Hey there I'm Robert MacEwan the author of Ideal Absolutes. If you're new to macewan.org, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.
December 1st begins the official count down to going pro. Numbers don’t lie. One year ago Text-Link-Ads offer $50 to place 4 words on my blog. My first impression was that of humor. How cute that 4 words equals $50 dollars. So it began I published their 4 words and they gave me $50. Bitten by the bug.Fast forward to the end of June 2007 to my three month experiment. The first month of the Three Month Experiment I didn’t take it too seriously. Work and health stresses kept me focused away until the end of the month showed $650 earned. The second month of the Three Month Experiment I didn’t even start until midway through the month still I totaled $850 for August. Effort appeared to equal payoff.
September was a different story. I started the third month of the Three Month Experiment with a mind set to maximize my goal. The effort payed off with triple the previous months earnings coming in at $2,800. A full $2,500 coming from one source alone. The decision was then made to monetize with more effort and share how you can do the same.
The majority of my earnings during the Three Month Experiment came from PayPerPost, an Izea company, but this is only during my initial switch to warrior status. Seriously though, putting all your eggs in one basket is like gambling. Better to spend the time and spread the revenue streams across differing content offerings. Currently I am in the staging time preparing and learning. This is a no nonsense put up or shut up even with real consequences. Just as I gave myself three months to determine if it were possible to make a sustained $2,000 a month ($2,800 was what it came in at) I am working on a three month count down to March 1st. By that time all 25 sites should be in full swing.
Go to lesson one > How macewan monetizes with BANS
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Congrats Robert! That is great.
I am confused by your last last line. Did you make $2800 from macewan.org alone?
BTW, the link to three month experiment is wrong.
Hey Joyce,
Yup the $2800 was from macewan.org alone with $2,500 coming from PPP.
http://www.macewan.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/macewanorg-payperpost-2500-september-2007.jpg
You’re right about the link.
Need to fix that.
Hey Robert,
Freakishly cool - I’ve been reading your blog for a while now… I fire up my autoresponder stats tonight and what do I see? Robert MacEwan. Schaweeet! Thanks Robert!
- David
This post has made me reconsider PPP. I think I too should start paid blogging.
How can you continue to get the high paid posts when your PR gets cut to nothing like mine did? I am staying away from PPP after they slapped me down to 0
waiting you to join yo. next month highlight all you needing for you begining. happy we adding you and same for us to you?
That’s awesome Robert
You are WELL on your way to becoming a blog celeb! Too cool 
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