Bundling

At one stage of developing my 'cassette to CD' website, I came up with a downloadable guide for visitors who wanted to try their hand at converting their own cassettes. Making money from this was a somewhat clumsy process involving 'locking' a PDF file, and providing unlocked versions for those that paid a donation. I was paid anything from 50 cents to $10 via PayPal.
I have re-thought this system recently when I discovered that you can sign up for a bundle scheme that effectively 'bundles' your download with an offer - if your visitor acts on the offer, you can get paid out. You will have seen similar things when downloading free software yourself. It seems to me to be a fairly neat solution, so much so that I think I might dust off my guide and bring it up to date before trying my hand at bundling to raise some of that elusive passive income..

Busy-ness

I have been (as happens from time to time) lax in updating any of my blogs lately. There is no MLS actions at the moment, so I have nothing to say in my Beckham Blog, I rarely update my travel blog, and have not had time to write anything for Munny4Hunny or TheCreditCruncher lately.
Although I am fully recovered from my broken arm, I am very busy with stuff at real 'work' lately and have embarked on a DIY project which involves pulling our small office at home to bits - no floor at the moment, although the PC's are still running...
Hopefully the DIY project will mean I end up with a smart new office, but knowing that rate at which I work (I don't get many hours at home in which it would be possible to work to be fair...), it could take a while.
Not much happening on the cassette to CD conversions lately which is making me think I ought to probably do some SEO work on some of my sites and see if I can get any decent links (or even crappy links, I'm not fussy..!)
I am thinking I will probably charge any new office furniture to my home 'business', which will save me some income tax, but knock my profits for six!!

Address Plaque

An Address Plaque makes a nice finishing touch to any house, especially after you have just painted the exterior, or had some other major renovation work done. We have a plaque made from tiles on our house and, not only does it help to identify our house, it also helps people to navigate the street when the house they are looking for has no visible number.
I find it particularly useful when using Google 'streetview', I find the street and then begin trawling up and down looking for a house number so that I can find the specific house that I want. Maybe that's not the main reason to buy a house plaque for your home, but it will probably help people like me who like to navigate around streetview!

January 2012

January has not been a particularly busy month for internet earnings, I have done a few cassettes and that has yielded about £70, plus a few affiliates and blog posts giving a gross income of around £90, I paid out a little over £6 on postage and paypal fees, hence a total income of £84.52.
I have also had a refund of £120 from the water company for overpayment of our direct debit, but in other news, I have lost about £140 on a savings plan (cheque for £120 and statement showing a loss both arrived today in the post..).
I have also had to spend £110 on a new circuit board for my central heating boiler this week, but as it all works so much better now, I feel like it was money well spent. More about how eBay solved my heating problems in a later post I think...

Gas Grills

With the weather we are currently having, I have to say that Summer, barbecues and gas grills seem an awful long way away. Nevertheless, it is a good time to start thinking about plans for the garden. Our new (for 2011) garden swing has taken a bit of a pasting over the Winter, so I am already costing up new swing covers for next year.
Some of the larger playthings have not weathered particularly well this year, so hopefully we can get away with 'losing' some of them this year - although to be fair, no toy ever leaves our house without the most severe of protests...