Do you believe that a mere investment of $$7.15USD can make you hundred of dollars monthly? I know that many people will think that this is a scam when they first saw the title of this post. If you happen to think like this, you are just one of the many ignorant people in the world that could’nt see the “light”, the “power” that lies behind internet. In this post, i will be emphasizing on the “main principles” that is hidden behind making money online. I will be sharing and stating examples on why one should be making use of the internet ( making websites ) to make money. Please note that this post is not targeted at people who are already making money online, it’s specially written for people who have absolutely no experience in making money online and would like to learn more and do so.
At a start, i thought that to make money online, one need to know how to develop a website. But i was wrong. Case studies in the web shows that even if you are not tech-savy enough to make a website, it doesn’t mean you can’t make money online. Well, not ALL web developers/designers know how to make money online. So don’t worry if you don’t know anything about making websites, you can still make money though. Do you know that the most successful web design company in Austrialia is run by a guy who have absolutely no idea on how to even create a simple html page? 10 years back, it’s easy to make money online! NOW, it’s even easier!! Why do i say this? Just look at the number of people who manage to make money online now compared to the number in the past, it’s growing!
So now, are you convinced that making money online doesn’t require any programming/designing skills? Back to the main topic, how did $$7.15USD makes me $180USD on autopilot? Actually, if you have an existing blog, you already have the potential or resources to make money through it. You just need do so some hardwork and tweaking to start the ëngine” of your money machine. Let me share the amount of money that i invested in this blog. It’s $7.15 USD. Yes, it’s not a lie. Now, this blog is worth at least 200 x more than the inital investment. I have listed it for sale to gauge the worth, and you can see that it get bids over $1000 USD. Since the day i launched this blog, it has made me thousands of dollars already. ( through advertisments, selling reviews etc ) And it all started with just $7.15USD. That’s why i am into ÏNTERNET”
The second part of the post, i will be sharing on how you can tweak your existing blog to start making money. Note that it’s not some step by step tutorial, it’s just some main principles that you should be doing to start off.
What to blog about?
If you are dead serious about making money off your blogs, i will recommend you to blog about things that you have an extensive knowledge of. Examples, games, sports, etc. Normally, users visits blog to learn more about new things, so if you ain’t any celebrities, models, or well-known personals, don’t monetize your personal blogs. I would recommend you to start a new blog and blog about stuffs that will interest others. A niche blog will be far easier to promote compared to a personal blog.
Driving Traffic
The most crucial factor before being able to make money online is to have traffic to your blog. Even if you have developed a superb, cool web service or application, if you did not drive traffic to let the world knows about it. You fail. This is also one of the reason why many websites failed though they have potential. What’s the use of having the website but not being able to publicize it and let the world know about it? You do not have any idea on how to start building traffic? Below are a list of posts that may helps:
- How To Get Traffic To Your Blog
- Building Page Rank – Rank Right up There!
- 8 simple ways to SEO your blog to perform better in Google
- 5 secrets to gain more backlinks for your blog
- I have a website but no one knows about it! Why?
Selling Advertising
If you asked me, the easiest and slackest way to earn money online is through selling advertising. Of course, you would need to have a platform to place ads, in this case, the platform is the blog. Also, advertisements is the key to passive income. This blog is making $180 USD passively from advertisements from various sources like Kontera, BuySell Ads, Text-Link-Ads and it’s private ad management center. For blogs, i would also recommend selling reviews. (Good source of income if you like writing)
3 main steps to make money off a blog
In summary, the 3 main steps to start money off your blog is to start blogging about topics that will interest others, then drive traffic to your blog and once traffic is consistent, join ads programs that pays. With the correct techiques and perseverance, anyone can make money off their blogs now!
I hope this post actually can inspire and encourage you to start monetizing your blog. Don’t remember to leave a comment back here if you succeed in making your dollar.
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That blog is very cool, i read it at all and it very interesting, now im just making proffesional blog, and i try to earn money from it. Very good page, regards
Nice article. And i’m agree about the internet power of make earning, active/passive income. But however, internet business is not easy. Many people say about dream, say about internet is so easy to be used for earn money, etc…Still, effort and time is needed. You need to be consistent in build blog, for example to create good content which can attract people to visit, and you also need to be consistent in get a traffic (for example by social bookmarking, guest post, etc…). Why some people fail in making money online? They are lazy, unconsistent, and thinking money can flow without effort.
But i’m agree that internet business have advantage than offline business.
1. The initial investment sometime needed, but not big. Even with $10, you can advertise your blog or you can use it for making contest in way to make people interested.
2. No need to communicate directly with the other. Some people have the problem that their can’t talk face to face with people because some reason (embarassed, have no presentation skill, etc), what business is fit for them? Internet business. Because we can do all in front of computer without needed to meet and talk directly other people.
3. No need go out from home. You can do it while drinking tea
4. Only needed 2-3 hour per day. Most important thing is consistent
And about your idea of selling advertising, it’s good and that’s internet business should be (giving passive income). Maybe will be hard in the first, but in the end you will happy.
And just for info to other reader, internet business is not just selling advertising. The writer just wanna give us the simple example of MMO method. The selling advertising method is so easy, and fit for the newbie.
Don’t too rush, try from the easy one, and if you already earn well, you can try other MMO method. So, for the first, i also recommend selling ads.
Thanks…!!!!
Okay, to start off with, nice blog and all. Okay, this is an interesting topic and I do feel you have some very good point of views. The way you have out lined this is good, and will try to help people make the hard decision of giving up some money without knowing if they are going to get any reward.
Now, as your article states, the amount of money that can be made online is great, and you seemed to have found a good, reliable way of tapping into this. That is the key I believe, if you can tap into a good way of raking in the dollars, you are home and hosed.
I like and agree with your thoughts and knowledge of placing ads on this site and know that this is the key.
Anyway, I must say I have learned a thing or two here and will apply it to my blog and see how I go. Nice work on this blog and good luck in the future.
So which are the ad programs that pay for you then? Not all ad programs are created equal in my experience, so I would be interested to know which ones delivered for you.
@Xbox Repair Guide Review: Kontera, buysellads and text link ads delivered for me..
Thanks guys for the participation, as you can see, the best comment goes to akira07. payment already sent to him.
Hi all i’m winner, and thanks to derek, the prize is already received
From my own experience, I will say using Affiliate Marketing to monetize your blog traffic is a very good option to start making money online.
You just register with an affiliate site like Clickbank and start using Google Adword or your blog to advertise your link.
So, i will say it is a good wayb to make money from blogging.
As far as making online money is concern, this is not an heavy task now a days. Why some people fail in making money online? They are lazy, inconsistent, and thinking money can flow without effort. People can easily make online money through there dedication and hard-work.
And about your idea of selling advertising, it’s good and that’s internet business should be (giving passive income). Maybe will be hard in the first, but in the end you will happy.
Money making is getting harder by the day but with posts like these, one will also be able to learn how to upgrade one’s money making knowledge.
Thanks for the post.
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Great idea !! I have found a number of affiliate opportunities, but most of them have hidden costs, such as monthly fees and so forth. I am willing to invest my time, but I don’t have any money. What do you know about programs out there that will help me to start making money, that would be really free ?
Most people say that this type of things are scam.Nobody can guarantee you to earn such amount of money.