Wow I didn’t notice that my last blog post was on the 6th, time is flying bye!
First off, congrats to Wes for the acquisition of tracking202 to bloosky (I think its pronounces blue sky). Read techcrunch article here. Wes was one of the first people to help teach me php, he focuses on the security part of php more then anyone else I know. Congrats to him and I cant wait to see what he will be working on next 
Now second… I have been working a ton. This month I added WordPress blog and squidoo lens creation to Developer Hut. A few weeks back we also added our All-In-One packages which seem to be a hit. And I am currently working on a product called “Forum Marketing” at which my writers will go into niche related forums and leave your websites in the body of forum threads somehow. We have been working on that product for months now, hopefully we will get it launched this week. Getting all the testing and instructions writing is what takes the most time, and with that product we have been testing new ways to get pasted mods and spam filters. Which is a pain in the ass.
The part that is taking the most time with adding those products is integrating it into the backend, such as making it work with the all-in-one plans and our recurring plans. For every product I add I need to create a backend for the particular product so the customer can view and update their orders, and also a backend for the writers to view the orders. It also has to be integrated to work with the recurring and all-in-one plans. I also need to create a paypal ipn and also update the credit card and google checkout apis for every product I add. I also need to write up the instructions for the writers to follow, and add information about the products so customers can get info about the products. And thats not all, after all that is done I still have to do all the testing, which takes time.
After we launch the forum marketing product then I will be done creating and adding new products to the website, I am tired of all that work (getting burnt out). I will now be focused on updating existing products, making the backend more efficient, hiring sales and customer support people, and also focusing on the marketing part of the business. I will be waiting to see how these products work out before I start adding new ones.
I have also been very busy finishing up the resellers accounts. It is all done expect for the approving orders part and some images for the reseller accounts page. As soon as the writer gets done with the sales letter we will be launching it, at this point I am thinking it will be 100% live on Tues. We will be sending an email out when it is, if you would like to subscribe to the newsletter then use the free seo tool on the sidebar (the email will prob be sent after the holidays)
I still need to start and finish a order washing system to make it so I have to manually review all international orders, to help reduce on the fraud orders. I will also be updating the list of country’s I sell to, I will now only be selling to country’s that are approved by ebay/paypal (on their list). That should not take to long, maybe a few hours of work. I will probably be going that tonight if COD 6 doesn’t take up my time haha.
It is also the holidays months, this is the best time of the year for most people. Just this month I can tell business has picked up a ton (Im talkin a 10% increase from last month baby), I cant wait until black Friday! A few of the websites I built over the summer are starting to turn a profit, last months the websites I made probably only made 200$ total for the whole month, now this month some of the websites are pulling 60$ a day. The websites all target smaller items that are great for little presents, and I market them that way, and they seem to be doing good. I will probably make more for next year to, the only problem is that during the non-holiday months their income is shitty.
I don’t really have to much to blog about today, I wanted to throw something up because I haven’t blogged in a long ass time. I hope everyone has a fun holiday season, and if your on COD6 add me on xbox live its “jonwaraas” you cant miss it haha.
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Yo man, Dev-Hut is lookin good, a real pro setup you got goin on. I know you don’t want to hear this since you just recoded a shit ton of your backend but it seems like you need to modularize it a bit. Having to code whole new sections to add a product seems like a pain in the ass.
Looks like I might start getting into holiday niche sites as well.
Workin hard as usual!
How you been man, looks like your network is growing! 920 readers, jeeeez la weeez!!! I am working on my blog again too 
Hit me up soon!
Link building and all that other time consuming work is a great way for you guys to make money!
It’s good to see you are still working in big tempo
, without any signs of slowing. And results are there with reason…
Bring her some light food so she can still be “light on her feet” and she won’t say that it’s “too heavy” on her stomach.Get her some Subway sandwiches and most of all, bring yourself with an open ear.
I used to work tons. But… I moved out of my dorm, got a serious infection and my daily tasks went out the door. A month later, I’d like to go back to the old cycle, to study and work.
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