99% Of AdSense Beginners Just Don't "Get It"

[steveweber]

What is it about Internet marketing that makes people think there are quick bucks to be made with it?

It amazes me how many beginners I see throwing up templates, or otherwise worthless sites with duplicate content/code, no optimization, poor copy, tons and tons of ads, AND trying to fit that into a highly competitive niche.

Talk about a monumental waste of time!

I wish I could somehow harness all the wasted effort these beginners spend trying to make those fast dollars. If only I could direct all that energy toward action with a chance at least for a successful outcome.

Here's the truth. 99% (it's actually higher I think) of all the people who try AdSense will only make pennies with it.

So how can you be in that 1%?

There are no secrets to it really. Just look at and learn from what others in that 1% group are doing. Don't try to reinvent the wheel. The vast majority of people in that 1% group are succeeding because they KNOW how to pick niches and create those sites which get ranked well in the search engines.

That is it in a nutshell.

If you can't pick the right niches and then build pages for those niches which rank on the first page of Google and/or Yahoo, you are out of luck my friend.

Picking the right niche AND doing the correct keyword research are the most important ingredients for AdSense success.

Stay focused for the long term. Always be prepared to keep trying...no matter what. Most importantly, learn from your mistakes.

Those who "fail" simply give up too soon.

[Oling]

Great piece my friend but how about giving us some of your pointers or strategies so we can implement it. I honestly know that you know a lot more about. Care to share some of your strategies?

Thanks
Oling

[steveweber]

Sure, I have a free newsletter here that is all about AdSense... I have a ton of tips in it each week. AdSense Income System

[intelinside]

Yes, you are absolutely right.

[paulgl]

Very good post.
Very few people ever add the words: long term.
Too many people are snookered into thinking that
everyone is going to go from 0 to $100 in 30 days.
Not saying it does not happen. In fact, those people
encourage me to do better. But I'll bet 99% of the
people who use adsense never stick it out. They
think if you build it they will come. If they come, they
will click. Nice to see someone put some type of
cuationary tale into the mix.

Paul

[Hyaku_Man]

Very true. It took me a lot of hard work to build up an Adsense income stream. Now it's pretty steady and I don't have to maintain it so much, but buidling it to this point took a lot of work.

[ph1470]

You are soooo right my friend.

I was guilty of the doing the same thing. I started IM about nine months ago. I put up some hair-brained site, loaded it with adsense and whatever other ads I could get my hands on and honestly thought that within a few days I would be making thousands of dollars!

I laugh now when I think about how ignorant I was.

I think what really skews peoples perception of IM are infomercials like Jeff Pauls Shortcut to Internet Millions. People really believe that stuff! Until I got into this and started to learn about it, I used to believe it to.

Sad but true.

I'm alot better now .

At least my mind is based in reality and my feet are on the ground.

[Hyaku_Man]

Originally Posted by ph1470

I think what really skews peoples perception of IM are infomercials like Jeff Pauls Shortcut to Internet Millions. People really believe that stuff! Until I got into this and started to learn about it, I used to believe it to.

I think you're right. A lot of marketing hype makes people think it's much easier than it really is. I'm not so quick to believe people so I never thought it would be easy, but I know a lot of people do. Like, I've taught my system to a few friends, and then after 2 days they'll phone me and say "I haven't made any money yet! It's not working!" and I don't even hype them up. I guess they have big dreams. That's good if they can relax and focus on the work.

[Big JP]

Can adsense alone be a reliable and profitable income? And do you think it should be used on its own or with other income oppertunities

[steveweber]

Originally Posted by ph1470

I laugh now when I think about how ignorant I was.

I promise you we can ALL say that about our pasts! I did the same "hair brained things" you speak of

The only difference between us and all the one who never became successful is that we stuck it out and learned from our failures!

[bgmacaw]

Originally Posted by surfbot

Can adsense alone be a reliable and profitable income? And do you think it should be used on its own or with other income oppertunities

1. Yes, but I prefer to diversify so that I don't depend on one source of income.

2. I recommend using a single major monetization method per site. I've experimented with this in the past and I'm running yet another experiment with it right now on one of my flagship blogs in my sig. I've found that earnings have almost always been better when I made a single type of ad the star of the show.

[Oling]

Originally Posted by ph1470

You are soooo right my friend.

I was guilty of the doing the same thing. I started IM about nine months ago. I put up some hair-brained site, loaded it with adsense and whatever other ads I could get my hands on and honestly thought that within a few days I would be making thousands of dollars!

I laugh now when I think about how ignorant I was.

I think what really skews peoples perception of IM are infomercials like Jeff Pauls Shortcut to Internet Millions. People really believe that stuff! Until I got into this and started to learn about it, I used to believe it to.

Sad but true.

I'm alot better now .



At least my mind is based in reality and my feet are on the ground.

A friend of mine was a victim of the TV internet millions of Jeff Paul's. They make it sound like its so easy to accomplish and its not. that was a rip off to me. It's borderline true.

Anyways,

Thanks Steve for the link to you video tutorials,

Oling

[steveweber]

Originally Posted by john7334

Steve, do you incorporate CPA and affiliate products on these sites as well?

I'm really interested in learning how to do this kind of marketing correctly and built for the long run, so I was wondering if your sites are a mix of adsense and other offers?

No, I don't use any CPA....sometimes I offer affiliate products though if they match up really well to the niche.

I can get a much higher CPM just with Adsense than I can with any CPA

[steveweber]

Originally Posted by Oling

A friend of mine was a victim of the TV internet millions of Jeff Paul's. They make it sound like its so easy to accomplish and its not. that was a rip off to me. It's borderline true.

Yeah, sometimes I watch those late night infomercials on Internet marketing riches and just laugh my head off...and at the same time feel sorry for all the folks sending them money.

[imventures]

Hi Steve,

Loved the picture of the google cheque on your website, with the comment "before handing it over to my wife". Keeps it real (the comment ie).

Do you see any drop in income from adsense in more recent months due to the ongoing financial crisis?

[techinik]

Content is the king. Nowadays search engines are very good at filtering the duplicate content.

[FredJones]

Content being the king is the best thing anyway.

Timely indexing is the other. Who wants to create original content only to lose out from copy-paste guys who would scrap and leech from their sites? So, unless the search engines do timely indexing and keep spidering sheerly upon the ranking powers of sites as they do today, then the black and gray hats have a much easier day out. I can think of 3 different ways to misuse this (I would never do it - but that does not mean none else will and I have seen people do that a few times).

Guess it will remain a chicken-egg problem for ever.

[Easy Cash]

Totally agree with you about the niche.

Different niches pay better than others.

However - with the competition - there are others ways to get traffic to your site and you don't necessarily have to be in a non competitive niche.

[sam12six]

Originally Posted by nissan

That's true and sad to say I think I'm one of those 99%..
Competition in getting high rankings is very huge and good to learn more about how to get in the right track.

When you start a new site, you are going to have difficulty getting SERPs if you don't have a ton of high quality backlinks out of the gate (and most of us don't want to invest the time and money to secure those backlinks when we get started).

Because of this, whenever I start a new adsense site, I add article marketing to the mix. I write and submit an article linking to every page on my site that shows adsense ads. This does 3 things:
1)It "piggybacks" on the PR of the article directory, allowing your article to rank higher than it would if you posted it on your new site
2)It gives you a shot at attracting people just browsing the article directory
3)It gives your site backlinks

I've found that article traffic is the most responsive traffic (click-wise) that I can get because they read the initial article, so I know they are interested in the niche, plus they clicked through to my site - which means they are willing to follow links (like adsense)