Postcards from the Funny Farm

How did I do in May of 2008?
Traffic
Goal: 2650 total unique visits for the month and 100/day avg
Actual: 2920 total unique visits for the month and 91/day avg

I feel good about the daily uniques for the month. The daily average is a little short of my goal. I think my link love resolve will help those numbers so I am planning big for June.

Publishing
Goal: 5 total publishings may include guest blog posts.
Actual: 3

• The Man Page
• Good Taste
• It Might be Love (future publishing)

I slacked on my guestblogging this month. I put more time into my other blogs and investing in backlinks. I plan to try this goal of “5″ again for June. If interested, send me a message or a comment.

Money
Goal: 300 dollars through these sources - 1) PayPerPost 2) PayU2Blog and 3) Private advertising.
Actual: 270 dollars. I have 2 open spots for ads at $10 a month if you are interested.

I’m interested in getting my traffic higher. I feel this will make the ad spots all the more alluring. As it is, those who advertise on my blog get an interview and links throughout each month they stay here. Hopefully more will show interest. PayPerPost and PayU2Blog probably are the culprits that caused me to lose my PR again … I don’t really care. Google can bite me. As long as I am meeting my personal goals, I am succeeding in my book.

Goals for June 2008 are:
Traffic: 3000 uniques
Publishing: 3 online, may included guestblogging
Money: 200 bucks

Final thought:

Getting a blog “seated” in the search engines through backlinks is a full time job. In changing domain names I lost about 80% of my backlink Google Juice. I’m learning ways to build it back up and I appreciate my readers who come to this niche and find inspiration and psychology to make their lives better. Watch and see how I do in June. -Damien

What are we today as men? Should we be the cowboys that ride in on horses and save the town? Clint Eastwood might have an opinion on that. More importantly, what do our women expect of us in 2008? This is a crucial topic I wrote a guest post on and Derek Semmler published it in his “The Man Page” blog. It’s an excellent community over there and I encourage you to head over there to read my post. Men, put down your Link To Copy: Callaway golf clubs and check out the Man Page. Thanks to Derek once again for the opportunity to interact with his readers. the post is linked at the url below:
sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/debunking-tradition...

A lively discussion male and female over there is underway. What’s your 2 cents?