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If you have a good story to tell, please do. I'm sure many of us would surely benefit from your story, and/or advice on the subject.
Also, do you set goals on what numbers you want to achieve?
Thank you in advance.
I know that the folks making $10 a day will be glad to hear they are just scratching the surface of the $$$ they can make from AS.
To the 2% of the people making $1000 a day, you're an inspiration to the rest of us - the other 98%!
Best day ever - and still counting.
I hope it sets a nice pace for you in 2006!
It feels great!
Based on this thread, it's about 2 to 3 % of publishers making over $1000 a day. Most made less than $10 a day.
IMO these how much do you make threads mean nothing.
I'm sure some may view those who post high daily earnings as braggarts and sometimes even maybe liars, but I think the idea is more of a "what's really possible?"
They mention Weblogs making over $3,000 a day in their showcase on adsense and while that may be inspiring to some (myself included), to some they want to see what their fellow webmasters are making as opposed to some company's earnings to see if it's possible for them to make those same kinds of earnings.
It's sort of like infomercial testimonials. You see the kind of money some people are making with a program on tv, so you may be coaxed into trying it out. Difference is, you're already a part of the adsense program, getting testimonials after the fact.
It's just always good to remember "Individual Results May Vary."
but you will also notice that most of the people that volunteer their earnings in these threads are new members here. There do not appear to be many older members posting their earnings.
I think that is more of a function of those older members who maybe making a decent amount of money are not spending time reading forums about making money or aren't interested in threads about how much others earn :-)
There are actually two points that I'm making with that comment - one, many who are older members have simply moved on - they've gotten what they needed from the forums, or they prefer to read a few select threads here and there. The second point would be that those who are making a lot more money may not have the time for reading the forums.
That's not to say that there are no older members still posting - there are plenty posting here everyday, helping out new members.
To stick to the original topic somewhat, I will say that the last few days of December were my best day(s) which is sort of a pleasant surprise (it's continued over into today as well).
This is for giving new members ideas on what goals to set for themselves. Attainable goals. While also documenting their progress in achieving these goals.
I remember posting my best day somewhere around $22 just a month or two ago. Now my best day ever is $89.
It's working for me.
Senior members have a chance to help those of us making less than them, to shoot higher, and reach for the stars. Only it helps if we know which star we are reaching for. If any Senior Member would like to give us an insight on their best day (money wise), I'm sure there are many of us here that would value your post.
Thank you.
Is you increase due to more traffic, better ad placement, or what?
Senior members have a chance to help those of us making less than them, to shoot higher, and reach for the stars.
Webdreamer;
I'm far fom the highest earner here. While I'm not going to reveal exactly what I earn, I will say it beats flipping burgers at a fast food joint, and it's a lot more fun.
If I had to point to one star, I'd point to the traffic star. The one that sends real legitimate targeted traffic. Targeted traffic is as important as targeted ads.
Of course that's not the only star in the sky. The heat map [google.com] star sheds a lot of light too. Those hot spots are there for a reason. That doesn't mean every hot spot works for every site, but they give you a great path to follow while you try to find what works best for your site.
For most people just starting out it may take awhile to make a living at this. Folks like me had it easier because we already had existing sites and traffic before Adsense even came existed.
That said, I just finished my second full year using Adsense (2005). My traffic was 50% higher in my second year. My second year earnings were 3 times as much as my first year (2004). I only have one site and it has been online since 2000.
Both the traffic and earnings increase are directly attributable to what I've learned here at WW and at the two Pubcon conferences I've attended.
Highest in a day : $57
And I expect to cross $100 mark with next 6 months.
I am working on a third website now, and hoping to increase my traffic and income three-fold.
As always ken_b, you post a great reply. It is very helpful to me, and I'm sure many others who come across your posts. Thank you.
Keep up the good work.
Keeps going up!
I'm trying to break the $300 /day :-)
By the way -- I'm going to come back to this thread OVER and OVER again and read about all of you making $$$'s a day. Yay Adsense! hehe
Take care all,
Christina
Well I am just a Starter and earn around 10$ a day.
But since I have started now.....so hope to increase my income this year.
