If you could devote yourself to adsense etc full-time, how long do think you would need before you could be well on your way to making a living off of it? The reason i'm asking is that I have the potential to take about three months off to concentrate on web development before having to look for another job. I do as much as I can in the evening but with the various commitments that I have it's very difficult to get the free time. I want to be able to concentrate on it without getting distracted. I know there are a whole load of variables involved including your personal level of skill and what your outgoings are. Did those of you that do this fulltime wait until you had a revenue close to your wages before leaving your jobs? Or are there any of you that took the plunge confident that you could make it if you could gave it 100%. Any feedback, opinions etc would be really valuable.
If I went full time I would not do fully adsense. Although I would add at least 1 article per day and do some SEO for my main site every day, I would spend 4-5 hours every day doing copyrighting and learning graphic design by entering competitions. This is what I am going to do in October . If I was to work full time just on adsense, I would update at least 1000 words to my site per day and do lots of SEO. In three months I probably would be making at least something however I would not stop doing SEO after the three month period and definately by a year I would be making serious $$.
Thanks for the input GameOver, Luckily, I've got the graphic design experience under my belt already as I work as a programmer and have done graphic design in the past.
I will soon dedicate a lot of my time to developing site/blogs. I have already started with one project www.ThebloggerWorld.com and i have decided to add atleast 2-3 articles a day to this blog. I don't know much about SEO, so i'll have to learn that one but still i hope that in next 3-4 month i can make something out of this site.
if you have the chance to go online fulltime for 3 months then better get serious and do some work for those 3 months PLUS for the coming months.. choose your niche write 5 (or whatever you are capable of) articles daily BUT publish only 1 daily. Keep the rest for those days when you won't have time to write.. participate in online forums like DP itself and build your profile. (you can later on earn from selling links in signature) do some freelancing (24 hours a day is DAMN TOO MUCH.. ) you might NOT see great income coming in those 3 months but you will come to a state from where you won't have to work very hard and money will flow easily PLEASE be serious and utilize these 3 months I will be getting 1 month free after my exams and after that I will join my company as a software engg. I have plans to do 2 times the work what I have currently written above.. e.g. for www.nofullstop.com I have completed writing articles till july mid so that it does not disturb me during exams in May for www.theSenorita.com I have completed articles till August mid for same reasons.... if you want you can ...try it.. and leave a rep if you like this.. regards
Doing adsense full-time is a good idea for some. It's possible to make a living on that for some time, but what if the situation with adsense changes soon (and it will)? It's a good additional income, but I would not consider it as a primary one.
I would not waste my time chasing adsense. I would spend the time learning a REAL SKILL that will help you long term. Like learning to drive traffic, SEO, or affiliate marketing. Myself, I would find a way to make content driven sites, and a mix of the others. Then should the internet change, or some program. You still have a viable skill that will not crash out your income when you have bills to pay. It's about planning for long term success. If you are planning to be in the online BUSINESS, then you need real skills that will help you regardless of the curve balls, and every changing scenarios, and sponsors.
A full time income with adsense is difficult and takes too much work. There are other methods to earning income online that are way more effective. To really earn income through adsense you have to build up a huge established website.
Like many others have said, adsense can be a good earner, but just don't rely on it solely. Don't place all your eggs in one basket as the saying goes. There are many more ways that you can make money online, and if you are making websites, instead of just slapping up some adsense on them , explore the many other ways that you could monetize them. Clare
Thanks for all the input everyone! Some good advice there. I agree with you, nofullstop, I do not necessarily expect to make it by the end of the three months but to lay solid groundwork to build on. Also, I guess i'll need to make sure that I diversify my forms of income so that I'm not totally dependant on adsense. Cheers
I believe that is the main point, you would hate to be making $XXXX a month, enough to live off and quit your job and then one day it just stops. It would be better earning $3,000 a month from 3 methods than $3,000 from 1. At least if one falls through you have something to keep you going as I expect you will have bills to pay each month. I've been toying with the idea of full time online and I know how scary it is leaving a solid wage each month.
and to add to this I will suggest to earn $500 in first two months and rest $2500 in the last month.. I mean you will take time to grow but once you grow it starts flowing... be patient and do not think about money always..
Do it, go for it, whats stopping you. Its better to fail big than live small.. Do whatever you want to make money online but document your 3 months and earn addition income off that. My 2 cents