Out of Debt Blog

Progress Report...

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:21:08 PST

My article marketing service has been increasing steadily in members and income. Over $4,000 presently in monthly recurring membership income!

Problem is, I still need to manage my spending so that I actually use the surplus to pay off debt. There's currently $50,000 in credit...

Still Making Progress Toward Business

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:15:12 PST

I haven't posted in a while so I thought I'd give an update.

I'm averaging $3,000-$5,000 per month on the side, which isn't yet enough to go full time -- so I'm still working my day job.

I've invested a lot of the money I've been making back into the business, but I've been wasting...

Made $10,000 Yesterday!

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:58:06 PST

I've really been gaining ground! I took the proceeds of my Content Spooler software and paid a programmer to develop a network where websites can automatically trade articles with one another.

While he did the programming, I did the marketing and mailing list building.

Content Spooling Network...

Still gaining ground

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:14:36 PST

This has been a great month!

I had some sad results to a promotion I did in mid-December that left me very discouraged.

Then just before Christmas, I created a new product called Content Spooler. It was a HUGE success! (at least by my standards)

I made a few thousand dollars...

Gaining Traction with Income

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:14:37 PST

The past 2 months I have been gaining some traction with my online income.

I made about $1,200 selling access to some statisticaly software examining how to rank high in the search engines. I've not taken it off the market so I can make it better.

This past week I made $500...

My Product Is Released - Making Some Money!

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:09:34 PST

My "Site Page Tracker" product was released this past Tuesday. I made $1,500 or so after paying out the affiliate commissions.

I've got a product I'm selling a subscription to as well, so I'm hoping to establish some recurring income. As of now, about $500 of my sales are set...

Freedom on the Horizon

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:56:07 PST

I posted last month about making some money selling a php website script I wrote. I have made about 50-60 sales in the past month resulting in over $1,000.

This is by far the most money I have made on the internet. I have invested all of it (and some more) into making the product...

Made Some Real Money On The Internet!

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:23:26 PST

The past few months I've been trying to make some money on the Internet. I haven't spent much more time on the timeshare book, instead I've been concentrating on Adsense and making a product to help people with websites.

In case you don't know, AdSense are those little "ads by...

Still working on the side

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:22:49 PST

I sold a few of my timeshare packages. I decided to make a video instead of finishing the book for the time being.

I am currently getting back to my programming roots and working on a web page creator which will help me set up web sites quickly on any given topic. I am planning...

made some money online

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:00:34 PST

Woohoo -- I made some money online. Setting up that taguchi website (Taguchi Tools Review) has made me $450 over the past month!

I wrote an article on the subject and submitted it to a bunch of places. The bottom of the article contained a link to my website. This has resulted...

wife got a job

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Fri, 12 May 2006 04:28:19 PST

My wife started a part-time job last week as an assistant at a small office which sells eyeglasses. She enjoys the job. The extra money will be very helpful.

I'm still working on my timeshare resales book. It will probably be released next month. Most of my time lately has...

Taguchi Method for some side income

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:10:09 PST

I am about 3/4 done writing my book. I still have some more expenses before I can hope to make any money on it -- these include book cover design (around $400), printing a few copies to send to potential affiliates (about $50). I also may need to prepay some of the book printing costs...

Total Business Spending - $953

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:32:35 PST

My total business-related spending has reached $953 so far. $375 of this was related to a home-study course I bought through eBay on how to effectively launch new products.

My total is up almost $600 from when I last reported my business-related spending. Another big expense was...

Timeshare Resales Mini-Course Complete

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:36:29 PST

As I indicated in a previous post (which had some great discussion -- thanks Jeffrey), I am writing a book on how to not get scammed when making a timeshare resale purchase.

I thought it was fitting to get out of debt the same way I got into debt -- timeshares.

While Jeffrey...

We are back in our house

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:27:46 PST

A little over a year ago we left NC and rented out of our house to take a job in DC. We moved back 3 months ago and just moved back into our house this past Thursday. Our renter kept the place pretty clean. The only issue we had is she used toothpaste to fill in some nail holes in...

Here's what I've been working on... Resort Vacations!

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:03:35 PST

As you can read from my previous post, I have been working on an "information product" (book). A big part of why we are in debt is a BAD decision we made to purchase a timeshare a few years ago. We learned a lot about how to get scammed and how to avoid getting scammed when buying...

I may be crazy...

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:55:29 PST

I may be crazy, but I'm trying to develop an "information product" (ebook) to make some extra money to pay off debt. I've been working on it for a couple weeks. Actually, I haven't actually begun writing it -- I've been too busy making a couple related websites and writing/distributing...

Potential for side income?

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:57:41 PST

I just signed up on iFreelance.com to get freelance web development projects. It costs $5 a month to be listed on their site. I figure I can do this for a month or two and see if I get any bites.

The 'B' Word

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:40:25 PST

I started using a budgeting system called The B Word. With this system, you recognize your income and pay all your bills on the 1st and the 15th of every month -- no matter when the bills are actually do or you actually get your paycheck. I got paid this past Friday and I'm now...

Catching the Vision -- stop spending money

crompton@gmail.com (outofdebt) — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:05:52 PST

I really think I'm catching the vision about not spending and instead saving & paying off debt. I actually chose not to get fast-food type of things a few times this week and instead save the money. I cancelled some unneeded $14.95 monthly charge and felt GREAT -- like I'm actually...