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Originally Posted by clickhappy
Ok im going to go back and read all your older posts because im doing something very wrong. Ive been in this biz since 2001 and im living in a studio. 2002-2003 were good years for me but after that its all declined, and lately I have almost nothing left. I've been depressed about it for the past 8 months and its getting worse.
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Safe to say that not all of your clicks are happy ones?
I think most people get to into doing the exact same thing for a long time period. Sure you can churn out free sites for a year but eventually you will get burned out. Sure you can post galleries but you will get burned out.
I have done many things. I successfully ran TGPs/MGPs. I have successfully grown and profited from adult blogs. I have successfully sold items through posts on forums (signup for Amazon account, find interesting items, go to just about ANY forum and post those items that match the forums topics. Note: You should have a decent post count first. You should make a few personalities that appear on those forums from time to time like you do here at GFY. "Dudes, you have to see this [item], it is insane. I just got a few for the office and we are [blah blah]." With your Amazon linking code to the item. Do that enough and especially around Xmas time = $8K - $12K a month EASY!).
I have submitted both galleries and free sites and made money doing it. I posted galleries to newsgroups back when it wasn't so frowned upon. I did some blackhat and I did it in a few different ways. I have done whitehat and grayhat.
But above all I tried new things. Once I got something going pretty darn good and making a few grand a month I moved on to other things and often came back to things and moved around a lot on what I was doing. This made it so I didn't get bored.
Ohh... I did Adwords and still do some. I check up on those about once every 2 weeks. See if I have competition yet and if I do, see if I still want to compete. Find another sponsor no one is doing on them and do them too. Then post to blogs for a day or two...
Then move on... make a network of free sites, link to them from blogs... move around... move around....
Above all, I rarely ask for advice. I always make it a point to learn how someone does what they do without asking them or bothering them. Because if I have to ask them, what am I going to do when they say no or that I am taking up to much of their time? Then I will have to figure shit out on my own so why not just start so that if I fall of the bike I can just get right back on it again and continue riding?
There are so many simple tools to figure out how someone is doing what they are doing that there really is no excuse to bother someone. Yahoo site explorer. Domaintools.com... So many ways to find out what you need to know.