Quest for $10,000 : September 2007 Analysis
This is the first monthly summary in the quest for $10,000 a month in revenue. We will be tracking the site growth both in traffic and revenue here on the site growth page. This site is unique, we show you exactly what our progress is towards $10,000 a month. We discuss what we tried, what worked or did not work.
The site launched this Month, 9/4/07. Most of the month was spent setting up the site.
| SITE STATISTICS | Launch | September | October |
| Alexa | 2,712,399 | 129,574 (1 wk avg) 408,377 (3 mth avg) |
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| Quantcast | NA | 6,083,285 | |
| Technorati Ranking | NA | 640,383 | |
| Technorati Authority | NA | 10 | |
| Feedburner | 1 | 25 |
| REVENUE | Launch | September | October |
| Google Adsense | $ 0 | $ 0.48 | |
| Kontera | $ 0 | $ 1.88 |
| STATS | Launch | September | October |
| Agloco | 0 | 183 Referrals | |
| Facebook Agloco Application | 0 Installs | 300 Installs |
| EXPENSES | September | October |
| Create Facebook Application | $300 | |
| Promote Facebook Application | $170 | |
| ReviewMe | $50 |
We also perform various marketing tests, see all of the marketing tests here.One of the tests was a in a previous post Site Traffic Test : ReviewMe, and the update was Site Traffic Test : ReviewMe Update, was to set up an advertising test with ReviewMe. Below is the results table with all reviews for a $50 spend:
| Date of Review | Site Name | Alexa Rank | Site URL |
| 9/7/07 | SoulCast | 58,339 | Post Here |
| 9/10/07 | Nuttin but Pimp | 238,769 | Post Here |
| 9/11/07 | Life’s Simple Pleasures | 25,429 | Post Here |
| 9/18/07 | A $60,000 Credit Card Debt | 300,080 | Post Here |
| 9/25/07 | Monetize your blog | 225,247 | Post Here |
Another test was run to determine how to create a Facebook application (using others services for speed to implementation) and to generate additional Agloco referrals. Original post is here and follow up is here. Here are the results as of 9/26/07:
- 256 Installations
- 20 Installations per day (average)
- 33 Agloco signups
- $170 spent
- Cost Per Installation: $.66
- Cost Per Referral: $5.15
See the monthly site growth summarized here.
Many more revenue programs, advertising and marketing programs will be tested this month. Be sure to subscribe via RSS feed or the email subscription box in the upper right.
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- Facebook Application for Agloco : Update 1
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- Site Traffic Test : ReviewMe Update - September II
- Site Traffic Test : ReviewMe - September I
Interesting point. 
I think their studies are completely biased, and their backup data in the post seems to be people's opinions? ...
Don't forget about http://tweetvalue.com 
Comment by jim nabors on 7 October 2007:
Im not sure if this ‘expert’ is revealing one method he’s using to try to get traffic - paying to get people to Digg the site!
http://www.mturk.com/mturk/preview?groupId=TX8CK34MMY2T7W0J9YH0
Didn’t see that mentioned anywhere under Expenses lol.
Comment by jim nabors on 7 October 2007:
Also the Alexa numbers are completely bogus. The norm is to cite the Alexa 3-month average, and nothing else is specified.
Here are the actual numbers:
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=longest.com
1-week avg:162,526
3m avg: 408,377
Comment by Brian on 9 October 2007:
Good point Jim, I changed the Alexa number in the header and in this story to include the 3 month average.
Comment by Brian on 9 October 2007:
I will list expenses month per month, will include this as others. MTurk is incredible, I did not get what I was hoping for but the result was not bad. It’s a well run, easy and fast to use system. I would prefer if they integrated paypal but as of right now it has to pull funds from your bank account.