So it's January 2022 now - I hit my £3k target for last year well within the time frame so that was good as sadly I suffered burnout in December. I am still processing it all and it's not great but hey ho.
My job changed so much after Brexit that it's basically 2 x the work for no more pay. It saps so much energy that I struggle to do extras outside of work too. So I really have to assess if it is worth it. That is a huge stress as with the cost of living going up and my wages going down (by the fact that we haven't had a pay rise anywhere near the rate of inflation for years). Trying to think creatively on that one.
The Blog is going well, I have tried to get my Amazon Associates going and while the click through rate was great - no one has bought anything so far! So am going to get kicked off the programme if that doesn't change in the next month. But aside from that interaction is good. I have started to produced content that is behind a pay wall and I have had some success with that. It does take time though so I have to be careful with that.
Amazon KPD is slowly getting there, now averaging £20/£30 a month and I am sure that I can get that going a bit more as I develop better books. I have had some great feedback and it quite a niche area. I have found that the dreadful Facebook actually seems to be the best place to promote. I am a member of a number of groups and do periodically promote the books on those and get sales so that's good.
I am trying to get myself back into a routine so my aims for this year are -
- Raise at least £3k
- Improve/extend the Amazon KPD books
- Return to Prolific/Appen/Populous/Intellizoom
I've kept it simple so far as I am just recovering from last year.