2018 Income and Traffic Projections

It's very exciting to sign up for an internet marketing or online business training program when you see "shocking" success stories.

"Teenage kid makes $30,000 in just 3 months"

"I doubled my traffic overnight with this secret system"

Though many of these stories are actually true (I've seen some incredible ones with my own eyes, within Wealthy Affiliate), the truth is that most of us normies have to do it the hard way - with work!

My own websites are a great example of this. They are slow to progress, but are definitely moving in the right direction.

Though it's frustrating to not see daily increases in traffic and earnings, when I zoom out, and look at my progress YOY (year over year), things start to look more encouraging.

I started a new website in June 2015. By November of 2015, I had earned just $100 total. Imagine how frustrated I was! Five months and no earnings despite having several years of online marketing experience.

By November of 2016, the website was earning $460 per month. That's almost a 400% increase in revenue from 2015 to 2016. (side note: the website earned $2,000 in December due to Christmas shopping)

For November 2017, the website will earn $1900. That's a 300% increase from last year!

If we take that same 300% increase and look into 2018, by next November I should be earning $7600 per month. That sounds like a pretty good income!

By 2018, I will have worked on my website for 3 years. What's your time horizon for seeing success? 3 weeks? 3 months? Look at 3 years instead, and see how much you can accomplish in that time period.

2018 Income and Traffic Projections

Traffic

• Nov 2015: 7,000 p/m
  
• Nov 2016: 13,400 p/m (91% increase)
  
• Nov 2017: 40,000 p/m (198% increase)
  
• Nov 2018 120,000 p/m (200% increase, projected)
  

Income

• Nov 2015: $100
  
• Nov 2016: $460 (360% increase)
  
• Nov 2017: $1900 (313% increase)
  
• Nov 2018: $7600 (300% increase, projected)
  

So to wrap things up: if you measure your progress on a day to day basis you're going to drive yourself crazy thinking you're failing all the time. Follow the WA training, get a good schedule of both taking action and learning, and start grinding out the work.

Check in on yourself next year, and you'll be shocked at the results. I can see the headline now!

Complete newbie builds profitable internet business in less than one year for just $313

($313 is the $299 Black Friday deal plus a $14 .com domain name)