I have core sites that are working. I have determined that nothing {really} works the first 6-9 months if not longer. That makes being motivated to keep building pretty tough when they appear not to be worth a crap. I have blogs and static sites on domains and subdomains, all making a bit of money. I work affiliate sites and Adsense. I make way more with affiliate sales than Adsense.

I find what I’m doing a success because I can buy toys and have snowboarding trips and the like paid for. My goal is not necessarily income replacement but income supplement. I provide the main income for my family. I provide the online income for me. In that regard I meet my goals each month.

I’m trying to put this reward versus effort equation together. You seem to spend a lot of time setting up new sites and trying new tactics, but aren’t reporting any great income success.

Would you class yourself as still in the experimentation phase, or have you got some core sites working satisfactorily? And what %age of your time would you say you spent on maintaining your sites, versus setting up new ones?

I finally “got it” lately as well. I also use Nichebot and have been building sites exactly as you stated.

I have also been targeting items on eBay that have a high number of searches, with low competition and people purchasing on eBay.

So far this has proven to work well, and in the month since I started doing this I have made about $75 from eBay registrations.

I finally have a grasp on how I can really make this work long term.

Great post, and keep on writing.
Chris

I wrote some guitar and scrapbook content earlier for my blogs. Before I’d simply rewrite them to make them sound good and read better. Like I was getting graded or a tryout for the Times. Now I research and write according to the keyword phrases I can rank for. Purely for getting the attention of the search engines and just readable enough so the people who visit who would simply scan them anyway can do just that and leave via Adsense or affiliate link.

The good thing at least is that we have sites we can build upon rather than starting from scratch.

Always a pleasure reading your posts, I guess i am one of the 9 readers =). Congrats on the new site.. I think the key now is to put your head down, map out a plan and start cranking sites out. Set goals and git-r-dun. You know it works so don’t look at stats or numbers, just focus on getting sites done every day.. It’s gonna happen for you brother.. just keep workin.

After a year you will have a nice foundation of sites with passive income and you will be able to leverage that work with other things. You are setting up web “trailer parks” right now that will allow you to earn more money to buy web houses and then apartment buildings.

Keep it up!