My First Google Adsense Payment
I feel like I’ve made it to the doorstep of the club.
I’m not going to lie, I started this whole blogging endeavour with the hope to make as money. Possibly even as much money as some of the heavy hitting bloggers like Steve Pavlina or Darren Rowse. I had all the ambition in the world, what I thought was a good idea, (who doesn’t want to become good at everything), and the technical know-how to tackle the internet.
9 months later and boy was I wrong!
Turns out writing in a way that is connected, focused, and draws people back day in and day out, like a newspaper or magazine does, is tough work. I see it can be done, but as the title of this blog (which may soon change, I’m feeling frisky), I want to do everything and doing everything requires me to change directions a lot and keeping focused is tough.
I did however manage to begin making money regularly, about $10-$20 from AdSense, and $10-$20 from various other affiliates and advertising companies. And this month I just looked into my bank account to see that Google had deposited my first ever payout, ranging from the last 9 months, a total of…
$101.22!!!!!!!!
It’s been a long time coming but I can see the potential, I have some interesting ideas for new blogs and new directions of blogs, and maybe soon enough I’ll be able to say I’ve joined the club of bloggers who could live off their blogging salaries.
Comments
Comment from Carlos
Time: August 28, 2006, 4:37 pm
Don’t forget it was 2 years before Darren started to see any significant money…
Comment from Flee The Cube
Time: August 29, 2006, 6:52 am
Congratulations buddy. That’s huge!
And I’m sure it’s a real motivation booster. You couldn’t have said it better, you’re at the doorstep to the club, (and about to bust down the door). It’s funny you should mention focus, I just published an article about Focus yesterday!
Comment from Erik
Time: August 29, 2006, 7:53 am
Two Years! Ugh
Just kidding. Thanks guys for all the encouragement. I see it’s a slow going process but there are tons of options that do open up and ideas that come to me which would have otherwise sat dorment or been gobbled up by others.
Now I just have to act on those ideas!
Blogging is a lot of work and I realize that Weblogs Inc had a great idea and were sort of pioneers. All we have to do is figure out what and how to pioneer the next frontier.
Sounds like fun. I’m in!
Comment from fuad
Time: November 13, 2006, 9:42 am
yeah.. it’s kinda hard to pull out cash from google instantly unless you build a community or a site like youtube, but like people always said, “no pain, no gain”.. you can’t build taj mahal or the great wall of china in one day 
Comment from Nathan Waters
Time: August 27, 2006, 7:16 pm
Wow, I thought I had it tough having made $180 over about 6 months from my blog (www.nathanwaters.com)
Good stuff though… getting a payment lifts the spirits
I learned very early on though that blogging for money is the wrong way to go about things and have now come to terms that my blog is more-so like an online diary which tracks my career in entrepreneurship. And one day when I’m a super-entrepreneur people will flock to my blog to read what I have to say or read about what I’m up to.
Take the focus of making money and see the other benefits of blogging such as increased networking and exposure. Without my blog and involvement in YE forums I wouldn’t be in the partnerships I’m in today and I wouldn’t have contacts with the people I do.
cheers
nathan