[English Homwork] How to Make Money Online (For Beginners)

Hi Lynn! I actuallyhear this question a lot, so you're not alone. In fact there are 161 searchesevery day for "how to make money online for beginners" and more than700/day for "how to make money online"...

 

There are a numberof ways to make money online. Options range from creating your own product tosell online, making money as a professional blogger, managing an onlinecommunity, developing a content site on a hot topic - just to name a few.

 

All of these arejust various ways to deliver content online. Your first step will be choosing aniche, which is the market or topic you are going to focus on.

 

Speaking of focus,with so many options to make money online - focus is key. You want to choose aniche and a business model, and work on that one project all the way from startto profit. Don't let all the other options distract or derail you. 

 

Once you decide on atopic or niche, you should sit down and map out a plan for your internetbusiness model. What market are you targeting, and how can you best serve thatmarket? This is the angle you want to work from, vs the more common: how can Imake the most money from this market? (Most people get it backwards and thenget frustrated when that doesn't work out for them)

 

See: How to Become aMarket Leader in Your Niche

 

So you choose aniche, create a blog or website, set up social media profiles to interact withyour target market on the topic, and you create and share useful content thatwill build your reputation and readership in that niche.

 

I can hear whatyou're saying...

 

"That allsounds great, but how do I make money from it?"

 

How to Make MoneyOnline (For Beginners)

 

The absolute easiestway to make money online is with Affiliate Marketing. You don't have to createa product, set up a shopping cart and merchant account, do customer service,work with clients, etc. It's very much like a traditional commission-basedsales job where you earn commission on any sales you refer.

 

The difference isthat you're doing it online, and you can do it from home without ever doingin-person or phone sales. You simply recommend products and/or refer people tospecific merchants through the content on your website.

 

The method I preferis creating SEO Content, or content that is optimized to rank well in the majorsearch engines. People find it when they are searching for that, click through,and buy what they need or want. This works really well because you write thecontent once, and it continues to rank well and earn you money for years tocome. As long as you maintain your search engine rankings.

 

"How can I make3-4k a month or more? What steps will it take to get there?"

 

I know this isstating the obvious, but it should be said: It takes time, work, and being bothpersistent and consistent. An online business is the same as any other businessin that it requires an investment on your part to get it up and running. Thepositive side of online business is that it takes a lot less time and moneythan most traditional offline business models.

 

Do these 10 steps,in this order, to get started:

Choose Your Niche

 Register a Domain Name

Set up a Website orWordPress Blog

 Set up a Facebook Page and Twitter account

 Download and read SEO Fast Start (free)

 Create Optimized Content for your Site/Blog

 Sign up for Affiliate Programs in your niche

Write ProductReviews for those products

 Get links pointing to your pages or posts

 Continue creating content, getting links &interacting via Social Media

 

Once you get allthis set up and you're making money as an Affiliate, you can look at other waysto monetize your site. You might create short reports on your topic to sell,test contextual advertising, or look into even more methods to make money.

 

Yes it's work. Andyes - it's worth it! 

 

If you do thesesteps, and continue to learn & tweak as you go, you'll start earning money.You can increase your traffic (number of visitors) and your income as youcontinue to grow and market your website. It takes time to get to a consistent$3-5K per month in revenue, but you could easily do that within the first year.

 

Also See: OnlineJobs - Work From Home

 

Best,

 

 

p.s. Lynn wasreferring to my Lifestyle & Income of a Super Affiliate post. Give that aread if you haven't already as it will give you a sneak peek into my life andsuccess doing the exact things I outlined here. If you have any questions, feelfree to leave me a comment below.