Remember how yesterday I noted that for whatever reason, the big G didn’t like me and has banned me from their search listings for my digital camera deal site? Well, it seems as though I was mistaken, as I’m back and I’m proud to say that yesterday that site (which I had given up on) has made me a whopping $1.11 wealthier. 
So, today’s lesson. Never say never. Tomorrow IS a new day and you never know what the future holds.
More fun tidbits: Remember when I had nothing really to write about in regards to my debt freedom, so I mentioned that all my money problems are now over - I’ve got a very nice lady by the name of Ms fadiza Nurideen that’s willing to help me…well, it seems when you now search for Ms fadiza nurideen I now rank on the first page for her name. A fun little stat, but there’s a lesson to be learned in all this: If you’re a new website starting to try to get listed on the big G and you’re competing with the big brands: Let’s say you’ve got a debt freedom site. And, you’re trying over time to get on the first page for the search term debt freedom, well the trick is not to try and get a page one listing for debt free, or debt freedom, as you’ll never see it. There’s lots of big name companies with deep pockets that have the resources and staff that you never will.
But if you attempt to rank for debt freedom for students, or how to achieve debt freedom, or debt freedom for dummie, your chances are much, much greater that you’ll get listed on the first few pages of google. I’m listed for ms fadiza nurideen because there’s only 7 other pages that have fadiza nurideen mentioned, on the whole wide interwebs. I doubt that there’s many searches, but all these little terms add up and over time you’ve got a site that’s all about debt freedom, but you’ve written about how to get out of debt in so many ways over the years and all these little stories add up to tell one big story, all round the one theme: debt freedom.
Anyway, there is a point to this: I don’t mind starting a site from scratch and starting over, but there better be a shiny pot of gold at the end: And, you’ve guessed it, it’s money. I had thought about tackling photodaily, but most of the sales happen around christmas, so it seems kindof silly to put all my efforts into it right now… what I think I’ll do is maintain it and watch the traffic for the short term. And writing about megapixels isn’t where I want to be with photo (mind you, I did make a buck for just a handful of visitors)
So, my new project du jour is: web hosting. The upside. There’s lots of money to be made. Commissions on a sale are over $100 most times. I’d only need one sale daily to make my $100/day goal. The downside: I’m not the only guy with this idea and the demand and competition is HUGE. But you don’t win if you don’t play, so I’ve started to write about and review the best web hosts out there. The upside is the niche is huge, and there’s hundreds and hundreds of companies out there. Heck, I could start my own web hosting company with about $100 worth of software, but the hand holding of customer support scares me (that said, I could always outsource).
But I can write about web hosting companies, as I’m familiar with the terms and hosting in general, and thers’ so many different options with price, and how much web hosting space you get or web hosting traffic that’s allowed. Some come with free coupon from google and yahoo to adverstise your site. I read an article that only half of all businesses are onlin e and blogs and such all have to live somewhere. If they get a referral from my site, I get paid. It’s worth a shot.
I’m also finding that writing about web hosting is fun. I think I wrote over 5000 words yesterday, and I think I only mentioned about five different companies. There’s thousands out there. When I’m done writing about all the companies, I can write about and compare each. The topics are endless, which is the upside. I only need a small piece of the pie. I’d happily be a small part of this big niche.
So that’s the news: I’ve thought about and found a job I could do in retail as a manager/assistant manager at a photo chain. Actually there’s many in the GTA and there’s even some in other parts of the country, but I haven’t applied yet for a multitude of reasons:
1. je suis poulet.
2. It’s retail. Dealing with Joe public can be, um special. I’ve been there.
3. I wonder would I even make the $100/day? I can’t imagine retail paying that well. After taxes, that’s only $70/day. or nine dollars an hour. I’d have to do the math. I might be cheaper to make my dollar here with hopes of more..
The pluses are it’s located at a canada-wide chain, so if I got the itch to work in other parts of the country I bet I could relocate if need be. I’m knowledgeable about cameras, and even have experience with film processing, which they still use. I’m not big on being a high pressure salesperson, but I’m a chatty cathy so maybe I’m making it worse in my head than it would be in person. The hours can be crappy, but with my odd little lifestyle, I might prefer it as I could work nights/weekends and all the crappy shifts. Full time days scares me.
I always start these posts not having a clue what to write about , and I always seem to be able to ramble on about nothing for 1000 words or so. If you’ve made it this far, thank you. You’re a brave soul.
They say to grow, you have to do something that scares you every day. For today, that means I’m going to fire my resume up on the job sites and see if I get any calls. I have a friend that did that and it worked out well for him. He has a job he enjoys at the hours he wants and is paid well for his time. It’s all you could ask for in a job,really. Work hard, go home, get paid. If nothing else, I’ll have more stories to tell here.
Till tomorrow, or so.
Jim
PS. it’s day 84 of the debt freedom plan.
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