Can you really make money Niche Blogging?

Image via WikipediaI think you can make a lot of money Niche Blogging. I see people doing it online every day. But if you don't do everything you need to-you wont succeed. That is where I am at right now.

I have not made one penny since my last update! It has gotten to the point that I log into my adsense account every single day just for hope-not one click! I go on the forums and see that others are consistently making at least $1 a day per blog/site and some a lot more. These are people that began with me! Why am I not making any money??? These are the only things I can think of...

1. I don't social blog-I don't visit others and leave comments just to leave comments. I do however leave comments whenever I enjoy reading someones post. I am not saying everyone does this but I see it a lot. Am I suppose to do this to get traffic? I leave the comments because I truly mean them-not to get my link out there.
   
2. I am not promoting enough. I have not written one Ezine article. I did do a Squidoo page BUT it was not even related to my blog. Maybe it is the non-promotion? I do write posts on my sites-at least 300 words each. I actually like doing that.
   
3. My 1 site is my personal site on it's own domain but my 2 niche sites are on subdomains-can that be the problem? What's so wrong with subdomains?
   
4. I obsess with spelling, grammar and maybe I give the reader too much info that they get what they need just by reading my site?
   
5. I am constantly changing my themes around thinking maybe a new look will help?
   
6. I am reading other peoples success stories again to motivate myself because I feel like maybe just maybe there is hope for me doing this. I want to do this. How are they so successful?

These are things that I think are hurting me and not helping me be a successful Niche Blogger.

What is my plan of attack?

1. First off, I always wanted to do a site with info on the field I myself actually work in and to my surprise, I looked it up and it seems to be a pretty hot niche. I could not believe I found a very good domain to go with it too. So, I took $10 out of my Paypal and bought it. I am really going to hit that site hard! It is writing about something I really like and what I know about.
2. I applied for and started putting Kontera Text links on all my blogs and sites. So far I have a total of 4 self hosted sites.
3. I "spruced" up my subdomains and did some keyword research on them and I am going to see if I can get those rolling. I have had both since September already.
4. Since I can't afford any more domain names right now, I started a free blogger blog on a very good topic right now just to see what happens with it. I would be so happy just to get some kind of activity on any of my sites.

Now that I am done writing this I am going to actually submit an article or 2 to Ezine for one of my sites. I am also going to do a Squidoo lens on it. I will keep ya updated.