Tons of people daydream about resigning from their jobs so they can put up a home-based business and begin earning money online. While some quickly act to make their dreams come true, others are simply too afraid to risk losing a stable income. If you are among those who hope to make the transition from being a mere employee to being a flourishing web entrepreneur, you should know that there are a number of factors that will contribute to the success of your future online business. And, unless you are ready to provide all those factors, it might be wise to keep your day job in the meantime.
Among the most important factors that will contribute to the success of your online business is your dedication as a web entrepreneur. It will not enough for you to treat your online business as a hobby or as a means to earn extra income. If you want to quit your day job and make a living out of your online business, you need to be ready to dedicate yourself to it and focus all your time and effort on running it. You will also need to spend enough time learning everything you can to help you run your online business properly. Ideally, before you quit your day job, you would have already planned out your online business and have taken steps to learn everything about the niche you want to penetrate, the target market you want to focus on, and the most effective internet marketing strategies.
Another very important factor is your network. To really succeed in making money online, you need to have a network of like-minded entrepreneurs. You also need to establish your online reputation within the niche you want to penetrate. If this is something you haven't done, you should keep your day job in the mean time but start being active in relevant online communities. Begin to establish your online reputation now so that there will already be people who will patronize you as soon as you launch your online business.
Also, a lucrative online business venture entails providing exceptional customer service. No matter what your online business involves, you need to understand that you must go out of your way to take care of and please your customers. Keep in mind that it is always more costly to acquire new customers than it is to keep them. One of your tasks in taking care of your customers would be to communicate with them as regularly as possible. You will also need to reply to their queries at the soonest possible time. If you aren't available to address them when they need you, they can easily lose interest in your business. This is also among the most important reasons why people who truly want to be successful in making money online should not treat their online business as a sideline.
Before you quit your day job, you need to be sure that you have everything it takes to start and maintain a successful online business. Once you have the pre-requisites of a lucrative online business, your transition from a mere employee to a successful web entrepreneur won't be so difficult.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Big Mistakes Made in Affiliate Marketing
You have heard of all of the positive things that can happen when you start an affiliate marketing website to make money online but have you heard the negative effects of it? There are a few things that can stop a website dead in the water if you don’t know what you are doing. Here are a few tips so that you will aid you in your search to find that perfect business for you and how to make it thrive in today’s sluggish economy because there is still a lot of money to be made and everyone wants to get apart of the money to be made.
One thing you have to make sure you don’t do is to not to pick a dead product. If no one is interested in the product you’re selling then no one is going to buy it. You want to make sure the product you are going to be selling is something you know a lot about and has a good market base. If the market base is there you are going to have no problems in finding the clients that you want. You need to be sure the product you choose is going to be demand for many years because you don’t want have a short term product that sales start dropping off in a month or so.
Another problem that people face in affiliate marketing is that they are trying to promote so many products that they are trying to sell that they can not keep their own merchandise straight. If you have a lot of products that you are trying to sell you want to keep the descriptions of the products short and to the point. The simpler you keep the description the more products you can have but you need to keep them straight. You don’t want to end up putting the wrong description on the wrong product.
Many people who are starting up an affiliate marketing website make the mistake of not taking advantage of the free marketing tools that are offered on the internet. Take advantage of all of the free internet marketing tools you can because it can create a whole new avenue of income that you might not have discovered otherwise.
The other thing that you should not do is to give up. Think positive and keep your head above the clouds because you can make a lot of money working from home and with the affiliate marketing programs that are scattered all over the internet.
One thing you have to make sure you don’t do is to not to pick a dead product. If no one is interested in the product you’re selling then no one is going to buy it. You want to make sure the product you are going to be selling is something you know a lot about and has a good market base. If the market base is there you are going to have no problems in finding the clients that you want. You need to be sure the product you choose is going to be demand for many years because you don’t want have a short term product that sales start dropping off in a month or so.
Another problem that people face in affiliate marketing is that they are trying to promote so many products that they are trying to sell that they can not keep their own merchandise straight. If you have a lot of products that you are trying to sell you want to keep the descriptions of the products short and to the point. The simpler you keep the description the more products you can have but you need to keep them straight. You don’t want to end up putting the wrong description on the wrong product.
Many people who are starting up an affiliate marketing website make the mistake of not taking advantage of the free marketing tools that are offered on the internet. Take advantage of all of the free internet marketing tools you can because it can create a whole new avenue of income that you might not have discovered otherwise.
The other thing that you should not do is to give up. Think positive and keep your head above the clouds because you can make a lot of money working from home and with the affiliate marketing programs that are scattered all over the internet.
Friday, May 29, 2009
How to Make Money Online With “SEO”
Guest post by Shaun Connell
Let me explain how to make money online using a method I started in September of last year: building a blog, putting an advertisement on it (I get paid a dollar or so every time the ad is clicked), and then getting traffic from a search engine.
This is also known as “SEO” – ranking your website on the search engines.
Does it Work?
I know it works because I’ve been doing it less than a year, and I’ve already got my college paid for, and the income keeps increasing – meaning I’ll be graduating college with a fantastic income already. That’s more than most college graduates can say.
But don’t think I’m trying to build up a bunch of hype: this method of making money online will take a lot of hard work, planning and determination. If you’re willing to work hard to make money then this is for you – otherwise, you’ll have to find another way to make money on the Internet.
An SEO Income is a Passive Income
Ranking high on the search engines provides a steady source of traffic. For example, one of the keywords I’m result #2 for brings in about 800 visitors per day. These visitors consistently click on my advertisements, in the end making $40-50 per day. It’s not much, but it’s nothing to cough at.
The cool thing about this is that it’s a passive income – once you rank for a keyword, you don’t have to work every day to get paid. As long as your page is ranking for that search keyword, you’ll make the money. That’s why I’m a fan of SEOing for money.
How to Rank on the Search Engines
This isn’t just theory – this is what I’ve done successfully. I don’t put much stock in theory – I just want to make sure you can actually do what works, without wasting your time.
Let’s get to the good stuff: how to actually rank on the search engines for your term that you want to rank for. There are literally two steps for ranking where you want to rank, once you have a website.
Get Content.
Search Engines deliver relevant content for people who use the engines. Google, for example, pays tons of attention to the text that’s on a website. The more new articles and posts, the better. It gives Google plenty of content that searchers might be looking for.
What Google likes the most are long articles about a specific topic. I’m extra cautious and I make
my articles 850 words targeting two keyword phrases, like “financial planning” and “financial advice”. This is long enough and specific enough that Google likes it.
Your website will need quite a bit of content before it can rank well in the search engines – of course, every website differs a little. I try to get 30 articles on my site before I move on to step two…
Get Links.
Google ranks articles on the basis of how many links go to the article. For example, if I have an article on “financial tips” and there are 1,000 links from 1,000 trusted websites pointing to that article, I’ll probably be ranked first.
There are tons of things to learn about links, but for the purpose of this article, I’ll keep it short: your links need to be from websites that aren’t spammy, and look “legit”. Also, you’ll need a lot of links. The more the merrier.
For example, getting a 5 links from national newspapers like the Wall-Street Journal and New York Times is probably more important than getting 5 links from Spammy-Money-Internet-Riches-Get-Quick.org. ;-)
Also, the “anchor text” is extremely important. Your keyword that your trying to rank for needs to be in the links. Try to target a few different keywords – if all the links have the same keyword, Google might get suspicious.
How to Build Links to Your Website
But how will you get links? This is the hard part, and takes mostly just a lot of patience, in my experience. Here are a few ideas:
Guest Posts. Write an article for blogs that are also writing about your keyword. These links will be powerful – much more so than most links. The best links come from the biggest blogs, usually.
Article Marketing. Write an article and publish it on websites like Ezinearticles.com. There are programs that let you write one article, put it into the program/software, and it’ll automatically go to literally hundreds of websites. I have a software that I use that sends out my articles to nearly 2,000 websites. Make sure to look around my make money online website to learn more.
Link Trading. Find websites about the niche you’re writing about, and offer to trade links. This isn’t as useful as it used to be, but if you can get a bigger website to link to you, you’ll be doing great.
Buying Links. You can even pitch an offer to bloggers for a link to your website. This is considered a little dangerous, in case the search engines find out. I stick exclusively to the above three link building techniques – though there are hundreds of ways to get links to your website.
Author Bio
To learn more about this strategy for making money online, check out my website about making money online. I only describe what I’ve done to make money with a website – no theory, just facts.
Let me explain how to make money online using a method I started in September of last year: building a blog, putting an advertisement on it (I get paid a dollar or so every time the ad is clicked), and then getting traffic from a search engine.
This is also known as “SEO” – ranking your website on the search engines.
Does it Work?
I know it works because I’ve been doing it less than a year, and I’ve already got my college paid for, and the income keeps increasing – meaning I’ll be graduating college with a fantastic income already. That’s more than most college graduates can say.
But don’t think I’m trying to build up a bunch of hype: this method of making money online will take a lot of hard work, planning and determination. If you’re willing to work hard to make money then this is for you – otherwise, you’ll have to find another way to make money on the Internet.
An SEO Income is a Passive Income
Ranking high on the search engines provides a steady source of traffic. For example, one of the keywords I’m result #2 for brings in about 800 visitors per day. These visitors consistently click on my advertisements, in the end making $40-50 per day. It’s not much, but it’s nothing to cough at.
The cool thing about this is that it’s a passive income – once you rank for a keyword, you don’t have to work every day to get paid. As long as your page is ranking for that search keyword, you’ll make the money. That’s why I’m a fan of SEOing for money.
How to Rank on the Search Engines
This isn’t just theory – this is what I’ve done successfully. I don’t put much stock in theory – I just want to make sure you can actually do what works, without wasting your time.
Let’s get to the good stuff: how to actually rank on the search engines for your term that you want to rank for. There are literally two steps for ranking where you want to rank, once you have a website.
Get Content.
Search Engines deliver relevant content for people who use the engines. Google, for example, pays tons of attention to the text that’s on a website. The more new articles and posts, the better. It gives Google plenty of content that searchers might be looking for.
What Google likes the most are long articles about a specific topic. I’m extra cautious and I make
my articles 850 words targeting two keyword phrases, like “financial planning” and “financial advice”. This is long enough and specific enough that Google likes it.Your website will need quite a bit of content before it can rank well in the search engines – of course, every website differs a little. I try to get 30 articles on my site before I move on to step two…
Get Links.
Google ranks articles on the basis of how many links go to the article. For example, if I have an article on “financial tips” and there are 1,000 links from 1,000 trusted websites pointing to that article, I’ll probably be ranked first.
There are tons of things to learn about links, but for the purpose of this article, I’ll keep it short: your links need to be from websites that aren’t spammy, and look “legit”. Also, you’ll need a lot of links. The more the merrier.
For example, getting a 5 links from national newspapers like the Wall-Street Journal and New York Times is probably more important than getting 5 links from Spammy-Money-Internet-Riches-Get-Quick.org. ;-)
Also, the “anchor text” is extremely important. Your keyword that your trying to rank for needs to be in the links. Try to target a few different keywords – if all the links have the same keyword, Google might get suspicious.
How to Build Links to Your Website
But how will you get links? This is the hard part, and takes mostly just a lot of patience, in my experience. Here are a few ideas:
Guest Posts. Write an article for blogs that are also writing about your keyword. These links will be powerful – much more so than most links. The best links come from the biggest blogs, usually.
Article Marketing. Write an article and publish it on websites like Ezinearticles.com. There are programs that let you write one article, put it into the program/software, and it’ll automatically go to literally hundreds of websites. I have a software that I use that sends out my articles to nearly 2,000 websites. Make sure to look around my make money online website to learn more.
Link Trading. Find websites about the niche you’re writing about, and offer to trade links. This isn’t as useful as it used to be, but if you can get a bigger website to link to you, you’ll be doing great.
Buying Links. You can even pitch an offer to bloggers for a link to your website. This is considered a little dangerous, in case the search engines find out. I stick exclusively to the above three link building techniques – though there are hundreds of ways to get links to your website.
Author Bio
To learn more about this strategy for making money online, check out my website about making money online. I only describe what I’ve done to make money with a website – no theory, just facts.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
PPC Classroom Will Absolutely Show You How to Make Money Online!
By Kevin Cleveland
I was in the same position as many are now. I was looking for ways to make money online. I tried a couple of things that didn't work. I then found affiliate marketing. I bought a couple of courses, one of which didn't show me much. Another was too advanced and didn't really get me
started. I finally found PPC Classroom. These were the people who got me going. I am one of their students at this time and I am well on my way to making more money than I had dreamed.
Marketing online can change your life. I won't say it will happen over night. It takes dedication and time to understand, but the rewards are great! These people can get you started faster than anyone else out there and teach you the right way to make money.
Marketing online is a good way to make money even if the economy is down. People are always buying something. As you get better, you figure out what to market and when. PPC stands for pay per click which is one of the best ways to get traffic to someone else’s website or your own. When someone clicks through your ad and buys a product, you get a commission. The way they
teach it is best for the beginner and experienced affiliate marketers. The way they teach putting a marketing campaign together takes out much of the guesswork.
Without their training I would have been fumbling around for a long time trying to figure out this business. It is definitely the best way to make money online. I have heard many accomplished marketers praise the strategy that is taught in this course, including Mike Reining who served as Head of New Venture Strategy at eBay.
The owners of the course are Anik Singal and Amit Mehta. Anik was second place in business weeks entrepreneur of the year in the under 25 category and is probably well on his way to winning it this year. They definitely know their stuff when it comes to teaching people to make money online. I could not have made a better decision when I decided to sign up. They will be open for a very limited time accepting new students.
They will be holding a live online broadcast via ustream on Thursday, May 28th, 3pm (New York time) and Saturday, May 30th from the class live event in Las Vegas. Get the course when you get the DVD. They will only be accepting students for a very short time.
I went to the class live event in California last December of last year to meet my classmates, instructors, and speakers (including Mike Reining). Many of the students were making very good money and some were outstanding. They really know what they are doing and the people on the next page are real and those are actual amounts that students made by following their system.
I strongly recommend getting the DVD and access to the course. If you are serious about making money online you will not regret this. Speaking from experience, this is the right place to start. Period!
Watch PPC Classroom Live and Get The Course Here.
I was in the same position as many are now. I was looking for ways to make money online. I tried a couple of things that didn't work. I then found affiliate marketing. I bought a couple of courses, one of which didn't show me much. Another was too advanced and didn't really get me
started. I finally found PPC Classroom. These were the people who got me going. I am one of their students at this time and I am well on my way to making more money than I had dreamed.Marketing online can change your life. I won't say it will happen over night. It takes dedication and time to understand, but the rewards are great! These people can get you started faster than anyone else out there and teach you the right way to make money.
Marketing online is a good way to make money even if the economy is down. People are always buying something. As you get better, you figure out what to market and when. PPC stands for pay per click which is one of the best ways to get traffic to someone else’s website or your own. When someone clicks through your ad and buys a product, you get a commission. The way they
teach it is best for the beginner and experienced affiliate marketers. The way they teach putting a marketing campaign together takes out much of the guesswork.Without their training I would have been fumbling around for a long time trying to figure out this business. It is definitely the best way to make money online. I have heard many accomplished marketers praise the strategy that is taught in this course, including Mike Reining who served as Head of New Venture Strategy at eBay.
The owners of the course are Anik Singal and Amit Mehta. Anik was second place in business weeks entrepreneur of the year in the under 25 category and is probably well on his way to winning it this year. They definitely know their stuff when it comes to teaching people to make money online. I could not have made a better decision when I decided to sign up. They will be open for a very limited time accepting new students.
They will be holding a live online broadcast via ustream on Thursday, May 28th, 3pm (New York time) and Saturday, May 30th from the class live event in Las Vegas. Get the course when you get the DVD. They will only be accepting students for a very short time.
I went to the class live event in California last December of last year to meet my classmates, instructors, and speakers (including Mike Reining). Many of the students were making very good money and some were outstanding. They really know what they are doing and the people on the next page are real and those are actual amounts that students made by following their system.
I strongly recommend getting the DVD and access to the course. If you are serious about making money online you will not regret this. Speaking from experience, this is the right place to start. Period!
Watch PPC Classroom Live and Get The Course Here.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Four Tips for Google Adwords Beginner
If you're new on using Google Adwords to generate targeted traffic and make money online, here are four tips for you to make your AdWords campaign effective:1) Make the Most out of Keyword Research Tools
There are both free and paid tools you can use to help you find the most profitable keywords within your niche. As a beginner, it is recommended for you to settle for free ones and then go for the more extensive paid tools once your campaign becomes more profitable.
2) Always Group Similar Keywords
Never combine different keywords into one advertisement group. You need to make sure that all keywords within one ad group are similar. For example, "how to make money blogging" and "make money blogging" should be grouped together but "blog profits" should not be placed in the same group. Grouping your ads properly is crucial to your Google Adwords success.
3) Include Keywords in your Copy
The most profitable keywords you find through keyword research tools should be included in your copy. Just be sure that you use the right keywords in your copy for each ad group that you have. Although your ad will surely appear in whatever search results you've paid for, making use of the keywords in your ad will allow for lower CPC and a higher advertisement position. Your ad will also be more visible as keywords in searches are displayed in bold.
4) Set your Daily Budget
Make sure you set your daily budget to a reasonable amount. Don't set it too high that you may end up overspending. Don't set it too low either as you may not achieve ideal results. Keep in mind that you are still experimenting at this stage. Once you find the most profitable strategies for your own Google Adwords campaign, you can start slowly increasing your daily budget.
These are four tips you need to keep in mind when starting out with Google Adwords. Follow them and you won't have to put up with the costs of trial and error as you can immediately achieve success will Google Adwords.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Quick Money Making Ideas for Beginners
Guest Post by Salenko
I am back again with another post, I would like to thank everyone who left a comment on my previous post, it was truly a pleasure reading your feed backs. As I have said before, I will always recommend a long term business model like doing SEO over online surveys, and similar money makers.
Why 9 out of 10 Internet Marketers Fail...
The thing I didn't realize is that most beginners need a quick confidence boost to help them keep going. And doing SEO to make money can be really though mentally, since it takes a longer time to reap the benefits. That is the #1 reason why most will quit. So for those who are looking to make maybe an extra $100 or $200 quickly this is for you.
What I Recommend...
STEP 1 : Go To CashCrate and Sign Up
STEP 2 : Feel Out 10 Offers
STEP 3 : Get 3-5 Of Your Friends To Sign Up Under You & Do The Same Thing
It is that simple, yet most people reading this won't take action, Why? because they think too
much and take little action. This is completely legit, I have tried it and it works. So I don't want anyone saying this is a scam or some other BS. Again, I rather you guys learn SEO, but if you really need some quick cash to boost your confidence, then you should try this out.
Things To Keep In Mind...
#1 - Don't Expect To Become Rich Doing This
#2 - Use Your Real Information, otherwise you won't get paid
#3 - Take action and really try it out
One Last Thing: Make Sure You Stay Organized, Keep Track Of All Your Offers. If you have any questions just leave a comment I will respond promptly. (There Is An Excellent Video That Explains More On The Website Once You Sign Up).
I am back again with another post, I would like to thank everyone who left a comment on my previous post, it was truly a pleasure reading your feed backs. As I have said before, I will always recommend a long term business model like doing SEO over online surveys, and similar money makers.
Why 9 out of 10 Internet Marketers Fail...
The thing I didn't realize is that most beginners need a quick confidence boost to help them keep going. And doing SEO to make money can be really though mentally, since it takes a longer time to reap the benefits. That is the #1 reason why most will quit. So for those who are looking to make maybe an extra $100 or $200 quickly this is for you.
What I Recommend...
STEP 1 : Go To CashCrate and Sign Up
STEP 2 : Feel Out 10 Offers
STEP 3 : Get 3-5 Of Your Friends To Sign Up Under You & Do The Same Thing
It is that simple, yet most people reading this won't take action, Why? because they think too
much and take little action. This is completely legit, I have tried it and it works. So I don't want anyone saying this is a scam or some other BS. Again, I rather you guys learn SEO, but if you really need some quick cash to boost your confidence, then you should try this out.Things To Keep In Mind...
#1 - Don't Expect To Become Rich Doing This
#2 - Use Your Real Information, otherwise you won't get paid
#3 - Take action and really try it out
One Last Thing: Make Sure You Stay Organized, Keep Track Of All Your Offers. If you have any questions just leave a comment I will respond promptly. (There Is An Excellent Video That Explains More On The Website Once You Sign Up).
Friday, May 22, 2009
Steps for Monetizing Your Own Blog
Having a blog does not automatically mean you can make money out of it. There are a number of factors that make the difference between simply publishing information and actually making 
money. If you already have a blog, read through the steps below to learn how to make money out of it.
Step 1: Posting Regular Content Updates
Your blog site must never be stagnant. Whether or not you get any feedback, it would be best to write something new on a weekly or even on a daily basis. Your readers will lose interest in visiting your blog site if they do not see any updates.
Step 2: Pinging Your Blog
Pinging your blog is important because it ensures that blog directories as well as search engines will be alerted each time you update your blog. This will help you get the attention of more blog readers. Pingomatic and Pingoat are some of the available sites that supply this kind of service at no cost.
Step 3: Promoting Your Blog
Apart from pinging your blog, you need to pursue other internet marketing efforts to let your target market know that you exist and that you are a valuable source of information. As soon as you gain a steady flow of targeted traffic to your blog, you have the potential to make money out of it.
Step 4: Making Space for Advertisements
Advertising would be the primary means for you to make money out of your blog. As long as you have a good number of loyal followers and you maintain a steady flow of traffic, you have much to gain from publishing pay-per-click advertisements or even directly selling some space to advertisers.
Step 5: Promote Affiliate Marketing Programs
This can be a very valuable means to leverage on your readership. Join affiliate marketing programs with products that your target market may be interested in. You can then use your blog to promote those products and earn commissions.
By following the steps listed above, you can be more effective making money online out of your blog.
money. If you already have a blog, read through the steps below to learn how to make money out of it.Step 1: Posting Regular Content Updates
Your blog site must never be stagnant. Whether or not you get any feedback, it would be best to write something new on a weekly or even on a daily basis. Your readers will lose interest in visiting your blog site if they do not see any updates.
Step 2: Pinging Your Blog
Pinging your blog is important because it ensures that blog directories as well as search engines will be alerted each time you update your blog. This will help you get the attention of more blog readers. Pingomatic and Pingoat are some of the available sites that supply this kind of service at no cost.
Step 3: Promoting Your Blog
Apart from pinging your blog, you need to pursue other internet marketing efforts to let your target market know that you exist and that you are a valuable source of information. As soon as you gain a steady flow of targeted traffic to your blog, you have the potential to make money out of it.
Step 4: Making Space for Advertisements
Advertising would be the primary means for you to make money out of your blog. As long as you have a good number of loyal followers and you maintain a steady flow of traffic, you have much to gain from publishing pay-per-click advertisements or even directly selling some space to advertisers.
Step 5: Promote Affiliate Marketing Programs
This can be a very valuable means to leverage on your readership. Join affiliate marketing programs with products that your target market may be interested in. You can then use your blog to promote those products and earn commissions.
By following the steps listed above, you can be more effective making money online out of your blog.
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