Would $12.29 Make You Happy?

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This is another review of something I have mentioned before.

Training Course 1 Website

I built a website following the first couple of training courses at WA right after I upgraded to Premium here at Wealthy Affiliate back at the end of 2012. The site did well for a few phrases when I first launched it.. I had a client in mind for the project which is why I chose the niche that I did.

Before long I had the site showing up in Position 1 and 2 for a specific keyword phrase that really impressed the client prospect. I sold a support package that included an ad on the page, and premium placement throughout the site.. I added some social links and was able to show them results pretty quick.

The last Blog Post on that website was dated January 2nd, 2013 (YES 2013)

The client did not renew the package..mainly because of their issues with production and distribution... Well I filled up the site with ad shared revenue spots, since there really is not a good affiliate product that I can find (I tried amazon, but it did not work )

The website is no longer Number 1 on Google, but it still gets organic traffic from the search engines every day. I don't talk about the site or push social media traffic to it. I may visit it once in a while to make sure everything is up and still going. but that is all I do with the website.

Proof of Ad Earnings

$12.29 is not a lot of money, but I earned that money last month on a site that I built 18 months ago. Since it is hosted here at WA, I don't have added hosting fees. I renew the domain at a cost of $9/year and the site generates revenue nearly every day.. some day only $0.02.. but that is okay. This site does not make me rich, but shows how the training does work.

Should I sell the Website?

I thought about selling the website to someone that might want to continue developing it. I think it serves as a good example of what this affiliate marketing stuff is all about specifically in the way of monetizing through adsense. I use it to illustrate things like this exact blog post you are reading right now.

Cheers!

Bo the Webguy

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That is right you might not get rich quick but it really works. Just give it lots of your time and effort and will payoff. Good luck all
Tommy

Thanks for the feedback Tommy

Thanks for sharing! If we focus only on the number "$12.29", it might seem little money, but considering it's a site you don't work on regularly and also that it earns you "more than 1 third of your annual renewal at WA", then yes, it's a pretty good number. I also love the page views. My site is still far from those views :)

Seems like you did a great job on your site, Bo. Congrats!

Keep working at it - add good content and you will get there

I think this is impressive evidence that web advertising works. Congratulations on having a site that is generating some income. It must feel great.

Thanks.. It is pretty cool to still be earning from a site like this.

Very interesting post, Bo. Kinda gets the wheels turning, doesn't it? I will be thinking about this for a few days. Thanks for the post.
Harold

You are welcome

Very interesting Bo. Thanks for sharing.

You got it

Interesting report. Thanks Bo. Your posts are always so informative and I learn a lot.

Great! Hope so!

Cool stuff Bo! Thanks for sharing!

You are welcome Angela

Good post Bo!
Affiliate Marketiing (monetizing through adsense) . . . .

YES!

Thanks for sharing Bo! That's a great testimony of the power of what we are doing. Imagine if you had kept it growing? Would $12.29 be more? I am sure it would! As to selling it or not, you will figure something out: pay it forward to some deserving sole?

That client may work out their distribution problems one day....and this site could become useful again. I wish I could say every project I have attempted pays at least this much... I have domains that do nothing..

I also have a few sites that pay more than this ;-)

If you like just gazing at the residual income, no matter how small, then keep it. If you want to move on to other things, then sell it. I think $12.29 is amazing considering how long ago you built it and you don't actively keep it up!

When discussing projects like this to WA members.. I like to point out this site pays more than 1 third of my annual renewal at Wealthy Affiliate.

WOOT!!!

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