Made It!!

What happened to October 1st's post? Must be I was just having so much fun that it flashed right by without my noticing. Sorry - I know how disappointed that must have made the fans. Probably no fans left now.

Too bad for them. The listings have MADE IT to 3077, over the hopefully magic number of 3000. I was trying to remember where 3000 had come from. Something to do with my calculations of how many sales were needed to "pay the rent." I don't remember the specifics now. Maybe they are in the archives somewhere, for someday when I write a book about all this.

The figures for September were a few less than August, BUT August has 31 days vs. September's 30, and on August 31, 10 (ten) ads were sold. Ten in one day. Now that would pay the rent if it happened every day. But the point is that September was second in overall sales and first on a 30 day basis. October is ahead of September on a cumulative basis so far. So we do seem to be on the right track.

Some of the "make money on the internet" things I have read seem to be just selling the same things around to a similar circle of dumbies who bought something once from a similar huckster. What I am really enjoying about the ads are the emails I get from customers saying why they wanted that ad or what they are going to do with it. Some of that would make an interesting book some day.

Meanwhile, I've got a long ton of magazines needed attention. And I should add, my "Watch For" list (of requests from ad seekers) is growing. It would be nice to be able to check off a couple of those.

Have a good Monday.