This is by far one of the most informative forums on the net. I have been reading and trying to learn from this forum for a little while. I'm still a rookie compared to most here. In my reading I always found the questions about how you became a success or are working on becoming a success most helpful and interesting. But I always wanted to know more. I hope this isn't out of bounds, but this is my attempt to gather some info to help me on that road of success. If you are willing to contribute to a rookie and all us rookies who are trying to learn the trade of e-commerce success it would be appreciated. Here is my list of questions and hoping I get some good input. 1. What websites do you own? If you have more then one, please list websites in the order of earnings from most to least. 2. List your top marketing techniques (i.e. adwords, search engine placment, link trade, emails, customer services, etc). Please list in order of revenue importance. 3. How do you produce traffic for your site? How much unique daily traffic do you get? Where does most of the traffic come from (i.e. adwords)? 4. On average how many hours do you work on your site a day 5. How much do you make a month and where does most of the revenue come from 6. How much do you spend monthly on expenses (i.e. advertising, promotions, etc) 7. What is the best way you get inbound links? 8. What would be the best advise you would give someone starting out? 9. The number one reason why your site is a success? 10. The number one reason why a site will not succeed? ok, hope that isn't asking too much. I guess people will answer what they want. As i try to use the net to learn the trade of making money, I find the info scattered or conflicting. Below is my input. If you want to comment on anything I do, please do. 1. I own one site www.filipina-lady.net so it is my only earning site. 2. I rely on google and did a little adwords. Some refers have helped. But my site isn't really making much money yet. 3. I produce traffic through search engines.....I get only a few hundred visitors a day......most of my traffic come from google and yahoo. 4. I work a full time job so I probably work 2 to 3 hours a night and maybe 4 to 6 on Sat and Sunday 5. I'm embarassed...but only about $400 a month. 6. I do use adwords but only in the Philippines to help recruit ladies. I did try adwords for membership but it failed. I spend about $100 a month. 7. I usually just swap links, but I hate it. 8. Since I'm new my only advise for now is read forums like this one and ask for help. 9. I'm not what i call a success yet, but I guess google is my best reason so far. 10. Again, not sure I have the experience to answer this, but my guess is those who don't get ranked well or enough links to their site will struggle.