David Cooley, on June 21, 2010, wrote:
Years ago I did the micro niche blog route, using various systems and techniques and saw results like you see. A roller coaster.
Then I developed a new strategy, creating one page sites that require zero maintenance. Build it, forget it, earn from it. Now, with that said, yes, I have some that earn pennies a day, but I have ones that earn $50+ a day. The key for me is this. If it is going to be that volatile why would I want to be working so hard at it?
You said “So you could essentially build a one page website and earn $20+ per day with it, of course it could also fail and bring in only $0.19 a day or worse.”
So why not stick to that?
Especially if some of the other sites that take a lot more time to build essentially have the same earnings.
David Cooley, on Online Passive Income:
- Focused Content. One subject, very little variance. They call this a “niche site” now, we used to call it a “small vertical market”.
- Google Adsense. 2 Ad Units. One 336×280 above the fold, one 336×280 at the very bottom of the page, right after the last piece of content. The colors used are blended into the site, and each ad title is dark blue. Always use a blue because people still tend to thing a blue underline is a link.
- Sitemap. Real simple. I use GSiteCrawler to build and upload the sitemap. Submitted to Google and Yahoo using their respective web pages.
- Analytics. I like Google Analytics, it’s simple, web based and I can have all my accounts at my fingertips.
David Cooley, on June 18, 2007, says:
I have 45+ domains. 10 or so make the money. Tech blogs are not the money makers. I made the most with a Music blog and then sold it for a very nice profit. I am now using family and friends as writers, splitting the income and having a lot of fun playing “Lou Grant”.