Hope to be a Full-Time Father Too

by Rene Knops
(Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands)

Hi Elad, my name is Rene from the Netherlands, I am a pianist, teacher and music school owner.

I have been following your journey with SBI for years now and see you are doing great! I hope I can start to create such a great website like your's too. I once had one SBI site but I did it all wrong.

Years ago I was also a top earner with Google Adsense but lost everything in one day after they shut down my account without notice! (If people read this, please be careful depending on Google Adsense...)

I also would like to be a full-time father (of 2 girls) and work part-time.

Do you think there could be a good idea for pianists music teachers?

Thanks.

I wish you
Peace, love, health and happiness!

Sincerely,
Rene Knops

PS As you can see my other great passion is mountainbiking.


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Hope to be a Full-Time Father Too

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My CommonSense with AdSense
by: Elad

Rene, thanks for your message. You brought up two very important points.

The first is about AdSense. I've always dreaded that moment I would get an email from Google telling me that my account was canceled or something like that. Not because I've done anything wrong, but because AdSense generates a nice chunk of income and if, for any reason, they decided to shut down my account that wouldn't feel so goo, to say the least.

So there are two "CommonSense" things I do when working with AdSense:

1. I STRICTLY follow the AdSense rules and put my trust in Google and their program. I have no other choice. I haven't run into any problems at all for five years. The AdSense program is so profitable that I'm sure they have to take severe measures to secure themselves. So my tip to anyone who is doing AdSense would be to be strict about following their regulations and cross their fingers that they won't get into the same situation you found yourself in.

2. I look for other ways to monetize so that I'm not depending on AdSense alone. What you described happening to your AdSense account is everyone's biggest fear and the best way to quell that fear is to reduce your dependency on any one source of income.

The second point you brought up was that you used to have an SBI! site and did it all wrong. Well, if you know that you did it all wrong the first time around, you've got a head start the next time you give it a try ;-)

The SBI! process works - if you follow it!

You asked whether I think there was a good site concept for pianist music teachers. I don't know. What I do know, just like anyone who follows the Action Guide, is that topics need to be researched exhaustively using Brainstorm It! And whether you'll be starting a site on pianos, mountain biking or any other passion that proves to be profitable - you just have to follow the process, learn from your past mistakes and I'm sure you will succeed in becoming a full-time father!

Good Luck,

Elad
Me Too Rene
by: Andrea Edwards

I too hope to be able stay home full time with my kids. I am a farely new SBI mother of 7 month old twins (boy/girl). I strongly believe that SBI will allow me to do this.

I agree 100% with Elad. You must research your site concept extensively before making a choice. And definitely go through the action guide in totality before choosing a domain name.

I finally have a concept I am confident will succeed, which has many different monetization possibilities. I am so excited about my future success that I can't contain it. My husband thinks I'm crazy. He says, "So you're going to make a living from typing on a keyboard?" Then I respond, "Watch me!"

I say give it another try. You have the benefit of knowing what not to do at this point. Good luck to you!

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