Here is a little story, about 4 years ago I had a dinner party for some friends, one guy (a friend of a friend) started telling me how difficult it was for him to get leads for his work (plumber) since he was new in town, I started telling him about local search - one thing led to another and I ended up setting him up with a domain and hosting (on one of my reseller accounts) and also did a quick WP install for him.
Gave him a short intro into the system and sent him on his way.
He called about a year later saying that he does get some action and asked to pay for the hosting and the domain (which he did every year) and asked if I can give him a little help on SEO. So I did a couple of articles and directory submissions (those still worked at the time) and very light SEO work, got him links.
This week I have people over, and this guy was there too, he told me he just landed a big project, and that it was 100% because of the site, was real happy and handed me an envelop with $2,500 in it, asked me to keep that as payment for my services. Probably the best money I have ever made, for so little work.
Now... I started thinking about this money, half is going to go for some party-time investment, the rest I don't know.... I'm thinking of trying out a EDM for some easy monthly Adsense, with this "surprise" payment I can just test things, learn and make some money...
Or maybe I am better off finding a real good old PR6-7 site and buying it?
Gave him a short intro into the system and sent him on his way.
He called about a year later saying that he does get some action and asked to pay for the hosting and the domain (which he did every year) and asked if I can give him a little help on SEO. So I did a couple of articles and directory submissions (those still worked at the time) and very light SEO work, got him links.
This week I have people over, and this guy was there too, he told me he just landed a big project, and that it was 100% because of the site, was real happy and handed me an envelop with $2,500 in it, asked me to keep that as payment for my services. Probably the best money I have ever made, for so little work.
Now... I started thinking about this money, half is going to go for some party-time investment, the rest I don't know.... I'm thinking of trying out a EDM for some easy monthly Adsense, with this "surprise" payment I can just test things, learn and make some money...
Or maybe I am better off finding a real good old PR6-7 site and buying it?