July 2008 goal update

Well July 2008 came to an end all too quickly. Not exactly sure where the month went, but what I know is that in terms of the goal project, it was a month of ups and downs. I also had to spend a lazy afternoon revising my excel spreadsheet so I can keep a better track of what's going on.

1. Develop Swollen Pickles into a website that can generate $350 per month.

June was a pretty solid month with $306.81, however, July, was not so great. Revenue was down to $215.10. In terms of top earners, there was no standout program. The eBay Partner Network, Shopzilla, LinkWorth, phpBayPro affiliate program and ClickBooth all brought in between $25-40 each, and then there were a few others in the $15-$20 range, including Share-A-Sale.

2. Develop Swollen Pickles to the point where it receives 30,000 unique visits per month.

Another below par performance, well under my target. There were 22,862 unique visitors in the month of July. Down from a nudge over 26,000 in June.

3. Develop Digital Burn into a website that can generate $150 per month.

Digital Burn didn't exactly set the web on fire in monetary terms at least. July was a slow month, raking in $69.36. The drop was noticed largely in the eBay Partner Network, which was well down for the month.

4. Develop Digital Burn to the point where it receives 15,000 unique visits per month.

Traffic as hit a plateau, with 11,297 unique visitors in July. There were 11,228 unique visitors to DigitalBurn in June, so as you can see, not a lot changed there. To be fair, I don't think I posted on there once during July. Lazy!

5. Develop Motor Dude into a website that can generate $50 per month.

This site smashed its previous record. July was relatively huge, bringing in $197.05. A good chunk came from LinkWorth, which is proving to be more than handy in bringing in the coin.

6. Develop Motor Dude to the point where it receives 7,500 unique visits per month.

Record earning month, yet a dismal traffic month, with only 1,769 unique visits. Really need to sort the traffic situation thing out if I want to keep the site viable longer term.

7. Achieve my goal weight of 85kgs.

96kgs.

So there you go. Only a quick update this month. I got to go do the vacuuming. Damn that sucks!