If you have been a webmaster or web admin for a while now, you most likely have had your ups and downs. One question to ask yourself if you find yourself tearing out your hair with one of your sites is are you just a dedicated admin or a desperate one? If you push and push and push but don’t get anything back, it’s hard to remain dedicated very long without becoming desperate. I believe a good way to put this is “Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket”.

Think about it. If you have one site that you want to see take off, and you put all your time and effort into that site but with no results, are you really making the best use of your time? If you spent less time on your sites that don’t produce at the moment, and more time on continued development and maintenance of the sites that are working for you, you will have a much better shot at achieving success.

I was just looking at my AdSense earnings for today and noticed that one of my sites in particular had suddenly started bringing in significant clicks and revenue. This is not a site I had been focusing on currently, but, after seeing that the traffic has gone up I am definitely going to be putting some more daily time into it. I definitely recommend budgeting your time based on your traffic and revenue stats. If one site is getting good traffic but little revenue, don’t let it die completely, but don’t make it your priority either. Go where the money is at and soon you will have extra money to boost your projects that could use some help. Budgeting your time and efforts can easily be the difference in thousands of dollars per month in added revenue. It has certainly made a big difference for me.