Making money online is simple but hard. It is not complicated, but it is not easy.
People want you to believe it is complicated but easy and if you just had the secret "bingo" you'd be rich. They sell you JUNK promising that now you have the secret... But all you get is an empty wallet.
When I was making a living as an affiliate marketer I was working 10+ hours a day, the value was that those 10 hours were the same irregardless of the audience size / scale / revenue.