The Family Project

Who We are

I recently got a divorce and I was lucky enough to keep my 3 kids.  I started paying alimony and more and the bills kept getting tighter and tighter.  The divorce was / is hard on all of us so I choose to do something with the kids that we could all get involved in and be proud of what we were doing.  So first let me introduce you to the players.

• Dad – 41 years old and has work in software for 20 years but the majority of the time programmed for the advertising industry.
• Donovan – 14 years old and has interest include video games (including programming) and Airsoft guns.
• Samsara – 12 years old and interested in fashion and acting. She is fun and trying to find her square self in a round world.
• Jules – 11 Year old with a passion for skateboards and just having fun.

How it began?

I knew you could make money online because I had do it before.  I was on a roll and had started getting traffic to a blog several years ago but my editor was not as passionate about it as I was (my ex-wife).  So I thought I would try it again with the kids and see where I could take it.  I started watching free webinars and learning more and more.  I then settled on Auto Wealth Maker for my platform.  I sat down and explain what a niche was to the kids and how it all worked.  We went through the corporate structure and revenue sharing (which I think they liked the best).  Next we look at each person and choose a topic.  There were misses and a bug in the software for a couple of days.  We found the first topic of Skateboarding Logos.  About a 2 dollar a day site.  Airsoft Guns was listed at 30 dollars a day and bohemian cloths was about 5 dollars a day.  This was the hard part.

How is it Going so far

Well Airisoft Guns site has had many bugs which as delayed it greatly but we finally started over and everything is good now.  Skateboarding Logos is doing great and driving some traffic but very low revenue.  Bohemian Clothing needs work but is getting hits via Google search and moving up the ladder.  When ever we make a move to improve our search position the Kids are involved.  The kids inspect the websites for what they like and help with design aspects.  It is my hope that over the next 6 months we can get to a point and bring up an addition 9 websites.  For my purpose on this I have turned to hub pages to build smaller sites and generate some quicker cash flow verses the long term sites I am setting up with the kids.

Important Lesson for All

There are some important lesson that I am trying to instill in the kids.

• The value of money
• The importance of relevance
• The importance of value