Monday, August 13, 2012

3 Ways You Can Make Money Online

There are a lot of different ways to make money online and many strategies within a single type. While the list of potential money making options is really large, figuring out where to start can feel overwhelming. The good news is that there are some things that work better for beginners than other. These three methods to make money online can work for anyone.

1. Google Adsense - Google Adsense is the program run by Google. On the Adwords side, companies pay Google for ads. On the Adsense side, publishers (or webmasters, site owners, and bloggers) get paid a fraction of the Adwords fee that Google charges the company for an ad to display said ad on their site.

If you are going to try to make money with Google adsense then the best way to go is to purchase a domain name, get a hosting account, and set up a Wordpress blog. From there you can write high quality content to place the ads on. (This is a simplified write up of how to do make money with Google Adsense, but it is the general idea).

Things that one needs to learn.
  • What is a niche and how to choose a good one?
  • What is keyword research and how does one go about doing it?
  • How to set up a Wordpress blog. 
  • How to drive traffic to your blog. 

2. Amazon Associates - While Google Adsense is a program to display a wide variety of ads, the Amazon Associates program is an affiliate program designed to advertise physical products (or Kindle books these days) in order to make money.

The process is often the same. You want to find a good topic that will have a lot of physical products involved and then write on your blog about the products, about what to do with the products, and so forth.

Once again these are the things that you need to learn.
  • What is a niche and how to choose a good one? (This is usually a little different then it is with a Google Adsense blog. 
  • What is keyword research and how does one go about doing it?
  • How to set up a Wordpress blog.
  • How to drive traffic to your blog. 
With both of these methods you can also use an opt in form and newsletter to get people on a list. You can then sell stuff (not Amazon products) on the list or you can use that list to draw people back to your site again and again.

3. Clickbank - Clickbank is an affiliate program that sells digital products such as ebooks, eCourses, and membership sites. Aside from Amazon they are the best affiliate program for beginners. This is because they are easy to use, don't need you to have a lot of traffic in order to make money with, and can be used a number of different ways. There are a lot of different ways to use them, but here is one really good choice.

Set up a website with a free product and a squeeze page. Give out the free product to people for signing up. Create a mailing list. Send out a newsletter to build a relationship with them. Then sell them products from Clickbank. This can be a very effective way to make money online.

You will need to know:
 Making money online requires that you learn a lot of skills before you will get anywhere. It can feel really difficult, but the good news is that if you are willing to work at it then you will indeed get where you want to go. 

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