Looking at my gross earnings online, I made $18.12 from Adsense and received payments of $56 and $15 for posting blog entries and links in deals from DigitalPoint.  In total, that comes to $89.12 gross for the week.  I’ve made much more than that in a week by selling links, but that was a recent high for me as I’ve concentrated on developing and building rather than going for immediate profits.

One of my big projects that is nearing completion is a new digital book.  I know most ebooks aren’t highly regarded so you may be rolling your eyes, but I can tell you this book can help a lot of people if they read it.  I may as well tell you what it is – a domain name guide for buying good domains.  Domains are my speciality so I decided to pour as much of my knowledge as I could into an easy to understand book for everyone on how to create good new domains, purchase domains from domainers, understand why certain domains are worth more than others, and a lot more.  I also include an office index chart full of 400+ (haven’t counted them yet but there is a lot) potential add-on words you can use.

I’m very upbeat about the potential this book has.  I think if I can impress some of the top domainers, which I have no reason to doubt it will, then I can generate some authentic, positive reviews and sell some books.  The book is about 75-80% done at 10,870 words.  I’m trying to get it done ASAP, but I sometimes slow down as writing parts of it are very mundane for me but are necessary for an informative book for all.  For example, writing on certain aspects of buying a domain name at registration are boring, but absolutely critical for a beginner who picks up my book hoping to learn everything they need to know about domains.

Anyways, the book will be one of tremendous value.  If you’re reading this and have an established, quality website and would like to get a free copy, I’ll send you one if you reciprocate an honest review.  I’m not looking for charity reviews, just honest ones.

So the book is nearing launch, but I’ve also been tending to some of my other sites.  I’ve got two in the make money online and weight loss niche that are moving respectably up the ranks.  My SEO is working!  One is #39 and the other is #86.  That may not sound impressive but they are very competitive keywords and I’m creeping my way up on a $0 budget – writing articles, linking from the website itself, and linking from other websites I own on different servers.

I’ve tried purchasing a few higher pr links from searching on different sites within the niche, but they either want too much or don’t want to deal for what I’m asking.  I did find one person in the make money niche that allowed me to write two 400+ word articles with a link for his blog for free.  I noticed it had been awhile since he updated his blog (PR2) so I emailed him the proposal and he seemed happy about the idea so I think it really was a win-win.  An added bonus for me is not only is his blog a PR2, but he ranks somewhere in the top 50 for make money online which has given me some incoming traffic as well.

Overall, a positive week, but I certainly hope this is only a tiny stepping stone.  My ebook should be released in about 3 days so hopefully I’ll write to you next time about inital sales.