northaqua - 3:42 am on Mar 23, 2006 (gmt 0)

I made a rough plan at the beginning of the month to tweak my ad placements, add new content and work on getting more incoming links search position etc. The goal of that plan was to generate enough adsense income to pay the hosting costs for the month, pay my internet access for the month and to pay for a low cost advert in the local paper. I wan't to reach this before March was over. Well today I have reached it. (Who know's before the month is over I may be able to get some pizza and beer). To me whatever extra income happens during the rest of the month will be a bonus for me!

I have been doing things that people here were kind enough to suggest in the many good posts here.

I am really plaesed with how much of an improvement can be made by minor things like changing add placement, blending some, highlighting content etc.

My site is in a small niche and the CPC isn't very high, but I have some ideas on adding a different subject later.

I find that setting small goals and working to reach them is the best route for me.

I have an homemade site with Front Page because I haven't yet learned enough to hand code etc.

My next goal is to reach the above again and earn enough extra to start a fund where I can get someone to code my pages better and make it easier for me to add content etc. without having firefox tell me everyday the number code errors i have. LOL that bugs me!

I want to try and reach $200 per day in 4 months. I firmly believe that I can get enough traffic. I just keep tweaking what I can and keep giving the content that my visitors want. I also had a real surprise a few days ago the site reached a #1 position in goggle on a couple of search terms inportant to me.

Thanks To all for the helpfull advice! You have indeed helped me. I don't post much but I read here often.