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Option 1: Build a single 200 page site themed around 1 central topic that receives 2000 unique visitors per day, and generates a profit of $200.00 per day, for a total monthly profit of $6,000.00.
Option 2: Build four 50 page sites themed around four different topics that each receive 500 unique visitors per day, and each site generates a profit of $50.00 per day, for a total monthly profit of $6,000.00.
Option 3: Build twenty 10 page sites themed around twenty niche topics that each receive 100 unique visitors per day, and each site generates a profit of $10.00 per day, for a total monthly profit of $6,000.00.
Are any of these scenarios realistic and achievable? Which option works best?
Nefrig, does your reference to "valuable content" mean valuable to SEs, AM or both.
I've seen quite a few not-so-bad affiliate websites.
One "type" is optimized article-based websites with Adsense on every page or other PPC ad.program and the other type is websites generated from datafeeds, again, with a few text pages, added mainly for SEs, but with a very questionable value for human visitors.
IMHO, the best AM site, if based on product listings (datafeeds), is the one with 5-10 real content reviw-type articles for each product category, hot deals, discounts and coupons from 10-15 merchants each day, subscriptions and up-to-date news plus a little bit of human touch :)
Sort of something like fatwallet and pricegrabber in one, niche-oriented, with great articles and reviews...
By the way, with recent G update, how are "I-spent-5-hours-and-built-the-site-from-datafeed" doing? I know that many of AM-ers build at least couple of them each weekend. Did G succeed in cleaning them off the index?
Are any of these scenarios realistic and achievable? Which option works best?
yes, they're all doable. don't choose just one option, do them all.
next month i'm going to start something similar to your 3 options and i'm doing them all. i already have some sites with adsense / affiliate links etc, but these new ones will be totally separate. i'm not going to aim for X visitors per day or X income per site per day etc - that's too much number crunching, too much time spent worrying about traffic etc - i'm gonna build and be damned :)
It is all about a frame of mind. If you want it bad enough to stay up nights, work through the weekends, are willing to try new things, not afraid to stumble and fail on the way, and learn more from your mistakes than your successes , then yes you can do it. However don't expect to be an uber-button pusher in 3 months, it takes time.
OK. Maybe it's not a one in ten million shot. My point is that there are tens of thousands of affiliates who aren't making squat.
That's true in any business. Most businesses fail and that is not any different on-line.
I've been doing this for almost a year and am just starting to make decent money (I should be over your mark within a month.)
I have learned tons here at WW and also bought tons of course and books about internet marketing (some better than others.) I've also been running/owning businesses for about 10 years, and read every business/marketing book I can get my hands on.
The points is, sure some people just get lucky and stumble into big bucks in AM just like some do off-line. But the vast majority of people have worked hard and smart and built something from the ground up.
It's somewhat about vision and perspective. When I was a kid 20+ years ago I was stoked to make $3-5/hr. At that time $100 really seemed like a lot of money and making $6K/month only seemed like some sort of a fantasy. But as time goes on your perspective of what is possible should expand. Now $6K/month just seems like the next step to $10K, $20K etc.
If you don't think you can do something then you are correct, you can't. BUT if you think you can do something you are also correct, you CAN!
Not to get all new-age on you, but your physical reality always starts with your mental reality...
* If you keep thinking about why you can't do something then you never will be able to do it.
* Start thinking about how you CAN do something and you will figure out how to make it work.
* That and work your butt off! ;-)
* If you keep thinking about why you can't do something then you never will be able to do it.
* Start thinking about how you CAN do something and you will figure out how to make it work.
* That and work your butt off! ;-)
Golden words :)
"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
I have a very successfull business online! if I work I earn very much if I will not work I will not earn...
But I loose my time on chat, and reading news and i dont earn any bucks. Why I do this?
any idea why I do this?
Dani
Some chat/forum play is expected if it is about learning, sharing, and questioning. If it consumes all your time, then either you are still learning alot, getting distracted by stuff you think you need, chatting about off-topic stuff too much, and/or day-dreaming too much.
I try to limit myself to checking 2-4 SEO/AM/WM type websites once in the AM and once in the PM. I try to limit each visit to about 30 minutes or less unless a long, interesting thread surfaces (which is about one every two weeks...most other threads are short and sweet or long and slow).
If you have enough to go on, get a plan and stick with it unless something totally makes it futile and irrelevant to your goals (from new info discovery). Otherwise, stay focused and use the forums as just a "keepin' on top of things" experience.
My forum time is usually just keeping on top of SEO and AM since my technical skills are quite deep and firm. If you are new to technology too, just use the techie side forums when you need help overcoming a problem...
What's your general strategy and main source of income? Seen your profile pic; How much in % did you have to spend to earn that much?
