I see a bit of a pattern with these reports.
I am very good at defaulting to the same old, same old online income drivers but haven't yet been able to break free into this new and exciting world that I'm targeting.
I know that it may take time but it's definitely important that I stretch myself in a few new areas. I've had one (albeit very minor) income stream start to wind down this month.
That's reason enough for me to look long and hard about building momentum elsewhere. Step by step.
My offline income is also still in transition so it's important that I keep rolling up the sleeves and get stuck in.
So let's take another look at things.
Writing
Resume Writing: I'm writing this based on estimates again but my reckoning my income was slightly shy of last month's but still better than earlier months. My initial estimate is $1,700. I'll be correcting it if it's wrong again but that compares with $1,815 last time. It was also a better combination of writing and coaching over the month, which is something I like.
So still some decent momentum here but fundamentally it's taking up more time than I would like. That is, I'm not momentising elsewhere as much as I would like.
It's going to remain my income anchor for a little while longer.
I've put a proposal in for resume writing and career coaching at a local university, so I'll wait to see how that pans out.
Article Writing: $100. Mmm... Well, I had assumed big numbers in the writing space but I haven't written for my old default for a few months now and it's really time I got back to working there. I've had a few PeoplePerHour gigs and that's about it.
As things stand, there's not anything on the horizon for this month but you never know.
Surveys
Prolific Academic: $13. Well, better than the previous month's $1. I don't really expect it to add up to much as it's purely "downtime" money so I'm happy to pick up a dollar here or there if it's available. In fact, I'm now targeting it as my Christmas gift fund.
Other
Postloop: $2 (estimate). I quote myself from last month: "But it's always there in the background if I need it." Well, it's closing down at the beginning of November! In many ways that's good because I was defaulting to it when I really should have been doing other more constructive things.
But it was one of the first sites I used to earn money online so there's a slight sadness about its demise. But onwards and upwards.
Outcome
So there you have it: $1,815 for the month compared with $1,871 for August - subject to final resume income numbers coming out
I'll give myself a score of B+ again. I didn't increase my income but I did diversify it slightly with more article writing.
Looking ahead, I've got some potentially exciting things happening in coming months. For one thing, I found myself doing a webinar last week with a lady that's putting together her own online summit.
I'm currently prepping my website so when she does launch her product, people will be directed to my site and I'll be able to capture email addresses and offer up services.
I'm also thinking about what good's and services I can put together for the holiday season.
I don't expect any major earnings excitement in October but I'm hopeful of some momentum going into 2017.
I am very good at defaulting to the same old, same old online income drivers but haven't yet been able to break free into this new and exciting world that I'm targeting.
I know that it may take time but it's definitely important that I stretch myself in a few new areas. I've had one (albeit very minor) income stream start to wind down this month.
That's reason enough for me to look long and hard about building momentum elsewhere. Step by step.
My offline income is also still in transition so it's important that I keep rolling up the sleeves and get stuck in.
So let's take another look at things.
Writing
Resume Writing: I'm writing this based on estimates again but my reckoning my income was slightly shy of last month's but still better than earlier months. My initial estimate is $1,700. I'll be correcting it if it's wrong again but that compares with $1,815 last time. It was also a better combination of writing and coaching over the month, which is something I like.
So still some decent momentum here but fundamentally it's taking up more time than I would like. That is, I'm not momentising elsewhere as much as I would like.
It's going to remain my income anchor for a little while longer.
I've put a proposal in for resume writing and career coaching at a local university, so I'll wait to see how that pans out.
Article Writing: $100. Mmm... Well, I had assumed big numbers in the writing space but I haven't written for my old default for a few months now and it's really time I got back to working there. I've had a few PeoplePerHour gigs and that's about it.
As things stand, there's not anything on the horizon for this month but you never know.
Surveys
Prolific Academic: $13. Well, better than the previous month's $1. I don't really expect it to add up to much as it's purely "downtime" money so I'm happy to pick up a dollar here or there if it's available. In fact, I'm now targeting it as my Christmas gift fund.
Other
Postloop: $2 (estimate). I quote myself from last month: "But it's always there in the background if I need it." Well, it's closing down at the beginning of November! In many ways that's good because I was defaulting to it when I really should have been doing other more constructive things.
But it was one of the first sites I used to earn money online so there's a slight sadness about its demise. But onwards and upwards.
Outcome
So there you have it: $1,815 for the month compared with $1,871 for August - subject to final resume income numbers coming out
I'll give myself a score of B+ again. I didn't increase my income but I did diversify it slightly with more article writing.
Looking ahead, I've got some potentially exciting things happening in coming months. For one thing, I found myself doing a webinar last week with a lady that's putting together her own online summit.
I'm currently prepping my website so when she does launch her product, people will be directed to my site and I'll be able to capture email addresses and offer up services.
I'm also thinking about what good's and services I can put together for the holiday season.
I don't expect any major earnings excitement in October but I'm hopeful of some momentum going into 2017.
