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How My Insanity Workout Paid For Itself And More

7/2/2012

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When a friend of mine told me to stop posting daily Insanity before and after pictures of myself I just laughed. You see I had more than just a body transformation in mind. In fact I had a full out financial plan to have the program pay for itself, make me some side money and bring in some passive income for months and even years to come. What was my plan? I thought you would never ask. :) 
Watching my wife push a watermelon through her nostrils 2 times was tough on my body. Thank God I am a man and the only thing that I can claim went through me during my wife's 2 pregnancies is loads of ice cream. That too takes a toll on the body and after nearly 3 years of feeling all flabby I decided to do something about it. 

When I finally convinced myself that I was going to do the Insanity before and after transformation I decided to use my seo knowledge and make some money during the journey. I opened up my trusty Market Samurai and went keyword searching. Through my analysis I found the term Insanity before and after to be a phase that was nicely searched (206 searches a day) with fairly beatable competition (54K people using the term).   
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Once I was hooked on the phrase I decided to post a daily blog (Insanity before and after from flab daddy to fab daddy) with a photo about my journey during the entire 63 day workout to eventually rank on page 1. Everyday I blogged about my experience and slowly but surely I crept up the charts until I reached my goal. That isn't all. After I posted my 46 second before and after video I went back to each and every post that I had written and added an update with the video link attached. That video finally made it to page 1 as well. 

That means that if you do a google keyword search for Insanity before and after I appear as a blog post on page 1 along with 9 others that have reached the elite spot. In addition, if you youtube that same phrase I appear on page 1 as well. 
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So let's do some math. 

The program costs $139.00... 

From the affiliate links I have earned $44.
From google adsense I have earned $101.23.

Total $139.00 - $145.23 = + $6.23

Ok so I am not rich from doing Insanity but not only did it pay for itself, I made an extra $6.23 as of today... In addition, I saved 3 months of gym membership, regained my youthful physique and convinced my wife to begin Insanity.


She is on day 8.

Until Tomorrow,

Jai
18 Comments
Curtis Charles
7/2/2012 04:45:28 am

Nice work Jai keep it up. You are going to hit it big and at least you'll have the youthful energy to spend it...LOL

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Jai Catalano link
7/2/2012 04:52:26 am

It's all about looking good my brother. Would you like to borrow Insanity? :)

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Ricardo Nelson
7/2/2012 08:33:39 am

Nice work Jai. I've been following, so you owe me $6, you should about break even.

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Jai Catalano link
7/2/2012 08:45:07 am

You rock Rick. I will send it right away. :)

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Wanda Martinez
7/3/2012 01:22:53 am

GREAT job Jai! its a TOOOOOUGH workout regimen. And by the way you look good. Good luck to your wife with it.

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Jai Catalano link
7/3/2012 06:47:33 am

Thank you Wanda.

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Stephanie @ Empowered Dollar link
7/3/2012 06:33:13 am

Such an awesome feeling to make money on something you use and love :)

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Jai Catalano link
7/3/2012 06:48:14 am

and now let's see if I can keep that money coming in and maintain the body at the same time. :)

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Jen @ Master the Art of Saving link
7/6/2012 12:19:31 pm

That's awesome that we were able to pay for the program and are already making profit. Great job, Jai. I'm sure you'll keep bringing in the dough. :-)

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Jai Catalano link
7/6/2012 11:52:01 pm

Thanks Jen. BTW great choice of words. Dough. :)

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Paul @ The Frugal Toad link
7/13/2012 04:52:46 am

Not only did you make a few bucks but if you continue with a healthy lifestyle it will keep paying "dividends" the rest of your life! Have you approached the maker's of Insanity Workouts?

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Jai Catalano link
7/13/2012 05:04:22 am

Actually they approached me. Let's see what happens.

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Marissa @ ThirtysixMonths link
7/13/2012 08:01:30 am

I tried Insanity for 10 mins and i threw up. That being said, you did great.

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Jai Catalano link
7/13/2012 08:02:32 am

Did you really? My wife is on week 3. Her body is really responding nicely. :)

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8/23/2012 09:07:31 pm

Great experience you share with us. Ya this situation occurs with every one those who are facing over weight but this fear is stick with at first time only afterword we get confidence. To lose weight, some people look beyond diet and exercise. Would methods like hypnosis, acupuncture, meditation, prayer, and traditional Eastern methods

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8/24/2012 05:23:22 pm

yes it is very much true that workout is really very effective and it help to keep our weight constant and it is very effective way to reduce weight.

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8/26/2012 09:56:16 pm

Exercise can help prevent excess weight gain or help maintain weight loss. When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories.. Thanks for sharing this information..

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Ladush
12/3/2012 11:02:44 pm

Can i borrow your insanity :)?

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