Hitting Some Resource Limits With IMAutomator!

In the early days of development I thought about scalability – how will the IMAutomator submission engine cope with more members and more sites to be submitted to. Obviously, a dedicated server is always an option but that costs money. However I figured that it should be earning a decent amount of money so hosting costs wouldn’t matter.  Read more... (901 words, estimated 3:36 mins reading time)

Turning Attention to Marketing IMAutomator

Now that IMAutomator has officially been released to the public, it’s time to turn my attention to the marketing of it. So far all of my efforts have been focused on developing the software itself but that has gone much faster recently and with the first paid release now just a matter of weeks away, I need to lay down a marketing plan.  Read more... (1387 words, estimated 5:33 mins reading time)

Social Bookmarking Just Got Quicker – IMAutomator Is Live!

I have been discussing my software project on this blog for well over a year now and today the day has finally come to announce the software properly! Over the last few weeks I have had 100 members privately testing the software and now the kinks have been ironed out, many more social bookmarking sites have been added, and the software is ready for public release! There are no more membership restrictions at this time so go ahead and create your free account now!  Read more... (417 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

Stats & Analysis for February 2010 – $1,188 Earned

Income

• Become a Blogger – $356.88
• Bluehost – $270
• Teaching Sells – $137
• Market Samurari – $118.08
• The Bloggers Bible – $114.06
• Unique Article Wizard – $53.60
• Traffic Rush – $44.87
• Twitter Rockstar – $42.32
• Niche Adsense Themes – $30.77
• Mass Outsource Mastermind – $20.93

Total income earned during February 2010: $1,188.51

It’s interesting how the income is very close to last month’s yet the breakdown is different. The highest payout is from the Become a Blogger promotion. Hopefully this should boost income for a little while as it is designed as a six month program.  Read more... (453 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Self Disclipline When You Work From Home on the Internet

I have been self employed on three separate occasions, for a total of 10 years. When self employed I have always worked from home, and for 5 of them, I have worked from home on the Internet. I have written before about how I love the freedom that it gives me. I even use my laptop as a mobile office sometimes!  Read more... (2910 words, estimated 11:38 mins reading time)