The money experiments.

Hi all,
forget the last post. I really just set it up so that I would have some content. I wasn't quite sure what I was going to put in this blog, I just knew I wanted it to document my progress with my entrepreneurial endeavors. Last night, however, I decided that it would be best just to be as honest as possible with my readers and let you guys in on every single little thing that I'm doing in my pursuit of self-employment. So what I'll do is give you details of what I've been doing to date, my plans for the future and and any developments that come up along the way.

First of all, I've been focusing exclusively on setting up monetized blogs to see how they do. I've been watching click through rates and page impressions, and hoping that I might get some clicks on my ads. So far I have a few blogs, all monetized, and I'm not really getting any clicks. Granted I only set up the first ones less than a week ago, but I still somehow figured it would start a bit sooner.

I've started two legitimate blogs (i.e. ones that I actually care about and want to put a genuine effort into) and three experimental blogs (i.e. filled with cut and paste articles). The basic premise for this experiment is to see if it is possible to get any sort of descent income from merely cutting and pasting free articles. I've tried to maximize the income from these blogs by choosing topics that have some of the highest paying keywords but I've also chosen the least time consuming method of creating content. I figured that since a lot of those "internet money-making gurus" advise us that we can make money from sites that basically play host to a bunch of free articles I figured I would do a controlled test.

Now here's where you come in. I'm really new to all of this so if I start making some blogging gaffs you all are going to have to help me out. I'm so new I still haven't figured out how to set my channels with adsense yet! jeez louise. So if anyone ever has any ideas for me, or notices something that I should or shouldn't be doing I'd love to hear about it. Its all in the name of science so don't be shy.

I'll be posting everyday, maybe even more than once a day, so keep in touch or subscribe its all good.

I think that's all for now, if I've forgotten anything I'll be back in a bit.

Oh man, this should be a fun ride. If everything works out, this blog (this is my "meta-blog" for the experiments by the way) should provide a free template by which anyone can become self-employed through use of the internet.
I'm so excited!

Luke.

PS. the experimental blogs are www.altogetherauto.blogspot.com , www.antidepressed.blogspot.com , and www.controlmydebt.blogspot.com . These are the ones that have no real substance, I slapped them together and maintain them with about 20 minutes of work a day. I'll keep you all posted with the click-through rates and page impressions once I figure out how to track all that fun stuff.

My real blogs are this one (obviously), www.leaveningpoetry.blogspot.com , a blog showcasing my poetry, and I'll be starting a blog with my girlfriend about wholistic health and alternative therapies. These blogs are the genuine ones, I'll be spending a great deal of time and effort on them. I won't, however, be mentioning this blog in any other blog to make sure they are more or less standing on they're own.
I'll keep you posted with everything that I'm doing, any progress I make, my revenue, what types of advertising I do, the resources I use, everything.