First Day In My New Job
Since giving up the day job and moving to Thailand I have been trying to make a go of it with affiliate marketing but as my regular readers will know things didn’t really pan out in the way I had hoped and I’ve not been earning enough to live off out here even with the low cost of living.
Due to this I have started a new job teaching web design in English at a Thai school. Since Thailand has strict laws on immigration it is only possible to get a work permit for a job a Thai person cannot do and that really only leaves teaching hence the teaching job. Most people teach English but when I saw this job I thought it would be ideal as it combines something I have done in the past and know a fair bit about (web design) with the requirement to teach.
However the first day nearly broke me and it was touch and go whether I’d make it to the end of the day. The main reason for this was the kids were so badly behaved and I didn’t have the teaching skills to handle a class of 35 unruly Thai teenagers who had little respect for their farang teacher!
The job is only part-time and I get paid a bit more than the going rate for teaching English and it works out to about £35 a day. Not a lot for the effort and grief but better than nothing.
The one good thing to come out of this is that it has really spurred me on to make something of my affiliate marketing efforts.
Surely from the 35-40 sites I have it shouldn’t be too hard to make £35-40 a day from them?
At the moment that is too much to ask but I am going to be working like a dog from now on to make it happen. This weekend I’m staying in and not venturing out or down to the pool even though the sun is out and its nice and hot.
From now on I am going all out to make the dream of giving up the day job a reality!
Is there one site doing better than the rest – maybe try concentrating on just a couple – optimising and reoptimising, getting backlinks, creating blogs round it etc.
Yes that will be my next plan of action. From next week I will be starting my big site which I will work on two days a week then the rest of the week I will be working on doing-up existing sites to make them more profitable.
I’m more motivated than ever! Gep-tang!
PS – is that all kids site yours? It looks pretty impressive, does it do well?
My second day was much better, kids seemed more interested. Will keep on going for now…