The beginners guide to making money online!
There are many different ways to make money online:
- blogging
- mini niche sites
- affiliate sites
- PPC
- countless other opportunities..
And to be fair, a lot has already been said about these topics BUT don’t worry I’m not going to say it all again - I just want to point out some quality posts by far more experienced (and richer) people than me to perhaps inspire you into taking action.
Make money online techniques for the cash short
I hate to tell you but if you want to make serious money online your going to have to invest at least a little bit of money. Anyway the following technique is pretty cheap.
Just get a .com from godaddy, which is about $10/£5 I believe (not much!) if you can find a valid coupon it’s even cheaper and some $10 or so a month hosting and your good to go.
The technique is to create a ‘funny video’ blog. You know, the kind of videos that go viral. Anyway, it’s dead simple - give it a whirl tomorrow.
Make money online with a video blog.
Blogging is another option for those short on cash but you probably need to be aware that unless you become a blogging superstar you are not going to make much money from one blog. Also don’t think about using wordpress.com or other free hosted blogging platforms - it’s just not worth the hassle when you see the light and decide it’s time to move up in the world.
There’s an ok guide for making money from blogging here but it’s a little out of date now but still worth a glance - be wary of the mighty google though ;)!
If you want to make money blogging I’d definately agree with the above sentiment of multiple blogs in seperate niches and network them together. If you want to make real money blogging then in my opinion you’re going to have to take a step back and act as more of a media business entrepreneur than an actually writer. Outsource the writing and focus on the business of running multiple blogs and you might be able to create the next b5 media.
Make money online with mini niche sites
There’s a really thorough guide to creating mini niche sites over here. It’s a little spammy but it’s well worth a read anyway to give you some ideas and pointers. The basic principle is to create 20?, 50?, 100? (really as many as you can) niche mini sites that will make you a tiny bit of money each day, perhaps a dollar?
Doesn’t sound like much I know but times that by 100 other mini sites and your already earning $100 a day. Not bad huh?
Make money online with affiliate marketing
Affiliate marketing can be another [relatively] cheap way to make money online. I’ve started dabbling in eBay affiliate marketing which is pretty straight forward and worth a go even if you set up a few sites and forget about them.
There is also a really detailed guide about making money online with tshirt affiliate sites. Give it a read - Maki knows his stuff!
Make money online with PPC campaigns
PPC campaigns can be a great way to make money online but they require serious dedication time wise to make sure you don’t end up losing serious amounts of money instead of making.
You need patience and also initial cash flow to get it going.
Anyway, there are two thorough guides which I suggest you take a look at if you want to know more about PPC as it is not something I’ve ever experimented with. A guide to making money online with Microsoft Adcenter and making money online with Google Adwords.
Make money online with more complex techniques
Some people are cut out for greater things than simply blogging online - some people are clever enough to create mega SEO empires that net serious cash.
The following guides are not for the faint of heart. They’re for people who know how to program and aren’t scared by dabbling in the dark arts of more blackhat SEO.
Regardless of your opinion on blackhat vs. whitehat SEO check these guides out they are written by some very intelligent guys.
A guide by SlightlyShadySEO about creating an automated SEO system. It’s advanced stuff but well worth a look if you think you’ve got the knowledge to implement it.
And here is a long guide by Eli about creating an SEO empire. Also well worth a read.
The most important thing to remember about trying to make money online is to actually get moving and do something. It’s all too easy to spend all your time reading posts like this and never actually putting any of your ideas into action.
Good luck!
