Niche marketing is often mentioned as one of the best ways to make money online, especially if you're a beginner. My own experience has shown me that while yes, there's money to be made and the potential for full time passive income, niche marketing is also freaking hard. It's not only hard work, but I find that a lot of the advice you get online isn't exactly step by step clear.

You'll hear terms like "find a niche keyword," "gather quality backlinks," or "quality buying traffic." All these are true in using Adsense, or affiliate products, for niche marketing. But even knowing the key is backlinks, or knowing you have to find niche keywords doesn't make it easy. On top of the fact that many of the best even say they have far more failures than successes, try gathering 300 quality keyword anchored do follow backlinks from a variety of sources.

Yeah, it can get daunting. This doesn't mean it's not worth it, and I'm the first to admit that online SEO does not come naturally to me. I learn bit by bit, and I adapt well, but this isn't a natural talent for me. Adsense, niche marketing, and SEO is all starting to really pay off for me, and I've especially seen jumps the past two months, but none of it was easy.

And then there's patience. Whatever greater power there is in the universe has been hammering on me for years to try to teach me patience. He/She/It has to be having a migraine at this point due to lack of progress. So I keep working and hammering away, try not to get too flustered, and try not to think how much insane work it will take for me to get $100 passive every single day if I don't get much better at niche marketing and writing for Adsense than I am right now.

I won't go into actual numbers, but when a lot of other people are having declines in income, I'm still seeing really solid percentage raises. Adsense can be frustrating, but bit by bit I'm gaining about 3-4% a month. I know I need more websites, more blogs, more articles, and so I keep hammering away, because I actually really enjoy niche marketing, I enjoy helping to shape the online world, and whenever anyone asks me if I mind talking shop, I get excited.

That last part is priceless. So even when it's slow and frustrating, I'm going to keep working to make money online, going to keep working on the niche marketing, and keep chasing the dream of full time residual income. And then I'll feel good about myself, because at that point I'll know that I've earned it.

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