Making money on the internet is somewhat like TV Channels, News Papers and other media making money. That is, getting paid through advertisements.
You will have to own a website or a blog, this will act as media. Of course, you can start with FREE HOSTING services, with a subdomain. But, free hosting does not reflect a good impression of your online activity, so it is better to go for a personal domain name. We will discuss all these things later. After you have your service running, you will have to add content to your website/blog. That is, you will have to pick up a topic and start writing on that in your website/blog. Simple websites are written in HTML language. If you have some knowledge of HTML, log on to W3schools for complete reference or download a HTML editor of your choice at Download.com. So now, your media channel is up.
Now, comes the money making part. There are certain ad networks, affiliate networks, affiliate programs, etc. You will have to sign up to these and add their code on to your website. When your visitors click on these and perform the required action, you get paid. Your revenue channel is now complete. So, that’s where the money is coming from.
Everything has been set up! You just need to promote your site, so that you get visits to your site, the revenue channel is served and you get paid.
So, without wasting time, lets start:
Step 1: Getting a Website OR Blog
Step 2: Adding Content
Step 3: Joining Advertising Networks / Monetizing your site
Step 4: Joining Affiliate Programs/ Affiliate Networks (You may skip this.)
Step 5: Promotion
There are other ways of promoting your site through PPC and other Paid advertising means. To know more, Click Here.
If you go through the above mentioned steps, you should be able to make money. You can very well start from $0 and end up earning huge sums online, but I would recommend going for a professional web hosting service and a personal domain name.
I would prefer that you go for a blog. Because, these days blogs are in more demand than websites. Also, they have an easy to use interface and you do not require much technical knowledge. Click Here to know about blogging.
There are many ways to earn money online, the above mentioned is only one of them, but the most proven and the most effective. The other ways may require some investment Click Here to know a few of them.
Posted on October 13, 2007
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Thanks for sharing. Good work.