July was a fairly slow month, but I did get more work done than any other month this summer.  I also even got a couple posts done on the blog here, and will look to continue that in August as it seems to help my motivation as well.  Below is a recap of my July goals and my new goals for August 2010!

JULY AFFILIATE GOALS RECAP:

Get 2 premium sports betting domains up aging and my poker domain up and going – I decided to change plans for my semi premium sports betting domains and even listed them for auction (although I had a couple interested I didn’t have any buyers).  I am already spreading myself too thing right now and developing those would make it worse, although if I got them aging I could probably double the asking price if I wanted to sell, but I don’t want to spend the time on that.  I started a really small Sports Picks Buffet site instead.  And I did get my poker site going and even linked to it from my last blog post.

Post purchased content – For the most part I got this done, although there is a bit of content I am saving for future projects or for blog posts.

Add 15 static pages to the sports geek – I am pretty sure I got this done, half of it being purchased content and half content I wrote myself.

6k Affiliate Revenue – Barely achieved this, but my expenses were way more than I thought they would be.  I ended up with a net revenue in the negative for the first time ever – hopefully the re-investments pay off soon.

AUGUST 2010 AFFILIATE GOALS:

• Find some full time writers for my main site at a reasonable wage
• Add 15 static pages to The Sports Geek
• Get one of my newer sites ranking top 3 for my main keyword
• Launch my new idea for a workout related site as a side project
• 5k affiliate revenue (I anticipate this is going to be even slower than July and one of my worst months in a while)
• Keep expenses under 2k

For personal goals, I have a few fun things planned for the weekends in August (only 5 more weekends until I start school).  During the week I want to workout more and harder, and eat healthy again, as I had a brutal month in July for both.  I am getting ready to move into a 1 bedroom apartment September 1st so I need to do some shopping for the new place… living completely by myself for the first time ever should really help with productivity and I’m really excited.  I plan on buying a new big screen TV and already purchased a nice lazyboy couch so I will have to get some pictures up on the blog when I’m all settled in.

Here is to a good month in August, Cheers!

Just as I figured I didn’t get any posts in on the blog for June as I was busy enjoying summer!  I ended up not doing as much work as I would have liked, but was pretty strict with getting my World Cup articles posted up.  Traffic was great on both my World Cup Predictions site and The Sports Geek and I had a lot of repeat visitors which is always nice.

JUNE AFFILIATE GOALS RECAP:

Work Hard at The World Cup – Did a pretty good job at this with getting articles posted and updates on my sites. Revenue was around what I expected with the World Cup and I hope these bettors stick around to bet on a variety of different sports now, as I am mainly on MGR.

Be Smart With Investing – Meh, I spent a lot of money this month and make a couple purchases I regret a little bit, but overall I did a pretty solid job.  I invested in content which is always good and got a couple solid links towards my sites.

Premium Sports Domains Up and Running – I am in the middle of doing that now, but wish I would of got it done in June.  I might even try and find a partner for the project as I’m not sure I could handle it myself.

10k affiliate revenue – Yeah I hit this again, which included a couple paid advertising spots for my World Cup site, and expenses were around where I thought near the 5k mark.

Overall I am satisfied with how June went, but I am probably going to regret not working hard in May and June as it’s just going to get harder in July and August as I get closer to the school year.

JULY 2010 AFFILIATE GOALS

• Get 2 “premo” sports betting domains up and aging, and my other poker domain going with a few pages of content
• Post purchased content
• Add 15 static pages to The Sports Geek
• 6k affiliate revenue (expenses around 3k) – I think it will be the slowest month of the year possibly for me

As far as personal stuff goes I am heading to Calgary on Thursday for another vacation … heading out to visit a buddy who moved out there and going to the Calgary Stampede!!  I also have a ball hockey tournament the following weekend and a few parties on the weekend so it will be a fun month but I need to make sure I get work done during the week.  Also continue to workout 5 times a week.

Have a good month! You might see another post in July from me, but if not the next will be a recap and August goals.