Guy makes $3.5 million with AdSense

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  1. amcgowanj

    amcgowanj Peon

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    #41
    No way... Impossible.
     
    amcgowanj, Apr 4, 2008 IP
  2. mokujin

    mokujin Well-Known Member

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    #42
    Nice fake, i dont trust him
     
    mokujin, Apr 4, 2008 IP
  3. rcj662

    rcj662 Guest

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    #43
    No it is not true they just got alot of publicity from everyone talking about if it is.
     
    rcj662, Apr 4, 2008 IP
  4. Loonm

    Loonm Peon

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    #44
    Well guys this video gets popular i guess if it is fake google or youtube mods will get this video down sooner or later.
    Why i think this is real:
    1) Is that he talks fine
    2) domain registered in 2002 ?
    Why i think this is fake:
    1) His document with striked out "private data" - just think about it, i would blur it, not stick somehting yellow on it. If it's fake then it looks like he did it like this and just printed :)
    2) His website doesn't look very hot.
     
    Loonm, Apr 4, 2008 IP
  5. kill71987

    kill71987 Peon

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    #45
    if he made $3.5 million that year, then why couldn't he afford a shave and haircut?
     
    kill71987, Apr 4, 2008 IP
  6. soniqhost.com

    soniqhost.com Notable Member

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    #46
    If I made 3.5 million with adsense, I wouldn't be telling people how I did it, I wouldn't want anyone copying my idea
     
    soniqhost.com, Apr 4, 2008 IP
  7. maverick123

    maverick123 Peon

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    #47
    looks impossible.....great marketing gimmic :cool:
     
    maverick123, Apr 5, 2008 IP
  8. tbadlani

    tbadlani Peon

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    #48
    Nah i dont think its true
     
    tbadlani, Apr 5, 2008 IP
  9. scottelkin

    scottelkin Peon

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    #49
    definately true...i have seen the income statement.
     
    scottelkin, Apr 5, 2008 IP
  10. sorryle

    sorryle Peon

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    #50
    I think it's fake too. Never heard such thing before.
     
    sorryle, Apr 5, 2008 IP
  11. Hurley4540

    Hurley4540 Banned

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    #51
    Nope.. impossible.
     
    Hurley4540, Apr 6, 2008 IP
  12. bill-mcintosh

    bill-mcintosh Peon

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    #52
    Hi everyone,

    I'm the guy in the video.

    I posted the video just before leaving town to go on a trip with my family. I intended to use that video in an upcoming blog post when I got home. I asked some friends and employees to go check out the video and some of them bookmarked it. This apparently started an avalanche. Amazingly the video has gotten an astounding amount of people talking about it. It's gotten more than 10 youtube honors in all, had a ton of video views, made the top of its category yesterday and has really taken off.

    While out of town with my family I talked to a friend of mine and he told me about all the activity. So I decided to fire up my laptop, stop lurking over here at DP, sign up and give you guys some more data:

    The response to my video has had 2 sides: The first group of people has gone over to my blog and signed up. Many of them have sent some nice comments and acknowledgements to me. I've had a ton of traffic, sign ups and people sending me questions in the last 24 hours (I'll eventually get to answer them all). The second group of people are shocked by the amount of money my AdSense 1099 tax form is and are skeptical. Without all the background data I had planned to put in the upcoming blog post I guess I could see why some people would be skeptical. $3.5 million is a lot of money. However, that document is 100% authentic and unaltered. I really did make $3.5 million last year in revenue from AdSense.

    Some answers to your questions and comments:

    I'm not promoting some get rich quick scheme. In fact, as you may have noticed, I don't even have anything for sale on my site. I've had the domain name billmcintosh.com for a while and I decided recently to start a site where I'll give away free coaching, tips, advice, wordpress plugins and scripts. Does that mean I'll never sell an internet marketing product ever? I can't promise that, but I definitely don't have plans to release any kind of get rich quick scheme through this site anytime in the future.

    I have so many websites I can't even count them. they're spread across 15+ dedicated servers plus more virtual private servers and shared hosting accounts. I buy some sites, I build some, but my staff creates most of them for me.

    My AdSense income came from a variety of places: Organic SEO, membership sites where I displayed AdSense to members while they are visiting the paid content section, sites that I drive traffic to with PPC, and on pages where I send people who I feel will not convert into customers on one of my sites.

    During 2007 I drove a TON of traffic. Some days I had 150,000 visitors on just one of my sites.

    And although you can see that I've make a lot of money using AdSense, I do not recommend someone relying upon 100% AdSense earnings for a business. AdSense is volatile and Google is not an easy company to partner with. I know of several horror stories where someone started making a nice income from AdSense, then overnight...SLAP! Google pulls the rug out from under them and bans their account for a silly reason. (this forum is filled with these stories) And just like that they have no business. So AdSense is a good start, but definitely not the only way you should earn income.

    I'm no slick salesman with a hidden agenda. As you can see in my video it's just me behind my desk filming a video late at night after all my employees have gone home. I threw up a sheet behind me, pointed lights at it and hit record. No high dollar camera, teleprompter or production crew for me. In fact, I didn't even shave that day... just my scruffy old self =)

    I'm not claiming I made $3.5 million bucks in pure profit from AdSense. Nor is AdSense my only income source. I have more than 20 employees and probably 20 more outside contractors working for my various companies. That along with marketing and promotion eats up a chunk of my revenue.

    When I get home (or maybe earlier if I have time while away) I'll make another video and post giving you guys more details. I'll also provide some more proof for the skeptics out there.

    So if you feel you can learn something from me go check out my video and my site. If not, that's fine too. Either way I wish you luck with your adventures in the world of Internet marketing.
     
    bill-mcintosh, Apr 6, 2008 IP
  13. scottelkin

    scottelkin Peon

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    #53
    thanks for the reply
     
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  14. forumtyrone

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    #54
    You are hurting a lot of people with that remark :p
     
    forumtyrone, Apr 7, 2008 IP
  15. imaginos

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    #55
    Hey Bill,

    Thanks for clarifying for all the haters out there.
     
    imaginos, Apr 9, 2008 IP
  16. forwardmover

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    #56
    Mr. Bill McIntosh, of McIntosh Marketing, you might be legitimate, but please provide just a little validation.

    If I made $3.5 million, while on vacation, I definitely would not be writing long forum entries or creating videos . I would be having fun with my family instead.

    Based on a google search, "Bill McIntosh" seems to have come out of nowhere.

    Entries I found refer to Bill McIntosh, a prominent Scientologist ( See truthaboutscientology.com/stats/by-name/b/bill-mcintosh.html )

    The business name listed on the above page ( MBC Management Group, Inc. ) has a reference to another page mbcmanagementgroup.com ... at 1 & 1 hosting ... which has nothing on it. I do see some references to various websites, like UnclaimedMoney.com that might be yours.

    So, usually "birds of a feather flock together". Successful people have successfully friends. Who are some other very successful web entrepreneurs who can vouch for you? Anyone at all.

    Thanks
     
    forwardmover, Jun 10, 2008 IP
  17. maverick123

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    #57
    even if the actual amount is 10-20% of 3.5 million, then also he/she is earning pretty good $$$$ :eek:
     
    maverick123, Jun 10, 2008 IP
  18. powerlifer

    powerlifer Active Member

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    #58
    I still think its bogus all to bring traffic to bill mackintosh .com lol:D
     
    powerlifer, Jun 10, 2008 IP
  19. TheSyndicate

    TheSyndicate Prominent Member

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    #59
    Why bother make a video if you already made so much money just suck the pipe and enjoy life.
     
    TheSyndicate, Jun 10, 2008 IP
  20. a!!!!1

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    #60
    Yeah that's what I don't understand. Maybe not "suck the pipe and enjoy life" but at least implement those same strategies into other ad networks and affiliate programs rather than doing this.
     
    a!!!!1, Jun 10, 2008 IP