Some Facts About Making Money Online

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Some Facts to Making Money Online

1.) Making Money Online Is Not Easy

This is something I feel is absolutely necessary to tell you. If making money online was easy you probably wouldn’t be reading this. Yes, you can get paid to do a few relatively easy tasks. Some of which are listed on this website even, but simply taking surveys or clicking ads will not replace your day job. Making enough money online to comfortably tell your boss goodbye takes a little more time and effort than that. You will have to experiment and do things that work for you personally. There is no one get rich quick system that works for everyone.

2.) Everything You Read Online Is Not True

Actually there’s a better chance that the last thing you read online was a lie. Anyone can sit behind a keyboard and sell dreams. Just make sure you aren’t the one to buy them. There will be pictures and claims and all kinds of statistics, testimonies, and guys showing off fancy sports cars that they got from this amazing system. Let’s be honest, if they had this amazing system, why would they need to sell it? They shouldn’t need any more money if that system works so well right?

3.) If At First You Don’t Succeed

I know what you’re thinking, you’re probably tired of hearing this, but it does hold true here as well. Few people amass an online wealth on their first try and I’m afraid the chances are against you my friend. If you do, congratulations you’ve just proved me wrong. For the rest of us unlucky souls, try and try again. The best thing you can do is press on, it may be discouraging, but giving up is the first and last step in succeeding to fail.

4.) SEO Is Key

For those of you unversed in common webmaster/blogger acronyms, SEO stands for search engine optimization. SEO is the method that webmasters and bloggers use to improve the visibility of their websites to search engines. Why is this important? Think about the last time you needed something, nine times out of ten you searched for it. Be it Google, Yahoo, Bing, or some other engine, they all work relatively similar. They look for key things in your website to include it in search results. There are many different SEO techniques, mix and match until you find what suites you.

5.) Social Media Is Gold

Do not neglect social media, take advantage of it. When we think of social media, first things that come to mind are probably Twitter or Facebook. These are great tools to promote your website or business that don’t cost you a thing. Build your friends and followers and share information and deals. While Twitter and Facebook are great, don’t forget about bookmarking sites like Stumbleupon, Digg, and Reddit. These are great at finding visitors that are already interested in what you have to sell or share.

Kickstarter is a fantastic page for anyone who has an awesome idea or project but doesn't have the capital to fund the project. Using this site anyone can create a page explaining their project or idea and how much they need to fund their project. While creating the project, rewards can be created to help entice people to invest into your project. For example, a reward could be made that gives someone some original art if they donate $200.00 to the project.

Freelancing projects

There are dozens of online services that allow anyone from around the world to work at home and complete work for other individuals and companies. Jobs can be anything from writing reviews, designing logos, programming, proofreading, data entry, accounting, payroll, translating, and much more. All of these services allow you to list your qualifications and set your pay rate or browse though available job listings and make a request for hire. Below is a list of some of the popular contractor and freelancing related services.

• Elance

• Freelancer

• oDesk

In addition to the above services, there are dozens of resource hubs on the Internet that will pay anyone to write good quality content about anything and then pay royalties to the writers based off how frequent their pages are visited. Some good examples of these resource hubs include: Helium, HubPages, Squidoo, and Yahoo! Voices.

eBooks and other virtual goods

eBooks and virtual goods are a popular way to make money online because they often take a few hours, weeks, or months to make and then can be sold in unlimited quantity without requiring any inventory or infrastructure. A great online service for any aspiring author is Lulu that allows anyone can write a book or guide about any topic and publish their book in electronic form or create a hard copy, which can be used for book reviewers and other publishers. Other sites that help distribute and sell eBooks and other virtual goods include ClickBank, Createspace, E-Junkie, and Sellfy.

Photography and audio

If you enjoy taking pictures, creating illustrations, producing video, or producing audio there are a lot of sites that will pay you for the rights to sell your work to its visitors. One of the biggest online services is iStockphoto, which will give you up to a 45% royalty rate for every picture or work of art they sell. Other sites included Depositphotos, Dreamstime, Fotolia, and Shutterstock.

If music is more your scene, audiojungle is a site that allows you to upload loops, music, and sound effects to their sites and make royalties from how much music you sell.

Online Auctions

Online auction sites such as Amazon seller, eBay, uBid, and Craigslist are another great way to make income on the Internet. Finding and selling things around your house or visiting your local pawn shops and buying small items to resell on auction sites can make you a lot of money. If you're not sure what to sell or what is in demand do a search on eBay or other auction sites and sort by highest selling item. You'll be surprised by what people are selling and how much people are bidding.

Website, Blog, or online store

Making your own website or blog can be a great way to make money on the Internet and if a successful site can even be a full time job. However, creating a successful site or blog will take a lot of work, learning, and is not something that will start making a lot of money immediately. Before any site or blog can start making serious money, it needs to be getting a lot of visitors.

If designing your own site or blog sounds like too much, but you have products you're interested in selling using a service to create your own online store may be your best option. Again, once a store has been created you will need a lot of visitors or a unique product to attract buyers. JumpSeller, Freewebstore, and Shopify are just a few of the hundreds of online services that allow you to create your own online store.

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