If you have been reading the adsense threads here on DP long enough, you have heard comments like “write what you love, not what makes you money.†Right? Of course you have. Sometimes some really respectable people say this, but it’s usually just those that I call “Adsense Zombiesâ€. You know the type. They are quick to jump on the Google hump-a-thon train and chant, “Google Adsense! We Love You! Without Adsense! We Would Be Screwed!†They rally around each other and keep spinning the same old crap out over and over and over and… I used to listen to to that garbage. I wrote about some things that I am very passionate about. I wrote enough to fill two volumes with the garbage, and there wasn’t even 1 volume of information on the subject before I started writing on it. It got me nowhere but depressed and almost broke. Then I stopped listening to the zombies. I started thinking “outside of the boxâ€. I stopped reading make money online blogs by Chow, Shoemoney, and others. I mixed things up, and guess what happened? All of a sudden I started making a little more than I was spending. I went from sinking lost dollars down the pot to sticking pennies in my bank account. I stopped listening to seo-guru-wanna-be’s, and started paying attention to the one person in DP that knows squat on the topic. I went from being a complete online failure to being a miniature online success story. I decided to write a few of the mistakes and lessons I learned down. I placed them on a friend’s forum to help him get started. If you want to read my garbage and curse me out, go to: http://www.bestforpet.com/best-pet-lounge/1669-i-made-100-000-online.html#post1770 P.S. Nope, I’m not selling anything and I don’t give a fiddler’s fart if anyone else agrees with a bit of it. I’ve been down the follow the leader ladder and I sure as hell don’t ever want to go back down it. Good luck! Glenn Double P.S. I added this silly story to the social sites as well. I doubt it will get much traction there since I don’t have any social website friends, but who knows. That’s another online scam I want to write about soon.
Hey that was a pretty good article you linked..but wait, isn't that what you wanted to say about your experiences? Do you not like pets? I think whatever someone's interests are, they can make money in that niche. Not in some kind of get-rich-quick sort of way, but in the kind of way that you'll stick to it when things start off slow and the work is hard and many times not financially rewarding.
Love pets! lol I have a whole house full of crazy dogs, cats, fish, ferrets, a wife, and 3 nutty kids!! Thank you for the compliment! I understand your point too well, but I must disagree.
Well, when they say to write for something you love, it doesn't mean "something you love but nobody else does" !! You have some valid points in those 10 Mistakes and it was nice reading stuff. I guess people in our days spend time for SEO and ranking instead of caring their websites. But this is also Google to blame. Why are we forced to run after google ? Google should run after our websites.... Finally you are right about all those scams from people with "1000$ a day" type posts. What a crap.
Thanks pal. Unfortunately a lot of other good people here write the hell out of topics that nobody else (except for their cousins maybe) will ever read. That is the point. Mix what you care about with what other people want to read about and you will have a winner. Yes, I agree 100%! We are forced to focus on making big G happy. It should be the other way around. Well said!! The get rich bloggers are the biggest joke of all. They get rich because of suckers like me reading their crap like a zombie and clicking on the ads that cover half the page.
That was an excellent read! I agree with you, but I'm afraid you'll hate me for saying I'm one of those people who promote the slogan "write what you love". But I certainly did not mean fishy work or red door locks or whatever. Great read
You are way too kind! Thank you so much. You get the point now I'm sure. I just had to learn for myself that writing what I care about doesn't mean that anyone else will want to read it. take a little bit of what you love and sprinkle that in with a lot of what other people love and WHAMMY!
Agreed again. But somehow, nothing seems to be working all that well for me. Perhaps it's cause I don't devote enough time to each individual website. I usually end up selling it after a couple of weeks. I need to think..
Heres what i do, i write about things that i love, and then i write about things that im not passionate about but i know i can continually write about them. Personally i wouldn't knock the advice of writing about what you love, because that may just be a low paying niche. Its the other things that i suggest people think about, like do you know how to get good traffic, you dont always need heavy traffic, most of my low traffic sites get the most click throughs, ironic isn't it. Ive never in my life followed a money making blog/site/forum as the only ones making money from that is the owner. Theres probably 1000 money making blogs and 99% not making any. Ever seen the seo experts on dp asking for seo tips? seriously i see it all the time. Heres a myth, dont target high paying niches, theres too much competition, nonsense, the competition keeps up the costs on the high paying niches. Anyone can compete with the competition. Real money making info is never shared, and theres no single one method and approach that will work for all sites. glenndorsey, im pleased that its improving for you.
Another wise man I never read any of the **** that those pro bloggers have to say. Personally I prefer bloggers who actually share some proper data like carlocab and theuniversitykid. John Chow and all his crew know a lot, but making sense from the posts take a long time. - I prefer loving what I write..
LOL That was a nice read. Most of the things you said are true. Sometimes you can only find out what works and what not if you dive into it. That's especially true in the online world. You said in point number 8 you don't agree that writing about topics you're passionate about works. That's only true if your topic doesn't interest many people (like crayfish sex), but if you find a niche you and many others are passionate about, then it will most likely be your most successful website. People who read your content will see your passion and automatically be drawn into your writings. Blogs like John Chow or Shoemoney will make a good post once in a month at best. Usually its just ranting, paid posts and spinning history posts. If reading or subscribing to such feeds is worth, its up to every individual to decide, but my advice would be spend no more than 20% (treat it like a time-out) of your online time reading blogs, articles, websites or forums like DP, getting new knowledge and the remaining time for website productivity or whatever it is that you do online. Congrats on learning with your mistakes. Each and everyone of us has gone through such or similar trial and error process in the past, so its nothing to be ashamed of.
I agree with the thread starter. I feel like most so-called gurus just feeding readers a bunch of nothing.
Yes all those people say they make 1000$ is scam! but many people (that not write) really make 1000$ per day on adsense!
Personally i HIGHLY doubt that anybody makes 1000$ a day from Adsense. Those posts are either from people that want to bring traffic to their websites or from people that work for Google.
i highly disagree that "write what you love" always work for everyone. Remember that some niches are NOT working at all simply because there is no such demand for them. Take a look at flash games, even if you have so high traffic, it'll be hard to monetize. Compare it with drug sites, etc.
Nothing "always works for everyone." I've found after years of blogging (and even more years as a professional writer) that you stay far more passionate if you enjoy what you write about. And in my case, it pays pretty well too (while I don't monetize exclusively through Adsense or something - that would be stupid - my primary niches regularly pull in more than a dollar per click, sometimes more than two). But like with anything business-oriented, you have to be smart about it. When I write in business niches I love, I know I'll make good money. I'm also passionate about independent music, and have a site on that subject - but I was smart enough to figure out it's not a great Adsense niche, and to find other ways to monetize it. All it takes is a bit of passion combined with common sense really.
I would rather write some crap I don't care about that puts $1,000 into my bank then write about my passion of cray fish butts. haha