Total June revenue was $10,999.07, the highest month yet in the quest for $10,000 a month in revenue, part time. Arguably I achieved the goal, however that is gross and net would be preferred.

All in all things are going well, the first month was September when the site launched on 9/4/07, which was a naked Word Press installation and much of September was spent tweaking the site, and this June (well before the 1 year deadline) the revenue was over $10,000.

There is still much to be done and not enough time, or at least that is how it always feels. RSS and Newsletter continue to grow nicely, and now MySpace was added to the mix. Exactly why I added it I am not sure, other than the fact that it could increase awareness of this site and I can create blog entries there as some may prefer to obtain my latest updates there as well. I do not expect any direct revenue from having and maintaining a MySpace page, but I could be wrong.

I always like to point out that the above not only applies to this site longest.com but also the other niche sites I operate such as VentureCapitalUpdate.com.

September 2007 (Launch) — January 2008

SITE STATISTICS	Launch	Sept 07	Oct 07	Nov 07	Dec 07	Jan 08
Alexa	2,712,399	408,377	237,610	194,131	212,169	256,630
Quantcast	NA	6,083,285	5,950,003	1,883,550	1,906,217	1,815,963
Technorati Ranking	NA	640,383	550,426	317,977	246,538	257,527
Technorati Authority	NA	10	15	26	26	37
RSS Subscribers	1	25	113	132	132	135
Newsletter Subscribers	-	-	-	-	-	-
REVENUE	Launch	Sept 07	Oct 07	Nov 07	Dec 07	Jan 08
Advertising & Affiliate	$ 0	$ 0.48	$ 5.18	$ 27.96	$ 190.18	$ 278.85
Direct Sales	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 18.80	$ 57.32
TOTAL REVENUE	$ 0.00	$ 0.48	$ 5.18	$ 46.76	$ 247.50	$ 420.28
EXPENSES	Launch	Sept 07	Oct 07	Nov 07	Dec 07	Jan 08
Reviews	$0	$50	$20	$0	$77	$0
Advertising	$0	$0	$180.65	$0	$0	$216.81
Hosting	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Development - SW - Misc	$0	$470	$0	$0	$0	$0
TOTAL SPENT	$0	$520	$200.65	$0	$77	$216.81
TOTAL PROFIT	$0	($517.64)	($194.05)	$34.71	$136.50	$169.52

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February 2008 — June 2008

SITE STATISTICS	Feb 08	Mar 08	Apr 08	May 08	Jun 08
Alexa	293,028	335,124	241,806	266,788	291,667
Quantcast	1,924,150	1,863,311	2,462,371	2,230,914	1,690,012
Technorati Ranking	199,700	217,579	288,411	281,182	434,069
Technorati Authority	40	37	34	24	16
RSS Subscribers	145	152	791	1,971	2,794
Newsletter Subscribers	852	3,707	6,578	11,049	11,987
REVENUE	Feb 08	Mar 08	Apr 08	May 08	Jun 08
Advertising & Affiliate	$ 1600.56	$ 2121.38	$ 5938.64	$ 5568.17	$ 10799.46
Direct Sales	$ 166.96	$ 190.48	$ 222.95	$ 206.17	$ 199.61
TOTAL REVENUE	$ 1767.52	$ 2311.80	$ 6161.59	$ 5774.34	$ 10999.07
EXPENSES	Feb 08	Mar 08	Apr 08	May 08	Jun 08
Reviews	$0	$0	$0	$0	$200
Advertising	$963	$1066.91	$2901.27	$3947.18	$5844.71
Hosting	$109.95	$109.95	$109.95	$109.95	$179.95
Development - SW - Misc	$0	$80	$230	$0	$0
TOTAL SPENT	$1072.95	$1256.86	$3241.22	$4057.13	$6224.66
TOTAL PROFIT	$694.50	$1,054.94	$2,920.37	$1,717.21	$4,774.41

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