My Current Situation

So, I don't know why I already feel like y'all are family, but I do, so I'm going to reveal personal stuff. (You can stop reading now if you don't wanna know :) ). First off, I've been working at home for more than a decade now, and sure that's impressive but probably less than $300 in all that time has been in passive, residual, affiliate, or network marketing income. I've been working as a freelance content writer mostly (I also do VA, editing, transcription, yadda yadda), and I write a lot. I just added web design to my list of services, after designing my three websites here at WA. I'm a credentialed high school English teacher, and I currently tutor online for K - 12 at Elevate Learning in English, biology, history, and mathematics. I'm also disabled (Bipolar Disorder) so I get SSDI monthly.

I like writing for myself, writing for others is not that much fun. Also, I live with my boyfriend, and although he's not practicing currently, he is an attorney and he says we could live just how we do now for the next ten years without him ever going back to work.

So, here's my long-term plan for the next 12 months:

1) Build 5 websites a month for a total of 60 per year. (I've got three right now up and fairly developed IMHO and I have an idea list for about 33 more topics I can write about intelligently.) It takes me about 5 hours to get a basic website done, and then perhaps an hour a week to add two blog posts for the week.

2) Focus more on social media marketing than I do currently, my social media accounts are somewhat developed, but they definitely need to get updated more regularly (Twitter's probably doing the best, with 700+ followers on @jillian78.) My Google+, Pinterest, and Facebook accounts need help though.

3) Write more books, reports, etc. to either gift or sell on my websites and Amazon (I have 3 non-fiction books on Amazon currently, but I don't really promote them.)

4) Actively participate in forums and interact with blogs related to each website niche with the goal of getting 20 - 30 backlinks per week per website. (1 - 5 high authority)

5) Consider "flipping" websites I don't have time for/am not passionate about. This will probably be the hardest thing for me, as I really love all my possible website topics, and I'm kind of a control freak.

6) Continue to learn and grow each and every day! (I either read a business book or watch courses on Udemy or SkillShare for at least an hour each day.) As a side note, SkillShare is running a promotion right now - 99 cents for your first three months! Also, you can get a free month on me here: http://skl.sh/1WfE7sJ

I have more than 300 courses I want to watch on there currently. I've watched two so far. :) Lots of good business, marketing, and social media courses on SkillShare. Udemy has good stuff too, but they charge per class.

One last thing: My websites made $2.23 sense on Adsense so far! Loves it!

Anyway, that's the plan as of today, we'll see how I progress towards my goals. :)