What does it take to be lucrative in the freesite game nowadays?

[th3g4me]

I plan on making a living from this stuff in the next 4 to 10 months (I been in again for 2 months) from... Free sites, galleries, some hubs, maybe a fake TGP, or LL, a blog, SE doorways, submit to some link dumps, and forums. I might pick up some google listings on the way?

I don't see it happening from free sites alone though...

I don't see making all these sites and etc as working my ass off. I call working my ass off, working in the mines, factory/plant, welding, being a mechanic, and doing construction, logging, or working on a farm. This... What people do online is... Kind of like being an artist. Set on your ass all day thinking creatively and getting paid for it.

I don't want to be impolite to any one, but when some one says that the new comers can not make it... It would be like the Duryea brothers saying no need for any one else to build a car we have one that works!

[ponygirl]

Originally Posted by th3g4me

I don't see making all these sites and etc as working my ass off. I call working my ass off, working in the mines, factory/plant, welding, being a mechanic, and doing construction, logging, or working on a farm. This... What people do online is... Kind of like being an artist. Set on your ass all day thinking creatively and getting paid for it.

exactly. It's a matter of perspective. I definitely made a lot more money working in a 'cushy office job' but...was it fun? did I enjoy myself? did I meet interesting people? well it had it's moments but I'd rather make 4k a month doing this than doing that. I don't need 250k/yr to call it a living, or to be successful.

although there's always those goals