To The Moon: 1 News Site + 365 Days = 1,000,000 Dollars [Weekly Journal]

Woah... Where'd that spike come from? I'm guessing social media. Do you know where it was shared, why it was shared, who it was shared by, and how you can get them to share more?

In terms of writing rates, no, I don't think $1/100 words it too little. I work with writers who can do 1000 words and hour (meaning they're making $10 an hour) and are happy with that because of the freedom that writing online gives them. They can live in Thailand, and make enough money to enjoy the beaches and lifestyle by only pumping out a few articles a day.

Sounds pretty solid to me.
 


Louey37 said:
Woah... Where'd that spike come from? I'm guessing social media. Do you know where it was shared
Click to expand...

Yep. Roughly 3/4 Reddit, 1/4 Google News.

why it was shared
Click to expand...

I reported on a big story only minutes after it broke.

who it was shared by
Click to expand...

I shared it on a large subreddit. Google also decided to put it as the "main" one in search results.

how you can get them to share more?
Click to expand...

  • Post more articles to Reddit - it's easy traffic
  • Post to other sites like Hacker News when relevant
  • Grow social media following (buy Twitter/FB ads to get followers?)
  • Play with Google News to see how I can rank higher consistently
  • (is sharing news articles with other journalists a thing? probably not)

In terms of writing rates, no, I don't think $1/100 words it too little. I work with writers who can do 1000 words and hour (meaning they're making $10 an hour) and are happy with that because of the freedom that writing online gives them. They can live in Thailand, and make enough money to enjoy the beaches and lifestyle by only pumping out a few articles a day.

Sounds pretty solid to me.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the insight. I appreciate it!
 
seapunk said:
I shared it on a large subreddit. Google also decided to put it as the "main" one in search results.
Click to expand...
Can you share more on what is this all about? A month old site and google picks you up as a main one? Did you do a press Relese on a post or about the site or not at all? Where did you post this one to be picked by google news? Just coincidence or planned? A small tip? sorry for a lot of questions but you just caught my eye :eek:

Goddamn bro, this is one great way to start a career in Wickedfire. Just subscribed with Daily Notification, cant wait to feed more :love-smiley-085:
 
Member8200 said:
Can you share more on what is this all about? A month old site and google picks you up as a main one? Did you do a press Relese on a post or about the site or not at all? Where did you post this one to be picked by google news? Just coincidence or planned? A small tip? sorry for a lot of questions but you just caught my eye :eek:

Goddamn bro, this is one great way to start a career in Wickedfire. Just subscribed with Daily Notification, cant wait to feed more :love-smiley-085:
Click to expand...

Nah, the site's not a month old. I've had it for about a year.

The way Google News works is that it'll automatically list your articles if your site is included. If you have a news website you want included, check out their FAQ: https://support.google.com/news/publisher/?hl=en#topic=4359865

And thanks for subscribing to this thread!
 
Does anybody know if this is allowed under Adsense guidelines?
I sometimes see ads that are fixed in left or right side while scrolling down. Are they policy violation?
These ads are referred to as “sticky ads” and they are not permitted. We will take action when we come across this kind of implementation.
Click to expand...

I saw this on The Next Web:

R8OpI1b.png


It's by all means sticky unless a user scrolls the menu down. Are they still following the rules? If it's actually allowed, then it's a pretty smart way to have an ad visible at all times.
 
Fantastic initiative man. Hope you can earn your 1mio quickly and do other posts with other biz opp like this :)

Good luck!
 
Great goal to have, $1 mil in one year. Looking forward to seeing by how much you're going to go over it :)
 
You're starting from zero. Wouldn't it be better to have a more practical, attainable goal of say...$100k/year?
 
seapunk said:
Hmm. I am sure I have seen floating Adsense banners on several large sites. I wouldn't risk it, but I am just curious if Google is aware of it.

BTW, I'll post a nice big update to this thread soon. Stay tuned! :)
Click to expand...

If you are delivering a lot of biz to Google you can negotiate ad placement etc.
There is even a website that will do splash screen with "Check our sponsors" or along those lines... Huge gaming website - they also got custom deal with Adsense...
 
AngryFiver said:
$1MM in 1 year from Adsense sites? Good luck with that. But if you do manage to do it and show proof...
Click to expand...

Its really not a matter of being hard to do. More a matter of being dumb to do it.


--- long winded musings ----
Adsense is just one of a million ways to extract value from traffic. In a "perfectly competitive"(contextual definition) niche its a very simplistic and scalable way of getting almost 70% of the traffic value for said traffic.



That said, there are inefficiencies scattered through out the process which cut into your profit margin. Perfect competition doesnt actually exist especially in web traffic valuations, hence why affiliates can sometimes make money.
Anyway, the reason you stop using adsense is because you reach the point scale wise where it now makes sense to do the leg work of seeking out more efficient ways of cashing in on your traffic. For the vast majority of cases that's going to occur far before you ever get close to million dollar numbers.

This is why when you see stories about million dollar adsense sites they tend to be one man shows or operations run by very unsophisticated management.
 
AngryFiver said:
$1MM in 1 year from Adsense sites? Good luck with that. But if you do manage to do it and show proof...
Click to expand...
Being negative with other persons goals is being a fuck face. Like you were saying -- Pull him down cause you yourself cannot achieve it. Then if He hits the jackpot you want in? wtf man?

Possibilities are endless and atleast the OP is tryng. Get other advertisers that pays well more than adsense. Get the multiple traffic sources, sell some goods, then by month 11 sell the site in flippa.

OP take a day break and review the threads on Enlightenment Section
 
secretagentdad said:
Its really not a matter of being hard to do. More a matter of being dumb to do it.


--- long winded musings ----
Adsense is just one of a million ways to extract value from traffic. In a "perfectly competitive"(contextual definition) niche its a very simplistic and scalable way of getting almost 70% of the traffic value for said traffic.



That said, there are inefficiencies scattered through out the process which cut into your profit margin. Perfect competition doesnt actually exist especially in web traffic valuations, hence why affiliates can sometimes make money.
Anyway, the reason you stop using adsense is because you reach the point scale wise where it now makes sense to do the leg work of seeking out more efficient ways of cashing in on your traffic. For the vast majority of cases that's going to occur far before you ever get close to million dollar numbers.

This is why when you see stories about million dollar adsense sites they tend to be one man shows or operations run by very unsophisticated management.
Click to expand...

You're absolutely right. Very well said.

I don't consider Adsense to be the best way to monetize traffic in every situation, but I can see how I was unclear about it in this thread.

Selling ad units per month seems like a better option for me. Not too sure about affiliate, especially because my niche doesn't really involve sellable products, plus it's a news site and I don't want to be biased.

I also got invited to BSA recently and I probably have the lowest traffic in their entire inventory. I've never used them for ads but I think I'll try it out.

Pheasant said:
Sometimes people pull goals out of their asses and get discouraged when they aren't achieving them.
Click to expand...

It's the effort that counts.
 
seapunk said:
It's the effort that counts.
Click to expand...

No it's not. Nobody's giving out gold stars. It's not the effort, it's what you learn from it and what you accomplish from it. Effort doesn't buy food and clothing, cars and houses.

Good luck tho, I'd love to see you accomplish this.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom