Untold AdSense Facts

By Lisa Irby
The inspiring Google AdSense stories continue to pile up.

From the teenager of WhateverLife.com who earns enough from Google to employ her own family members. To the retiree and owner of NaturalHandyman.com whose earnings totaled $120,000 in one year.

These stories and countless more have gotten the public talking. Everyone wants to get in on their share of the Google AdSense pie.

After all, it doesn’t get much better than receiving a fat paycheck every month when all you do is build a Web site or blog and slap a few ads on it right?

You’re right. It doesn’t get much better, but like every rags to riches story, there are always truths that are ignored and overlooked.

First of all, let me say this. Google AdSense is one of the best solutions for any blog or Web site owner who wants to earn a little extra cash. And yes, that extra cash can turn into thousands of dollars over time! It has for so many people.

Here’s the downside. People are often so wowed by the earning potential, they are led into a false sense of security when it comes to understanding how much work is truly involved to make decent amounts of money.

Nothing In Life Is Completely Free

I’ll be the first to tell you that I am one of those fortunate people who was able to say “bye bye” to Corporate America a while back thanks to Google AdSense and other online affiliations with my Web sites.

I work from home, get up when I want and set my own hours. Life is pretty good, and there’s nothing better than doing what you enjoy and getting paid well to do it. I literally make money while I sleep.

That being said, I would never tell you making money online is easy. If I did, I would be lying to you.

But…

Because I thoroughly enjoy what I do, the amount of hours I’ve put into this over the years has never felt like work.

And the day it starts feeling that way, I’ll quit .

My story may sound inspiring to you. But perhaps you don’t want to hear about the not-so-inspiring events that happened on my road to success…

-- The numerous days I spent 5-6 hours in front of my PC ( after coming home from my 9 to 5) and learning about this “Internet money making stuff.”

-- The many Friday nights I spent glaring at my PC trying to figure out how to do different things on my Web site while my friends were at home getting ready for a night out on the town.

-- The weekends I spent engrossed in Internet Marketing books written by other successful people, as I try to learn and understand how all this works

-- The nights I spent scratching my head trying to figure out how to get my site to ranked high enough in Google to get all that wonderful free traffic other Webmasters bragged about.

After all…

If you don’t learn how to build a website that generates targeted traffic… There will be no money from AdSense.

I can guarantee you all the other successful people have very similar stories. None of us made a profit overnight.

My point…

Even though signing up with Google AdSense is free from a monetary sense, there is still work required. And while it’s inspiring to read stories about people making a lot of money with the program, you have to remember that nothing happens instantly. Every single person worked hard to earn those checks.

I want you to have realistic expectations. So in this book, I’m going to go over many of the facts about AdSense that are often overlooked, and tell you the best way to begin if you are really serious about generating some extra income.