It seems making a recap post of the year is the thing to do right now in the blogosphere. Who am I to break the trend?
I started this blog just over a year ago. As 2007 rolled around, I set two goals for myself.
- To earn $10 a day by the end of the year
- To average at least one post a week on every blog I have
The first goal was met at some points in the year, but I am currently not earning $10 a day consistently. From all of my online endeavors, I did average more than $10 a day (or $3,650 for the year). That really wasn’t my goal, so I would say I failed at that one.
The second goal was certainly met on this blog. Despite my hiatuses every now and again, this is my 95th post on RevenueQuest and my 82nd of 2007. I have some other blogspot blogs that I basically ditched when I realized there was almost no money to be made with them.
I’d say I went 1 for 2 on my 2007 goals. More important than achieving those goals however, I can see that I have learned a lot in a year. For one, I understand and respect affiliate marketing a lot more than I used to. I was under the impression that most affiliate marketers don’t put in much work (Beach Bum) and that simply is not the case. I also have learned that I spend way too much time on this blog talking about things I am thinking about doing or eluding to posts that never get done. It reminds me of all those Hollywood star shows like Access Hollywood and Extra that spend most of the show telling their audience what they are going to be telling them after the break instead of just saying it.
January
I got pissed off at one of those affiliate programs like Cash Crate and made an affiliate program pledge. Ironically, the “legit” programs I mention in that post have all gone under or I am not using anymore. Oh well, I had good intentions.
While surfing the ‘net one night, I noticed Google Adsense video ads seemed to be showing up all over the place. By “all over the place” I mean three blogs.
I came up with three ideas for creating a new blog. I think this was my most informative post up until that point.
February
I was starting to lose hope in Agloco. Why did it take them so long to get that viewbar out?
Bidvertiser met its match with my most popular post to date (according to the Wordpress plug in Popularity Contest)… Please avoid Bidvertiser
AdBrite launched a video platform and then we never heard of it again.
I started reading Earnersblog.
I found my first #1 keyword on Google.
I listened to the search engines and wrote about how RevenuePilot works.
March
If Digital Point forums traffic is good enough for Shoemoney, it is good enough for me.
April
Finals must have been fast approaching…
RevenueQuest homepage reached a page rank of two.
I got an ACTUAL JOB! And it was in the Industry.
I started using PayPal’s money market fund. This works nicely with Yahoo! Publisher Network’s new $50 payment option.
June
YPN began smart pricing. Probably the nail in the coffin for many publishers that had bad experience with YPN.
Matt Coddington sold Net Business Blog for $50k. I think the quality of posts are still great.
I started using Azoogle to promote ringtones. I made a few bucks and learned a lot.
July
I wrote about an easy way to increase your Alexa ranking.
I started using Shopping.com’s API.
August
Google launches Adsense-Maps advertisements.
Some things to remember when updating to a new Wordpress theme.
September
I knew it was going to be a tough semester…
October
I got back into the affiliate thing and set new records.
Some tips on using Zip submits. Probably my most in depth and lengthy post.
BelowABuck. Remember Shoemoney’s little launch of that site? There is a nice timeline of how they did it in less than three hours of work.
Now and always in Alexa’s top 1-million.
John Chow launches TTZ Media just as I was making some progress on my Shopping.com ad.
Finally got into PayPerPost. Still no requests for a review. 
Google is going to pass up Yahoo! on Alexa soon.
November
Finals were just around the corner…
December
My first $100 in a month with one affiliate network.
I will have 2008 goals soon.
