Then I decided on niche sites that would promote Amazon products and Ebay auctions and have Adsense on the side or bottom. I bought Market Samurai and used it with Traffic Travis to find some highly searched terms with little competition. I also bought WP Robot to place the Ebay and Amazon ads into the future so it would be hands free.

The plan was to build 5 sites per week for 5 months. I knew not every site would be a winner but out of the mass I would create I could afford...

This was an offshoot of the membership site. I decided to put Adsense ads on the pages the members visited.

Result: an easy $30/month. Seems my audience loves to click

Why: they are there to read about how to do something so why not click another link with more info? That's what they do.

I'll just mention this briefly. Seems like a lifetime ago but I did have a membership site for other stay at home moms.

Result:
Collosal pain in the behind for way too little money. I made about $100/month charging members an average of $5/month. EVERY day I had to deal with emails from people who couldn't find this information or that.

Why:
I chose a market where I couldn't charge enough to make this worthwhile. Had I been able to charge more...

I've been at the IM thing since about 2001 when my son was 2. I needed to figure out how to make enough money that I wouldn't need to go back to work. Never made much though - which drove DH crazy. But have you ever tried to start a new business and keep 2 babies happy while keeping a house tidy and being the perfect wife? Impossible.

Fast forward 9 years and I'm working full time outside the home. I'm also single now and have 2 kids. Life is good. My job is okay. But I...