The winner contacted me before the deadline! He slipped in a couple of hours before I was about to re-pick a contest winner. The release forms are being sent out and then I can announce the name of the winner, once they are returned to me.

Thanks everyone.

We will pick a winner this weekend. We will also give full details of the free video ipod giveaway.

Also we need help from you. What do you want us to give away next? Leave a comment and let us know.

The official launch of this site was February 11th 2008. We marked the launch of the site with a free ipod contest. It’s still going on so be sure to sign up and with a Free 60 GB video ipod.

I want to be very open about this site. I will disclose traffic numbers, revenue goals and actual revenue creation, etc… Very few sites will be this open about their sites. I want this to be a community site so I feel this is the necessary path to take.

The site has been live for one full week!! So, prior to the sites official launch almost all stats/numbers where at zero. The site would get (maybe) one visitor every other day. I assume they were just typing in the domain name.

On with the numbers…

Key Performance Indicators (2-11-08 to 2-17-08).

Site Stats
Total unique visitors – 755
Total Page views – 1629
Most viewed pages – The home page and the contest page

Top referring site – http://www.cashnetsweeps.com/new-sweepstakes/20080214/index.html

Blog Activity
Blog posts: 41
Comments: 11
categories: 29
Spam Comments: 3

Search Engine Information
I am ranking in Google for 7 keywords.
I am ranking in Yahoo for 4 keywords.
I am ranking in AOL for 1 keyword.
(These are all first page listings)

Revenue
Revenue = $0. I have not tried to monetize this site. This will happen in the following weeks.

Subscribers
Feedburner subscribers 25
Newsletter subscriber 64
Blog subscription 12

Ad Spends
Advertising spend $0

Over all, not a bad first week. This week I will continue to promote the site and find new sources of traffic.

I am committed to doing a monthly “site stats” wrap up but not a weekly one. I may or may not do one next week. Stay tuned.

Josh

“If it’s FREE it’s for me!” – John A.

The idea for this site was born several years ago, But with no action plan the domain would sit idle.

The official launch of this site will be 2-11-08.

Want to know more about the site and it’s goals; click here.