Five Ways To Make Money Online

By Author: Billy Stoll
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In the last article I wrote, we looked at setting the foundation to make money online fast. In another article, we even covered a few potential mindset issues you might be able to relate to. Now, I think it’s time to cover some specific ways to make money online!

The potential to make money online is kinda bitter-sweet...

On one hand, you have a seemingly unlimited amount of options - some of which we’ll be covering below.

On the other hand, having so many options can actually prevent people from reaching success. It’s the classic burden many marketers face: analysis paralysis.

Some choose to think themselves out of taking action.

Others are plagued with a bit of marketing ADD, constantly jumping from one idea or scheme to the other.

With these two things in mind, I hope the list of ways to make money I’ve provided below will help give you some direction and keep you on the path to making your online journey a successful one...

Ready? Let’s get to it!

Ways To Make Money Online #1 - Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is truly beautiful thing...

Out ...
... of all the ways to make money online, when you get the hang of it, affiliate marketing can be one of the easiest.

Since affiliate marketing is based on promoting other peoples’ products, you don’t need to bother creating your own.

In fact, to get started you merely need to...

1. Select a market that is profitable (bonus points if it’s related to something you enjoy)...
2. Do a little keyword research and market research to see what people are searching for and buying...
3. Find a product that fills that gap...
4. Promote and profit...

One of the biggest affiliate marketing resources, is Clickbank.

Clickbank is an online marketplace for digit goods - things like eBooks, video courses, etc.

If you’re stuck for ideas of what market to get started in, you can take a quick look at the huge list of categories Clickbank currently hosts products under.

Click here to visit Clickbank...

Ways To Make Money Online #2 - Get Paid To Read E-mails

Sites like Hits4Pay allow people to sign up for free and earn a portion of the ad revenue that the site generates.

Members earn extra cash by viewing the network’s advertiser’s offers, or by referring others to the site itself.

They also give all new members $5 free credit when signing up.

You can visit their site by clicking here.

Ways To Make Money Online #3 - Paid Surveys

It may seem strange to get paid for something as simple as taking surveys. So, why would someone pay you to do it?

One reason, is that companies want to know what consumers like and dislike.

Armed with this information, they gain a better understanding and insight as to what has the best chance of selling.

Here are a few sites you can check out:

http://www.dealsncash.com
http://www.surveyhead.com
http://www.swagbucks.com

Ways To Make Money Online #4 - Create Your Own Product!

A lot of people seem to think it’s next to impossible to create their own product, which is unfortunate. Of all the ways to make money online, creating your own products can be one of the most beneficial.

By creating your own product, you...

1. Learn to research and target a market...
2. Create your own unique asset, including potential for residual income...
3. Create something you can add as a bonus to products you might promote as an affiliate, or one that you can use as an incentive to join your list, etc...

I suppose you could also say it helps you learn to focus and create your own content...

There are a few basics you’ll need to get started. Anything else will simply be a matter of preference...

1. A word processing platform. If you don’t already have Word (PC) or Pages (Mac), you can download a free program that is just like Word, by visiting http://www.openoffice.org .

2. A website and domain to drive traffic and sales through. HostGator is a great hosting company and NameCheap is one of the top domain registrars, online.

3. An idea and/or the motivation to research for what people will want to buy!

Ways To Make Money Online #5 - E-mail Marketing

We touched on e-mail marketing very briefly, above.

Instead of constantly having to drive traffic and create content to generate leads, wouldn’t it be nice to have your own source of on-demand traffic?

That’s exactly what list building and e-mail marketing offer!

For example, if you’re promoting products as an affiliate and using paid traffic, why not send those leads to a squeeze page that (once they opt in) sends them to the actual sales letter?

Having your own list is also great, because you’re able to break your subscribers into segments. As you can imagine, this allows lists owners to make their marketing as targeted as possible.

Here are a few companies that will host your list for you:

http://www.aweber.com
http://www.getresponse.com
http://www.imediamarketingtools.com

Ways To Make Money Online - Closing Thoughts

Obviously, this is just a brief list of options to choose from. But, again, I mainly decided to write these out to give direction and help others stay focused.

So, having a huge list would surely defeat that.

I’d love to hear some of your favorite ways to make money online. Feel free to share them or ask any questions in the comments below!

Once an International Recording Artist in the 90's, Jammin' the Reggae Music around the world, Billy Stoll is now a devoted family man living in Los Angeles and Sao Paulo Brazil. What's Billy's mission in life now? After years of conforming to mediocrity in the workplace, unable to ignore the feeling of greater purpose left unfulfilled, he is rediscovering ambitions long forgotten and once again making huge changes in his life. From M.T.V to J.O.B and back "on the road" to freedom! Check out how Billy is reclaiming his freedom by subscribing to his Internet Marketing Newsletter. http://www.billystoll.com/blog