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November 2019: Investing in More Content

My goals for CFP Land have always been long-term, so now that the project is almost breaking even every month, I'm starting to think more about what kind of content I can create to increase revenue in the long-term.

But first, November's KPIs:

  • 3027 Twitter Followers 🐦
  • 1600 Free Email Subscribers 💌
  • $240 in CFP Land Pro Revenue 💳

So, this month I started working on a long guide for new conference speakers. Since March, I've been publishing interviews with speakers, so I used many of their tips and others from around the web to compile a huge piece of content (so far over 5000 words!).

I'm planning to use this content in several ways to increase search engine traffic and give me something to post about on social media all year round. My Twitter posts still bring in a fair amount of traffic and engagement, but lately I haven't had much time to hang out on Twitter, so I'm also going to invest in creating a huge library of scheduled Tweets for 2020.

As 2019 comes to a close, I'm starting to set some goals for 2020. The big ones are:

  • $1000/mo in recurring Pro Membership revenue (that's 4x today's revenue)
  • $1000 in total revenue from a new source (TBD on what that is, but I have some ideas)

Honestly, I would run CFP Land even if it didn't make any money, but having some income helps me justify spending more time improving it.

, Founder of Icon for CFP Land
CFP Land
on December 1, 2019
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    Love the goals you've set for yourself @karlhughes. I'm going to undertake the same process in a couple of weeks.

    Your pillar post sounds like a good amount of words. I'm assuming it's answering a very specific question in a detailed way. I was in BuzzSumo the other day doing research and articles with 3000+ words are the second most popular in terms of average engagement. First was 2000-3000 words.

    Keep at it.

    As hockey legend Wayne Gretzky said "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Set that bar high and even if you don't hit it, you'll still be better off than you are today. 🙌