Hi everyone,

First I want to say a big thank you to everyone out there who sent emails, comments, and general well-wishes to me related to this endeavor. As those that have read my posts can likely attest, this was a bit more difficult than I had envisioned. Not that I thought it would be a walk in the park…

Also, as a big step backward…in case you are new to the Serial Monetizer, here is a recap of the first leg of my online money making journey:

As detailed in my original post on the topic: http://www.serialmonetizer.com/2007/12/29/goal-40day-in-40-days/ I picked up on January 1st of this year (2008) with the intent of building a side income online. My stated goal was to grow this income to a “steady $40 per day within 40 days”.

So…how did I fare?

I will answer this two ways. First, I’ll say that it was a success from a monetary standpoint. This is because if you were to average my online earnings over the final 10 days of this experiment, my daily average was $39.62. This is pretty close to $40. However, in one way I was a big failure. Part of my original goal was to have a diverse income stream. I failed in this…as most all of my income over the course of the last 40 days came from my proxy websites. In fact, one of the key ways that I achieved $39.62/day for the final 10 days was to sell off a subset of my proxy sites.

All in all, I think the previous 40 days were very successful for me. The biggest measuring stick for “success” at this point is to know that I learned a lot. That is absolutely true. Right now, the $40/day is not significant in my overall financial landscape. Is it nice to have a few extra dollars here and there…of course. However, that figure won’t start to be very attractive until I make it grow by 10x. Then we will have a different conversation here.

Next post will give some details of my actual earnings for the 40 days, and some of the methods to my madness.

I also have some things up my sleeve for the “Next 40 days”. I will reveal my goal right now…it is to make a sustained $40 per day for 40 days. Or, put another way, is to earn $1600 in 40 days time. I may have peaks and valleys, but that is the number I will strive for. I am taking a few days off…so the first 40 days and second 40 days will not line up back to back. I will still be working some things in the background, but will have very little time over the next few days. So, instead of it being a potential excuse at the end, I am going to carve the time out, and kick off the second 40 days sometime later this week. Busy week traveling to LA to see a big client…so…wish me luck!

Thanks again everyone!

- Mark