Exactly. Hard work will do it. With my clients (bloggers, mostly), I tell them to aim for $500/month after working on it for a year. There are some short-term ways to earn money quickly, but if you're in it for the long haul then it'll take some time.
There is no fast and easy money with adsense. If the money inflow is too fast without hard work, expect a ban soon from adsense. It is the combined effort of hard and smart work, link building, seo, good contents etc. that will bring you a fat adsense check
Fast and easy money would only be if you already have established traffic. If you are starting from scratch, I am afraid it won't be quick or easy.
You've got to put in the hard work to make money with adsense or any other avenue online. There's just no easy way to do it IMO. You've got to put your nose to the grindstone, be patient and work towards a goal. You need to be willing to wait it out for 3, 6, 12 or 24 months (or even longer) to see solid results.
Hello again taleryfilms, You could go down the bum marketing route writing and submitting articles linking to your landing page/ review page and then collect email addresses and forwarding your visitors onto a product that you are an affiliate to. Ebay if you have never tried it before still brings in some great money even though ebay put the fees up there is still room for profits to be made. Yours, Laura_D