Dot Com Mogul Checklist for February
Posted by Stephen on
March 2, 2007
Time for another exciting episode of DOT COM MOGUL Checklist! After coming off January’s Dot Com Mogul Status, it was going to be tough to repeat in February, especially dealing with a short month, and no huge direct ad sales. How close did I get? Let’s find out!
1. Your income must come about as a result of the money you make from the Internet - Not a problem. In fact, all my income comes as a result of the Internet so I should make this every month. CHECK!
2. The minimum internet income level is $10,000 a month (you cannot add income from other sources to hit this $10K level) - Unfortunately, with a short month, and no good direct sales, I have to say close but NO CHECK 
3.You have no jobs outside of the Internet - Well, still totally unemployed, so that’s a definite CHECK!
4. You have a personal blog with your name as the domain name - Yup, it’s still mine! So CHECK THAT!
5. Your blog must be updated at least once per week - I try to stick to one a day, so that’s definitely a CHECK. I think we might have to change this to once a day though 
6. A Google search of your name must be at the #1 spot - I am definitely undefeated and STILL NUMBER ONE! CHECK!
7. You must be willing to help dot com mogul wannabes - Absolutely! Contact me, make lots of comments. I’m around. CHECK!
8. Give time, money, or anything of value to a charitable cause each month - This month I encouraged Leo Chiang to participate in Dot Com Mogulness. I matched him dollar for dollar a donation to his favourite charity, which, conincidentally, was one of my favourite charities too: The BC Children’s Hospital Foundation So CHECK for me and CHECK for Leo!
9. Personally help at least one person establish their online presence via a blog or website or help them enhance one they already have every month - This month, I really had to make up for missing Number Two, so I turned up the heat on number nine and helped TWO people! For February, I set up a new blog for Futurelooks’ Silent Lieutenant, Brice Wong. He’s still peeling the shrink wrap off so give him some time to get going. I also met up with Leo Chiang to personally help him out with enhancing his blog and even got him started on earning some dollars through ReviewMyPost (aff). Seeing how much fun Brice and Leo have been having blogging really makes me proud. CHECK!
Although I didn’t hit the big 10K USD for Number Two, I hit everything else, and really hit number nine hard. February was personally very fulfilling and I really enjoyed helping two new bloggers build their blogs and find their voice.
Although I had to come back down to Dot Com Wannabe Status, I still think I accomplished a lot. Thanks for a great month everyone! 
Hey man, congrats on successfully completing ALMOST all of the checks! If it were up to me, id let ya slide since you did so well on #9 heh. I like the monthly checklist idea, might give it a shot on my blog. It’s blogs like yours, John’s and Bob’s that have really got me motivated to work on my blog and so far I am having such a great time! So, indirectly, thanks!
Me too Shawn! I am definitely more motivated to work on my site after getting involved in John’s, your’s and other blogs!
Hey Shawn! Thanks for stopping by!
It’s always good to have something to strive for every month Saman. Being able to have a taste makes you more hungry
Oh oh
I can check #4, #5, #6, #7 and #9!
For me its definitely the money that stops me from reading dot com mogul title. And if I can get money, then I can give some to charity too!
I like my http://www.tyleringram.com domain. Thanks for pushing me to use it Mr Stephen! Like you said, WTF is tingram.ca?? lol!
Congrats on almost getting to full Dot Com Mogul Status! Keep at it I know you’ll definitely be able to do with with your blog alone!
I like the new domain Tyler and the changes you have made to the site, it’s looking good.
Thanks!
Ok that’s enough comment hi-jacking… back to Stephen’s post!
It’s about time you fixed. “Tingram - WTF?”
Now you have to move yourself back up to the number one spot on Google! Shouldn’t take very long. I don’t know a whole lot of Tyler Ingrams 
Not many.. though last I looked I was a hockey player sometime in the US
I have the 301 redirect working on my site so the spiders should learn from that and I should crawl the ranks once again!
I read that PHP trick, very sneaky!
Tyler = +1 Evil Point
Welcome to the Clan Of Evil
Your help has been awesome Stephen and I’m having a blast. In addition to this month’s donation to the Children’s Hospital, I also bought their lottery tickets last month, so that’s another $250 there for their charity.
Speaking of tickets, that stupid 1 million a year for 25 years lottery drew someone from Richmond. Like someone in Richmond needs a million bucks a year!
I wish that I could say I meet as many as you - haha. I’m just the new guy on the block learning the ropes.
I’m right there with you Nick! My site has been around for four months no, but I have only recently started to network myself!
Congrats on the solid month Stephen! I’ve enjoyed following your blog and applying some of the things learned here to my own site.
It’s nice to see your progress on #9 as helping out other people is a quality that can be difficult to find. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! I’m going to ramp that up this month with a new program that I’ve been working on to help blogless people
How about a program to help the trafficless people?
Now there’s some charity!
Hey Stephen
Even though you didn’t get number two it still sounds like you had a successful month!
I’m curious to know how those dealtime ads perform and how you go about signing up to it. I’ve noticed a few other “pro” bloggers have them so they must earn a fair bit? Is it pay per click or sale?
If you have any other tips for a dot com newbie then I’m ready to listen
Chris
Hey Chris! All the way from the UK? Thanks for stopping by this part of the Commonwealth!
The Dealtime ads are run throughout my network of sites. Overall, they do a good percentage of my monthly gross. They are a PPC program that pays a fixed rate. I really like this program because not only does it produce good income, but its also a great shopping comparison service. I use it a lot when I’m looking for price comparisons on products that we’re reviewing at Futurelooks.
The only downside is that it does have some very strict requirements like a min 250K page views, and technology focused content. This is one of those times where the playing field isn’t level for big sites and small sites. I know a lot of the folks around here are checking out the Chitka program. How’s that working for everyone?
The best advice has definitely been coming from the learning that all the other bloggers around here have been sharing
Yup I’m all the way from the UK
Those dealtime ads sound ideal but I don’t meet the requirements by the sound of it. Maybe in a few months time!
Yup, Stephen has been a constant help in getting our sites up-to-snuff. I’m still waiting for my sword Stephen, so I can write a blog about it, lol.
Didn’t I give you some pictures? You can blog about HOW you’re going to get it one day
dont forget to check off how you are running cool contests and what not.
Think that should be #10? Encourage Dot Com Mogul Wannabes by doing fun contests that help produce content and activity on mine and other blogs?
Thats a big thing that I see help bloggers - contests - and often contests. Always a big winner from what I’ve seen.
I’ve tried one so far and haven’t had a single entry - but I think I made the topic a little to tough.
Only real Dot Com Moguls can make the rules!
I continue to struggle with number two. Everything else I think I’m on a decent pace.
yea that number 2 is probably the hardest to achieve. $10k is a lot of mullah in my mind.
#2 and #3 are probably the most difficult for me as I do have a job outside of the Internet and would be hard-pressed to leave that until #2 is true since my family needs a roof over their heads. But I am not sure how quickly #2 can come true while #3 is not met.
I might have start living according to this list!
Although I can only check two off the list - for now….
Sadly not everyone has a fancy regular name that sounds nice as domain name; Dutch names really suck compare to those nice and short American ones, I guess I should’ve thought of a nice alternative name before I started blogging; now I can’t become a dot Com Mogul anymore…
I’m with you there….my given name doesn’t have the *ring* of a Dot Com Mogul so maybe I will have to create an alternative identity. Of course I am lacking on a few of the other criteria as well so maybe I should focus on those first.
Mine is close but a lot of people read it as Samantha!
Is should be read: Some-On-A-Thon!
Thanks Stephen. Check out my website now. It is looking much better. Give me your though. Thanks again.