Today is September 1, 2010 and I am very proud of my accomplishments this past month. Oh happy day! I was finally able to pass the $2000 a month residual income barrier and I did it by a whopping $271.00. Now, that might not sound like a whole lot but how many employees can ask their bosses for a $271 raise and get it? Welll, if I continue with this pattern, I will have a whopping $3,252 extra at the end of the year and that is freaking awesome!

That said, today is a brand new day/month and it is now time to evaluate my strategy for this month. My plan is to continue building traffic to my 5 winning sites and also to try and get all my sites ranked using multi-backlinking strategies which consists of forum posting, Yahoo Answering, article writing, and Web 2.0 submissions, etc.

By diversifying my marketing strategy, I should be able to protect my interests and really market my sites and get them the traffic they need to be successful little niche money makers. After all, building sites and leaving them to fend for themselves is never enough. You have to optimize them for their keywords and backlink them like crazy if you want to increase your organic traffic and your income.

Only then will you rise up the SERPS and make money. Well, enough chatting – it’s a new month and I’ve got work to do. Make it happen!

As I previously stated,  my goal  is to make at least $179 a day. I am confident that I can accomplish this goal if I use both active and passive income. You see, active income is income you make right now. It includes ghostwriting for clients, etc. It is income that is like a job. If you stop working or don’t do the work, your income will cease as well. In most instances, once you complete the task and get paid for your efforts, your income ceases at that point. On the other hand, passive income continues to pay you, long after you stop working. For instance, writing for sites like Bukisa and Xomba are passive income. You complete the work today and get paid tomorrow.

So, the question is, which one should you use? In my case, I will use active and passive writing streams to meet my $166 a day writing goals. My plan is to spend 50% of my time on Active incomeand 50% of my time on residual or passive income.

By dividing it up half and half, I will have income now and later. In addition, I will be building a business and not just working a job and to me, this just makes good financial and common sense.

So, what do you plan on pursuing? Active writing income, passive writing income or both?