Sorry about the lack of posts lately everyone. I have been trying to develop 50G for Charity as quickly as possible so it would be fully functional before the holiday season. I know many people like to contribute during that time, so I figured if they could increase exposure as well as contributing to society, it would greatly benefit everyone. Either way, here is some new content for you.

As I see some of my online business ideas, I notice that some are not thriving as I would have hoped. However, the key to being successful in almost any area, is persistence. If you have drive to be successful, you will most likely eventually achieve it. Of course, goal setting plays a large part in that, and setting achievable goals can be extremely beneficial. Aside from that, I would like to touch base on a few things that distinctly show how persistence pays off.

Truth In Numbers

If you are analytical (as I am), you are intrigued by numbers, and more importantly, increasing numbers. If you start out making $1 a day, and eventually you are making $10 per day, that may seem trivial, but that is a growth rate of 1000%. That is insane in many industries, but very achievable in the blogging area.

Way back in June I wrote about what social bookmarking rankings mean to you. Within that post, you would notice that I supplied this image (6/10/2007: 98 links, 50,000 ranking):

Not bad for being online a very short time. However, I believe that you should never settle and always strive to achieve greater successes. Here is my screen shot from yesterday (12/3/2007: 212 links, 27,000 ranking):

In a matter of 6 months, I was able to achieve (what is to many) 200% success on one network. As I said before, if you are a numbers person, this can be very encouraging to you.

Traffic Growth

Another figure that shows growth even better than Technorati ranking, is unique visitors each month. You will notice that from August to September, and then September to November, traffic nearly doubled each month. This may happen from various things, but without great content and perseverance to succeed, such successes are very hard to achieve. One thing that you may notice, and it reflects what has been going on here… Near the end of November, content creation at Online Cash Flow declined and was few and far between. Due to that, traffic figures declined as well.

Another thing I just realized as I am staring at this graph, is that it looks a lot like my traffic statistics are flipping me off! Sorry December, I will do my best to increase you.

Also, you may have seen my income figures for October, or September’s numbers, but what you should realize is that growth occurred. Of course it will not happen each month (I have not compiled November’s numbers yet, but be ready for that post), but if you decline in earnings you must not be discouraged. There are many factors that play a role in online earnings, and you may even see a decrease in traffic around the holidays as people are spending more time out of town or with their families than they are around their computers.

Again, just realize the power of exponential growth and how it can largely benefit your online businesses or blogs. Any growth is good growth, so do your best to achieve forward progress each month.

Overall

I am looking forward to a busy holiday season, and was wondering what my readers would think of an Online Cash Flow redesign? I have a few ideas in mind, and one of them contains 4 advertising slots (125×125). I was thinking of offering these as low as $5-10 per month, but nobody’s interest has been set it stone. Either way, I am looking for a change around here, so be prepared for something interesting coming up!

Have a great day everyone.

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