Matthew Allen

[Dumb] Passive Income Report for October 2015

November 7, 2015 by Matthew Allen

Welcome to my [Dumb] Passive Income Report! This blog is all about what I am doing to create several different passive income streams. This monthly income report details my results. I work very hard and dedicate many hours each week to working on my different online endeavors in an attempt to create passive income. So why do I consider it passive income then? Because I am not trading specified amounts of time for a predetermined amount of money like I do at my day job. Most of the income you will see in this report results from work I have done in the past.

Why am I sharing my income publicly? Hopefully to gain credibility with you (the readers) and to maintain a certain degree of accountability for myself. I could blog all day long about what I am doing to create passive income online, including some of my unique strategies. But why would anybody trust me and believe that what I am doing works if I don’t prove it by sharing my results? This is what I mean by gaining credibility and this is one of the main purposes for sharing my income. I also share my failures on the blog, which holds me accountable. Knowing that I will be publishing a monthly income report will keep me motivated to keep pushing forward and plugging away on the things I need to do to create future passive income.

[Dumb] Passive Income Report for September 2015

November 7, 2015October 24, 2015 by Matthew Allen

Follow One Course Until Success

October 23, 2019October 16, 2015 by Matthew Allen

Unsatisfied – un·sat·is·fied, ənˈsadəsˌfīd, (adjective). Def: 1. not satisfied.

Unsatisfied is the best word I can think of to describe the results I’ve been able to achieve as far as creating passive income online. Simply stated, per the definition of the word – I’m not satisfied. I get up at 5am almost every single day and work on my websites and try to grow and improve my internet income streams. But quite frankly – my income levels suck! I should be earning more. Much, much more.

So… I’m about to do something drastic! It’s time for me to make a change. A big change. I don’t really like what I’m about to announce. But it needs to be done. In order for me to reach the level of success that I know I’m capable of – I see no other way than to make this extreme and radical move.

Improve Website Speed – Average Page Load Times Under 1 Second on WordPress (even on Bluehost shared hosting)

October 3, 2015 by Matthew Allen

“Your website is faster than 98% of all tested websites”

Note: make sure you read (or scroll) all the way to the end of this post to see an even more impressive screenshot!

Now that’s what I’m talking about!! I can’t tell you how long I’ve been obsessed with my website speed and page load times. I thought I had tried just about everything to improve website speed on all of my sites. I’ve even gone to great lengths and went so far as to move several of my sites to one of the best and fastest (and more expensive) hosting providers that exists for WordPress users. I’m currently paying $104 per month for that hosting plan – and I still feel like it’s worth every penny.

But now I feel like I’ve really cracked the code! I’ve finally figured out how to make my sites on WPEngine even faster (average load times under 1 second). But here’s what is even better. It’s working for my sites on Bluehost shared hosting too! I’ve gotten my average load times on my Bluehost sites to under 1 second as well! Many of them are closer to half a second – which is faster than about 95% of ALL tested websites. This is insane!

And here is the very best part. The website speed improvement tips that I’m about to show you can be done completely for free! You too, should be able to get your WordPress site(s) to load in under 1 second – even if you’re on a cheap shared hosting plan.

[Dumb] Passive Income Report for August 2015

January 21, 2020September 12, 2015 by Matthew Allen

My Imaginary Experience as a Full Time Internet Marketer

March 15, 2021August 29, 2015 by Matthew Allen

Question: What would I do if I had 2 solid days at home to do internet marketing, during the typical work week (M-F), and I was all alone (meaning my family wasn’t home)?

So yeah, that happened. I took a couple of vacation days this past Thursday and Friday from my truck driving day job. My family was ‘out of town,’ for most of the week – up north at the family farm. Which left me home alone for 2 solid days to do nothing but internet marketing! Yes, I could have driven up north and joined them after work on Wednesday night. But I’ve always wanted to see how much I could accomplish online if I had an entire day or two – rather than just an hour or two per day each morning – which is how I normally ‘work’ online.

So Did I Actually Get Anything Done?

Leading up to these 2 days, I was thinking that I might write and publish an epic monster blog post with my time. Or maybe even create some sort of mini-course that I could sell online. I even did some research on that by listening to a few podcasts (while at day job) on course creation and selling on Udemy.

In reality, I ended up doing the following on Thursday and Friday…

Making Money with Email Lists (Works for Niche Sites too!)

March 15, 2021August 13, 2015 by Matthew Allen

“The money is in the list.” You hear that phrase over and over again if you follow any internet marketing blog or podcast. And it’s true! Sure, there are plenty of other ways to make money online. But, making money with email lists has been proven to be extremely effective. It is so effective that it is pretty much mandatory that any and every website owner should be building and growing their email list. I think popular internet marketing blogger, Derek Halpern, said it best when he stated…

If you're not building an email list, you're an idiot. ~ Derek HalpernClick To Tweet

[Dumb] Passive Income Report for July 2015

January 21, 2020August 8, 2015 by Matthew Allen

[Dumb] Passive Income Report for June 2015

January 21, 2020July 15, 2015 by Matthew Allen

The Ultimate Azon WordPress Theme for Amazon Affiliate Sites

January 22, 2020July 4, 2015 by Matthew Allen

Amazon Affiliate Site - Ultimate Azon Wordpress Theme

As a niche site creator and enthusiast, I’ve been focused lately on building out Amazon affiliate sites. Amazon sites are so much fun to create for several reasons. One of the main reasons being that it is so easy to find profitable niches and products to promote. Another reason that I love to build Amazon sites is because of the awesome tools that are available that make building out these types of sites on WordPress extremely easy.

There are a couple of tools on my “must-have” list when it comes to creating Amazon affiliate sites. And previously, a specific theme did not make that list. I usually just used either a free theme or one of my Genesis themes and used several plugins to add different functionality for my Amazon review sites. But after using the Ultimate Azon Theme for several months now (on a few of my sites) – there is now a specific theme on my “must-have” list for building Amazon sites.

The Ultimate Azon Theme is so powerful and so easy to customize and set up. You won’t even believe how easy it is to create beautiful, professional looking Amazon review sites with all the bells and whistles. I am going to show you exactly what I mean in this extensive review post. But just telling you that it is awesome wouldn’t quite do it justice. So, I’m also going to show you one of my sites that uses this theme!

[Dumb] Passive Income Report for May 2015

July 30, 2022June 13, 2015 by Matthew Allen

Link Building Packages from The Hoth – An Honest Review (Updated)

March 22, 2017May 28, 2015 by Matthew Allen

As a niche website builder, one of the necessary evils that I’ve had to deal with is building links. Getting good links pointing to your sites is essential if you want to rank in Google for the good keywords. Over the last couple of years, I’ve tried it all. White hat. Grey hat. Black hat. You name it. Some methods work better than others and some methods carry more risk. But the fact remains that even after the multitude of updates to it’s algorithm – Google still relies heavily on backlinks as a main factor in determining it’s search engine rankings.

This post will mostly consist of my honest review and my experience using The Hoth to buy link building packages.

Here is what I will cover…

the different types of Hoth link building packages available
my experience and opinions about The Hoth
my most recent purchase from The Hoth
- the exact process and what to expect
- my exact results with before & after screenshots
will I continue to use The Hoth?

Unsatisfied – un·sat·is·fied, ənˈsadəsˌfīd, (adjective). Def: 1. not satisfied.

“Your website is faster than 98% of all tested websites”

Question: What would I do if I had 2 solid days at home to do internet marketing, during the typical work week (M-F), and I was all alone (meaning my family wasn’t home)?

So Did I Actually Get Anything Done?

Here is what I will cover…

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