Is your passion worth $18 a month?
Hey guys, this article is going to be a little different from what I usually write. I’ll be telling you guys more about the focus of this website and showing how much I have made with Google Adsense, not to brag, but to show you the truth. It was my dream to one day attend E3 and the only way to do this was register as a Online Reporter. To qualify as one you must fulfill these requirements as said from the E3 Website.
Online Reporters:
Web
sites and podcasters must be previously established and updated
regularly with original and current interactive entertainment industry
news. To qualify as online media, please provide:
A copy of your driver’s license or government issued photo
identification clearly showing your name and date of birth (no one under
17 will be admitted), and
A copy of your business card with name, editorial title and media outlet’s logo, and
URLs to your articles with your name and title appearing in an
editorial capacity. Your articles must have been published within the
last six months.
When I read this it absolutely
scared me. I mean, I honestly have no idea how I was going to get a
business card and convince those who represent E3 that my articles are
good enough to qualify for the tickets to E3, but then it hit me, as
long as I’m having fun doing what I enjoy doing, and doing the right
thing, it doesn’t matter how it turns out, or does it? I started this
website with 1 intent and 1 intent only, to attend E3. Sure money is
good and all, but it wasn’t the real motivation.
I don’t
know when, or even if I’m going to attend E3, but I know one thing for
sure, I’m will get there. I’m in this mode where I feel like I’m trying
to rush everything to qualify for E3, but I’m starting to realize that,
the only thing I need is time. And time, my friend, is not on my side.
I started this website on Oct 13 of 2011 and only made $18.05.
I
think that is damn good for having a website up and running for 21
Days. I was expecting $0 honestly. I tried hard trying to get companies
to send me products for reviews, but I understand that they don’t trust a
website that’s been running for only 21 Days, I wouldn’t either. But
I’m still not giving up on E3, no sir. This website is the only thing
that will make my trip to E3 possible, and I’m not going to give that
up.
But what got me excited was looking at the amount of traffic I received within the month.
There
have been 4,863 visits to this site and those 4,863 took the time out
of their day to read my content. These numbers are almost unfathomable
for me. These small and insignificant numbers may be horrible to normal
statistics, but to me, they mean a lot. I mean sure, I get no comments,
but just give it some time and this place will be flooding with people’s
comments (and spam bots!).
And
look at my current earnings and visits, they’re absolutely horrible. I
mean any normal human being would just quit at viewing these statistics,
but why not me? I don’t know, I’m guessing my passion for E3 surpasses
my comprehension of logic.
I feel honored to
have everyone look at and support this website. It feels like they’re
visiting my home, all 591 of them! Regardless of whether they stay for
awhile or for 1 second, they still acknowledged my website and that’s
all I can ask for. I especially love it when I check my Google Analytics
and see simultaneous users on my website at once especially when they
are not in the United States! ex. Italy!
I
hope I encouraged people to do what they want in life, or maybe you
don’t want to work your passions. Maybe because you think it will become
repetitive and wont be fun anymore, it’s up to you. In short, I don’t
really know what the point of the post was, maybe it was to encourage
people to do what they want to do, regardless if you make enough money
to fill up half a tank of gas, wouldn’t it be worth it?
I
don’t know if it’s an insult to say that my passion is worth $18 a
month, but I’ve got to say, my passion is the one thing keeping me
going.
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