End of Challenge, End of This Blog!

Yes, I'm sad to say that it's the end of the challenge - so how did I do...?

Target: Create 100 websites FAILED (only 65 created)

Target: Earn $100 per day from these FAILED (averaged around $20 per day)

In terms of the challenge then, I well and truely FAILED! Looking back, I was probably a little naive about how hard this was going to be and how much time I actually had to dedicate to the challenge.

So what have I got out of the challenge?

Well first things first... $376 profit from my AdSense sites alone!
Discovered that it is possible to make good money by churning out niche portals.
Learnt an ongoing way to bring in a decent extra income each month.
Learnt techniques have helped me make more money out of my content sites.
Set up two AIS type sites that are bringing in a small but decent income.
Finally...I've re-discovered my appetite for making money on the net :)

The end of the challenge also signals the end of this blog. I got a bit bored just writing about my Adsense exploits towards the end and I'm sick of Blogger - the last straw came a few weeks back when they added the CAPTCHA to this blog :(

I'll be setting up a more general Wordpress blog on my own domain to keep everyone up to date with my online money making adventures (Adsense and AIS) as well as whatever else I feel like writing about...details to be posted here when it's ready.

Until then, thanks for following my challenge and here's to a happy, healthy & prosperous year in 2006 for us all :)

Other AIS Roundup

As regular readers will know, I started branching out into other types of sites than just pure adsense portals.

RSSG Site (launched at end of Nov)
2 x installation orders @ $10 = $20
3 x templates @ $9.95 = $29.85
3 x template packs @ $14.95 = $44.85
Total income = $94.70

Site for Burts Challenge (launched mid Dec)
1 x ebook @ 14.99 - $14.99
AdSense = $8.34
Total income = $23.33

The cost of setting up these was just the cost of the domains.
I did spend a fair amount of time writing the ebook and designing the site for burts challenge and also creating the templates for the RSSG site, but the only ongoing work is doing the RSSG installations (5 mins a pop). In all other aspects, these are true AIS's :)

I'm going to be concentrating my efforts on these sort of sites in the immediate future...in fact I have several ideas in the pipeline and need to decide which to develop first!

I have also persuaded a friend of mine to write 2 ebooks for which I will get 50% of the profits for doing the web marketing...1 of these ebooks in particular I'm convinced will be a great earner...just waiting for her to write them!

December AdSense Figures

My AdSense earnings for December were slightly down on November at $589.97 from 65 sites (compared to $629.97 in Nov) but still healthy. I put the drop down to a combination of not building new sites on a regular basis and the poor Christmas period I experienced. I also built a big bunch of sites in mid-December which are not making money yet.

Current total = -$213.93

December AdSense earnings = $589.97

Running total = $376.04

It's nice to be firmly in profit and to know that anything I earn above my monthly costs (KWA membership, hosting & domain fees) is pure profit :)