Could You “Retire” on Google’s AdSense?
If you’ve been making use of the internet in your work or elsewhere, you’ve probably heard the term, “Internet Marketing”. Google’s AdSense is one avenue that people of all ages and levels of experience have taken to secure a solid toehold in revenue generating internet marketing. It’s not just a young person’s game.
To explain, you need a website, but that doesn’t pose an insurmountable barrier to getting started for those without experience. Recently, an article in USA Today highlighted several stories about older folks who have had genuine success with AdSense. Take a look at ‘Gray Googlers’ strike gold.
How can you get going?
Let’s not be naive enough to believe internet marketing as an online publisher using AdSense doesn’t require hard work and dedication. The stories in the Gray Googler’s article are pretty clear about that. And, that certainly has been my experience.
I’m 71 and have a number of websites up and running that produce an income stream with AdSense among other sources. And, one of those sites is this site, AgeNotes.Com, by way of example. You can see AdSense displayed on this and other pages throughout the site. However, I can attest that reaching the point where I can put up sites like AgeNotes.Com hasn’t been simple. As you might expect, I’ve made a ton of mistakes along the way.
On the other hand, there are ways to ease the process. For someone completely new to internet marketing, looking for a way to shortcut your learning curve is vital.
The problem
While there are those who have been successful in developing substantial ongoing income streams from AdSense, the truth is, most who start this sort of business will end up on the scrap heap within three or four months. What’s required are the necessary tools and resources together with willingness to learn, patience and dedication, and, yes, some capital, in order to increase the odds of success.
What’s The Solution?
Lets just say that, contrary to any impressions you may have gained in watching late night infomercials telling you how simple it is, nothing could be further from the truth. Bottom line, it isn’t easy. If it were, everyone would be doing it.
It will be up to you to supply the willingness, patience and dedication I spoke of above. Take heart, however. I’ve been using some very powerful hands-on tools that have vastly accelerated my own learning experience.
I’ll cover some of them in subsequent articles.
Stay Tuned.
Robert Knechtel
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