February 2010 Income Report is a post from: Deneil Merritt - Journey through life

This past month was a battle for me business, health, and emotionally. Even though the month was very short it was jam pact with a lot of work and I even played some poker. The poker didn’t go so well but the business sure did on the count of people wanting to help out with my health. I went to the doctor (finally) I been having some chest pains for about 6 months. So I went to the doctor and he wants me to go to a heart specialist because he didn’t look how the text came out. With no health insurance, the cost can really get up there really quickly. So I put myself in high gear selling direct ads. This to helpful caring people at PAL. I will be able to get health insurance. I will teach on the emotional part later. Let’s get into the income report and traffic stats.

February 2010 Traffic Stats

Visits: 394
Pageviews: 752
Pages Per Visit: 1.91
Bounce Rate: 65:23%
Average Time On Site: 1:41
New Visits: 78.17

Top 5 Traffic Providers
1) Direct (shorten urls, type-in)
Visits: 115
Pages Per Visit: 1.77
Average Time On Site: 1:22
New Visits: 82:61%
Bounce Rate: 68:70%

2) Google
Visits: 91
Pages Per Visit: 1.49
Average Time On Site: 0.50
New Visits: 95:60%
Bounce Rate: 79.12%

3) Stumbleupon
Visits: 41
Pages Per Visit: 2.59
Average Time On Site: 3:45
New Visits: 34,15%
Bounce Rate: 60:98%

4) Feedburner
Visits: 25
Pages Per Visit: 2.08
Average Time On Site: 1.13
New Visits: 56:00%
Bounce Rate: 60:00%

5) Digitalpoint Forum
Visits: 18
Pages Per Visit: 2.39
Average Time On Site: 1.01
New Visits: 94:44%
Bounce Rate: 55.56%

Top 5 Viewed Posts
1) January 2010 Income Report
2) SEO and Review Posts
3) Starting Budget Needed To Start An Online Business
4) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – Pulling Out Hair
5) Being Too Nice In Business

Well I was thinking the traffic was going to lower but I guess I was wrong. This month I am going to try to make a few posts since last month took up all my time working on websites, selling direct ads, and dealing with personal stuff.

February 2010 Income Report

Direct Ad Sales: $873.30
Kushmoney – $473.30
Reefer Poker Deposit Bonus – $400

Ad Networks: $4.84
Google Adsense – $4.03
Infolinks – $0.79
Adbrite – $0.02

Affiliate Marketing: $77.31
Full Tilt Poker – $1.55
Yoga Poker – $5.55
Outstandingpoker – $12.96
Dealer Theme – $57.25

Other Income: $11.06
Sponsored Tweets – $6
GotSafeList – $5.06

Total Gross Internet Income Of February 2010: $966.51
Remember, my income is from my small network of blogs, websites, affiliate marketing, services, and website flipping.

Update: Forgot one affiliate account.

As you can see the thought of something being wrong (a few times I thought about death) made me really produce this past month. Just shy of that $1,000 mark. Before you think about posting the question, how you sell so much direct ads? Read the article called “How To Sell Direct Ads And Find Advertisers”

In The Mind Of Deneil Merritt…
Last thoughts on business before I get into the personal stuff. I have a plan to take this month to the next level and push pass $1,000. Most likely the income will be made in late March as my plan is put into action throughout the month. Im sure everybody will like the numbers and have a few questions.

Last thoughts on health. It may have taken me a lot of pain and freaking out to finally kick my business in gear but I went against what I tell anybody which is health is most important and health comes first. As a young person we don’t really give it too much thought since we feel we are healthy. I can tell you I no longer think that way. Since seeing the doctor my chase pains are worst. I have one thing to handle and I will go see the heart specialist soon. I will keep everybody updated on whats going on and hopefully it’s nothing serious. (HOPEFULLY!)

Now what’s been up with me emotionally. We all know I went through somethings with my ex-girlfriend before finally getting over her. I even joined to work it out with her but she had other things in mind. But this has nothing to do with last month. The one woman I always said was the best for me contacted me on facebook of all places. After 6 years she walks back into my life. Sadly she has a boyfriend but I am just happy to be her friend again. lol the old me wouldn’t care about her relationship but I respect her relationship since I am trying to be a better person in this world than what I use to be. I always get what I want sooner or later so only time will tell with my business, health, and on going romantic drama that my life has become.

Remember, let your desire drive your motivation and everything will work out.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – Pulling Out Hair is a post from: Deneil Merritt - Journey through life

My obsessive compulsive disorder is pulling out my hair. I have been pulling out my hair for about 4 or 5 years now. Just sitting down watching TV for about 3 or 4 hours, I look down and see a ball of hair on the floor. It has now become worst since I have been trying to stop pulling out my hair.

I can feel when I really want to pull out my hair so I quickly put something in my hands from cups, remotes, to getting on the computer and start typing. There are times the feeling come but there’s nothing to grab or do so I just pull out my hair. There are spots where there is no hair from me pulling out my hair.

Its been a month since I began my quest to stop pulling out my hair. I have looked up many ways people have tried to stop pulling out their hair from covering their hair to cutting their hair too short to pull out. I hate having short hair so cutting my hair was out of the question.

From my pictures you can see that I keep my hair covered. Many days I forget to cover my hair and wind up pulling out a ball of hair before the day is over. I find that keeping busy is my best way to stop pulling out my hair. As long as I am working on my sites or link building, I don’t pull out my hair.

Maybe this is why I love blogging, writing (or should I say typing?), My fingers are always busy writing articles for all the blogs I own.  Dealing with my OCD has made me write some really good articles that have helped people with blogging, affiliate marketing, and poker. So facing my OCD has a nice benefit. I am slowly going to stop pulling out my hair and people get to read some great articles by me.

How I face My OCD?

Step 1: Acknowledge that I have OCD. (I finally acknowledge it a month ago)
Step 2: Find a way to reduce pulling out my hair. (Cover my hair)
Step 3: Keep my hands and mind busy on something else. (Blogging is perfect)

That is how I face my OCD. Hopefully I can stop pulling out my hair by the end of year. It would be great to not have OCD in 2010. That is my goal and my dream.

If you have obsessive compulsive disorder of any kind. Please post what kind of OCD you have below and let me know how you deal with your obsessive compulsive disorder.