How Do You Guys Stay Motivated?

[FLN]

Reguardless of the type of site you own, when your earnings and traffic are slumping, how do you guys stay motivated?

[piplewis]

I just have a break, get back in the real world for a bit.

[Nora]

Love doing what you do without expecting anything in return :)
Just seeing my site online and spending time doing what I love is enough to keep me motivated. Even if I didn't get a single visitor, I'd still continue working on my sites because that's what makes me happy.

[123alex]

I just stay postive and never give up, keep on chugging away















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[lyzyrdgyzyrd]

Reguardless of the type of site you own, when your earnings and traffic are slumping, how do you guys stay motivated?

Isn't "earning and traffic slumping" enough motive to get crackin'? If that's not a motive, I don't know what the heck is.

[spokenforxx]

Love doing what you do without expecting anything in return :)
Just seeing my site online and spending time doing what I love is enough to keep me motivated. Even if I didn't get a single visitor, I'd still continue working on my sites because that's what makes me happy.

Yep I agree, but sometimes it gets really discouraging. Especially since my earnings have been dropping this year.

[FLN]

I like seeing my site online as well.. To me that's an accomplishment in itself.. now only if I could motivate myself to clean the house....

[George]

Staying motivated is one thing.. but being stubborn and staying on board a sinking ship is another.

Adsense has for a long time paid rock bottom for myspace resource traffic because they know half these sites are owned by kids and they can pay them pennies and get away with it.

So thanks to a flooded market, we're getting robbed for clicks. I've been researching over the past 2 months and discovered that EVERY niche pays more than myspace resource niches in adsense. It takes 100 MSRS clicks to = the same $$ you can get for just 10 clicks in any other niche.

So yeah... stay motivated :)

[geg2]

You need multiple streams of income. In other words, don't put all your eggs in one basket.

George is right. Adsense is paying very little for myspace sites. There are other types of sites where Adsense pays $x.xx or $0.xx a click.

Also, I don't see Valueclick running on your site. You should at least have both Adsense and Valueclick on a myspace site to make more. But in order to get into Valueclick, you'll need to remove the sexy stuff on your site.

[lyzyrdgyzyrd]

Agreed on the "multiple streams".

If what you've been doing isn't working out, doing twice as much of it won't work either. What is two times $0? ;)

Never put all eggs in one basket. Use multiple ad networks/affiliate programs, seek out multiple sources of traffic, use multiple webhosts when possible because even the best of them are susceptible to flaking out.

[lyzyrdgyzyrd]

FWIW the reason for low-paying clicks on Myspace-related terms is that Myspace-related sites do not "sell" anything. So bidding on those terms is pretty much restricted to minimum bid or two pennies more for the most part.

It's not difficult or unreasonable to add a "hosting resources" page to a myspace graphics/layouts site. Of course it would not likely receive much traffic, but what few clicks do come along are likely to pay out in the $8 to $10 range.

[tacoflavoredkisses]

i like seeing actual people use my content.
it makes me feel at least needed.
lmao. well appreciated.

[NYCBORN]

Staying motivated is one thing.. but being stubborn and staying on board a sinking ship is another.

Adsense has for a long time paid rock bottom for myspace resource traffic because they know half these sites are owned by kids and they can pay them pennies and get away with it.

So thanks to a flooded market, we're getting robbed for clicks. I've been researching over the past 2 months and discovered that EVERY niche pays more than myspace resource niches in adsense. It takes 100 MSRS clicks to = the same $$ you can get for just 10 clicks in any other niche.

So yeah... stay motivated :)

Adversal pays pretty good. I'm replacing adsense with adversal.:gun_bandana:

[minnseoelite]

i agree with david its easy to add non myspace content pages to myspace sites to get higher paying clicks while still making those pages relevant to your site and useful to your visitors

[Sergio]

I watch motivational movies and books. I block anything negative from entering my mind. If my traffic sinks, I'll be in a good mood and it will be easier to pick my site back up. I used to suck at getting myself motivated, but now I'm permanently motivated and it shows (at least in person).

[WarBud]

Wife, 2 kids, ex-wife, 1 dog, 2 cats, 1 bunny, 1 guinea pig, 5 hamsters, 2 rats, 4 snakes, 4 geckos, 2 lizards, 1 tarantula, 1 scorpion, and fish = BILLS.
BILLS = Motivation.

To make sure I don't burn out I divide my time between sites:
1. Update content on sites.
2. Tweak sites to target what's working well.
3. Work on new site. I am always building a new site.

My sites vary in topic so working on a variety keeps me interested.

[misterproline]

Make Goals!

[Kyle]

b/c my girls tell me they would never date a guy with no place of their own.

B/c my dad would think I was a loser if I failed

B/c I want to be independent and not mooch of my parents

B/c it feels good to stunt sometimes

B/c I want to reach my goals, and can't stand not living up to my potential.

[Sergio]

b/c my girls tell me they would never date a guy with no place of their own.

B/c my dad would think I was a loser if I failed

B/c I want to be independent and not mooch of my parents

B/c it feels good to stunt sometimes

B/c I want to reach my goals, and can't stand not living up to my potential.
I couldn't have said it better. :surrender:

[Enigmacsg]

I don't make much on my earnings but I love my site. I love what I do. It's a great past time.

First comes my graphics, then the money.

[firstASPnowPHP]

Staying motivated isn't' hard. It's actually easier to work harder when you are in a slump than when things are growing. I have quite a few sites, some myspace related some not. I've been motivated to make multiple types of sites with different genres so that earnings may rise and drop in each genre but I always am earning well on a few of them.

[FLN]

Thanks for all the replies :)

[sprinklesparkle]

Take a break for a while, then come back. I get that often...I just feel like **** compared to some other sites. :)

[Connections]

usually even making money doesn't motivate me any more,

the main ting that does is webmaster blogs when I see some one making huge money especially when its some 16 year old kid, I think **** if they can do this why cant I hahah...

this kind of thing motivates me...

[omen]

Looking at porn

[NYCBORN]

This girl Havana Ginger had me motivated yesterday. Got alot of work done.

[spotlight-shure]

Traffic is soooo hard to get. You can be linked on a site that gets thousands of visitors a day but if you don't have a nice button, a good anchor text, or a good spot, it doesn't even matter if you are linked or not. That is my bid problem. And it sucks having to buy advertising since it's not guaranteed visitors and once the advertising is over, you are most likely down to the amount you used to get.

[omen]

I got a few of her sets, good ****..

[pookie]

creating stuff for my site makes me happy and motivated also. But most of all, knowing that my 2 small kids need and depend on me to take care of them

[pimpyourdino]

Listening to music usually keeps me motivated.

[widget]

Techno Music!!!

[pimpyourdino]

Techno Music!!!
mhmmm i love Shiny Toy Guns

[applebooty]

money, thinking about money and ways to get more. :D

[kezzman_j]

By thinking about the day when my site actually starts making me lots of money. It also helps that I love designing things for the web and working on my website.

[minnseoelite]

lots and lots of caffeine and loud music

[edit]

Caffeine and my son keep me motivated and when its really tough I try and find an 'internet success story' to read really quick and that will usually kick my motivation into gear again. :-)

[omen]

mhmmm i love Shiny Toy Guns

DONT CRY OUT

[xCoOkies]

Becoming rich! What else is there to say?? lol
If you work hard enough at it, sooner or later something stick to the wall and you boat will come in.

[misterproline]

streaming itunes and a nice desktop wallpaper of something you want to purchase!

[FLN]

I've done that before... lol, it was a LV bag... I had it on my desktop for the longest time until I saved up enough money to buy one.

[danos880]

I read some where,maybe here, the advice that having a site where you are giving away free stuff (ie myspace)is very unappealing to advertisers. So now I use my Myspace sites to practice my SEO and see what it takes to get visitors. Other niches do pay way better, I have one site where the average click is worth $1.00 and up. Trying now to get good SE postion for the site,Myspace sites were good practice though.

[not2late]

I run lots of different kinds of websites and try at least one new project every 3 months.

Drink some redbull, put on some music, get a friend working with you, hire a part timer, and create some kind of accountability.

[Benahue]

Reading John Chow motivates me. ...to strangle John Chow.

[cc23mp]

You have to think on why you are working hard and take a little break and get back to work.

[GREGO]

have a near death experience... that usually motivates me to do more in life

[FLN]

I dont think id want to intentionally have a near death experience lol

[almir]

I really need some motivation, yesterday was my worst day in last 10 months

[cc23mp]

well, it is a new day...so new motivation

[chic09]

my visitors, my family & my earnings keeps me motivated. When my traffic goes down, it challenges me and it makes me want to update more until my traffic go up again. Also, the quotes I have in my wall really inspires me ... "DO WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY!" && "strike while the iron is hot" ^^

:P

[mincioni]

When things get slow, I hit the gym to pump some iron.

...then it's back to work! :)

[Benahue]

I read Chowmoney (http://www.chowmoney.com/) for motivation.

[Connections]

I read Chowmoney (http://www.chowmoney.com/) for motivation.
LOL........

[marshall_26]

For me it's lots of sobe no fear, being competitive, rock and roll, and the thought of my kids not having to work nearly as hard as I do :)

[shanedollas]

think about positive things and let the negative things drive me to do good.

[not2late]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.



I was going to post that picture with like rick james on it but I cant find it. :(


But yeah.. You can get a lot of motivation from movies, books, music, quotes, looking at your competition, looking at past earnings, etc.

[UnTipoLoco]

the money for some.

the lack of it for others..lol
like myself - lol