Comments on: Digging Out of the Snow http://www.nojobformom.com/2010/03/01/digging-out-of-the-snow/ Leaving the Rat Race for the Work At Home Pace Mon, 21 May 2012 22:37:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: LilyRose http://www.nojobformom.com/2010/03/01/digging-out-of-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-5916 LilyRose Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:31:14 +0000 http://www.nojobformom.com/?p=2319#comment-5916 It's all yours, Felicia! ;-) It’s all yours, Felicia! ;-)

]]> By: Felicia http://www.nojobformom.com/2010/03/01/digging-out-of-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-5910 Felicia Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:29:40 +0000 http://www.nojobformom.com/?p=2319#comment-5910 Your boyfriend is a wise man. Sometimes you have to see where you've been in order to appreciate where you are. $1.51 isn't so bad at all. I'm sure you'll make it up before the month is out. Seems like you learned a valuable lesson in the world of freelance writing. I couldn't have said it better myself: "...ride thru the lows and appreciate the highs!" I think I might borrow that phrase from time to time. ;) Your boyfriend is a wise man. Sometimes you have to see where you’ve been in order to appreciate where you are. $1.51 isn’t so bad at all. I’m sure you’ll make it up before the month is out.

Seems like you learned a valuable lesson in the world of freelance writing. I couldn’t have said it better myself: “…ride thru the lows and appreciate the highs!”

I think I might borrow that phrase from time to time. ;)

]]> By: LilyRose http://www.nojobformom.com/2010/03/01/digging-out-of-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-5907 LilyRose Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:08:03 +0000 http://www.nojobformom.com/?p=2319#comment-5907 Felicia & Ignatius, great information, thank you! I never even thought of some of the things you both said. Well, as it turns out, my boyfriend couldn't take me whining anymore and made me add up the first 7 days of Feb. compared to March. And I'm only $1.51 under, so that's not so bad :-) Next time around, I won't get so down on myself. I had a financial goal for this month, I think that's why I took it so hard. Now I'm realizing to ride thru the lows and appreciate the highs! Felicia & Ignatius, great information, thank you! I never even thought of some of the things you both said.

Well, as it turns out, my boyfriend couldn’t take me whining anymore and made me add up the first 7 days of Feb. compared to March. And I’m only $1.51 under, so that’s not so bad :-)

Next time around, I won’t get so down on myself. I had a financial goal for this month, I think that’s why I took it so hard. Now I’m realizing to ride thru the lows and appreciate the highs!

]]> By: Ignatius http://www.nojobformom.com/2010/03/01/digging-out-of-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-5902 Ignatius Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:03:53 +0000 http://www.nojobformom.com/?p=2319#comment-5902 Sometimes the search volume trends aren't as predictable as we think they should be. To create an example for this little comment, I just put "heart shaped charm" into a keyword tool because I thought it would be very seasonal with the highest search volume in February and December. Guess what? I was right about December, but the Valentine's Day search traffic wasn't impressive. February is just average. May is the second best month. In Felicia's area of expertise in the insurance industry, a large number of keywords on auto insurance rock the house from March through July and then dip drastically the rest of the year. I have no idea why that would be the case. Several term life insurance keywords had huge peaks in search queries last October, others did not. Maybe some major website had an article that used those terms or maybe Halloween or some event made some folks consider their mortality and they all picked the same search terms :). So, LilyRose, I wouldn't be too concerned about dips in your earnings. Dips and peaks are normal and somewhat unpredictable for a lot of keywords. In addition to search trends, dips can also come from new competitors for your article on other websites and changes in Google's formula for picking the winners in the search engine derby. Getting a lot of articles out there is probably the most effective way to level things out. Sometimes the search volume trends aren’t as predictable as we think they should be. To create an example for this little comment, I just put “heart shaped charm” into a keyword tool because I thought it would be very seasonal with the highest search volume in February and December. Guess what? I was right about December, but the Valentine’s Day search traffic wasn’t impressive. February is just average. May is the second best month.

In Felicia’s area of expertise in the insurance industry, a large number of keywords on auto insurance rock the house from March through July and then dip drastically the rest of the year. I have no idea why that would be the case.

Several term life insurance keywords had huge peaks in search queries last October, others did not. Maybe some major website had an article that used those terms or maybe Halloween or some event made some folks consider their mortality and they all picked the same search terms :) .

So, LilyRose, I wouldn’t be too concerned about dips in your earnings. Dips and peaks are normal and somewhat unpredictable for a lot of keywords. In addition to search trends, dips can also come from new competitors for your article on other websites and changes in Google’s formula for picking the winners in the search engine derby. Getting a lot of articles out there is probably the most effective way to level things out.

]]> By: Felicia http://www.nojobformom.com/2010/03/01/digging-out-of-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-5894 Felicia Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:14:21 +0000 http://www.nojobformom.com/?p=2319#comment-5894 Hi LilyRose, I can't say that I've experienced unusually low revenues with Suite during that period of time. One day was a bit lower than usual, but not enough to cause alarm. I've found in my years of writing for Suite that I never assume the numbers will remain constant. As a matter of fact, I find more fluctuation in my revenue there than I do with eHow. I’ve had monthly drops anywhere from $50 in a month to $130 in a given month with Suite. I tend to write evergreen articles so I’m not sure why my income takes a hit from time to time. One thing I've learned about online writing and residual income is that the one thing you can be sure of is uncertainty. That’s why it’s so important to build up a base of articles on more than one site. Hi LilyRose,

I can’t say that I’ve experienced unusually low revenues with Suite during that period of time. One day was a bit lower than usual, but not enough to cause alarm. I’ve found in my years of writing for Suite that I never assume the numbers will remain constant. As a matter of fact, I find more fluctuation in my revenue there than I do with eHow. I’ve had monthly drops anywhere from $50 in a month to $130 in a given month with Suite.

I tend to write evergreen articles so I’m not sure why my income takes a hit from time to time. One thing I’ve learned about online writing and residual income is that the one thing you can be sure of is uncertainty. That’s why it’s so important to build up a base of articles on more than one site.

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