$100 - A Google AdSense Milestone
Last night, I finally passed the $100 milestone in Google AdSense revenue. In reflecting upon this achievement, I've realized a number of important points in my quest to become a pro blogger - that is, to earn a living as a blogger, but not necessarily just from ad revenue.
First and foremost: Despite my long experience as a webmaster and writer, I'm not a pro blogger yet. But my journey's begun, and an important first milestone has been achieved. My long hours of hard work haven't been a complete waste. However, what's more important is that I've come to realize that as much as I want to, I cannot treat each of my blogs with the same care and attention.
Not only are there not enough hours in the day, if I want to earn a living as a blogger, I have to focus on those blogs that have the most potential. For example, the blog you're reading, while hopefully technically valuable to readers, will likely never earn much in ad revenue, as I've no doubt mentioned several times previously. And yet, in the past, I've spent a great deal of time researching and writing for this blog, while neglecting others that have potential.
That said, I still plan to post here, but the schedule has to change. I'll only be posting 3-4 days/wk, but I may post 1-3 entries on a given day. This is mostly because I'm achieving some level of success in blogging via another route: helping others set up and maintain blogs and online communities. As well, I have nearly 20 e-books and e-reports in the pipeline that I am collaborating on, as well as writing for two blogs and not owned by me. I'm using blogging as a means of promoting my services as both a writer and a webmaster. And on this front at least, I seem to be succeeding.
What's the next milestone for me? Hitting the $100/month mark, in tandem with 3,000 visitors/day by the end of 2006, across all of my blogs. I have a much clearer plan for promotion, after 6 months of making loads of mistakes, and I'll be outlining this plan here as I'm able to. My point is, patience does pay off, but you have to be proactive and promote your work - and most of all, focus.
(c) Copyright: 2006-present, Raj Kumar Dash, http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/
Technorati Tags: blogspinner, blogging, pro blogger, multi blogs, adsense, ad revenue
First and foremost: Despite my long experience as a webmaster and writer, I'm not a pro blogger yet. But my journey's begun, and an important first milestone has been achieved. My long hours of hard work haven't been a complete waste. However, what's more important is that I've come to realize that as much as I want to, I cannot treat each of my blogs with the same care and attention.
Not only are there not enough hours in the day, if I want to earn a living as a blogger, I have to focus on those blogs that have the most potential. For example, the blog you're reading, while hopefully technically valuable to readers, will likely never earn much in ad revenue, as I've no doubt mentioned several times previously. And yet, in the past, I've spent a great deal of time researching and writing for this blog, while neglecting others that have potential.
That said, I still plan to post here, but the schedule has to change. I'll only be posting 3-4 days/wk, but I may post 1-3 entries on a given day. This is mostly because I'm achieving some level of success in blogging via another route: helping others set up and maintain blogs and online communities. As well, I have nearly 20 e-books and e-reports in the pipeline that I am collaborating on, as well as writing for two blogs and not owned by me. I'm using blogging as a means of promoting my services as both a writer and a webmaster. And on this front at least, I seem to be succeeding.
What's the next milestone for me? Hitting the $100/month mark, in tandem with 3,000 visitors/day by the end of 2006, across all of my blogs. I have a much clearer plan for promotion, after 6 months of making loads of mistakes, and I'll be outlining this plan here as I'm able to. My point is, patience does pay off, but you have to be proactive and promote your work - and most of all, focus.
(c) Copyright: 2006-present, Raj Kumar Dash, http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/
Technorati Tags: blogspinner, blogging, pro blogger, multi blogs, adsense, ad revenue
