Tight Fisted Miser

Expanding My Online Empire

October 1, 2010 by Andy Hough

My online income for 2009 was less then in 2008 but my income for this year is already my best ever with a few months to go. I am not really sure why I am seeing such a nice improvement in income this year but I think it is a combination of putting in more work and luck. I don’t really know a lot about making money online. I barely have enough technical knowledge to write a blog but by sticking with it I have started to get some good results.

My online income is still not quite enough to live on but it is getting close. That is why I have decided to expand my online empire. My current goal is to add one source of online income per month until the end of the year. I currently have four sites that make money. One of the sites makes very little money but it requires very little work so it is still a good deal. I also have two sites that aren’t currently making money. One of the sites hasn’t been monetized yet but I have a special monetization method in mind for it. The other site I will either sell or completely revamp.

To reach my goal of making a full-time income from my sites I have decided to launch some niche sites. I already have three blogs and I don’t have time for another one. A niche site will take quite a bit of time to launch but afterward should not require too much time. I have been taking a lot of inspiration from the niche site duel at Smart Passive Income. I already have an idea for my niche site and I will be using information I have learned from reading about the niche site duel to get the site started.

Since lots of people ask me how to make money online and I am usually not sure what to tell them I have decided to share with you the process of launching the niche site. The first update should be sometime next week. Thanks to all of you who have helped me make money online.

Top Blogs with Online Income Reports

May 19, 2022September 25, 2010 by Andy Hough

I noticed the other day that I was getting some referral traffic from a German website. I visited the site and while I couldn’t read the post (I should have done that semester abroad at Bucerius) I was able to get the general idea. It was a list of 17 sites that share their online income. I was pleased to see that I came in seventh in the list.

Here are the 6 that earned more than me.

SmartPassiveIncome.com – $20,683.09.

This is one of my favorite blogs and the only one on the list I was familiar with. I have been following this blog since it was new. I can remember when he had a goal of 100 subscribers and now he has over 10,000. This is a great site for learning about making online. I need to start implementing more of what I have learned.

Helloko.com- $7400

Shoutmeloud.com – $3880

Blogtotravel.com – $3227

Deneilmerret.com – $1942

Passiveonlineincomeblog.com – $1159.38

Looking at the earnings reports of all the sites above me was informative. All of them but one made a significant portion of their income from selling a product or service. The one that didn’t made most of its money from affiliate sales. That might be an indication that relying on advertising for most of my income isn’t the best way to go. I’m going to work on developing a product and increasing my affiliate income before the end of the year.

Lacking Motivation

January 17, 2015September 22, 2010 by Andy Hough

I have lacked motivation to do much lately. My life is pretty good and it doesn’t require much effort on my part. Of course things could be even better with more effort but since things are pretty good with little effort it is hard to come up with the motivation to do more. Maybe if I just let things go until they are no longer good then I will be motivated to get things back to pretty good.

How to Live Well Without a Car

May 19, 2022September 15, 2010 by Andy Hough

I picked up the book,How to Live Well Without Owning a Car: Save Money, Breathe Easier, and Get More Mileage Out of Life at the library last week and found it to be an interesting read. I didn’t really think there was enough information about living without a car to fill up a book but I was surprised. The book had a lot of good information and none of it seemed like filler. I suppose you could consider the insets where people share their stories of living without a car as filler but I found them entertaining. The author shares his story of going car-free and gives some information about how much having a car is likely costing you. The average cost of car ownership is about $8000 a year. Mine is much less than that but it is still a significant number. The author also provides information about alternative methods of transportation such as scooters, motorcycles, public transportation, bicycles, and walking. If you are considering giving up your car this book has lots of helpful information.

I have lived without a car myself several times in my life and I didn’t find it to be much of a hardship. In fact it made life simpler. And it also allowed me to save a lot of money. If I had owned a car all of last year I probably wouldn’t have been able to afford my trip through Central America. Not having a car allows you to live better on less money.

It would be difficult for me to go without a car now though. My wife and I do have just one car between us which I suppose might qualify us as car-lite. My wife is going to be working at home soon and I mostly work at home. If I was sure of my future job status I probably could give up the car. I doubt my wife and stepdaughter would be crazy about the idea. If I ever do try to get rid of the car that will be another post.