Originally Posted by DefaultMan

I started my first blog a year ago and after a lot of work (let me emphasize - A LOT OF WORK) and a few more blogs later I am finally making some money. Not enough to live off of (which is why I do freelance work) but hopefully it will be down the road. I've made more than a few miss steps here and there but always tried to learn from them. I still haven't cracked the secret for getting a shit ton of traffic but I also promote some smaller niches so I don't need 30K hits to make one sale like you see with over saturated niches. Here are some things that I have learned (they are blog centric cause thats what I focus on)

- Make a quality site. Spend time on it, don't just crank shit out.
- Promote niches that you personally like (you will be more inclined to update them)
- Try and find a niche that isn't too over saturated.
- Trade links with sites that you think are good and of a similar niche
- Purchase some traffic and see how it does, if you made a quality site then some of the traffic you buy will probably convert (not as much as organic traffic though)
- Most importantly DONT make a site that you wouldn't personally want to visit. You are your own quality control.

I still have A LOT to learn and a long way to go but that's my