Follow me to $100 a day in Adsense in 3 months from 1 blog

[Jeremy123]

has anyone really seen an increase in earnings because of section targeting

[Julia Andersson]

Thanks BG, you have helped me here. I checked the average CPC for the keywords in the site in my sig file and the average CPC is $1.59. Your calculation of 1/8 - 1/4 is correct because I average $0.30 per click. I get the occasional click that is $1.50-$2

Anyway, if I can get $1 a click with a 5% CTR then I'd be very happy. Even with only 100 daily visitors that would average $5 a day. More than enough to get paid each month.

Ultimately I'd love to earn $100 a day but I know that it will take time to build traffic to that level.

Originally Posted by bgmacaw

First, in the content network, there are fewer of these higher paying ads simply because people who buy these expensive Adwords generally decide not to advertise in the content network. This is because they've been warned against doing so by certain experts. This means that out here we get $1-2 clicks while Google has the $28 clicks.

Also, remember that typically you'll only see about 1/8 to 1/4 of what the advertiser pays. So if the Google Adwords tool shows $28 you're likely to get $4-6, if that.

Another factor is that Google will serve you cheap ads at first and, if their stats show that your site is converting well for advertisers, they'll gradually increase the value of the ads served to your account and sites. The downside is that if you aren't converting you get smart priced.

But, don't despair, you will get high dollar clicks from time to time. Occasionally a newbie to Adwords will pay too much for ads and will drive up the price per click. Sometimes a bidding war on a particular keyword will erupt. Basically it will vary but expect things to be on the low side for the most part and just be pleasantly surprised when you get a $20 click.

[LilBlackDress]

Julia,

I saw your eariler post in this thead about where to put adsense

adsense in the help section has a diagram of the "hot spots"

they also say that wide ads tend to be the most succesful and ....

many people tend to think the text ads work better than image ads.

[Julia Andersson]

Originally Posted by LilBlackDress

Julia,

I saw your eariler post in this thead about where to put adsense...not sure if anyone answered but

adsense in the help section has a diagram of the "hot spots"

they also say that wide ads tend to be the most succesful and ....

many people tend to think the text ads work better than image ads.

If you'd like something more comprehensive you'll find an adsense placement report on Steve's $100 challenge blog, the url is in his signature. You can get it free just by joining his mailing list.

[LilBlackDress]

I am on his mailing list. Is the adsense placement on the actual blog or in one of the mailing list emails? I did not see it at the blog or did I miss it?

TY Julia!

[Julia Andersson]

Originally Posted by LilBlackDress

I am on his mailing list. Is the adsense placement on the actual blog or in one of the mailing list emails? I did not see it at the blog or did I miss it?

TY Julia!

It's at the top of the sidebar on the left hand side. Just enter your name and email underneath... don't worry, if you're already part of his list you won't get a duplicate subscription... it detects that you're already there.

[Desperado]

Looking at what to make my blog, I am having a real hard time finding low competition.
How much does that come into play for anyone here?
Finding my theme is a big problem for me.
Any help or advice?
Thanks

Ps nothing new I know, but, I thought I would at least give it a shot at asking

[thehuntingdog]

I'm on board and following every step... thanks for the guidance... and love our blog...Lizzie

[Steve Crooks]

I did send out a post to all people on my lists when I released it and also, you should get it when you sign up as well. Send me a PM with your email address and I can send it to you.

Originally Posted by LilBlackDress

I am on his mailing list. Is the adsense placement on the actual blog or in one of the mailing list emails? I did not see it at the blog or did I miss it?

TY Julia!

[pearsonbrown]

Hi Steve,

Could you just give a quick outline of what you are doing in a typical day at this stage in your blog's development?

Thanks in advance.

Pearson

[Julia Andersson]

Originally Posted by Desperado

Looking at what to make my blog, I am having a real hard time finding low competition.
How much does that come into play for anyone here?
Finding my theme is a big problem for me.
Any help or advice?
Thanks

Hey Desperado

In general you need to look to 'long tail keywords' (keyphrases containing 3 or more words) to find low competition.

The blog itself can be part of a high competition niche. Take Steve's blog for example... European Cruises. If you go up one level from that you are looking at travel, holidays or cruises which are all HUGE niches with LOTS of competition.

Each article then becomes part of a sub-niche like

• European Cruise Lines,
• European Cruise Destinations,
• Budget European Cruises etc.

The beauty of a blog is that there is no limit to the number of keywords you can target. So even though each keyword will have a limited number of people searching for them if you have 100 articles targeting 100 keywords each of which has 10 searches per day and you can get a high ranking for each then potentially you could get 1000 visitors per day. 500 articles at the same rate could net you 5000 visitors per day etc. Having adsense on a site like that could make you a VERY pretty penny.

So my advice to you is to find a topic that you have a personal interest in (this makes it easier for you to write on the subject) then narrow it down into sub categories and long tail keywords that you can write articles on.

[SaSeoPete]

Hey all,

Just an update on my blog.

Things are going well, sales have halted unfortunately. I have now decided to add a lead capture form in my sidebar as well as a little pop up one. I wrote the first 3 emails in my autoresponder series and will add to them daily. I had 4 sign ups over night!

My traffic seems to have reached a plateau at the moment so I am starting to submit a few articles a day to ezinearticles to grab some more traffic and backlinks. Started that yesterday so they should be approved sometime tomorrow.

I am going to start on a backlink building campaign this weekend.

Otherwise things are going well, still waiting for my main keywords to rank nicely (they are still on the 2nd and 3rd page of Google.)

Are there any other traffic generating techniques that I could try? I have socialbookmarked most of my important posts. Maybe video, but I am not too sure how to create a video for my niche....

[krolbiz]

Yeah, sounds quite easy, but not as easy as you think it is....

[Steve Crooks]

A typical day for me at the moment is trying to sort out problems with my server which is hampering me a bit at the moment.. However...

When all my technical problems are sorted a typical 1 hour that I try to spend on the site every day will include all or some of the following:

1. Post some more articles (adding images where appropriate)
2. Submit an article to a article directory or other blogs with backlinks to my better performing pages. The idea being to use anchor text that I want google to rank the page for.
3. More social bookmarking.
4. Writing emails to other webmasters looking for link exchanges and 1 way links where possible.
5. writing more content and corresponding with my freelance writer about new articles.
6. Researching other article ideas.

That is about it at the moment and is something I am going to have to dedicate a lot more time to over the coming month if I am to stand any chance of winning this challenge.

Originally Posted by pearsonbrown

Hi Steve,

Could you just give a quick outline of what you are doing in a typical day at this stage in your blog's development?

Thanks in advance.

Pearson

[damen]

Steve - if you need any assistance with hosting, let me know... I run my own server, and I would be happy to set you up a free account for the purposes of this challenge.

edit: wow, this is really my first post? I cant believe it! I've been lurking this thread so long I forgot to make any posts lol

[Steve Crooks]

That's very kind of you.. I think my problems are being sorted as we speak though.

Originally Posted by damen

Steve - if you need any assistance with hosting, let me know... I run my own server, and I would be happy to set you up a free account for the purposes of this challenge.

[damen]

glad to hear it - however should that change, the offer stands!
Best of luck - I am watching this thread (and your blog) intently, in hopes of being able to better monetize my own sites someday

[Steve Crooks]

The main keywords always take time and energy to get ranked highly for and I guess it is a good thing really. Once you hit those big keywords, you don't want some upstart coming along and upstaging your site with a brand new website with just a few backlinks would you? Google are not silly and they know which keywords are the most valuable generally for webmasters to rank for and they want the best sites to rank for them.

The good news though Pete is that if you keep doing what you are doing then you will get those top slots you want, you just have to match and then do better than your competitors which sometimes is not that difficult.

Originally Posted by SaSeoPete

Hey all,

Just an update on my blog.

Things are going well, sales have halted unfortunately. I have now decided to add a lead capture form in my sidebar as well as a little pop up one. I wrote the first 3 emails in my autoresponder series and will add to them daily. I had 4 sign ups over night!

My traffic seems to have reached a plateau at the moment so I am starting to submit a few articles a day to ezinearticles to grab some more traffic and backlinks. Started that yesterday so they should be approved sometime tomorrow.

I am going to start on a backlink building campaign this weekend.

Otherwise things are going well, still waiting for my main keywords to rank nicely (they are still on the 2nd and 3rd page of Google.)

Are there any other traffic generating techniques that I could try? I have socialbookmarked most of my important posts. Maybe video, but I am not too sure how to create a video for my niche....

[SaSeoPete]

Thanks Steve,

Actually did a little keyword research and found a few gems which I am going to write articles for tonight. Should help a lot with my traffic.

[FiscalRon]

Steve, as a newbie, what you are doing looks fascinating and I'm anxious to complete reading this thread.

Good luck and thank you!

[Steve Crooks]

Kevin Riley here at Warrior is about to run a traffic workshop which looks really good for anyone who is interested. I think it is probably geared toward affiliate sites and product sites but I would imagine the techniques can also be used for adsense traffic. I haven't seen the course so I don't know but I always like to see what courses Kevin is running. You should see the link in blue bold at the top of the warrior forum.

Kevin is a fantastic tutor and I would urge people to take up this course, I am not an affiliate or anything but I highly respect Kevin and what he teaches. I have no doubt the traffic workshop will be really good.

Originally Posted by SaSeoPete

Thanks Steve,

Actually did a little keyword research and found a few gems which I am going to write articles for tonight. Should help a lot with my traffic.

[Desperado]

Thanks Julia!!..
I appreciate the advice!
Best of luck!
Desperado

Originally Posted by Julia Andersson

Hey Desperado

In general you need to look to 'long tail keywords' (keyphrases containing 3 or more words) to find low competition.

The blog itself can be part of a high competition niche. Take Steve's blog for example... European Cruises. If you go up one level from that you are looking at travel, holidays or cruises which are all HUGE niches with LOTS of competition.

Each article then becomes part of a sub-niche like

• European Cruise Lines,
• European Cruise Destinations,
• Budget European Cruises etc.

The beauty of a blog is that there is no limit to the number of keywords you can target. So even though each keyword will have a limited number of people searching for them if you have 100 articles targeting 100 keywords each of which has 10 searches per day and you can get a high ranking for each then potentially you could get 1000 visitors per day. 500 articles at the same rate could net you 5000 visitors per day etc. Having adsense on a site like that could make you a VERY pretty penny.

So my advice to you is to find a topic that you have a personal interest in (this makes it easier for you to write on the subject) then narrow it down into sub categories and long tail keywords that you can write articles on.

[Elaina]

Thanks for all the info, interesting forum.

[davcheong]

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

Choosing a Domain and WP Theme

There is a fair bit of discussion on whether domain names should include the main keyword that you are targeting for SEO purposes. I personally believe it is important to get a domain name that reflects the main keyword that you are targeting. If you can get the main keyword as a .com then brilliant but chances are you won't be able to.

I also only consider .com domains or at a push .org and .net I never ever go for .info anymore. It is worth paying extra for a .com.

Having found a good .com domain, I create an account for it on my server and install a wordpress blog on it in the root of the domain. I then go on to find a wordpress theme that looks good, is applicable to european cruises. I might even consider making one myself but in this example where I need to get up and running really quick I will look for a freebie by searching on google for free wordpress themes.

I always make sure that the theme is uncluttered, probably white background and black text, simple looking and low on graphics. I don't want anything to distract from those adsense ads.

There is an amazing piece of software which I might use on this project called artisteer that basically creates some stunning looking wordpress themes. Check it out for yourself.

Like your word here, and following you on your quest on $100 a day, and with the word that you've mentioned here in this thread, I believe you will make it. Keep us update on your successes. Looking forward to know more about your experience.

Thanks for sharing.

[captkev]

Steve you rock! Very helpful post and can't wait to see the end result. Even if you don't make it all the way to $100, you're a winner! Now, time to get off my a** and get to work on a new blog...

Kevin

[AffiliateMax]

Hi Steve. Absolutely excellent thread - it's intelligent, quality information and tuition like this that makes the Warrior Forum the place it is. Good to see someone talk the talk AND walk the walk when there is so much crap and hype online these days.

[kollins]

This is a great project, i will follow till the end. You sure look set to meet this target because you got what it takes. keep it up

[Steve Crooks]

Just updated the 100 bucks challenge blog with the latest news on how much progress has been made in which I show the results of my adsense testing.

[opportunity4all]

Does Adsense still work these days?

[Steve Crooks]

Oh yes.. yes it does. You just have to do things the right way.

Originally Posted by opportunity4all

Does Adsense still work these days?

[Conrad Blomberg]

Can't wait until you finish this awsome task. You are to be complimented for what you are doing . . .

[thehuntingdog]

this mini tutorial is so spot on... thanks Lizzie

[navi]

This is a really interesting thread, Best of luck Steve, I am watching the show sitting on the edge of my seat!

[damen]

I just wanted to chime in (again, man, this is a big thread for me lol) - I finally took the plunge on Artisteer. GREAT call Steve - I love it. It is taking my blogs to a whole new level.

[tdpubs]

Great ideas I'm going to keep tabs on your progress. I'm impressed.
Dennis

[newsk]

Thank you so much Sir , I am following you .. i wish it will make 20 per day as beginning .. its so good...
Can i send you pm Sir

[Boris_yo]

You no0bs! Don't you see how he feeds you lie? It is impossible to make 100$ per day in 3 months. I have more chances at winning lottery.

[Steve Crooks]

Please explain, first of all, why do you think I am telling lies and secondly, why is it impossible?

Originally Posted by Boris_yo

You no0bs! Don't you see how he feeds you lie? It is impossible to make 100$ per day in 3 months. I have more chances at winning lottery.

[Louis Raven]

Originally Posted by Boris_yo

You no0bs! Don't you see how he feeds you lie? It is impossible to make 100$ per day in 3 months. I have more chances at winning lottery.

Yes, YOU do have more chance winning the lottery.

Oops, I fed him

Louis

[cash4you2]

hi,
2 weeks ago i toke a real bargain : 1 website + 1700 webspage and all are full optimazed for adsense . The website has 5 sections( car, travel,computer,finance and shopping) and eatch section has over 300 articles in it. My question is , What would be the potenciele income of that 1 website ?
I will note the salespage for you, so you can see if this is really a bargain .

Hopefully you can answer my question on this subject.

Thanks

[gbzstyle]

This thread has opened my eyes. I am now following you.

[mojo13]

Originally Posted by Boris_yo

You no0bs! Don't you see how he feeds you lie? It is impossible to make 100$ per day in 3 months. I have more chances at winning lottery.

Looks like the idiots are starting to show up in this thread...

[caleb]

Very interesting thread will continue to follow to see if results are duplicatible.

[jtrag]

Thank You for sharing this with us I'll be following
this thread as well. Good luck with everything!

[SaSeoPete]

Originally Posted by Boris_yo

You no0bs! Don't you see how he feeds you lie? It is impossible to make 100$ per day in 3 months. I have more chances at winning lottery.

You are just spamming the forum man. Get a life.

If you think it is impossible you should just give up now and try another industry.

[artifyme]

Hi, I'm new to Warrior Forum and have been impressed so far with the ingenuity of the members and how helpful everyone is. It's a pleasure to be part of this community!

I have been reading this thread with great interest. Keep it up Steve!

[artifyme]

Oh, and Steve, you have inspired me to start my own campaign!! Currently looking at traffic generation. I have to say I have found Twitter to be a great source of traffic for me. If you know how to use it, Twitter is a potential gold mine!

Louis

[artifyme]

Reading a bit more of the thread I have learned that when it comes to monetizing my blog, Twitter won't necessarily be the best way. Doh! Oh well we all have to learn!!! SEO for targeted keywords here i come!

[askloz]

LMAO, who's the noob? You obviously don't know what you're doing. I was making over $100 a day within the first week.

How?

Got a premade Forex Adsense Website, hit the popular forums like FX Daily, Onada forums, etc, and spent about 1-3 hours helping people out with ideas and strategies, i was hitting close to 1,000 visitors a day to my fx site.

Steve's approach is good enough for any to follow, he's only been doing this project for the past week or so, still another 2 1/2 months yet, way too early for you to make assumptions on what works and don't work... and before you comment, you need to know what you're talking about first.

Originally Posted by Boris_yo

You no0bs! Don't you see how he feeds you lie? It is impossible to make 100$ per day in 3 months. I have more chances at winning lottery.

[askloz]

here's the thing.

You need to make sure that when you hunt for keywords to go after for your sites that have adsense on them, try to find ones that have fewer campaigns but pay a crap load. Why?

cos those keywords with high CPC, don't always mean a high adsense payout. The more clicks the ad gets, the less they are charged, which means the less you get.

So, what I tend to do is find keywords that have very few campaigns but have a CPC of $30 or more... these generally pay around $1-5 per click... asbestos is a good niche, forex is another and certain travel industry / holiday sectors pay quite well - or any other kind of professional service, ie, personal injury lawyer (pays around $1.50 - $2.00 a click), or any kind of electrical equipment, that's not sort after by a lot of people, but expensive to buy all the same.

Originally Posted by brixxyx

I have a question, I have spent a day and half looking for a niche following your instructions and the best one I have found has the following stats

Average CPC: $8.07
842,000 google results
5400 approx searches
content would be fairly easy to deliver


With these figures in mind, would it be a good niche to use as my 3 month challenge?

Thank you for your time, its much appreciated.