Experimenting: online income
Over the years I’ve read several stories about people making money with online ventures. Even I have dabbled a bit in that with writing articles on sites where ad revenue is shared (although that’s a single digit monthly payment). Over the last couple of months I’ve become more an more interested in this so I thought it would be a good idea to make it into an experiment. Usually I’ve already done the experiment when I talk about it here, but this post will be more of an announcement.
There are a couple of reasons why I want to try this. a) I’ve been toying with the idea of running a (professional) blog for a while now b) it would give me a chance to learn about running a business and branding c) I could do something with a subject I’m passionate about (travel) d) it seems like fun.
I’ve already done some research to see if there’s a chance of succeeding with the goals I’ve set myself (see those below) and it seems there is. So that’s a good thing. Although my strategy isn’t exactly set in stone right now, it will feature a blog that will be the central hub of it all. I’ve bought the domain name and a friend of mine is now tweaking the theme (my php-skills where just lacking too much). I have some ideas on how to monetize (there are several options like ads, sponsored posts, affiliate marketing, products etc. etc) and promote it (guest posts, article marketing, social media) and I want to have that strategy ready to go by launch date.
As with every experiment there should be some goals. I’m aiming for a August 1st launch and in half a years time (so that’s February 1st 2012) I would like to make 100 euro a month from it. Everything that’s above that is a bonus. Also I would like to create some form of community with people who feel as passionate about the subject as I do. I also want to see if there can be some opportunities that derive from me doing this.
As said, there are still some details to work out on how I’m going to go further with this, but luckily that’s what experimenting is all about. I’ll keep you posted on my progress.
Tags: Experimenting
