One Year On…
In the distraction that was last week I missed the first anniversary of danielfelice.com! I remembered sometime in March that it was coming up, but I lost track of time with the recent server issues and then the new server configuration over the weekend.
In March 2008 I created this site to blog about my travels, but after reading about bloggers who had turned their blogs into a steady revenue stream, I decided to give it a go and create “Project Blogger“.
The original idea was for the next year to try to make this a money making blog – and after 12 months I have done just that. I have made enough revenue from this blog to cover the costs of registering the domain name and to pay for the hosting. So I guess you would call “Project Blogger” a success.
I said back then that I would give Project Blogger a life of 12 months and then renew the concept and decide if I will keep danielfelice.com in its current form. I have decided that I WILL keep this blog running and continue to use it as a way of keeping you up to date with my projects, as well as keep you up to date with my online money making efforts.
In the past year I have create over 160 posts, had over 180 comments and generated over 10,000 pageviews. It seems that I did “create something from nothing”.
While the blog has not made me the next internet millionaire, it has taught me a lot and opened up the doors to a number of other things. Off the back of this blog I created NameSeek, Explore With Me and Free BuddyPress Themes which I don’t think I would have done if I didn’t get the experience creating this blog and learning about WordPress, domaining, affiliate marketing and how to write a decent post.
I have also made number of contacts that I might be able to use in the future and more recently I have been selling myself as a freelance WordPress/MU/BuddyPress designer/administrator/developer.
Here is to the next year, and beyond!
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