If you are wondering how to make money from your blog
there really are a number of ways that you can achieve this.
To begin with I would always recommend that you register a domain name for your blog and host it on your own hosting account, this way you are in complete control and your blog will not be removed for some unknown reason.
When registering a domain name I would try and include a search term within the name and make sure that people are using that search term in the search engines.
Let me explain, say for instance that you want to put up a blog about dog training and during your research you discover that the phrase 'great dog training tips' is getting a couple of thousand searches per month and that the domain name GreatDogTrainingTips.com is available then you will find that you are on a winner before you start, as you will receive a good amount of free traffic from the domain name alone.
You will be surprised how many names like this are available and it just takes a little patience to find them.
We now need to put some content on the blog so a 300 to 500 word article will give us a good start. We then have the option of putting some Google Adsense advertising on the page which will ensure we receive a payment whenever someone clicks on one of the advertisements. Just go to google and sign up for an adsense account and they have a step by step guide showing you how to place the adds on your site, it's very easy and is just a matter of copying and pasting a piece of code.
Another option is to place recommendations for a product or service whose affiliate programme you are promoting. This method differs from Google Adsense in that you only get paid when someone actually makes a purchase after clicking on you affiliate link but in many cases the payments you will receive are far higher.
When promoting an affiliate programme is is sometimes tempting to just put up a banner advert which admittedly looks good but I can assure you that you will be far more successful if you just include a text link in the middle of some informative content which describe the product that you are advertising.
It is then just a matter of adding fresh content to the blog on a regular basis and before you know it you will have a number of pages with each one capable of generating money for you.
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Thursday, April 02, 2009
7 key points to make money online
There are many ways to make money online and many people have differing opinions on the best ways to go about it but like everyone else I have my own opinions and they are as follows-
Sell product
If you sell a product, especially your own product, you will be well ahead of the game and the opportunities that will be open to you to make money will be immense. Many people are put off when it comes to developing their own product but most of the time the thought is worse than the reality. There are many products that you could develop from ebooks to videos and in some cases software, it it just a case of deciding what you are going to do and just getting on with it.
Generate subscribers
One of the most profitable methods of making money online is by generating subscribers to your mailing list. It is always a good idea to have an email capture form on your website where interested visitors can leave their details in order to receive information from you further down the line. It is often worth offering a free report in return for leaving the details and by doing this you will find that your subscriber list will grow very quickly.
Recruit active affiliates
By recruiting active affiliates you will find yourself in the enviable position of having people selling your product for you around the clock. Unfortunately many people don't like the idea of giving some of their profits away to affiliates but this is a massive mistake.. Even if you were to give 50% commissions to your affiliates for a downloadable ebook for example you will still make more money with affiliates than without them, and a great deal more money at that.
Generate targeted traffic
By generating targeted traffic I mean getting traffic to your site who are especially interested in whatever you are selling. There are a number of ways that you can do this such as Google Adwords but I much prefer free traffic and this can be achieved through articles, Twitter, forum posts and many, many more ways.
Generate links
It is a great idea to generate links to your websites and there are a number of ways to do this. Writing articles and submitting them to the article directories is one of the most popular methods but even posting links back to your website on various forums can also have a positive effect. When the search engines see these links they follow them back to your site which in turn will see you rise in the search engine results.
Create product
There are many ways to create a product from writing a simple ebook to producing a set of informative videos. There are a great many tools available to you online which will make this process far more effective. For example it is extremely effective to have screen shots in an ebook and the tools do this are freely available online or even on your computer, if you are interested in making a simple How To video course you can get a free 30 day trial of camtasia which is ideal for something like that.
Build your network
Finally, build your network. Putting in place a network of systems to sell your product is vitally important and will guarantee that sales will be sustained for the long term. You may have a group of affiliates selling your product, sales from search engine traffic, sales from forum posts and activities like WSO's on the warrior forum. You are not depending on any one method so if there is a problem in one area it will not be the end of the world.
Sell product
If you sell a product, especially your own product, you will be well ahead of the game and the opportunities that will be open to you to make money will be immense. Many people are put off when it comes to developing their own product but most of the time the thought is worse than the reality. There are many products that you could develop from ebooks to videos and in some cases software, it it just a case of deciding what you are going to do and just getting on with it.
Generate subscribers
One of the most profitable methods of making money online is by generating subscribers to your mailing list. It is always a good idea to have an email capture form on your website where interested visitors can leave their details in order to receive information from you further down the line. It is often worth offering a free report in return for leaving the details and by doing this you will find that your subscriber list will grow very quickly.
Recruit active affiliates
By recruiting active affiliates you will find yourself in the enviable position of having people selling your product for you around the clock. Unfortunately many people don't like the idea of giving some of their profits away to affiliates but this is a massive mistake.. Even if you were to give 50% commissions to your affiliates for a downloadable ebook for example you will still make more money with affiliates than without them, and a great deal more money at that.
Generate targeted traffic
By generating targeted traffic I mean getting traffic to your site who are especially interested in whatever you are selling. There are a number of ways that you can do this such as Google Adwords but I much prefer free traffic and this can be achieved through articles, Twitter, forum posts and many, many more ways.
Generate links
It is a great idea to generate links to your websites and there are a number of ways to do this. Writing articles and submitting them to the article directories is one of the most popular methods but even posting links back to your website on various forums can also have a positive effect. When the search engines see these links they follow them back to your site which in turn will see you rise in the search engine results.
Create product
There are many ways to create a product from writing a simple ebook to producing a set of informative videos. There are a great many tools available to you online which will make this process far more effective. For example it is extremely effective to have screen shots in an ebook and the tools do this are freely available online or even on your computer, if you are interested in making a simple How To video course you can get a free 30 day trial of camtasia which is ideal for something like that.
Build your network
Finally, build your network. Putting in place a network of systems to sell your product is vitally important and will guarantee that sales will be sustained for the long term. You may have a group of affiliates selling your product, sales from search engine traffic, sales from forum posts and activities like WSO's on the warrior forum. You are not depending on any one method so if there is a problem in one area it will not be the end of the world.
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