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Quest for $25 Day 24 - Will persistence pay eventually? A book on Power Thinking inspired me to set targets for myself. My principle target for September was to earn $25 from the website looklovely.net that I publish with a partner. Our main source of income is GoogleAds. Tricia, my website partner put the ads into a new format that (according to other users) would yield more ‘clicks’. Working on the basis that we would need more visitors to the site to gain more revenue, I have been trying to publicise the site to increase traffic. This is an account of my activities on Day 24 of the Quest, and an honest report of the result in terms of revenue. I completed work on the update of content, ready to publish early on 25th September, as we publish a new Home page and some new articles every Thursday. Throughout the month, I have been placing ads on Gumtree, a free community notice board site. On Day 24 I renewed ads for 3 cities. I added to my Stumbleupon blog, which I have neglected for a few months. Stumbleupon is a site that helps viewers to find new sites that may be of interest. I will put the link at the bottom of this Intel. If you have never seen Stumbleupon, do take a look. Tricia (my website partner) published a new Hub on Hub pages. We have learned a lot though being active members of Hub pages. We have also gained some viewers through Hub pages. I will also put this link at the bottom of the Intel. I left business cards at a hairdressing shop in town. The outcome for the day in terms of Google Adsense revenue was disappointing, in that we got nothing (again). However, we seem to be sustaining our increase in viewer numbers. Possibly in the longer term this will lead to an increase in revenue. Maybe I should set a lower goal for October? I would welcome any opinions from those who read this Intel.

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Hi Pat & Tricia! Congrats on your diligence and guerilla marketing efforts! From my experience [which is extremely new like yours] it'll take another 24-90 days for you to start earning from google -- just the way things are You're on the right track! YE is Here!

yeishere Sep 26, 2008 02:49

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	Hello YE, Thank you so much for the encouragement.

I have been following with great interest the progress of your quest. I think the setting of feasible targets is a good idea. And I also believe that the answer to your question, "Will persistence pay eventually?" is yes! But it may take a while. Too often, people are tempted to quit too early, when they don't see massive profits right away.

May I share something I've learned? I've found that, as a rough estimate, for every 10 visitors you get, 1 will click on AdSense. Again roughly, each click earns you on average 10 cents, more or less. So, to earn one dollar, you need 100 visitors. Your target of $25 in a month therefore requires that you get just under 100 visitors a day.

Your strategy of publishing on a regular basis is, I think, right. The search engines, we are told, love that kind of thing. Also, your articles on Qassia will give you plenty of exposure.

After viewing your site, it looks like there will be many people out there who would be interested by it. Now all that is needed is for those people to get to know it's there! And in my opinion you are doing the right things to achieve that. In time...

Robert Paterson Sep 26, 2008 11:37

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	Thank you for your positive comments, Robert. I will try to keep more focussed on increasing visitor numbers rather than fretting about earnings.

Well I am no expert in these matters of how to get more clicks, but I think you are right to concentrate on driving traffic, and also making it clear to visitors where everything is located on your site.

But, if you will allow me to say this, it is clear from your series of articles on Qassia that your greatest strength is that you appear to have an attractive and charming personality. You come over as a funny and very likeable person. They say you should play to your strengths, so I think you should take every opportunity to put yourself into the site, as it were. Let people know what you are doing, and what your aspirations are, at the same time letting them know that you are willing to serve them for their own benefit too. I am sure that people will respond to this and love you for it, and will help you to succeed.

Of course, if you think I am talking a lot of utter garbage, please feel free to ignore it - I won't mind!

Robert Paterson Sep 27, 2008 19:30

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