NPT Digest: 235 hrs worked / zero earned and more…

Because last week’s video was on an article page that didn’t permit comments, we received a lot of feedback via the Support Desk - and contrary to a couple of suggestions - um, no, I’m not really that neat. The vid is now on the blog… so, what did you think?

On Sunday morning I came across a very interesting blog post written by Caroline Middlebrook. In the post, Caroline shows in great detail her blog traffic stats, new RSS subscribers, a breakdown of how she spent her time online during the month and her final earnings for the month.

After reading through her stats and thinking “Wow! Those are awesome results for a 2-month old blog”, I was absolutely shocked to learn that after working 235 hours and getting 11,000 visitors to her site during October, only 259 folks signed up for her feed and despite all that effort, she hadn’t made a penny.

More shocking still is the fact that Caroline left her job in late September to become a full-time Internet marketer / blogger and made what I consider a scarey admission.

To read the full post and my numerous thoughts about why Caroline is in this predicament and what anyone should do to avoid it, read 235 Hours Worked - Zero Dollars Earned.

I’ve been busy posting to the blog and making site tweaks this week. Here’s a list of posts…

• Profit from the US Dollar Nosedive: Sell to Canadians!
• YouTube Video Honors: Who Woulda Thunk it?
• Dell Affiliate Program: They Love Me, They Love Me NOT - Adam Viener made a notable comment on this one.
• Humanscale Freedom: My New Office Chair - The chair you saw in my video.
• Zappos: Doing Business with Heart

Although I’ll do my best to blog and moderate comments while I’m in New York for AdTech (followed by Toronto for a long weekend), the latter might be slow and the next NPT may be a day or two late. Chances are good that we will be posting our impressions of NY to Roamsters.com however… it’s been 20 years since I been there!

Til next time — Promote and Prosper!

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