Explaination Please

Tiffany:

I poked around your site just a little and came away wondering exactly what your purpose/mission/goal is and what's in it for me (WIIFM)? When a visitor shows up, do they quickly see value and utility in what you're offering? I think you need to clarify and target exactly what you want the visitor to do while at your site.

In order for you to make $30/day with Adsense and affiliate products you're going to need substantial traffic. That is going to take some time unless you plan on buying it. Most college students wouldn't be able to afford what I think it will take over several months, especially in this niche.

Web sites that earn consistent money will often sell for 10-12 times their monthly revenue. So if you're hoping to have a $900/month earning site ($30 X 30 days), it might cost you in the neighborhood of $9-$10,000 to purchase such a site. I mention this only for comparison sake -- are you prepared to pay that kind of money to have someone else create/develop that level of income for you? It could take months to build up a site like that.

If you are passionate about this niche and want to pursue it, I would personally suggest doing some thorough niche research and see if you can come up with a product that you could create (or have created via outsourcing) that you could sell onsite. If you had something that sells for $30 or more, you would only need to sell one a day to meet your goal and I think that would be more realistic that hoping for Adsense or affiliate sales.

Another thought would be a membership site if those who are into "dance games" are really passionate about them and you could figure out how to provide your members with awesome value of some kind.

Whatever you choose, you will need targeted traffic and that will take some effort and time on your part or money if you outsource the work.

Don't let my comments discourage you in any way -- just be realistic about being in school and still having the time it's going to take to get your site earning consistently.

Steve

First, that rotating banner is distracting. Second, Amazon pays very low commissions (4-7%, based on quantities sold), so you are going to need a lot of traffic to make significant sales. When selling physical products, the affiliate is the last one to get paid in the process due to the associated production costs and what not, which is why commissions are so low.

Thirdly, you should not put adsense and promote an affiliate product on the same page. The reason is because when someone clicks on an adsense ad, it takes them away from your page. Sure, you might get .30 per click, but since it takes just as many visitors to get an adsense click as it does to make an affiliate sale, it makes no sense using adsense on the page. It's better to make $20 or $30 a sale than .30 a click.

Fourthly, you have very little content on your site. Your reviews should be between 400-450 words. Also, you have to have money (and lots of it) it purchase an existing domain that's already bringing in money because the price people charge is based on projected future earnings. The standard is to charge something like 10 times what the site is making on a monthly basis.

In truth, you just need some solid training. Once you learn how to set up everything properly and get the ball rolling, everything else will fall into place. On the plus side, now is a great time to get started since the holiday season is around the corner. You still have time to learn what you need to learn and put it into action so that you can make bank when the holidays come. There's also little competition right now, which means less for you. The sheer volume of traffic will keep you atop the search engines.

When it comes to training, I recommend Unstoppable Affiliate by Andrew Hansen and Josh Stanton. It's an internet marketing training program that teaches you how to make money with niche sites (what you want to do). They really know their stuff and are totally straightforward and transparent--without all the bs. There is also an optional coaching program you might want to take advantage of.

Good luck,
Joey