I think I suck at this

I actually think that's pretty good progress if you only started 10 days ago.

The bottom line is, you won't see great results until you're getting a fair amount of targeted traffic. This only comes with organic rankings, social traffic or paid advertising. You need to really understand how to get traffic from one or all of those methods before you will have much success.

Don't quit after only a week and 1/2. I just figured out I could have done that about 45 times!

That's not bad. It took me about 2 weeks to get my first sale on Clickbank, so getting your first adsense click in 11 days is decent progress.

Keep in mind, there are people who literally go months or even years before making a single dime. You are not doing so bad at all.

Hmmm.......

A week and a half eh?



If I remember back to when I first started out 11 years ago I spent probably about one month and a half just trying to figure out what internet marketing was ha ha ha and then a lot longer figuring out what I had to do to make some money so it sounds to me like you are making normal progress at the very least in a week and a half for someone who seems to be brand new.

Theres many people out there online a very long time who never even make their first dollar so that alone may by some be considered an achievment.

My first question would be what is your site about and how have you been working on it ie what have you been doing to get it ranked and drive traffic etc.

FYI, it took me nearly 2 years before I had my first profitable month. Now I've made well into 6-figures every year since 2005!

It just takes a certain amount of experience and knowledge before you can really start having success.. Don't give up!!

My word. Rome was not built in a day and neither was the internet. There is no guarantee that having a website, affiliate schemes and an ebook will make you money. Hard work will increase your website traffic, which will hopefully convert to sales. Good luck.

Instant success is rare. It would be insane to think that you could just set up a new website and have decent income. In time yes you certainly can. Also users are very wary of who and what they buy from people.

I guess its a user having trust in you and then they are prepared to truly listen to what you have to say (or click and buy a product). Progress can be slow, the challenge will be not giving up.

A week (and half)...?

Try this thread http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...marketing.html

Actually, you do...

Not too many people get rich in 10 days.

Persistance and Patience are the Keys to keep in mind.

Compared to some, included myself, your first two weeks are looking great! I wish I had gotten off to such a nice start. Keep working and keep learning.

It took me 2 years to actually make money.. The first 2 year was purely wasting time and money.. It's good that you're going somewhere now.. just keep doing what works.. get your main keyword to rank on page 1..

God bless you,
Jeremiah

Here's a secret that most people won't relate to. Stop writing for the Google bots and start producing valuable content for live humans and just watch how fast your business takes off.

I'm actually impressed at how well you've progressed in 11 days. You should see Internet marketing as a marathon and not a sprint. Success, comes from studying the numbers. By getting a grip on the numbers, you can identify, specifically where you need to tweak what you are doing.

400 visitors to your site in 11 days ....you should be proud of yourself. OK, you haven't got the sales to show for it yet. Remember, individuals often have to see your offer between 7 and 10 times, before they are 'sold' on what you are offering.

I'd say you have been successful in those ten days. You might need to manage your expectations a bit though.

Making money with IM is hard work and rarely does instant success happen. Keep working as hard as you have been, investing more into your efforts (time/money) and you will increase your odds of earning more.

I started in 2004, and it took me till 2008 to make a good income, then I got lazy for a few years and let my business slide while enjoying the profits. I have been rebuilding in 2012, and have barely made anything out of my new sites and videos yet. Dont lose focus!!!

I've been building websites for just over 8 months. I've made about $75 in Adsense so far. I kept doing things wrong and having to start over. Then I made the mistake of using BMR so I'm rebuilding again. I'm not giving up yet. One of my newer websites is just starting to pick up in traffic, it has 1200 unique visitors for April so far. I know if I keep writing good articles, the money will come eventually.

Another way to help with your rankings are creating quality backlinks to your website. One really easy way to do that is to creat a signature on THIS forum. For example right below this message (as well as many others that have responded to you) you will see a "signature". It's a link back to your website! for FREE!!!!

Who doesn't like free???

PS - I'm a super newb and just getting into this (as in 8 days ago). It's really cool to see that you are having some success with your adsense - I definitely would like to try that. Good luck!

You are quitting so fast. You have to keep doing one thing to see the results.

These things take time. Remember, Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will your IM business. The progress you describe actually sounds pretty good. The early days are meant for trial and error and to use different techniques and see what sticks.

Just give up mate. If you havent made it after a whole week you're not going to make it. Sorry but I have to be brutal...

Surely that last post has gotta be sarcastic? lol

Success comes from the persistence of continuing to work even when things aren't working out.

You do have unreal expectations if you think a few adsense sites and some affiliate links are going to make you a lot of money in only 11 days. Maybe you're looking at too many $60,000 in 30 Days push-button, easy schemes.

I would recommend not reading anything IM for the next 3 months and concentrate on business fundamentals like creating value, selling, and buyer psychology.

Building a business isn't like getting a job where there's a paycheck one to two weeks later. Entrepreneurship exists in a results-based economy. If you don't produce results, you don't get paid.

Said another way, if you don't find a way to provide a high-quality solution to a market's problems or desires, you won't get results.

If you stick with it and learn business fundamentals you'll succeed.

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I don't agree with my friend in the above comment.. You just hold it there.. just like any other business.. it takes some time to break-even.. all you need to do is to be there with your heart and soul !!

Just keep one thing in mind.. try to use quality & reliable content wherever possible.. !!

Hey, you did more then 99%, congratulations and keep improving the progress is exponential. Good luck to you!

E-mail blasting is always good, I would focus on some PTC advertising, 1 because its cheap and 2 you might get some good leads. After that then move on to the big advertisers, Adwords always gives away free $100.00 ad credits, try using one of those as well.

you're on the right track buddy, don't give up! It took me quite a bit longer to generate ANY type of revenue. Keep it up for at least 1 year then decide

400 views to a new website in 11 days is actually really good.

Hang in there, keep posting good, keyword rich content and soon you'll start to move your google rankings up.

Websites and blogs always struggle for the first few months. Stay positive.

It is quite common to feel that way, but 11 days is too short of a period to make any conclusions.

People take months even years before making money online, but if they persevere, success comes.

If you are in it for the money, only, you will soon get bored.

Try and do something you enjoy and are passionate about, if possible.

I think you are the 1st IM in the universe who has manged to make money in the first 11 days, so, why not try writing an article on your amazing achievment, and give others an insight on how you managed to do this.

I got a laugh out of your title ... not a laugh at you, but with you.

It's only been a week and a half. Keep at it. You may need to tweak things and experiment, but a week and a half is nothing.

Seriously - Many, if not most of the people in this forum would almost give their right arm to have the success you have already achieved!

Keep up the good work!

BTW:
JeanneLynn, can you elaborate on this? I've been considering using BMR, but what you say alarms me...

joe

Dude 10 days and you've actually made money, that is an achievement in itself. Some can't even do that in 10 months, and trust me I was in the same boat.
Seems like you've found a system or something with potential so just persist, tweak and repeat.

Good progress... Congratulations...

You're doing great .

you are actually doing a very good job. keep it up and the money will come naturally with time

What is your product?

As Yogi Berra said, 'It ain't over 'til it's over." Either the Fat Lady sings, or you throw in the towel.

I was speaking to someone today who said it took him 3 years to make his first $50.

He's now doing pretty well for himself, since he started treating it like a real business, and a business takes time to grow.

Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. I guess putting it into perspective helps me see things a bit more clearly. I should be happy with what I have so far. I've just been slaving away at it, expecting even a minor reward. It's just taking a lot more than I thought.

For those that asked, my site is badfoodfordogs.com Those keywords ranked really well in google, over 9k a month with low comp and I was able to get the exact .com domain. I felt pretty good about it. I started it with the idea of just promoting a clickbank product about dangerous dog foods. I got some feedback from one or two people wanting some reviews for good dog foods, so thats when I started promoting amazon products as well. I plan to monetize through relevant clickbank and cj products, amazon products, and adsense. I also have an ebook on there (dog treat cookbook) that I'm selling for $5 through fiverr. I'd like to sign up with ejunkie, but I've already dropped $200 on this site so far, and I'm just not going to spend anymore until I get paid back my original investment.

So for now, I'm just writing articles and uploading dog pictures people send me. Some good news, I hit #17 on google this morning. That got my spirits up a bit. I've manually backlinked through some other dog sites and paid a guy on fiverr to backlink some for me.

There's 2 ways to think about this...

1) if you're ready to give up after a week and a half then you might as well give up now... or...

2) if you've already taken action and made money then you're not off to a bad start. Keep pushing and learning and taking action and before it you'll be there. Progress is rarely linear. You usually jump from where you're at now to $100/day in a short time span.

Keep it up - it took me much longer than 10 days to get my first click on one of my adsense sites.

It takes time to learn how to make money on the internet consistently - keep plugging away at it; you won't regret it.

Ask yourself this question.

How many businesses are profitable after 10 days?

Earlgray - I wouldn't give up yet if you're confident you've got a product/service that people want (ie; you've done your testing before launching) - your experience is very normal.

If you haven't done your testing, then I'd consider do so before putting any more effort into the marketing side of things. No point trying to sell something people don't want.

Earlgray,

First of all, congratulations on making money online. That is a feat that 90%+ of us do not achieve, and for you to do that in 11 days- speaks to your commitment to building your internet business.

But don't give up so quickly. If your business was a "brick & mortar' business, would you be so ready to give up? You just started. Keep going. As a matter of fact- duplicate what you did to get the results & see what you can do incrementally to improve your metrics. Track & analyze everything.

Congrats again & best wishes... and BTW- if you sucked at this, you would have made all that effort and earned "jack-diddly-squat"