May Update 2017

What this episode covers

In This Episode This is the May 2017 business report. I talk about my goals, focus and what’s next. Links * Cashflow Diaries * Microcosm Publishing * Smart Passive Income * Austin Podcasters Meetup * Toggle Time Tracker * Trello * Google Keep * Apple WWDC Podcasts * Podcaster Pro * Podchaser Beta Show Credits Hosted, produced, mixed, edited & music by Mark. Blog Why Publish A Business Report? Publishing my business report allows me to reflect back on the month to see what I did or didn’t do so well. Lastly, I have read blog income reports such as SmartPassiveIncome and I like to see what they have tried. It is a form of motivation for me and I hope that this can be one for someone else. Be sure to check out CashFlowDiaries for bloggers that share their blog income reports. Or one that I’ve recently found from publisher Microcosm Publishing. May 2017 Business Report Disclaimer: Any income reported will only be reported as “cash” in hand. If it did not deposit into my account, or if I didn’t cash a check, then it does not count as income. Additionally, income will only be reported for ApexThis business and not for personal income. I may discuss side hustles for additional side income, but only income in which I represent ApexThis will be counted. Income/Investment Report Investment – $100.00 This was from cash back rewards that I transferred to ApexThis. Expense Report RawVoice (Blubrry) – ($12) Blubrry is a service I used to host the podcasts for Admins of Atlassian and ApexThis. It has built-in integration with WordPress making it vastly easier to upload and maintain the podcasts. Google Apps – ($5) I use Google Apps for email primary, docs and drive. It’s also great to use my Google account as authentication to other services and apps. Google Domain Renewals – ($36) Google AdWords – ($5.23) WP Forms – ($39) BlueHost Hosting – ($65.40) Austin Podcasters Meetup – ($116.37) ApexThis sponsors the Austin Podcasters meetup by providing food and beverages. We also host the event. Overall * Total Income/Investments – $100.00 * Total Expense – ($267.00) * Total Net – ($167.00) Hours Worked Time Logged – 22hrs 05min 47sec I am continuing to track my time and add items that I think should be tracked. I track work for the business, website, podcast, meetup and now my budget project. It’s good to see where I am putting my time. Do note, that I have a full-time job like many of you and as such the time spent is from late nights and weekends. And so with the break from the main feature episodes, I can spend that time working on other projects. Example, Episode 10 of this podcast was about music and how it can be used in your podcast and where to get it. That episode, the full production, was 16 hours of work. And this was for an 18-minute episode.