Made my first money today!

by Menzieshunt

Posted: 13 years ago 44 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

21 days in, made my first money from Adsense on my first site today. Have to say after all the slog it feels good, even if its only enought to buy me a bar of chocolate - trouble is, my blog is about how I lost weight last year (www.howilostweight.co.uk) so it would be kinda ironic if I put on pounds as a result of the money earnt from the blog!! Ho hum..! Oh and have gone up to No 7 on page 1 of Google for my key words, though - and this will make you laugh (makes me cry!) - when I first started out on this journey I researched the key words very hard but forgot to search the actual competition on the key words, only to find that one of the most famous bloggers in the world (it would appear) has the number 1 spot - somehow don't think I will be knocking him off the top for some time!! As they say, you live and learn!!

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Darren Jennings 13 years ago

Congrats buddy...

The thing is... it may only be a small sale, BUT you have done what millions of people want to be able to do and that is earn the first little sale online... just keep learning and duplicate what you have done.

The weight loss niche is a biggy but it does take some work to get it making good money, I chose a niche that is growing and make on average $800 a month from one site and one product and I am predicting it will keep growing as time goes on.

Well done again and never give up
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RedShifted 13 years ago

One thing I want to tell you is NEVER assume what you can NOT accomplish. You'd be very surprised what you can actually accomplish when you put your mind to it.

As for the blog, congrats on your first bit of money!

However, & this is not bad news, but good news. The blog looks rather drab. Therefore, you still have room for A LOT of improvement.

Keep working on the content, make the blog look more authoritative. Take that header picture out immediately, its easy to do. A squirrel chewing a nut is cute, but has nothing to do with losing weight. Unless your diet consists of living soley on nuts.

I would personally give the whole blog a make over, promote it a bit more, then see how your adsense does. =]

-Red
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- footbag_man 13 years ago
  
  excellent news buddy
  
  i remember my first sale.. i danced around the sitting room like a mad man.. Best feeling ever !
  
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hassan007 13 years ago

Congrats... Wish you continuous luck throughout.....

All the Best,..
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Michelle Stevens 13 years ago

Brilliant. Feels great doesn't it !!!

Congrats and here's to many more sales
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louie6925 13 years ago

congratulations! Now use it as your spring board to the future!
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Randall Magwood 13 years ago

Congrats on your first bit of cash. Feels good huh? That banner doesn't relate to your site theme, title, and headline. Replace that now.
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napoleonfirst 13 years ago

Congratulations, and BringTheFresh can help you more.
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- KevUK 13 years ago
  
  Congratulations on your first earnings & your own success.
  You took action & now see what you can achieve.
  Agree with others about your site appearance etc. If you revamped it you never know what you can achieve.
  
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carlpicot 13 years ago

Nice one!!

Now you just gotta keep going and repeat the process to bring in some more

Well done on the first pennies and I hope to hear you've made more very soon!

cheers

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Menzieshunt 13 years ago

Thank you everyone for your kind words. And you are right, the blog does need a revamp to make it more - I must admit that I just went in there with standard Wordpress theme and changed the picture to a cute one my father-in-law took, but will go and find a more suitable one. Would quite like to change the Wordpress theme but worried if i do so I will lose all my customised stuff (eg all the Google, Norton validation code, sitemaps etc) - is this the case?
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Menzieshunt 13 years ago

oh, and how do i add a signature to my Warrior forum posts?
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- SergioFelix 13 years ago
  
  Upper left corner, click on User CP, then Edit Signature.
  
  Easy peasy!
  
  Sergio
  
  Originally Posted by Menzieshunt
  
  oh, and how do i add a signature to my Warrior forum posts?
  
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nicred 13 years ago

Congrats I remember my first sale - I almost jumped through the roof
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onlinesolutions1985 13 years ago

Congratulations! I am so happy for you. For sure, earning thousands will be much easier for you now. The most difficult one is the earning for the first time.

Wish you all the best!
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Juan Jose 13 years ago

Congratulations! I'm on my way to get an excellent result to
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fittrainerkyle 13 years ago

Awesome how supportive everbody is here. I have to admit the only money I've made online is from bum marketing. lol. I'm still struggling to bring it in consistently. But reading this thread has giving me a bump on the chin. Which methods have you guys found the easiest to start bringing in money. I'm attempting to get some fitness products out on the net... but I guess people like free much better so adsense makes more sense to me since people are simply joy reading and are not asked to purchase things. Getting paid for people just to visit and click a couple times. Is it practical to expect to be able to become independent financially through adsense?
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Juan Jose 13 years ago

Congratulations! I'm on my way to get an excellent result too
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- healthsphere 13 years ago
  
  I've only started to make money from my site and its nowhere near completion yet, so optimistic that it will go well, although I don't expect to live off it :-P
  
  Well done on making that initial cash, keep it coming! :-)
  
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prem khaira Banned 13 years ago

Ride on!

Congrats
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kyannas26 13 years ago

Congrats!! Your gratitude is humbling. The excitement you showed for only making candy money but still thankful is amazing. Good luck
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xInd 13 years ago

Congratulations, well done. I still get that feeling once in a while when trying something new, or putting up a new product or offer when the first order comes in.
I hope there is much more to come for you, keep working hard.
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- WishfulDoing 13 years ago
  
  Congratulations!
  
  To do this in 21 days is really an accomplishment so don't sell yourself short. (That's funny about the chocolate bar/ weight loss blog.)
  
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BigMoneyJr 13 years ago

That's just great! Congrats!
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pennyroll 13 years ago

Who know's you just might knock him off the top. Super Congratulations on the first earnings. I wouldn't buy a chocolate bar with the first money, seems like it would be bad juju given what your website is about.

Nice site by the way, but I would have to say that I think the header should loose a bit a weight as well. Excellent design but it's a bit too big. Again Awesome job!
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The Biz Guy 13 years ago

Great job buddy, although it's a small sale but it proofs that your blog can still make profit.
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rising_sun Banned 13 years ago

CONGRATULATION!!! no matter the earning is too short or big,but the matter is you have earned it by your industry.Great job.I have seen your site right now.My question is it only for girls?
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nmohan1980 13 years ago

I made my first affiliate income today 7..7...12 thru my new site
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prroger 13 years ago

Congrats! It took me 6 weeks to make my first AdSense money and it was all of 27 cents. Keep at it and the $$$ soon begins to be consistently increasing.
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TomYevsikov 13 years ago

well done man, youve done what most people cant do, and thats more points to your pocket.
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svk_hereiam 13 years ago

Congrats buddy! If you are on page 1, hopefully you are getting some traffic... Why don't you add an optin form/squeeze page on your blog and start capturing leads.... I am sure it will be far more rewarding then just earning from adsense clicks
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dayus444 13 years ago

congrats dude. surely there is more to come
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jer000 13 years ago

Congrats friend....
I tried adsense with 2 sites.but i'm lose.....
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Kal Sallam 13 years ago

congratulations wish you many more!
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Chris- 13 years ago

Congrats on your success, and as you say, you've learned some things along the way, which is in the long-term even more important.

Keep going

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Anoopchawla 13 years ago

I am really happy for you buddy. From here dedicate yourself to IM, you have crossed one of the greatest hurdle, you now have a reference experience to prove that it is possible to make money online.
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BenStevens 13 years ago

Very nice. Those first clicks are a milestone. I remember mine was for $0.37 almost 4 years ago.
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nomikhokher 13 years ago

Congratulations! keep up the hard work.
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Antonio Gavrila 13 years ago

Congratulations mate, I remember the first time I earned money as well, great moment, followed by a great loss, hehe, but doesn't matter.

How is it working for you now, still making money?
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pro31lady 13 years ago

Congratulations! There is nothing like seeing that first money made!
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VHSEOMike 13 years ago

Congrats. You must be a very happy man now. Good luck
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TheOnlineMarketingMaster 13 years ago

High 5! ))
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- premiumdomains 13 years ago
  
  Congrats! Here is the good news that you have earned yourself. It is inspiring for those who are still enough struggling to earn money. You will be idol to those. I hope you will do best at future.
  
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laracoates28 13 years ago

Congrats. I also can remember my first day. It was a very excited day for me. I made my first money by doing a research task online.
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