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Housing & Distraction Update

Carrie — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:00:41 +0000

Well, the negotiations on the house we want to buy continue. It’s been 2 weeks now and I am really frustrated. We’re close, I think the deal will go through but we are still not there yet.

But, I have started to modify my plans now in anticipation of buying a house, selling our house, [...] Related posts:

Almost May Progress Update

Carrie — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:23:00 +0000

Wow, I can’t believe tomorrow is the first day of May! That’s means I only have about 6 weeks left till my kids are home from school for the summer and all productivity will fly out the window. I was hoping to have my plans more strategically in place by now so I could take [...] Related posts:

Full Time IM – Not Quite What I Hoped

Carrie — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:00:46 +0000

Well, I am about a week and a half into my new full-time IM life and things aren’t nearly as productive as I had hoped. I only have 8 hours without kids to work and within that time I still need to do shopping, housework, etc so I’m really not full-time. And now that I [...] Related posts:

Sites Shuffling Downward

Carrie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:18:21 +0000

I swear, the more backlinks I create the more my rankings drop. It’s so frustrating.

Recently, I have done some of my own backlinks, tried out out some blog commenting offers on the WF and even added an article or two and I am ready to see something positive benefit. Nothing yet, just rank slippage. [...] Related posts:

Time to Update

Carrie — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:36:30 +0000

Wow, I haven’t posted in a very long time! I was actually thinking of getting rid of this blog or converting it to something more general, but I think I will try again to document my IM progress here. If anything it helps keep me motivated and it’s nice to meet new IM friends.

The [...] Related posts:

Refocusing My Approach – Niche Site Building

Carrie — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:19:40 +0000

Wow, it’s been a long time since I have updated this blog. I wish that I could say that I have been so successfully busy that I just couldn’t find the time, but that just isn’t true.

Basically, I have been stuck in a long bout of confusion and analysis paralysis. I realized back in [...] Related posts:

Niche Site Update – Temporary Slow Down

Carrie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:08:43 +0000

Just thought I would check in with an update of what I have been up to. The short story is, not much. I haven’t been feeling well the past week and have spent almost no time working on my sites. And since I have some events coming up next week, I’m afraid that trend will [...] Related posts:

This Week – More Backlinking

Carrie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:45:09 +0000

It’s been a slow week for me. Just haven’t been feeling energetic.

I did get Angela’s June Backlink packet done almost solely for niche site #6. But today I am on page 6 (#55 – yikes) on Google for my keyword after having been at #11, #25, #16 – alot of movement. Hopefully the site [...] Related posts:

Outsourcing & Me Do Not Mix

Carrie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:53:00 +0000

Today has been a bad week. I’ve been tired and generally unmotivated to get much work done on my sites. I’ve also been disappointed by some of the work I have outsourced.

The two rewrites I outsourced for cheap for a potential sniper-like site were the classic example of “you get what you pay for”. [...] Related posts:

Earnings & June Budget

Carrie — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:50:36 +0000

I have added my earnings for May. My eHow earnings had a nice increase and I also had an increase in adsense (only on one niche site) although the total is still quite small.

Yesterday I checked the ranking for my main niche site which I have been spending the majority of my time [...] Related posts: