Just like adult ... mainstream is no longer just easy easy money from doing a few hours work a day, then sitting back and posting on boards or surfing the web. You still need to put in the hours of work and possibly more so than in Adult where you can still get traffic quite easily.
My adult sales were down last year, and after making almost $500k a year 2004-6, I was looking down the barrel of a 5 digit income this year if I didn't pull my finger and do something. I still pull a decent income from adult, but until things pick up to my liking its on autopilot. I went hardcore mainstream at the start of this year and I am not talking 'hardcore' as in a few sites a day and a bit of a tickle with some trades then off to a 3 hour lunch, I mean building my freaking ass off, 8 hours at LEAST a day, pushing trades, hunting down traffic, building sites, building feeders, linkwheels, harnesing my growing traffic, split testing different cpa offers ... the work never ends but the results are there.
July 1 - today .. after 6 months for my main sponsor (80%+ of my mainstream income).
Yeah the money is there, and sure at the moment its easier than adult to build, hell I built that income level in just over 6 months full time!
But....
If you aren't willing to put the hours in you will see a worthwhile return, and by work i mean work your damned arse off. I don't mean surfing boards, youtube, playing farmville, chatting on icq, and twiddling your thumbs ... I mean building sites, building links, building traffic, like your life depends on it.
This can be applied to adult, and many people still make good money even as affiliates, its just that 95% of adult webmasters are so bloody lazy they put in a few hours work and because they aren't making $10k a month anymore they give up.
Adult is down, but if you think maintream is a golden meal ticket you have some surprises coming your way.
