Hi Bluedragon
The thing is, you can't rush monetization. You need to add each income stream slowly, and make sure its a quality and relevant product, not just something that earns a nice %.
Having said that, I implemented 5 products that month, which in hindsight is quite a lot. Ever since I have taken it much slower; adding 1 or 2 products per month.
I was over the moon when I made that much in my first month- it was quite unexpected. I was averaging 140 unique visitors per day, all of which came organically (not through PPC marketing). I only had a few income streams set up:
- AdSense delivered about $20. Nothing to write home about.
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The Lucid Dreaming Kit sold well. I put up my own review and had several banner ads on site. The important thing is that it is highly relevant to my site.
- I also made my first steady income from
Mind Sync and
Unexplainable - brainwave entrainment products (for lucid dreaming, astral projection, meditation, and others). These continue to be a very profitable income stream.
- I even made my first sale of Site Build It (approx $75), which is great because my site is a working example, and that was enough to convince someone to do it too!
I have about 15 income streams now. Some perform much better than others, and those that fail miserably get dropped quite fast! I find the best results come from highly relevant products, ie those that help people to lucid dream regularly.
I can't say for sure how many links in I had back then. I had probably submitted my site to at least 50 directories (let's assume 10 had picked it up by that point) and a number of social site links. This is an ongoing effort for me; I have a lot more links in now.
Basically I followed the SBI guide to the letter and it just all seemed to work itself out! I'm sure you'll do well if you follow the guide, with particular attention to creating a monetization plan BEFORE you start, and working on gaining quality inbound links.