Can I Make 14k in 140 Days?
Published: Tue, 01/27/09
I am a Mom on a mission and when I have a goal that pertains to one
of my kids, Watch Out! There've been a lot of case studies lately
and I have one of my own I'm inviting you to watch.
Nothing to buy, just watch and spread the word if you want. I'm going
to be doing various marketing to increase the exposure to this
challenge, so I'll detail that for the followers.
With any case study, you should have the perfect recipe that
includes a goal and some drive behind it. You can say, "Yeah I
wanna take in $14k in 140 days," but WHY? It's the why that will drive
you to succeed.
Here's my why: I talked to my CPA yesterday and she's warning me
about my taxes (ugh) and then I realized tax time is going to
collide with my plan to ensure I had tuition for my son's next year
at his private school - and it isn't cheap. $14k plus to be exact
but if you've ever been in a Texas public school, you'll understand
why it's worth it (and I still have one son in the public school,
so I know).
I can do it, but I wanted a plan to filter a specific portion of my
business into his school savings account. I could have used my PLR
site, for example - this morning I woke up to almost $500 worth of
sales from that one site. But that doesn't require as much action
on my part and I wanted to stay driven and engaged with this.
So I chose to flip some Squidoo lenses - 140 of them in 140 days at
$100 a pop. That pays for my son's tuition. It's a fun challenge.
Normally, Lewis and I charge $249 per lens through BuildMyLens.com,
but these are done solo by me, and pre-made, so they're discounted.
I have a small list of 300 or so people who get alerts each time I
have a new lens ready (or Lewis if he's flipping at the time). That
list is here if you want to get onboard (it's a no-marketing list,
lens alerts only):
http://www.buildmylens.com/alerts.html
When the announcement goes out that a new lens is ready (and we
take requests too by the way), it's a first come, first gets to buy
basis. The customer pays the $100 via PayPal and I transfer the
lens, letting them swap my affiliate IDs for theirs (or insert
their own domain links). Then in this case, I transfer the money to
my son's savings account.
So I started my challenge and I'm detailing the entire process on
my blog here:
http://www.socialmarketing101.com/blog
Everything from the why I chose that niche to which keywords and
titles I'm plugging in is covered. Day 1 I created a Work at Home
lens and it sold in minutes, with at least 10 buyers who missed
out. Day 2 (today) the lens sold in 3 minutes, with another buyer
who missed out. Great! Only $13,800 to go - what's that saying,
"How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time!" Well I'm biting
but I have a whole lot of elephant to go.
When I have continued interest in a topic, I just make more of the
same. All of the lenses I'm creating have 100% original content
that I personally write, plus images, ClickBank links (2 per
article), and Amazon products along with a keyword-laden guestbook).
Any time you're looking to make money online, you have to have
specific goals. Have a reason. And it will motivate you to do
whatever it takes to succeed. I'm spreading the word about my
challenge and not being too shy to ask people to do the same for
me. I also ran a Warrior Classified article for it.
Follow along with my challenge, ask questions, submit your niche
lens needs if you have them. Feel free to create your own personal
challenge that's similar to mine and keep me posted of its progress
on the blog!
I even included up some accountability to this process - I told my
son what I was doing. You can imagine the size of his eyes when you
tell a 9 year old that his mom's going to take in $14,000 in 140 days
for HIM. He even offered to make some lenses (awwww). But I told
him it was my gift to him and that he didn't need to help (but if
anyone wants a Pokemon lens, you know where to turn). Lol
Y'all have a great day!
I'm iced in here in Texas (DFW) so it's a cozy one for me.
Tiff ;)