I've been reading the forum here till I'm cross-eyed and finally decided to join today. I've been using adsense on various sites I own since Jan of 2004 and so far have earned about 5K. My ultimate goal (like everyone else I'm sure) is to get the average of $10 a day that adsense is paying me up to a few hunderd or more per day. I've read about niche sites, multiple sites, large sites, small sites, etc and this is where it gets confusing. Where in the world does one come up with the content for these sites? I do like to write but I have to be in the mood. Anything to point me in the right direction will be very much appreciated!
Find out something you like and you know about and write some good unique content about it... The money will flow eventually...
IME Today uniqueness brings you the success. Now uniqueness may be in any kind like contents,design or feature... Now find out uniqueness and put in your projects.
The reason choosing a niche is a good idea is because you have less competitors. Less competitors means you can get better rankings quicker and ultimately take a larger piece of the pie.
i used to wonder about this too. from what i learnt, this is what people do: they have one, two, may three sites where they write everything themselves. sites about their passions, things they feel strongly about. may be a blog, may be a two-page site. for those who have 10+ sites, i doubt they hand-write every site (correct me if i'm wrong). that's where they outsource. they hire writers to write for them, or they buy unique articles to use for their sites. some buy a whole bunch of PLR articles and build websites around them. if one of those make $5/day, 10 of those can make $50/day, give and take. of course, those articles would have been edited beforehand to avoid duplicate content penalty, but so much time have been saved than if you'd written everything yourself. but i think everyone will agree that their most successful one is the one they wrote themselves.
Writing a lot of good content is hard, but its worth it! Even if it doesn't get you a lot of clicks you'll still have a worthwhile a relevant site at the end of the day.
Successful content writers know how to be in the mood every day. Success doesn't come from working only you feel like it.
Brainstorm around a certain market area, then come up with as many article titles as possible that relate to that area... even the articles that don't really sound that great, don't worry about how "good" they are at this point. Try to come up with at least 30-50, or more if possible. Then post the list somewhere, and write 1-3 articles per day off that list, using the article title as a jumping off point, until you have polished off all the articles that you have titles for or are left with the ones you think are really dumb... then rework those titles and write those articles too. Then repeat for new market area
Remember you don't always have to be the one in the mood and writing your original content. You can hire someone to do it for you. You don't need to make a lot off of your sites to be able to hire others. If your site makes 100/month, allocate some of that for an article or several of them. If you and your team are producing high quality unique content, there is a good chance that you will pay back what you spent on getting the article produced. Usually it will pay for itself in one month or sooner and will continue bringing you revenue over and over again.
Hey, ezpro. This is what I've found personally, just for me, and you're right, it's impossible (or very, very difficult) to constantly add new content for more than one site. The short answer is that you need to develop one site to the point where you can bring in extra writers to add new content. In my case, I didn't have to pay anyone, because my site had developed enough that people were begging me to write for the site. So basically now all I do is the occassional background updates on my main site, which pulls in, easily, four figures a month. The rest of my time is spent on developing other sites. Right now I have one that's picking up steam. By the end of the year, I'll install a forum, and let the amassed members (they are at 10,000/day and climbing) have at it. Basically, by 2007 this second site will be my biggest money earner (making even more than my main site) and I'll, once again, not have to do very much to keep it going except the occassional background updates. So you see, it's a matter of building up a site, developing it to a point that it can earn you money without you having to constantly add new content. This frees you up to develop other sites. And another, and another... Basically: 1) Build site. 2) Add content daily. 3) Keep adding more content. 4) Develop following. 5) Let the followers take over. 6) Move on to another site. 7) Repeat process. At least, that's how it's worked for me. Give it a shot, it might work for you.