My 4 Hour Workweek

Every morning when I wake up, the first thing I do is turn to my left side, pick up my iPhone, and quickly scan my new e-mail that came in since I went to bed the night before.  It’s a pretty mindless task that I can do while I’m still half asleep.

But not this past Friday morning.  Nope. I sprung out of bed as you might do when a fire alarm goes off in the middle of the night, or maybe on Christmas morning when you’re 8 years old.  I woke up to this little gem in my e-mail box:

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I received a few requests after my last income report to go into some more detail about my top earning niche sites.  Essentially, people want to know why these sites earn more than my others (and believe me – this is something I want to learn too).

Sometimes success is random and can’t be pinpointed on any one factor, but if you can figure out a few reasons why a site is earning well, you’re in a better position to replicate that success.

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Irony is a great thing when it’s going in your favor.  Normally, I’m pretty down about February – it’s cold outside, it’s in the middle of tax season, and let’s be honest – shorter months usually = less earnings, assuming your business is stable.

That’s why I was pleasantly surprised with this February.  There were less days to earn, and I’ve been very busy with tax season, yet this was my highest earning month ever.  

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Let’s face it – niche sites are hot right now.  Everywhere you look, people are creating niche sites, blogging about niche sites, and coming up with all sorts of strategies to make money with them. There are a few sites out there with excellent information, but for the most part, people generally seem to regurgitate and rehash the same things.

With that being said, there are a few things out there that I don’t think get discussed very often, probably because there’s no “correct” answer. The other day, on this post, one commenter (Dave) left a very detailed comment and brought up an interesting question.  It wasn’t something I’ve seen discussed much online, so I thought my response to him deserved to come in the form of a blog post.

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I don’t often do “round-up” posts, but every once in awhile, I come across a handful of killer articles/blog posts that I feel the need to share and comment on.

I’m guilty of “information overload,” as evidenced by the dozens of blogs I subscribe to in my RSS feed reader, but I can’t resist the urge to read an article that could potentially teach me something useful.

Anyway, here are the top articles/blog posts I’ve read in the past month (including my comments on them)…

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve received a few comments/e-mails that essentially question or criticize my current niche site progress.  Because there are a few of you who have actually voiced this criticism, I can imagine there are probably more people who are thinking the same thing.  In simple terms, you think I’m on the path to failure.

There was one comment that really stood out to me (I’ll repost it below), because of its bluntness and honesty. While my gut reaction was to be defensive, I greatly appreciated the criticism and I do see some truth to it.  However, I wanted to take the opportunity to give a more detailed response on why I think everything’s going to be okay.

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I can’t believe how quickly January flew by – it seems like just yesterday that we were ringing in the new year.  In general, it was pretty good month.  I saw some overall improvements, although there was one area where I struggled mightily (and I’ll explain that below).

The good news is, my biggest passive income project has continued rolling along nicely.  I’m not earning the big bucks yet, but steady improvements are nothing to complain about.

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I discussed this briefly in my last AdSense case study post, but I wanted to dive into a little bit more detail. Batching is a familiar concept to many of you, especially those who have read The 4-Hour Workweek.  Tim Ferriss references it constantly.  For those who don’t know or remember, batching is a productivity technique that essentially helps you work more efficiently.  Here’s a more technical definition:

Batching: The act of grouping together the performance of identical or similar tasks in order to, as a whole, complete the tasks quicker and more efficiently than if each task was performed separately at different times.

Naturally, I had to ask myself: “How can I apply this concept to niche site creation?”

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