Hobbs - 9:19 am on Mar 28, 2006 (gmt 0)

I'll first quote myself in another thread:
[webmasterworld.com...] msg#29

Success is great, I know that first hand, but everyone here needs to be careful about making it sound too easy when discussing the rewards, and omitting the years of hard work building up to that success, the long nights, the years without weekend breaks, the nerve wrecking struggle to get ahead and earn visitors, remembering to mention some of that would do the newbs here a service.

Having said that, I think the OP is missing the recurring earnings factor, your same page will generate money for years and years before disappearing in cyber oblivion, and if it is done right the first time and kept fresh with little touches over time that same page will even attract more links and visitors over time and send them to other pages too.

It is like building a house, if it costs you $200k the first year, you can rent it for years and years with little maintenance if the foundations are good.