There is no such thing as a secret of success. I takes time to become better in promoting new websites and your already established website, but it still takes effort. And I too started with nothing and it took me 1.5-2 years to reach $300 a month...
I think you're right. In the early days, particularly if you get sandboxed, and then get hit by smart pricing, it's difficult to make any headway. After a while, when things settle down and your sites get more optimised and targetted, you should then see a rise in earnings. It's then about applying SEO on any new sites you create and keeping on adding quality content to the sites you've already got. If you regularly submit Sitemaps that will help too. It takes a long time to get to $200/month for most publishers, but those that do should be able to push on from there as most of the hard work has already been done.
Great news. I'm yet to break $100 / month, I have several small sites. Really hard for me, don't know what's wrong.
Firstly, congrats dude! Takes a lot of patience, and I know how you feel once you have finaly made a nice goal such as that. Secondly, Totally agree with this. However, it is always good to have a plan before you start your website. Like xtraders has done, if you can find a large enough niche, and fulfill their needs, then you are on the right path to success. I just started a new site, with hat same idea in mind, and put Adsense on it a week ago. Now, I am on my way to make $50 this first month! I'm super happy about it.
hey i thought $200 per day, but still it is great to reach 200 per month. all the best. keep up your good work
great currently my highest from one advertiser is 185 dollars I am using 2 so adbrites highest is 185 and adsense is 120 so nearly 300$ hope you reach that goal soon