Progress

I am very happy to report that I have had two of my photographs accepted at one of the stock agencies that I am using.  The same two photographs are still pending at another site.  I know this is a small step but being my first approvals I can't help but be excited.  I can't wait for an actual sale!  I am going to see if they get accepted at the second site and then I may submit them to a few more that I have on my list.  All my submissions so far have been from older pictures I have in my collection.  I can't wait to have a chance to actually take some shots with the stock concept in mind when shooting.

I haven't had much time to write or take any pictures lately as house hunting is filling my time off.  I have managed to get one more article approved at infobarrel.  That brings my total to a very sad two.  Honestly I have lacked creativity with writing articles as well so I can't blame it all on the lack of time. 

I realize that this project of making a passive online income will take a good while to build but I am positive if I keep chipping away at it I will start to see it grow over time.  Rome wasn't built over night you know! 

A Quick Update

Here we are in May already!  Time flies when you are have fun right?  Since my last post I have been doing more reading on SEO (search engine optimization) and how to apply it to various types of web content. Key word research is also time consuming.  So far I have found a couple of good back linking tricks I will share later.  Right now I want to make sure I have everything working correctly.

I now have Amazon ads up on my sites.  I am not positive the ones on my infobarrel article are mine but I know the ones on this blog are.  It is interesting to say the least to learn how all of this works.  I can see how this could be extremely profitable but I can also see how it could be difficult to build the traffic.  I am still new to all of this and look forward to learning a whole lot more as we go.

The main thing I am focused on at the moment is finding a nitch.  I am not trying to find the next super fad, rather just any nitch I stand a good chance of making profitable.  I have experimented with Googles Adword Keyword Tool and it gives a wealth of information but I haven't found what I am looking for.  I will get some time off of my regular job at the end of this month.  I am hoping to make a lot of progress between now and when I go back from my time off.  Wish me luck!