Take More Risks

I think this month has been the most crucial thus far in that I’ve decided that I’m only gonna reach my goals through practice. I could spend all day talking about how there are great opportunities to make money on the net, but it won’t lead to me (or you!) getting any richer. My aim is to write from experience. I feel ackward writing in this journal when I’m earning such a lowly amount! I want to continue to increase my earnings and then come back and offer solutions. At the minute I just feel like I’m patronising half of my audience because most of you are earning a lot more than me.

But yeah, in the last week I’ve made over $10 on Adsense alone on 5 seperate days. This is seriously promising when you consider that I was at about $2-3 at the start of the month. My aim for April is to be making $22.50 on average from Adsense by April 30th I’m gonna achieve this by coding some link bait for fartnoises.info in particular and continue with the development of my Hateful Dead network. It should be good fun.

Anyway here are eight things that I’ve learnt from Interneting in the past month. I’m mostly talking to myself throughout this bit so don’t get offended if you think I’m a pompous ass.

• You can read all of the blogs you want but you’ll never learn anything unless you try things out for yourself. A lot of young affiliates (including myself recently) are “fans” of making money rather than people who actively make money.
• Stop looking towards Darren Rowse, Shoemoney or any of the big guns as the be-all-and-end-all of affiliate marketing. Your journey is entirely personal and you should focus your own particular talents towards what you love. By all means, take account of their advice but let experience by your guide and if it conflicts with what the “gurus” say, continue on if it works for you!
• You have to know where you want to go before you can actually get there! If you’re afraid of setting goals, don’t be! They don’t have to be long term goals to start with. Start small. Would you like a new laptop or a holiday? Where would you like to go after that? You won’t get anywhere if you don’t have a roadmap.
• The pursuit of success inevitably breeds failure. Instead of stalling if one of your ideas fails aim to recognise what went wrong and then build upon that.
• Enjoy what you are doing! If you are tired of writing about celibacy in elephants then move onto a topic that you can write about with fluency. Don’t let ad prices dictate the niches that you target. Become an authority at what you love whether it be farts or the foundations of Democracy.
• Relying on Adsense alone is a definite no-no. If Google are your only means of income then they have effectively become your paymaster and they can then fire you when they like. Remember you are providing services to the net and you deserve to be compsensated, especially if you’re writing killer content!
• If you are wrong about a topic (as I was about the feeds a few posts ago) then don’t shy away from admitting it! Instead focus on why you were incorrect and write about your experience. It’ll help more people than you know.
• If you feel bored or lost working in that area aim to freshen things up. For example earlier this year I was tired of creating niche sites so I decided to give domaining a try and it was cool. Aim to maintain that spark of excitement about your work.