I figure this thread will evolve, so I might as well start it.
I started as a adsense guy. I have my other projects. But how I first hit it big, was with ad sense. Yeah I know there are guys who make and made a lot more. Who cares?
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Why did I go with ad sense originally? Well, it takes the least amount of effort. You don't have to split test. You don't have to hope the offer is going to convert. You don't have to worry about anything. They simple do all the work you put up a piece of code.
And then you focus on getting visitors. Which is something most people struggle with. And that's where I hope here on BHSeo we can change that perspective in more ways than one.
Now most people are stupid and get their accounts banned. Why is this? Well because they click their own ads or do other dumb crap. They are thinking way too short term. If you see each time I decided I was going to get something going there was a pretty long flat before it shot up. When it comes, it comes quick.
But it is a grind to get there. Each day minor tweaks, adding in content, adjusting site, changing site, deciding your original idea sucked, going and starting a new idea, having that idea suck too, and then you decided ok I'm going with this other idea.
That one also sucks, now you have three shit ideas, then you think. Ok I'm going to go ahead and go back to working on my first idea.
Next thing you know traffic starts to trickle up a bit. You get excited, but that joy lasts oh so little.
So you go back to deciding to work on your second idea. You gain minor improvements on it, you get all excited! Then that joy disappears since the growth isn't there. So you go back and end up working on another idea.
But yeah, basically you just need to work on one idea. Each time I hit my massive peaks it was because I was only working on one idea. Everything has a half life.