After half a year of testing

I have not posted regularly since Summer 2015 but I am going to keep my apology short and just explain that I decided to fall off on the posting because I really needed to give some phone apps a good test run before posting more about any of them.

Since the fall months, as I tried to promote a few app programs, I found that most people above the age of 24 or 25 were not only not interested - they also really had a mistrust (dislike?) of making money from phone apps! Almost everyone - including my real life physical friends - thinks there is no way in hell I can be making money via any kind of phone apps.

Well, at the half-year mark of testing (spring to fall), I had a good, thorough look at what was making me money and what was not making money.  Phone app funds started looking pretty good and in November and December, when I gained some reward conversions and cashouts, the contest on what kind of activities were most lucrative to earn from became really clear. Marketing or apps? 

The winner is...

PHONE APPS made me the most money in 2015, hands down! And - I couldn't even begin to start collecting any funds from phone apps until I collected credits, points, rewards, etc., for several months. Basically since the fall, apps have brought in more funds than all other marketing and money-making methods combined.

Now the big trick will be in how I approach training referrals... 

Teens and young adults who really "get" phone apps and use them more comfortably than 30-somethings and up - well, these young ones seem to like their phones and computer tablets so darn much that they don't really want to get online and use a computer to learn marketing basics.

By contrast...

People already involved in marketing just don't believe phone apps are here to stay and won't integrate money making phone apps programs into their array of money makers. (*ahem* if any of those people are reading... these phone apps have been out for several years already and they just keep getting more plentiful in number, more sophisticated in nature - hello - did you know I get paid for the swipe phone lock that keeps a person from butt-dialing on their cell phone?).

I'll spend a few months in 2016 trying to figure out if there is any way to mesh phone app money and standard (TEs, PTCs, affiliate programs, downline builders, email marketing, safelists, etc) marketing online together and while I do that, the great thing is - my phones will continue to allow me to bring in almost passive income!

Basically all the income earned from apps has been earned without any referrals, anyway, so after my time in 2015 of testing apps, I have a good idea on how much a person will earn based solely on the activity and engagement of 1 person. If I happen to gain some referrals along the way, it will just be a big bonus.

For regular marketing activities in 2014 and early 2015 (and the years prior), I mostly had to figure out how on earth to afford the cost of online marketing tools - like autoresponder, web domain, web hosting, a few upgraded money-maker program accounts. Often, I was sending $40 or $50 from my bank account to an online processor to make payments for my marketing tools. 

THAT ALL STOPPED in the fall months of 2015! I have not transfered any money from my own pocket or bank account to pay for any online activities in many, many months!

I have purchased more tools, upgraded accounts, and rev-share earning shares late in 2015 that I never had the kind of funds for prior to this phone app testing and use!

Let 2016 roll on, 'cos I am feeling super positive that I will have a more financially stable year - for the first time in, well - since I was a kid under the care of parents.