This is the March 2008 monthly summary in the quest for $10,000 a month in revenue, part time. We will be tracking the site growth both in traffic and revenue here on the about page.

This site is unique, we show you exactly what our progress is towards $10,000 a month, in your spare time. We discuss what we tried, what worked or did not work.

Of most interest is the marketing tests category, detailing tests and how they performed.

The first month was September when the site launched on 9/4/07.

SITE STATISTICS	Launch	Sept 07	Oct 07	Nov 07	Dec 07	Jan 08	Feb 08	Mar 08
Alexa	2,712,399	408,377	237,610	194,131	212,169	256,630	293,028	335,124
Quantcast	NA	6,083,285	5,950,003	1,883,550	1,906,217	1,815,963	1,924,150	1,863,311
Technorati Ranking	NA	640,383	550,426	317,977	246,538	257,527	199,700	217,579
Technorati Authority	NA	10	15	26	26	37	40	37
RSS Subscribers	1	25	113	132	132	135	145	152
Newsletter Subscribers	-	-	-	-	-	-	852	3707
REVENUE	Launch	Sept 07	Oct 07	Nov 07	Dec 07	Jan 08	Feb 08	Mar 08
Advertising & Affiliate	$ 0	$ 0.48	$ 5.18	$ 27.96	$ 190.18	$ 278.85	$ 1600.56	$ 2121.38
Direct Sales	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 18.80	$ 57.32	$ 141.43	$ 166.96	$ 190.48
TOTAL REVENUE	$ 0.00	$ 0.48	$ 5.18	$ 46.76	$ 247.50	$ 420.28	$ 1767.52	$ 2311.80
EXPENSES	Launch	Sept 07	Oct 07	Nov 07	Dec 07	Jan 08	Feb 08	Mar 08
Reviews	$0	$50	$20	$0	$77	$0	$0	$0
Advertising	$0	$0	$180.65	$0	$0	$216.81	$963	$1066.91
Development + Hosting	$0	$470	$0	$0	$0	$0	$109.95	$109.95
Development + Hosting	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$80
TOTAL SPENT	$0	$520	$200.65	$0	$77	$216.81	$1072.95	$1256.86
TOTAL PROFIT	$0	($517.64)	($194.05)	$34.71	$136.50	$169.52	$694.50	$1,054.94

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