How Much Can You Earn With AdSense? Adsense Mastery Guide

This is one of the most common questions asked by every newbie & I’m sure you also have the same question somewhere in your mind. Here’s what you need to understand: There is no upper limit when it comes to earning from AdSense. 

There are bloggers and media houses who are earning thousands, if not millions, of dollars from AdSense every month. Your earnings will depend upon the following factors: 

1) Blog Niche 

2) Traffic Source 

3) Traffic Country 

Blog Niche: If you are blogging in a niche where the commercial value is high, you have a higher likelihood of earning a lot more. For example, if you are blogging in a niche like Banking, Technology, or Fashion, you can end up making good money. If you are blogging in a niche which has less commercial value like Whatsapp news, birthday memes, Bollywood gossip (yeah, people do create such websites), you will probably end up making less money. (Of course, there are exceptions…) 

Now, in the next chapter, I will guide you on how to make money. Usually a person needs to pay $1,000-$2,000 for learning what you are about to learn, so you better get serious and take it all in! If you want to take your own notes, you should grab a pen-paper combo. 

Most importantly, put your phone into Airplane Mode, because your attention needs to be focused here. So now that we are on same page (literally), let me tell you the secret of earning money from AdSense

What is Micro-Niche Blogging? 

Micro-niche = A website based on one specific topic. Ex: Dog food, women’s fashion, running shoes, Chinese food, etc. A micro-niche blog is one which is catered toward a very particular topic. 

For example: 

• Niche topic - Lose weight 

• Micro-niche topic - Lose belly fat 

If you want to create a micro-niche in mobile technology: 

• Niche topic - Android/iPhone 

• Micro-niche topic - Android apps 

• Micro-niche topic - iPhone apps 

The biggest challenge to getting started with a micro-niche site is finding a profitable niche. In our case, we are going to use Google AdSense to monetize our work, so we will want to focus on a niche where we can get a high CPC (cost per click).

How To Select a Profitable Niche for AdSense:

 I have created this 4-step mantra to find a niche that works well & at the same time makes money. Here’s the mantra: 

1. Traffic 

2. Trend

3. CPC (or commercial value) 

4. Interest 

To find a perfect micro-niche blog topic, your selection should satisfy all of the above four pillars. One important question to ask yourself: Can I create more than 20 posts in this topic? If you pick a really narrow micro-niche where you can’t write more than 4-5 posts, it will be hard to make that site rank. So keep in mind that you need to pick a topic that can have 20+ posts written about it.

1. Traffic: You need to pick a topic that has decent traffic. Since we are looking to monetize from AdSense, we need to ensure that the blog can generate more than 1,000+ visitors/day from search engines. If you are going to monetize using affiliate marketing, even 100 daily visitors can give great results, but with AdSense, we need a lot of traffic. 

Note: In some cases, even 100 visitors/day can generate great results with AdSense. You will learn how to judge how much traffic is appropriate over time once you start driving traffic & start earning some income. 

2. Trend: You need to pick a topic that is hot or always talked about. Avoid selecting a topic that will die in a few months and cause you to keep repeating the same process over and over. You can use this micro-niche blueprint to create a seasonal blog, but if you need financial freedom, you should pick an “evergreen topic” or a topic that will last for (at least) the next couple of years. There are two tools that you can use for checking trends: 

• Free Google Trends 
• SEMrush (Paid tool)

3. CPC (Cost per Click): 

Pick a topic that has real commercial value. You can use tools like Google Keyword Planner or SEMrush to check the CPC of your topics. I will show you how to do this in a minute. 

4. Interest:

If you want to have real financial freedom, I suggest you pick a topic based on your personal interests. Your first few micro-niche sites should be built and written by you. If you outsource articles around a topic for which you have no knowledge of, you might end up publishing low or medium-quality content. 

However, if you are very smart & have an eye for quality stuff, you can always hire writers from site like Content Mart or Freelancer to get high-quality niche content. This micro-niche model will only work if you are publishing high-quality original content. This is one crucial step & also the first step to finding your niche. 

If you are planning to write your own content, here are some questions to help you find interesting topics: 

• What are things you read about all the time? 

• What’s the topic that friends and family rely on your advice for? 

• If you work in an office, which subject area are you an expert on?

• Are you a doctor? A lawyer? What are your fields of study? 

Chances are you might be one of those people who feel like they don't have expertise in any area. The truth is that there are always a few things that we are good at, but all too often, we just can’t see them. When in doubt, take a notepad & paper, and write down the gadgets, accessories, and things you have. Write down the topics you know better than many people around you, and later on you can narrow down your niche ideas based on the other 3 pillars.