I really enjoy the 1st of every month. It marks a new chapter in the novel that is AIS, so it's easy to totalise the earnings for the prior month, consequently extra simple to deduce what went right, what went wrong and what to do learn from mistakes made!

The 1st is also the day when a lot of payments come in from JV partners, Affiliates and the like. Also, there is a whole raft of payments from subscribers, as subscriptions that should have been received on the 30th, 31st and today - well, they all come in on the 1st for some reason.

Also, today is a very special "1st" of the month, as tonight Liverpool play Chelsea for a place in the final of the Champions League. If Liverpool get through I am definitely on the plane to Athens!

What of April?

Pretty much the same as March. I've been concentrating my efforts on getting one particular area of my business up to speed (offline), so that has taken me away from my online stuff a bit. Even so, I made a few product launches which brought in a nice amount of income.

I don't really do detailed stats on this blog anymore, but I was pleased to see that the new style of Adsense Ads led to a 25% increase in Adsense earnings - Google said the ads convert better, and my stats show this to be true - considering traffic was static & site builds/site dumps were non-existant. I really should add some monetization to my (white hat) Blog Farm.

Plans for May

Hopefully a trip to Athens to watch the Champions League Final! Also, this month I have a couple of birthdays to celebrate (not my own I hasten to add), as well as the Eurovision Song Contest

AIS-wise, I have a couple of ideas for new products. I'll probably add some monetization to my Blog Farm (again this will be a mix of Adsense and self made products such as eBooks). I have Version 5 of my Site Builder in final build stage, so that will be interesting to see sales pick up again - it's been made even faster and more flexible!
Offline, I am determined to get my business up and running! It's been too long and I know that I can easily make a decent income from it.