Earlier this week I wrote about diversifying online income. So I decided it was about time to start taking some steps to get some income coming in from this blog.
My first step was to start offering freelance website marketing services. Since I have an abundance of experience in that field, I figured it was a good place to start. I actually recently got a keyword research contract via this blog.
It would be much appreciated if you could help me out with sharing that page on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc. The support will not go unnoticed. Thanks!
Or if you’re interested in hiring me for website marketing services, send me an e-mail and we’ll work something out.
Blog Stats Update
The biggest news is that my blog now has a shiny new Google PageRank. Since this blog has only been going for 3 months, I was aiming for PR3, but really expecting PR2. I was ecstatic to see that I jumped up to PR4 Thursday morning. I was surprised, but I know it took a lot of hard work and time to get to that ranking. So don’t feel discouraged if you don’t make such a big leap.
The Alexa Rank improvement is slowing down a lot, but I’m sure that’s normal as you get lower and lower. As of writing this post I’m at 66K. Since I thought it would take a year or longer to get that low, I’m happy.
Facebook likes has been staying steady with a bit of back and forth movement. Since I don’t do anything on there, that’s no surprise.
On the Twitter front it looks like I gained about 25 followers in the past week. By my standards that’s not bad either. I’m going to try to get more active on Twitter and make a push for 500 followers by the end of May.
My Google+ following is starting to build up more. One of these days I’ll have to see what others are doing on there and take some notes.
I’d like to thank all of you for the help with these stats. It may reflect my efforts, but it would be nowhere with your support. If I can ever help you out somehow, don’t be shy. Reach out to me by e-mail anytime!
Favorite Posts On Other Blogs
And now for everyone who’s bored of my blog, here’s some other great posts to read. Or if you can’t get enough of my blog, check these blogs out anyway. They’re all run by great people and they put a lot of effort into their blogs. Plus they’re nice to me which I always appreciate 
How much house is too much… on Step Away From The Mall
How to be Happy on Cult Of Money
How to Retire Comfortably: Start With the End in Mind on Work Save Live
I Want To Invest In Real Estate #2: I’m Too Emotional to Buy a House on American Debt Project
Is Tipping Out of Control? on Money Smart Guides
My first foray into couponing on My Canuck Buck
How Running a Blog is Like Running a Business on When Life Gives You Lemons
Do you really need money? on This That And The MBA
Ten Ways To Save Money On Your Electric Bill This Summer on Money Q&A
Money Saving Tips – Comparison Shopping on One Smart Dollar
Are Small Business Credit Cards a Good Idea? on Careful Cents
You Should Quit Your Job! 5 Signs That It Is Time To Move On on See Debt Run
How Much Did I Save Living At My In-Law’s? on Sweating The Big Stuff
How Long Will You Drive Your Car? on My Alternate Life
Go Green And Save Money At The Same Time on Finance Yoga
Modest Money Around The Web
It was another busy week of getting featured on a lot of blogs. It’s awesome how generous fellow bloggers are. I’m used to marketing e-commerce websites where the competition is fierce and cooperation would be unheard of. So this is a pleasant change of pace. Anyways, here is where Modest Money was mentioned recently:
Five For Friday: It might snow today in Central NY on This That And The MBA
Friday Finds 4/27 on Three Thrifty Guys
The Round Table on Money Smart Guides
Blog round up for April 27, 2012 on My Canuck Buck
Friday Personal Finance Review for April 27 on One Smart Dollar
Carnival of Financial Camaraderie #31 – Lend A Helping Hand on 101 Centavos
Saturday Links & Blogs I Love: Lets Get Personal on When Life Gives You Lemons
Weekly Roundup: Great Articles This Week on Money Q&A
Financial Simplicity Carnival 9th Edition on Money Smart Guides
Updates: April 22 – 28 on The Outlier Model
Yakezie Carnival – Earth Day 2012 Edition on The Frugal Toad
Financial Carnival for Young Adults – 10th Edition on 20′S Finances
TotallyMoney Blog Carnival- Big Bang Theory Birthdays Edition on Debt Black Hole (Editor’s pick)
Festival of Frugality #334: Celebrate May Day Edition on This That And The MBA
Monthly Progress Report: April Showers Bring May Flowers on Careful Cents
For some reason I don’t seem to get pingbacks for this kind of stuff. So if I ever miss anything, let me know. It’s never done on purpose. I record these as I find them, but I’m sure I miss some mentions.
Since I started asking random questions in these Friday posts, I’ll continue the trend. Why did you get into blogging? Do you see yourself doing this long term? This is assuming that most visitors here are fellow bloggers. If you don’t blog, feel free to tell us more about yourself in the comments.
Congrats on the page rank!
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Thanks Michelle. It was an awesome way to start the day.
Thanks for adding me in, I mentioned you on mine today as well. I like what you are doing with these posts, great ideas.
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Thanks Jeremiah. Your blog is coming along nicely too. The site idea you were mentioning via e-mail is bound to do well too. It sounds like you have a great plan there.
Congrats on the PR4 and thanks for the shout out
No problem and thank you Sean. Enjoy your trip to Chicago.
Wow, congrats on the PR4 for only a short amount of time. Hard work pays off, keep it up
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Yep, it did come down to a lot of hard work and a bit of luck. The PR4 was nice acknowledgement of that though.
You are the master at dropping alexa ranking Jer! Happppppy Friday!
I like these weekly updates, and loved all of those posts as well. Maybe I should just link my fave reads back to this post for this week because I thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of these.
I got into blogging because I wanted to a place to share my journey and I wanted to keep myself accountable. I didn’t think that it would lead to me writing about much more than my finances!
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Finally someone noticed that question and was willing to answer it
Thanks Erika! We’ve all been enjoying following along with your journey. You always manage to keep things interesting while still keeping it focused on finance.
You’re welcome to link back to this for your fave reads this week, but I’m sure all the bloggers would be even more appreciative if you include them directly. Everyone likes a bit of acknowledgement.
Jeremy, you are the MAN! You should post all of this info on your website marketing services page. Very, very impressive stuff.
And thanks for the link Mr. PR 4!
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Good idea Nick. I might just do that. I guess modesty doesn’t close sales very well
You’ve been working very hard and deserve your shiny new PR. I would say anyone looking to get their blog on the right track quickly should look into hiring Jeremy – he’s pretty well mastered blog promotion.
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Thanks John! I wouldn’t say I’ve mastered it though. I’m off to a pretty good start, but there’s always more to learn. I have learned plenty that I’m sure would help people.
Nice job, Jeremy. Very impressive stats for any blog, but super whack for a 3 month old site. Lol.
Keep it up, you’re going places kid.
Cheers!
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Thanks Missy. lol at ‘super whack’. I agree that is pretty damn good progress for 3 months. I guess there’s some advantages to starting this blog while in between daytime jobs.
Thanks for the mention! I got into blogging because I wanted a way to document my journey to debt freedom, so that I would be more accountable to my goals, so far it’s working!
Jordann recently posted..How Long Will You Drive Your Car?
No problem Jordann. It seems that a lot of finance bloggers are looking for a way to keep themselves accountable. I think blogging helps that way to some degree, although a lot of people are even very supportive when you miss your goals or slack off on your budgeting. So there’s often a little too much flexibility in the level of accountability.
Congrats on the contract. Inspiring progress as always. I’m only at PR 2 lol. Looking forward to your end of May update already
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Thanks man. Good to hear that I’m inspiring people. I just hope they realize all the time and effort that went into building everything up this quick. Some people get frustrated when things aren’t built up as quickly as they’d like.
Wowsers!!! PR4!! Great Job! Keep it up. What other ways are you going to add income? I have received emails about being paid to add links. Anybody care to elaborate on how that works?
Thanks Paul. The next stage of monetization is likely going to be affiliate promotion. I think the ad buying agencies were super busy since the PR update hoping to score some cheap deals. I know I had a ton of requests since yesterday. Those links aren’t the safest route though. So I’m not going to rush into anything there. I’ll drop you an e-mail about how it all works.
You’re kicking butt! I initially got into blogging because I needed to save money, and I needed to stop bothering my friends and family with my frugal finds once I got going. A blog was a much better outlet.
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lol I find it funny when I hear about people whose friends and family got sick of hearing them talk about money. I guess this would be a much better outlet. You can talk about it to your heart’s content and everyone will be interested in what you have to say.
I honestly got into blogging because I thought I was going to make money off of it. haha But now I just really enjoy it and it’s a great way for me to document my financial failures/successes. And blogging becomes pretty addictive.
Congrats on the PR4 that’s awesome!
There’s nothing wrong with that. I got into blogging to make money too, but it is much more enjoyable than I expected. I’m sure you’ll make some money with your blog eventually, but it can be along grind to get to that point.
Jeremy,
You are one of the hardest working bloggers out there – there is so most content produced by Modest Money (I think there must be 2 of you)!
Congrats!
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I wouldn’t say there’s a ton of content from me, but definitely a lot of marketing and networking. It would be nice to be part of a 2 person team. I’m a little envious of the husband wife teams that work together on their blogs.
Jeremy, you should indeed get mad props for your never ending work and fantastic results here. I was pretty happy myself with a shiny new PR3, the ability for you to get a PR4 in about the same amount of time is very impressive. And thanks for the shout out above too!
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Thanks Karl. Your PR3 is quite impressive too, especially since you also work a full time job. I think that is more of an achievement than me reaching PR4 with how many hours I put into it.
Jeremy.. The fact that you were rewarded with a PR4 is wicked awesome, brother. Very, very impressive.
Many of us started at kinda, sorta the same time (early this year)– and you are leading the pack. Keep up the great work!
And what’s gotten into those LA Kings? First your team, and then mean. Very depressing
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I better be leading the pack considering my existing experience and the time I put into this
Different people have their own strengths though. You and Michelle are doing way better than me on twitter and rss subscribers. It is cool how many of us started around the same time and how we can motivate each other.
And don’t even mention the Kings! They really are on fire. If they keep it up, they’re definitely the Stanley Cup favorites. It would be nice if either of our teams put up a bit more of a fight though.
Congrats on the page rank boost. That is awesome especially considering the recent past precedent. Congrats on the business launch too. Hope it goes well for you.
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Thanks Miss T. Now hopefully I can maintain this PR and work on boosting the more important stuff like traffic and subscribers.
Thanks for the mention bud.
Have a great weekend.
No problem Eddie. The weekend is going well. Hopefully yours is too.
Congrats on getting to PR4. That takes a ton of hard work and time. These days, it also speaks to the quality of your writing as well.
I like the idea of diversifying and highly recommend it as well. It’s good to have a variety of income streams, and you method of directly freelancing is a really good way to get some extra income.
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Thanks Richard. Yes I hope the freelancing service goes well. I’ve offered that kind of thing through another website for a while now. So it will be good to help fellow bloggers with that kind of thing too.
Thanks for mentioning me – much appreciated!
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No problem at all. Your blog is coming along well lately. Keep up the great work.
It’s interesting to go back and read these old posts. I’d say you definitely deserve the PR4 you now have. You’ve put in a ton of work.
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Thanks Lance. I’ll have to go back and read all of these posts sometime too. It’ll be interesting to see how the blog progressed over time and what kind of mindset I had back then.