Wed 22 Nov 2006
Well over $1,000 in sales came in the last couple days. The contributing factors are that 1)the site recently broke $10,000 2) I started running an aggressive adwords campaign. I’m trying to narrow in on which sites bring in good traffic, and which bring in bad traffic.
Nearly $1,000 came from one customer who found the site through adwords. She has several sports pages on the homepage now (gocheaptickets.net, goboston.com, ticketboston.com) She emailed me a little about her story which is pretty interesting. Her name is Joyce and after fighting off breast cancer she decided she wanted to try something different. She decided to make a go of making money online and started a series of ticket/sports/boston sport websites. After a quick google check her ticket prices were on average $10 cheaper than what I found at some other online ticketing companies, so her sites look like a good deal as well.
I wish all the best luck to Joyce in succeeding with her online business.

November 22nd, 2006 at 10:58 am
Brandon, thanks for the kind words about my websites and your encouragement. One of the “new” areas I am working in is strength and conditioning and I am building a site called www.strengthandspeed.com. I am also a hockey coach, and play hockey too! I would be interested in hearing more details about your training regimen as you move on to gearing up for the Boston Marathon. What training do you do in addition to running? And what does your diet consist of? Keep the faith and Happy Thanksgiving!
November 22nd, 2006 at 11:30 am
Joyce,
I’m trying to follow Jack Daniels (coach not the drink) marathon training program. Most of the focus is on running, but I stretch after every run, do core exerciese(abs, back, chest), and ice baths/massage to help recovery.