I've been adsence for about a month because I've been working feverishly on some niche sites.

...when I saw Lynn being mentioned along with Ed Dale I thought I'd give Ed's 30 Day Challenge a try. I now have (5) niche sites out with over 10,000 words of unique content on myBlog, Squidoo and EzineArticles for each niche. I feel like I've really worked these sites - good content, nice appearance, lots of consistent backlinking. I regularly post to - posterous, blogger, tumbler, etc. I even have some content ranking on pages 2-3 in Google. I've been tinkering with internet marketing for a while...but I've really been focused on these niche sites for the last 6-8 weeks.

Here's my frustration: I haven't even reached 50 visitors on one of these sites yet, I have no mailing list signups....and I have zero, zilch, notta as far as income goes. (...that's with affiliate products, AdSense AND even my own products!)

I need a reality check...

1. Am I the norm? (...1 out of 1000 make a profit?!?)
2. Am I picking horrible markets? (...health, athletics, do-it-yourself, legal, holiday)
3. Am I just expecting too much too soon? (...instant gratification?!?)
4. Am I working hard but not smart? (...is there a trick somewhere that I'm missing?!?)

I'd welcome any comments...

Eileen