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

[Richard Chapman]

Hey, I only just found this thread, but you bet I will be following it

[homejobcreator]

I've just started to read this thread - and know the outcome already - but want to thank you, Steve, for giving great info and inspiration! I'm certainly gonna finish reading all your posts.

[Julia Andersson]

Originally Posted by Goatboy

I have two questions.

First. What is the advantage of using the blog as a static site? Is it better for selling things? (Maybe a product like an eBook on European Cruises).

Second. Is there an advantage to allowing comments? I had considered simply not allowing any so I wouldn't have to bother with moderating them.

Well I guess layout wise it's good, it's also easy to update. Then on top of that is the fact that search engines actually like blogs and the fact that wordpress is so SEO friendly.

As far as comments are concerned. I tend to view comments as a way to update my content without having to do it myself. Updates to content effectively keep search engines spiders coming back to re-index the site and as long as those 'updates' are appropriate they can help increase your ranking.

[wkdinvestment]

i also aim at earning $100 per day from each blog from adsense

[Goatboy]

That makes good sense. Anything I can get someone to do for me I'm all in favor of.

About how many of the posts that are made are garbage posts? I would think that a number of genuine posts, even if unflattering would indicate a healthy readership and perhaps even a returning readership. On the other hand, if the basis of the blog is to get people to click would having a high rate of returns and comments be a negative thing? Might that be an indication that the blog is too interesting?

Originally Posted by Julia Andersson

As far as comments are concerned. I tend to view comments as a way to update my content without having to do it myself. Updates to content effectively keep search engines spiders coming back to re-index the site and as long as those 'updates' are appropriate they can help increase your ranking.

[Julia Andersson]

Originally Posted by Goatboy

About how many of the posts that are made are garbage posts? I would think that a number of genuine posts, even if unflattering would indicate a healthy readership and perhaps even a returning readership. On the other hand, if the basis of the blog is to get people to click would having a high rate of returns and comments be a negative thing? Might that be an indication that the blog is too interesting?

I'd say since I created the blog I've had around 100 comments, only five of which I approved. I'm a control freak in what comments I allow though. Off-topic comments and those that includes links in the comment body that don't pertain to site content I always delete. I'm not talking about links in the website field, those I don't mind as long as they don't link to sites like online pharmacies and porno sites.

I'd actually love to find a plugin that allowed me to give instructions to commenters in the comments box... anyone know of any plugins that do that?

In the case of this particular blog adsense is only a sideline. My main thrust will be affiliate programs and sales of the automated blog posting software that I have master resale rights to. However, the adsense block really stands out because it is white against a black background.

[seomasterstroke]

What a read, is all I can say.

Steve Crooks, you have done a splendid job, and I wish you the best of luck with all your other projects too.

Thanks for sharing,
Aditya

[OldCruiser]

Hi Steve,

great project! I'm a Cruise addicted and I just found this great thread!

I have a question for you.

In one of your first posts you wrote this:

"Assuming I get on average for this niche $0.50 per click from adsense (could be more, could be less) but I won't know until it is up and running. For $100 that would mean 100 divided by 0.50 = 200 clicks per day on average to get to this level. I will aim for a click through rate (CTR) of about 10% which means I will need 200 x 10 = 2000 visitors to my blog per day."


Now that the project is running, can you give us more details about visitors and CTR and average click value?

You wrote you needed 2000 visitors a day for earning 100$..... Now I have seen your stats image and you get max 226 visitors on 11 Mar 2009.

I do the same calc you done before:

226 max visitors => 10% = 22,6 click

0,5$ * 22,6 click => 11,3$ a day

But you told us you get 20$ a day .... So where is the mistake in my calc?

Can you give us more detail about average stats and earning on your blog?

Thanks and good luck

[Julia Andersson]

I'd say he's earning more per click than his original assumption. Remember that it does state that $0.50 per click is an assumption and that it could be more or less.

Originally Posted by OldCruiser

Hi Steve,

great project! I'm a Cruise addicted and I just found this great thread!

I have a question for you.

In one of your first posts you wrote this:

"Assuming I get on average for this niche $0.50 per click from adsense (could be more, could be less) but I won't know until it is up and running. For $100 that would mean 100 divided by 0.50 = 200 clicks per day on average to get to this level. I will aim for a click through rate (CTR) of about 10% which means I will need 200 x 10 = 2000 visitors to my blog per day."


Now that the project is running, can you give us more details about visitors and CTR and average click value?

You wrote you needed 2000 visitors a day for earning 100$..... Now I have seen your stats image and you get max 226 visitors on 11 Mar 2009.

I do the same calc you done before:

226 max visitors => 10% = 22,6 click

0,5$ * 22,6 click => 11,3$ a day

But you told us you get 20$ a day .... So where is the mistake in my calc?

Can you give us more detail about average stats and earning on your blog?

Thanks and good luck

[Steve Crooks]

My average CPC is a lot higher than 50 cents like I originally estimated. I still get the 20 cent clicks but thankfully there are a lot of $1 + clicks.. I also am averaging over 10% CTR, in fact it is nearer 17%.

Originally Posted by OldCruiser

Hi Steve,

great project! I'm a Cruise addicted and I just found this great thread!

I have a question for you.

In one of your first posts you wrote this:

"Assuming I get on average for this niche $0.50 per click from adsense (could be more, could be less) but I won't know until it is up and running. For $100 that would mean 100 divided by 0.50 = 200 clicks per day on average to get to this level. I will aim for a click through rate (CTR) of about 10% which means I will need 200 x 10 = 2000 visitors to my blog per day."


Now that the project is running, can you give us more details about visitors and CTR and average click value?

You wrote you needed 2000 visitors a day for earning 100$..... Now I have seen your stats image and you get max 226 visitors on 11 Mar 2009.

I do the same calc you done before:

226 max visitors => 10% = 22,6 click

0,5$ * 22,6 click => 11,3$ a day

But you told us you get 20$ a day .... So where is the mistake in my calc?

Can you give us more detail about average stats and earning on your blog?

Thanks and good luck

[OldCruiser]

Hi Julia,

I know $0.50 per click is an assumption, but I think is a correct "average" assumption.
With "More ore less" I intend + o - a % of total.....
May be 10, 15, 20 or 25% ..... But in this case Stave has a "more or less" of 50% ....

So, if this is incorrect:
0,5$ * 22,6 click => 11,3$ a day

This must be the correct:
1$ * 22,6 => 22,6$ a day

But we know how much is difficult to have an average click of 1$ .... So I think there are others parameters I wrong in my calcs.
I hope Steve answer asap and share with us all this numbers so we can understand how we can get this great earnings.

OldCruise

[OldCruiser]

Hi Steve,

now I understand.

Thanks for share the numbers

In this last 2 weeks, the visitors still growing?

[Julia Andersson]

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

My average CPC is a lot higher than 50 cents like I originally estimated. I still get the 20 cent clicks but thankfully there are a lot of $1 + clicks.. I also am averaging over 10% CTR, in fact it is nearer 17%.

Wow, that's impressive... 17% CTR! Congratulations... most people could only dream of that sort of CTR.

[Steve Crooks]

In fact you bring up an important point that I would like to make. The reason my CTR is above the 10% I had been aiming for is because of the testing phase I went through with Adsense. I tested many different combinations of Adsense blocks, colours and types in different positions. I set up individual channels in Adsense for each block and this is how I determined which blocks were my better earners. Obviously I kept the blocks that were performing and chopped the ones that weren't.

There is a fine line between your CTR being to high and I feel my blog is right on the limit. I have already had a few people saying that they think my Adsense blocks are to prominent. I may yet tone down the Adsense a little which will decrease my earnings a bit. I know some of you may think that I am barking mad but I have a theory (and it is only theory) that the Adsense team watch for extra high CTR and flag those blogs as potentially using underhand techniques to get clicks. Like I say, there is no proof of this but it is better to play it safe with regard to Adsense, they are not known for their humility.

Originally Posted by OldCruiser

Hi Steve,

now I understand.

Thanks for share the numbers

In this last 2 weeks, the visitors still growing?

[Steve Crooks]

Of course that is only a rough average, far be it for me to actually give away exact CTR..

Originally Posted by Julia Andersson

Wow, that's impressive... 17% CTR! Congratulations... most people could only dream of that sort of CTR.

[Steve Crooks]

The traffic is remaining fairly constant at the moment..

Originally Posted by OldCruiser

Hi Steve,

now I understand.

Thanks for share the numbers

In this last 2 weeks, the visitors still growing?

[OldCruiser]

Hi Steve,

I saw your blog and I think there is a lot of adsense in the top of the page. But I understand this is your tecnique for better results.
I think in the future i'll try this too

Can you tell us what is the best channel? What blocks give you best performance?
Thanks

[Steve Crooks]

Are you a customer of my cash cow guide to Adsense wealth? If so, drop me an email with your name and email address used at purchase please and I will send you the report. It should also be in your secure download area.

Originally Posted by rainmist

I am waiting for your report.

[web3]

hello steve I was following you and I want to ask you about global translator plug in What do you think about it, by using this plug in, will my ctr decrease? thanks

[Steve Crooks]

I get a small amount of traffic as a result of using the plugin but the CTR doesn't appear to be worse for using it.

Originally Posted by web3

hello steve I was following you and I want to ask you about global translator plug in What do you think about it, by using this plug in, will my ctr decrease? thanks

[Goatboy]

I thought I might simply include a page giving the rules for posting. I have to include a privacy policy so I thought I would include a posting policy too. Good idea? Or won't it make a difference?

The online pharmacies and porno get enough edvertising now, they don't need to piggyback on me.

Originally Posted by Julia Andersson

I'd say since I created the blog I've had around 100 comments, only five of which I approved. I'm a control freak in what comments I allow though. Off-topic comments and those that includes links in the comment body that don't pertain to site content I always delete. I'm not talking about links in the website field, those I don't mind as long as they don't link to sites like online pharmacies and porno sites.

I'd actually love to find a plugin that allowed me to give instructions to commenters in the comments box... anyone know of any plugins that do that?

[Danjunior]

Ok i will await your results and i will surely follow you.

[Raja Kamil]

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

I get a small amount of traffic as a result of using the plugin but the CTR doesn't appear to be worse for using it.

Hi there, this is my first post. I followed your thread about a month ago.
But, as the thread is growing too fast, I can't catch all the info.

Just want to ask, basically how much the monthly cost to achieve 100 bucks a day with your techniques?

PS : is there any discount coupon for your cash cow ebook? Just in case, I missed it. Thanks

[Steve Crooks]

The monthly cost is basically just for it's share of my server (about $1 a month). There were some initial costs for the domain and the content but that is it. In total I have invested around $300 for the blog as it stands now plus another $500 for articles that I have yet to post. If I just ignore the articles I haven't posted yet, on average the blog is making $23 a day over the past month which means within 2 weeks I have made my investment back. After that, it is pure profit..

I don't have a discount for the cash cow guide running at the moment but it is listed on clickbank..

Originally Posted by checkmeeveryday

Hi there, this is my first post. I followed your thread about a month ago.
But, as the thread is growing too fast, I can't catch all the info.

Just want to ask, basically how much the monthly cost to achieve 100 bucks a day with your techniques?

PS : is there any discount coupon for your cash cow ebook? Just in case, I missed it. Thanks

[damiangonzalez]

Hi Steve.

I said that enough of adsense but my problem is in generating traffic to my website.

I wanted to find out if your book covers this topic.

I say this because I purchased several books on adsense and they all say the same thing, but nobody talks about the most important, bring traffic to your niche.

Another thing, I'm from Argentina and I do not speak English and wanted to know if the book is in digital format to translate it into Spanish with Google traslator.

[Steve Crooks]

The book does cover the topic of traffic through good SEO both on page and off page. If you use the techniques in the guide you will eventually get ranked on Google for some good keywords which will bring traffic. The guide is about all aspects of building a profitable Adsense blog plus you get the $100 a day report which is the inside story of this thread.

The guide is in pdf format.. Whether you can translate from that I don't know and I can't obviously guarantee the results of using an online translator.

Originally Posted by damiangonzalez

Hi Steve.

I said that enough of adsense but my problem is in generating traffic to my website.

I wanted to find out if your book covers this topic.

I say this because I purchased several books on adsense and they all say the same thing, but nobody talks about the most important, bring traffic to your niche.

Another thing, I'm from Argentina and I do not speak English and wanted to know if the book is in digital format to translate it into Spanish with Google traslator.

[Julia Andersson]

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

I don't have a discount for the cash cow guide running at the moment but it is listed on clickbank..

You're not hinting that people should purchase it from their own clickbank account are you? <shock>... that's sooooooo unethical LOL

[Steve Crooks]

I would obviously prefer that didn't happen Julia..

Originally Posted by Julia Andersson

You're not hinting that people should purchase it from their own clickbank account are you? <shock>... that's sooooooo unethical LOL

[viryabosmith]

Originally Posted by terryd

Yeah well I guess I've only been here a few years, think I might have noticed stuff like that [ shaking head in embarrassment] :-)

Laughing so hard, my ribs are about to crack!

[viryabosmith]

Originally Posted by Steve Crooks

Thanks for your kind words Peter and I hope you will realise that a good work ethic will always make you money in the long run. Not wanting to take sides but I kind of agree with your girlfriend though.. Although this challenge is purely about adsense, I want you and eveyone to know that it should be just one source of income in the big picture. Putting all your eggs in one basket is a risky game in my opinion. Get yourself a good adsense income and then a good affiliate income, then create your own products..etc..etc.. I am getting way ahead of myself now.

Hmm. Create my own product!
Thats my next goal.
That is IF I JUST KNOW HOW TO.
I hope you will advise on this topic soon too. Your plan is easily understandable, and i like that.
You are being so helpful to us, and for free too. Very great info.
Im following you very closely.
Thanks again for this Steve. You are greatly appreciated as is obvious in this thread.

[infogratis]

I see same comment and website that sales adsense template.. i have bought it but it not like his sales letter.
I hope you got what ever you want.

[vivianzhy]

Hi Steve,

I just started to follow your plan and I use wordpress as my blog template. Becuase this template was downloaded from somebody's website and the adsense unit is used by his ID. So I changed them. The problem is that before changing the ads shows up properly and after I changed it, it only shows public ads. Do you know or anybody else know how to fix it? Thank you.

[Julia Andersson]

Originally Posted by vivianzhy

Hi Steve,

I just started to follow your plan and I use wordpress as my blog template. Becuase this template was downloaded from somebody's website and the adsense unit is used by his ID. So I changed them. The problem is that before changing the ads shows up properly and after I changed it, it only shows public ads. Do you know or anybody else know how to fix it? Thank you.

I'm not really the person to help but anyone that could would probably need to know the actual site to help. The one thing I do know is that when you set up a new adsense unit you have to 'Choose ad format and colors'. Right down the very bottom of this page is an option, 'alternate ads or colors' with three options.

1. Show public service ads
2. Show non-Google ads from another URL
3. Fill space with a solid color

The default setting is number one. Which means that if there are no ads available for the keywords included on the page then google will display public service ads.

This could be caused by several things including lack of advertisers OR page optimization factors. If your keywords haven't been targeted closely enough then you would probably get those pub-serv ads. So try working on the page optimization as it may fix the problem.

Here are some SEO tips on what formats your keywords should appear in.

1. First 20 words
2. Headline 1
3. Headline 2
4. Bold, italic and underlined (can use all three on one instance of the keyword)
5. Standard text
6. Graphics filenames
7. Alt text attached to graphics
8. Last 20 words (with blogs I include primary keywords in the footer)

Hope this helps

[superstylefactor]

hi steve, thanks for sharing the progress of the challenge, and even more so, i applaud you for being honest about the results! even though i am new to every aspect of IM, the fact that even experienced IM-ers will face "failures" is an encouragement to me in a wierd sort of way!

[vivianzhy]

Thank you Julia. I will try to optimize my page later. But I am still wondering how the ads pull out properly if I use the old adsense unit with somebody else's adsense ID. Once I reset to my own, it disappeared.

Originally Posted by Julia Andersson

I'm not really the person to help but anyone that could would probably need to know the actual site to help. The one thing I do know is that when you set up a new adsense unit you have to 'Choose ad format and colors'. Right down the very bottom of this page is an option, 'alternate ads or colors' with three options.

1. Show public service ads
2. Show non-Google ads from another URL
3. Fill space with a solid color

The default setting is number one. Which means that if there are no ads available for the keywords included on the page then google will display public service ads.

This could be caused by several things including lack of advertisers OR page optimization factors. If your keywords haven't been targeted closely enough then you would probably get those pub-serv ads. So try working on the page optimization as it may fix the problem.

Here are some SEO tips on what formats your keywords should appear in.

1. First 20 words
2. Headline 1
3. Headline 2
4. Bold, italic and underlined (can use all three on one instance of the keyword)
5. Standard text
6. Graphics filenames
7. Alt text attached to graphics
8. Last 20 words (with blogs I include primary keywords in the footer)

Hope this helps

[WilliamLinde]

I agree, you dont have to get it right, just get it going!!

[juzanobo]

I've learned alot from this thread and even though you haven't reached your goal in 3 months time, 20$ a day is a great achievement considering that the site is only 3-month-old.

Thank you for sharing these valuable information.

[ExceedStandard]

Good luck to you my friend! I will be following this thread..

[cool]

I've really enjoyed following this thread

I'm having trouble generating the code for the input below which is mean't to be 4 adsense adverts one on top of the other
336 X 280 large Rectangle

Border # FFFFFF white

Title # 0000FF blue

Background # FFFFFF white

Text # 000000 black

These are the steps i take
first i go to "AdSense for Content"
then I click on "continue" then "continue" again then i click on "submit and get code" when I click on "Preview this AdSense unit"
the advert does not look like 4 adsense adverts one on top of the other
Can anyone help ?thanks

[Shellaine]

Though you have not get to the 100.00 dollar a day mark, I really appreciated what you have done and taught us. Some of us here are starting to say something about having done this to generate or promote your product, but rest assure I would NOT be critical about you on that as this is what we do here. Try to make a living on the internet - online business so to speak.

Again Thank you very much Steve,

Shellaine

[klatzen]

Great project! good luck to you m8!

[regska]

Wow! You're a brave man steve! People are lazy in nature, especially if we know that it takes a lot of time to succeed, majority are giving up. Sometimes we need to be challenged in order for us to take action, and ideas will always be ideas until we put them into action, and I wanna commend you for taking action on this.

Goodluck on your journey to success!

[SuperAffiliate]

Speaking of Lazy!

IRONY = Buying the Private Label Rights and Ending Up Promoting The Product Through an Affiliate Link!

[arjana]

wish you all the best, it's a good challenge

[WebFlip]

Steve,

I've loved this thread, very informative. One thing I've been wondering about is how do you beat the Google Sandbox? I recently had a niche site get sandboxed and I was curious about your link building strategy or lack of link building strategy related to staying out of the Google Sandbox?

Best,

[brhnpkb]

good job man

[TomBond]

Great series of posts - please continue!

[anz55]

Great info steve. Thanks

[roukarous]

Hi Steve,

Two years ago I gave up trying to make money with adsense blogs.

Even if you didn't reached your goal, your challenge convinced me that it is possible to succeed with valuable blogs and I'm giving it another try.

Thanks!

Bruno

[pearsonbrown]

Shouldn't this thread be closed now? It's long enough as it is ;-)

Pearson