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Hello everyone. I have been lurking here for many months learning as much as I am able about IM. I appreciate all of the effort of the folks who have answered questions from others, as they have helped me tremendously in several areas.

I currently have a database driven website that is monetized with Adsense and it has been online since Dec. 2014. I average around 500 visitors daily up to 1500 visitors daily during weather related events. I average around 4000 ad impressions a day on a typical day I think. So far earnings have been meager but steady. My organic traffic has steadily been increasing the past two months since I have been working hard on SEO. I also have some paid forum traffic that I have used to jump start my visitors. I am a paid sponsor in a niche forum and I get the majority of my traffic from that but as I said, my organic traffic has almost taken over as my number one traffic generator. I dabble with Facebook, but I have had only short term success so far as I am sure I do not know what I am doing there really. It seems as though my Facebook audience has a low attention span as my bounce rate is always the highest from Facebook traffic.

Anyway enough rambling and again thanks for those who participate in some really great discussions!
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  • Profile picture of the author writeaway
    Welcome to the forum

    Looks like you have a great asset with your website and it appears to be headed somewhere good.

    You might want to consider diversifying your income stream away from Adsense.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO Powers
    Being Kinda new myself just wanted to say welcome to the forum.

    You gotta love that organic targeted traffic. It's my favorite and converts the best for me.

    Sounds like you are on the right track with your website. Maybe now look for other ways to monetize for future projects.
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  • Profile picture of the author Flyingvranch
    Thanks everyone for the well wishes! I am a little nervous about Adsense especially after reading nearly every Adsense thread on this forum! I am still a little confused about monetizing using other forms. I have spent many hundreds of hours personally coding html and developing my website and it is a labor of love for me and for now it seems to be running on autopilot pretty well without much babysitting. I would like to introduce some other type of advertising for another revenue stream, but I am pretty much clueless at this point. I have spent the majority of my time actually building the website from nothing, and now I am on a learning curve of how to make a little passive income off of it.
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    • Profile picture of the author writeaway
      Originally Posted by Flyingvranch View Post

      Thanks everyone for the well wishes! I am a little nervous about Adsense especially after reading nearly every Adsense thread on this forum! I am still a little confused about monetizing using other forms. I have spent many hundreds of hours personally coding html and developing my website and it is a labor of love for me and for now it seems to be running on autopilot pretty well without much babysitting. I would like to introduce some other type of advertising for another revenue stream, but I am pretty much clueless at this point. I have spent the majority of my time actually building the website from nothing, and now I am on a learning curve of how to make a little passive income off of it.
      Can you post the URL so we can help you regarding income diversification ideas? You haven't supplied enough information for us to give you THOROUGH actionable advice.
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  • Profile picture of the author mysterrio
    Thank You for taking time to say hello. Welcome and Enjoy!
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  • Profile picture of the author writeaway
    Thanks for supplying the url

    1) Invest in a design that's more up to date.... Your design seems, well, DATED

    2) Fishing-, boat-, and sports tour-related guides should be a great monetary diversifaction stream

    You can look into affiliate products (no work to create but no freedom re pricing and commission) or create your own products.
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  • Profile picture of the author FreedomBlogger
    Welcome to the awesome WF community!

    You are making it happen for sure!

    Way to go and congrats!

    Yeah you are going to find so much valuable information on this forum - and many valuable products as well. There is always good knowledge to learn here and from the sellers.

    It looks like you already have good experience on IM. That is awesome!

    Keep up the great work!

    Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author Claire Koch
    to be honest the old way sometimes is the best way. i remember dr manny saying that and its true
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