 a month plateau yet, he does grow his income each month and that is the name of the game.

All Part of the Plan

Finally, Brian is using the Internet as one source of income that is part of a larger plan, one that will free him from the mouse wheel of working for debt and allow him and his family the latitude to pursue their joys and passions. This is the reason I like Brian and his approach so much! He’s not out looking for the quick buck, he’s put together a plan and he’s working the plan.

So many times people get into a temporary bind (like charging up credit cards for Christmas?) and go out looking for a quick payday to get out of that whole, only to dig a new one the very next day. That’s crazy, but it was me and 98% of the rest of America. I hope that by drawing attention to Brian’s blog that more of us Internet citizens will wake up and see what we’ve been doing to ourselves and maybe glean some great pearls from Genius Types to help jump off that treadmill!

Thanks Brian for all your work on Genius Types! Keep up the good work and good luck.

-Thom

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