Sober-minded advice for newbies

Donna's post regarding the need for a realistic approach to ecommerce (and in this particular instance, revenue from AdSense) is worth a read. The following quote, in particular, bears frequent repeating:

“Produce well-written, interesting and helpful content which real human beings need or want and the traffic and income should follow.”

There are too many ways to make a living, and life is too short to spend one's time producing products (websites, information, etc., etc.) that are ugly, cheap, and useless.