Making Money Online
95How to make money online
Want to get rich beyond your wildest dreams, making money online, with very little work? Then you are in the wrong place - we only do reality here. Sorry. Earning a living online is hard and requires a lot of work. There - I got that out of the way - so if you are looking for the easy answer you can stop reading now, click off somewhere else and go do whatever it is you thought you were going to do when you came to this page. But, if you are genuinely interested in how to make money online – keep reading.
It seems everyone and his grandmother wants to jump on the making money on the internet bandwagon, but if it was as easy to make extra money at home online as a lot of the advertisements claim, there would not be so many con artists selling packages to teach people how to make money on the internet.
The simple fact is that most people who attempt to earn money online fail, and they fail for a few simple reasons. Firstly, it is much, much harder than most people expect and are led to believe by all the millions of “online money making opportunities,” being sold. Secondly, there is an awful lot of bad advice out there, and it is almost impossible to tell the good from the bad unless you try it for yourself. First piece of free advice – never spend any money on anything except web hosting and domain names until you know what you are doing – unless I advise it of course.
99% of people who try making easy money online will fail, and a large proportion of the 1% that does succeed will do so by selling useless advice to the 99% that failed. There is no easy money to be had. If you think there is, you are going to fail, and you are probably going to be suckered into paying for a system or scheme that does not work.
But, there are ways to succeed and I am going to share some of them here. Some of these I have learned the hard way, others I have not learned myself, but I have taken advice from other people I respect and whom I know make money doing what they do. There is more than one way to succeed, but there is no best way to make money online.
The direction you choose will partly depend on your skills and interests. Take it from me that it is far easier to write about and promote something you genuinely have an interest or belief in than something you do not. First some basics, then I will get into specifics. And if the next few paragraphs sound like Greek to you - worry not, by the time we are finished you will be speaking the MMO (making money online) jargon like a pro. Unless you speak Greek, in which case, they will sound like ancient Latin. Unless……
Ways to Make Money Online for Free
Online writing Jobs and resources
Free websites to post your online resume
Writing for other people
There are no easy ways to make money online free, but one option is to write for other people rather than try and write your own content for your own website. Unique content is valued more highly by the search engines so there is always a demand for content that has not been published all over the internet. But – in many cases, the people doing the buying are con men, scammers or otherwise unwilling to pay reasonable money for a day’s work.
A lot of employers consider a copywriter or blogger as to be slightly less important than a photocopier and will pay accordingly. But, there are some good ones, and there are places to find writing jobs that pay well. Rather than make a huge list here, I have added a set of links to resources to find writing jobs here on the right. Explore these pages and I am certain you will find something to suit.
Do not be too shocked to discover that there are employers looking for writers to write 500 word articles and want to pay $2-3. Ignore those people. Do not listen to anyone who asks for free samples. Rather than do that - set up your own free website at wordpress.com or blogger, or here at hubpages, post a few samples of your writing skills and send them a link to visit those samples. Repeat - do not send blind samples to any one - ever. This is one of the biggest scams on the internet and I was bitten by it a couple of times when I first started. You will never get paid and these people are just looking for free content - if they can get 2,000 writers to send them a free 300 word sample - that is 2,000 articles they do not need to pay for.
Also - do not be too shocked when you discover just how large a proportion of the people offering writing jobs are not looking for writers - they are looking for free content. Deciding not to bother applying for jobs where there was a request for free samples to be sent to a Gmail address was one of the smartest decisions I ever made. Even at the so-called "authority," sites such as pro-blogger. Trust me - they do not care if their job board is full of con men - they just want to get paid for the ad. Remember - throwaway email address + wants a free sample = lying sack of shit who deserves to have his testicles crushed.
I make a good portion on my online income by writing for other people. I have done so since I began making money online. I currently write a luxury homes blog for a company called Niche Properties and there are other commercial writing and blogging jobs available. To be employable in this field, you must already have a successful blog and be able to demonstrate knowledge in the subject area.
Making money writing at hubpages
Hubpages is one of the many revenue sharing sites on the internet. Basically, the way this works is – you sign up for a free account, you write articles here, and hubpages shows advertisements on the pages you make. They claim 40% of the page impressions, and you get the other 60%. So – if a visitor clicks on an advertisement or buys something from an advertiser – you share the money.
I make money on hubpages. I have been working on increasing the amount I make lately, and I currently make around $1,500 a month. I will continue to work on this and I do not see a limit to the amount of money you can potentially make here. I have tried several of the other sites that offer some kind of revenue split, but as far as I am concerned, hubpages is the only one worth bothering with.
The others might be good for backlinks or networking (MMO stuff – don’t worry), but the only one I am comfortable recommending for an income is hubpages. They actively protect their reputation and value by discouraging spammers and bad content.
Like anything – it is not quite as simple as just opening an account and writing some poetry. To make money here, you need to do some work and there are resources here about how to make the most from hubpages.
Making money blogging
Yes - you can make money blogging. There are several ways to do this and I have a few examples here to share with you. I make a good deal of my money blogging by writing other people’s blogs although I also make money from my own blogs. There are several approaches to this, and if you want to make money from your blog you need to be clear where that money is going to come from. These are your basic options.
- Write some one else’s blog or posts and have them pay you
- Write a blog on a commercial subject that will attract pay per click or pay per impression advertisers
- Write a blog on a commercial subject that has affiliate
product sales that will pay you a commission
- Write a blog that attracts enormous volumes of traffic and sell banner advertising
- A combination of the above
Make Money With Blogs
- Make Money Online
How to really Make Money Online. - How to make money blogging
- Dark Roasted Blend
These are profitable blogs:
John Chow. A few bloggers even make money blogging about how much money they make blogging. John claims to be making $40,000 a month by blogging about how much money he makes. I have no idea if it is true – but if you want to see some of the most aggressive internet marketing techniques in action – pay him a visit.
Dark Roasted Blend. Avi Abrahams started DRB in October 2006, and it took off almost immediately – and kept going. It is now ranked 21,310 by Alexa. Dark Roasted Blend gets 50,000 unique visitors a day, has 27,000 subscribers and is in Technocrati’s Top100 sites. They now have a team of writers, and Avi works full time on this, minimum 8 hours each day: managing images, editorial work, answering emails, advertisements, etc. In Avi’s own words, “the project started to generate profit pretty early, but it's not a big money, just enough to keep me doing it fulltime. We are hoping to expand with more posts and categories pretty soon, however, so this should result in increased pageviews and revenue.”
DRB is one of my absolute favorite blogs and if you want to waste a few hours looking through their superb content – pay them a visit. So – there is more than one way of making money with a blog and I have written a step by step guide to making money with a blog that there is a link to in the resources box on the right.
Content is King
This is a common expression in the online marketing world. Content
means just that – the content of your website or blog – words, videos, music
clips, whatever. Good content should rank higher and get more traffic than bad
content. I have had to change my tune a little about this subject. I still
believe that content is King, but without the Queen of keyword research and the
Prince of link building, the King will fail. I speak from personal experience.
At one point in time, I sat down at a keyboard and wrote without doing either keyword research or creating any backlinks.
I am lucky enough to be able to do good research on a subject and write witty, informative work that people enjoy reading and linking to, and I was satisfied that I was getting enough views and making enough money from what I wrote that I thought I did not need to do any keyword research or promotional work. Then I spoke to Misha, another writer here at hubpages and whom I trust to tell me the truth - and we compared notes.
We both joined hubpages at around the same time and when we discussed it we both had around the same amount of page views, and Misha was making more money than me. At this time - I had 150 hub pages and did no keyword research and very little promotional work; and Misha had 15 hub pages and spent all his time doing keyword research and promotional work. This gave me pause.
This is what Misha has to say on the subject:
“I think there are two things essential to the success that new and not so new hubbers are completely missing, unless they came from an Internet Marketing background. The common advice you keep hearing is “keep building more and more high quality hubs, and success will come”. I don't have anything against building more and more quality hubs, it is the foundation of the success, no doubt, yet it is not enough.
Eventually you'll get found, and build a readership, and even start making some pennies out of it. Eventually is the operative word here. It will take you years to start making anything worth writing home about. If you want a real success in an observable amount of time, like making a living out of Hubpages in a year or so, you have to spend a good chunk of your time on 1) making sure you write about a popular topic using keywords people are searching for and 2) building backlinks.
This first is called keyword research and should be the foundation of all of your work. If you get it wrong, there is no way you can make good money out of a particular hub or webpage. There are plenty of methods and tools for doing keyword research, just experiment with them and find which one fits your personality best, then stick with it. But don't cut corners on this one, it is a foundation, I am not kidding. You use its results both in writing your hub, and in promoting it.
Now, backlinks. Nothing fancy about it, those are just links pointing to your hub from other pages/sites. All search engines count backlinks one way or another to decide which page is better then others and rank the site with the most as being “better” than all the other pages for a given keyword. Backlinks are the heart of any ranking algorithm, including google’s.
There is no way around having them if you want to be on the first page of search results for your keywords. If you write worthwhile text, it will get backlinks on its own. Eventually. In a few years it likely will be enough to propel you to first page rankings for not-so-competitive results. If you want this to happen faster, you have to work on backlinks, period.”
I hate agreeing with this, because I have had some pretty good successes with doing no keyword research and very little promotion. But – I also had a lot of failures. For every one page that worked, I probably have 10 that did not. This is where the frustration comes in for a lot of people (including myself) who approach making money online from a writer’s perspective and is another reason why most people fail. I like to be read. I love it when people read my work and leave me a comment or tell me how clever I am. But – that will not pay the bills.
Either way - this made me think – what if I combine the two
approaches? Do some keyword research, write killer content and then
aggressively build links. Which is what I now do. I now make money from every page I write rather than every tenth page. I do still write some of them just for fun as well.
The simple fact is that – unless you are being paid to write it - there is no money in subjects that have no commercial application. None. You may well have a fascination with cornflakes that resemble famous people’s profiles, but you are going to have a tough time monetizing that subject. It may also be that you own the most popular cornflakes-that-resemble-famous-peoples-profiles blog in the history of blogging, but the three visitors you get every year are not going to spend any money on anything so you are not going to make any money. Simple. This is where the keyword research comes in. Before you decide what to write about or buy a domain name.
A step by step guide to making money on the web:
- Learn Keyword Research here
Hello, our names are Mark Butler and Courtney Tuttle. We’re full-time internet marketers and full-time internet marketing educators.
1. Keyword research
Keyword research is a whole subject on it’s own and I am not going to go into great detail. There are other people who do a better job of explaining how to do keyword research, and this is a good place to start – The Keyword Academy. Two guys run this site and make their living online and by teaching people how to research potentially profitable keywords and then promote the word afterward. I use their technique to do the research, but I have my own arsenal of promotional tools – some of which are the same as theirs.
There are two basic components to finding profitable keywords. 1. How many people are searching for a particular term and how much are advertisers prepared to pay for an ad click? 2. How many other people are competing for that term. Once you have determined a keyword that you feel could be profitable, the next step is setting up a website to target that term. What you will then end up with is lots of small niche sites that can make money. Go – check out the KWA, sign up for their services ($1 up front then $33 a month afterwards) and learn how to do it. Worth every penny.
Advanced keyword research
Once you have grasped the basics of keyword research you are going to decide that you need some automation to the process. Also – and I am not knocking the KWA - you are going to realize the limitations of using their system exclusively.
And the limitation is YOU. Take a look through the niches you have set up and I would like to bet there is a pattern and the pattern is decided by you for all the wrong reasons. There is only one reason to set up a niche website to make money with – and that reason is – to make money.
Whether you are aware of it or not – and I have done this myself – you are influencing the decision as to what niche to get involved in for any number of reasons that are unrelated to making money. Perhaps you hate soccer or synchronized swimming. So what? That is not a good reason to not research in the first place or not set up a site in the second place.
But if you use an automated system such as this one – Niche Horde – you can take you out of the equation to an extent. I have now set up several dozen sites and pages that I would never have considered even researching without this piece of software. It does all the research for you from finding a niche to telling you exactly how competitive that keyword is and I was shocked at some of the untapped niches out there – that I would never in a million years have found.
Check out the website here - Niche Horde – watch the video and decide for yourself. Absolutely worth the $97 a year as far as I am concerned – it made that investment back in 3 weeks with 2 sites. I do not recommend this until you are comfortable with the KWA lessons and feel you understand what they mean. This software is useless without an understanding of the the information you are being given.
Web hosting
- Hostgator
Wordpress hosting from only $7.95 a month
2. Set up a hosting account and buy a domain name
Domain names are generally not expensive - $10 or so for a typical name. They can be expensive of course and some people make a living online from buying and selling websites. The domain name Sex.com sold for $14 million in 2006 – the most expensive domain ever sold. This can also backfire – I know one gentleman who has 10,000 domain names relating to real estate, and he has been unable to unload them since the “credit crunch,” started demolishing the industry.
A website name or domain then needs to be placed online somehow and the way this is done is to buy a “hosting account” with an Internet provider. There are thousands of these people and what they basically do is rent you space on one of their computers which is connected to the Internet and allows visitors. It is a bit more complex than that, but not much. You could – if you wished - host an Internet site on your own personal computer – but I wouldn’t recommend it. I have used quite a few of these providers and I can heartily recommend Hostgator. I have been very happy with them - Great customer service, very little downtime and 24 hour support.
First job at both pf these hosts is to see if the domains
you are interested in are available. You will know what I am talking about
after doing the keyword academy’s research lessons.At some point in the future, you will also discover the benefits of having more than one hosting account - that is for another article.
3. Add content to your site.
This part will depend on the sort of content you are providing. It may well just be text, but you might also have chosen to include photo galleries or video-blogging as your theme or niche. It may also be that you just add content once and leave it, or you may have gone another route and be adding content all the time.
4. Create backlinks
Backlink building is a bit like drug taking in professional sports. Everyone else is doing it so you have to as well. In a perfect world, the best-written content would naturally generate the most incoming links and all my pages would be the highest ranked pages on any given subject.
But, it is not a perfect world, and there are a lot of people trying to get their pages ranked above yours for any given term and they are prepared to cheat to do so. Which means you have to cheat also. And yes – I consider artificially creating links to your sites to be cheating, but if you do not do so, you will not get found. I have also discovered that the occasional perfect page that generates a lot of links naturally far out performs any thing that was artificially ranked, but that happens so rarely as to be not worth doing if your goal is money.
There are a number of tools available to do this and you are going to have to invest one of two things – money or time – or a combination of both. There really is no getting away from this aspect of the job. At some point in time – and trust me – earlier is better than later – you are going to discover that you are spending too much time and not getting enough results. You are then going to decide you need to outsource some of this work.
Rather than have you get to the point where you are working 10 hours a day and not seeing a big enough return – sign up for these two link building services.
OneWayLinks is a blog network that you add a blog to. Their software will post articles with outgoing links in to your blog, and in exchange, you submit articles to them that will be posted on other people’s blogs. This totally works and is one of the most effective ways I have found for creating backlinks. The cost is a minimal $7 for the fist month and then $47 per month after. Worth every penny and has a 60 day no questions asked guarantee. If you use it correctly, it will be paying for itself well within 60days.
Linkvana is another network that works slightly differently. You submit short articles with links embedded into them and they will post them out on a massive network of blogs that are well ages and spread out around the world. A little more expensive - $147 per month, but there is no limit to the amount of posts and links you can add. Also worth every penny and from my experience this was paying for itself after just 3 weeks. Absolutely worth the money and if you have done your research properly will more than cover the costs within a couple of weeks.
Automatic Backlinks
- Making Money Blogging
I go into more detail here about automatic backlinking solutions.
5. Rinse and repeat
No kidding - once you find a profitable niche and/or approach - do it again. And keep doing it until you find a more profitable approach. Obviously, there are also other ways of making money online, and I will be exploring those in another article. Although – if you make money online and wish to share your experiences with me for that article, please drop me a line through my profile page. Good luck out there.
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LOL - Exactly like running a business. And no - you are not getting your $1997.97 back. Sorry. :)
Thanks for this. Perfect timing for my newbie butt. I'm not at a point where I can invest any money into backlinks though. I've been spending more time researching than writing, and my next few pages are for personal fun only. This hub sets me back in the direction I want to be going. ;-)
If you work in affiliate marketing, every day you get up and compete against the whole world. And it does take a huge effort to succeed. But it can be done. Thanks for the article Mark.
Thanks for the information!
This information is great FREE information. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
Great information and great Hub. Thank you.
Hello Mark,
Very good article, I agree with you that the first two things
to spend money is domain names and web hosting.
I would like to say that you also need the use of a proper autoresponder as soon as you start adding content.
Thanks,
Roger
Great info Mark thanks for sharing...
Thanks for the great hub, it has giving me something to think about. Especially the link building. I think I will have to look into 1waylinks.
By the way, the link is not working for dark roasted blend. It sounds like an interesting site.
Thanks also to Misha!
Great article, thanks for the advice.Im new to this and still trying to figure it all out!Just wondering, how do you get backlinks to your hubpage articles?Are there ways to do it without spending money?
Another great read from you. I love to read what you write, Mark. I've been spending like 20 hours a day online lately and sometimes get discouraged - I have good and bad days. I've been considering the KWA for a while and I think I'll finally take the $1 plunge and hopefully learn a bunch. Thanks! BTW, DRB link worked for me.
you forgot to mention your lucrative online skillet sales business buddy!
As far as backlinks, if you write articles, there is a place at the end of most articles to put a backlink in there...a backlink simply leads to another page you would want viewed..
There are a lot of places to submit articles to and at the end of your article just put a "backlink" to whatever site you wish...
GoDaddy, has good hosting ans sells domain names, Wix allows a free page....and PUHLEEZE! Don't forget to create a squidoo lense....backlinks can go in there...but as Mark and Misha as well as myself and everyone else knows...keywords/content are what matter...and yes, running a biz online is a little bit of work if you don't have all the i's dotted and the t's crossed...Great hub Mark!!
Mark this is the best article/hub I have ever read about making money online. I too discovered that there was a huge amount of cons out there selling how to make money stuff on the internet. In June of this year I decided to start a blog because you can make money off of that. Somehow someway I wasn't able to get into it one day so I started searching around the internet and found hubpages. I started writing on hubpages mid July and have seen small results. I have since been looking for ways to increase the success and this hub is definately going in my favorites bin. Great job on this and I am sure it will help many people.
I think you have this pretty much on the money, excuse the pun, this is the route I have been taking except I have resisted in the automating the back links option by paying for a service. I am now at the point where I think I have no option but to do exactly that, I have around 70 sites that need more back links and simply not enough time in the day to give them the attention they need and be able to continue putting more out there..
Thanks guys - I hope you can use this to your advantage.
@Brian - Yes - I came to the same conclusion. I have too many different sites and topics not to need to outsource some of it. These 2 I list here do work - and they are not going to get you a google penalty because they are both off your sites. Try CC articles for spome content as well.
Very useful information. I am in the beginning stages of learning how-to-make money using hub pages. What I noticed is that several people are submitting numerous hubs daily and I find myself wondering if they are actually making money with this method. After reading your hub, I now understand that I should concentrate on writing hubs based on key words and not just on what I find interesting. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing all this great advice. I got tired just READING it all. I need a nap!
You nailed the writing for other people thing too. All these people want killer content. Don't want to pay anything for it. If I publish anything that gets hits here, it gets stolen almost immediately. Rough game. Thanks Mark.
Hey Pam - yes - I got caught out a few times when I was starting out. I was so excited that some one wanted to see a sample I worked my ass off to get it right - then discovered I had been conned. Not a pleasant feeling....
This is very informative. People's impression about making money online needs to be corrected. It is good to know that it isn't easy anywhere. Thanks for sharing. Have you read my post on http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Make-Free-Money-in-
" ....deserves to have his testicles crushed." You know your a good writer when the emotions of being run over comes vividly alive. I love this statement you did! Thanks for the info and I hope I'll be able to learn and earn by what you have taught me.
very informative for those who are newbie. thank you for this posting.
very much informative article. Thumbs up!
In my experience, hubpages is not a good place for earning. Here readers come, not clickers.I am here for two years, and have so far accumulated $81.Anybody can visit my hubs and decide whether they are good or not.I too have used photoes, edit old hubs now and then, for the past six months i am adding my hubs to directories, and recently i have begun to search keywords from Keyword directories.
Of course, I learnt these things slowly.But even after two years, my visitors are only about 130 perday and i get hardly $10 permonth. I have not yet received my first cheque!
'Online earning ' is a sweet phrase, with bitter experiences.Let not people think it as easy.
Love the step by step guide with no fluff and the intro that MMO is hard work. All the things I read when I started about a year ago was the exact opposite but you learn after a few months! Love TKA but am scared by the cost of the link building services. I guess it's a leap of faith I'll have to make.
@ ChloeAlice - Well, the 1weaylinks has a 60 day money back guarantee. And although Linkvana is expensive - if you cannot take a $150 a month chance - I would seriously think about changing your approach or niches. It really is only worth it if you are working in multiple fields - but it works.
Wow, this is a great hub with lots of information to help people make some money on the web. I've been telling people for years that there are ways to make money, maybe not be the next Bill Gates kind of money, but decent enough to live on each month, but this post really hits every topic well. I'm going to share this with family and friends.
Wow Great Hub!
Mark!
Thanks so billions! I found HubPages by a minute miracle. You were one of the first blogs I read, so yeah, Power of Attraction is powerful and AWESOME!
I want to do this! Full time. I found I really love working with HubPages! Your material is excellant, and you convey a very simple, no complex, or dry reading. Thanks for the tools informat.
I want to do this full time as I can't seem to drag myself away from this hub thing! (other than meditating, taking pictures and uploading into my articles). Thanks for helping us and KUDOS!!! You'll be many times blessed by the next kleenex that pops out!
Janais5
P.S. Yola has a free web/page and hosting. Can I just pay a for domain name with GoDaddy? THANK YOU THANK YOU .....
Thank you for the helpful article.
I can tell you are a master at blogging.
I will pass this on to my husband who works at blogs fulltime.
Hi Mark. This is a great hub. I hope you don't mind if I link your hubs to a hub I made about online writing sites for Filipinos. I know your hubs will be a great help to us who are aspiring writers.
My pleasure guys - And emievil - be my guest. :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you *hugs*. =)
I agree with you that making money online is not an easy lifestyle. Yes, making money online is a lifestyle. We choose our destiny and we have chosen to work at home unlike majority of people who still work the regular 8-5/9-6 office job everyday but nothing happens to their life.
Monthly salary is not even enough for their families especially here in the Philippines. Majority earns less than 200 dollars a month. You can just imagine how hard life is in this side of the planet.
However, I, just like you, have tasted success in online marketing. I have also experienced working as article writer, internet and news researcher, data entry worker, virtual assistant, social bookmarker etc.
Making money online entails discipline and a lot of hard work. When starting, you need to have patience and do better to have an increase in your monthly salary. Online workers need the ability to multi-task in order to succeed in this way of life.
As always mark, you share great content and knowledge. Keep up the good work!
Just found Hub pages and feeling a little, make that a lot, like a lost person. I love to write but not sure where to start. Thanks for a great article.
Agreed Sir, It is not a Cakewalk and I had experienced in last 10 years I spent to earn from Online.
Thanks for all great Info.
Mark the first two lines woke me up of my dream of owning a villa with all the money i make online..lol. Love the article and it is bang on. The process is hard but when you start earning slowly and steadily you will be so happy that finally your time and content paid of. Great article.
Thanks guys - any one who tells you it is easy is either very lucky, a genius, or a liar. You will have to decide which lol
I agree with a few of the comments here mainly that you are fighting against the whole web, where viewing content (most of the time) is free, so if yours stands out then you get the rewards back. However, the amount of time and effort to do this, as you said Mark, is a big task! Thanks for the really great hub.
I love making a living online but you're right - it isn't easy. It isn't necessarily hard either but you do need to give yourself a chance to figure out how to do it and be prepared to put in long hours while you get the hang of things.
You should write a book . Thanks great hub.
Wow an excellent hub about making money online , bookmarked it so i can read it a few times
Great article, well structured, extremely useful content presented in an honest manner. It should be read more than once. Thanks Mark.
It seems the more I read about making money online, it gets more complicated..so many good informations out..lol brain freeze. Bookmarked for future reference, thank you for awesome information.
it has been said again and again and again.. content is the king..
its not...content neednt be the king...it depends on the website
suppose its a social network , content isnt the king there
whatever you prepare website on , its your skill to bring traffic that matters
that alone counts.
@ vinu - sure the content is king there. If it is an English speaking social networking site with a bunch of people who speak atrocious English - guess what? LOL
Too many people do not realize just how much work you have to do to make money online. It is not a matter of opening a hubpage account or starting a blog and raking in the cash. You have to work at it.
Mark,
Thanks for the great information! It is nice to know that there are people out there making money with HubPages!
YOur article give me that "Doh" effect: Just when I thought I had things sorta figured out, there's a whole 'nother side to it that I hadn't considered. Now I just have to apply it! Gracias!
Mark knownles this is small cat I been hubpage for a month I wrote two hubs. Small cat have made a dime you sure make money hub. I do not have website so you say no website you not going to make money on hub. I want ask you this question how hub got write get pay by hub. Iwant ask about link on hubpage how people find your links can search threw google find these link if so how this small cat give comment on this
Nice hub.
I'm a bit tired of the old 'content is king' line too!
Unfortunately I understand none of this techno babble.The easiest way to make money is to invite a rich relative to a very short stay in a Swiss clinic (when it becomes legal).Anyone living outside the U.K. will not understand this money making "idea" which will almost certainly become legal at some stage.
Lets try to make the money. lol
Its takes alot of hard work, but if your willing to put the time in you can be successful. Alot of people want the rewards without the work. Thanks again for your tips. I have read alot of your hubs - great information.
Hi Mark,this is the second hub i have read by you,once again its honest and to the point. I was just wondering if people persist at it,putting the work in, is it likely for them to see some income?
Thanks for this, i sure have learned a thing or two from you, i just will want to ask if there is any site out there that gives like services on backlinks. Thanks
nice article mark. i make money online myself and have tried various business models over the years. Now i only do PPV -> CPA.. it takes me about 40 mins to setup campaigns every day and im making a killing doing this. And best of all i dont have to write a single line of content which suits me because i hate to write. keep up the good work man, i really enjoy your hubs
Thank you, Mark. I enjoyed reading your well-written article. I found it informative, and interesting. I’m going to do a little more research on securing domain names, and the backlinks options, you referenced.
Thanks.This very informative for novice like myself. I have the urge and inclination to blog but lack the technical know-how and insight for it. I have seen a lot of adverts promising blogger to make $5000.00 per month. This appeared too unreal to me. I am not a gambler incidentally, I am skeptical. I appreciate your information in this regard.
I guess the reason that you do so well is because (aside from all the hard work) you write such helpful, excellent articles. As if it's not enough to learn what you teach, we can all learn from the structure, topics, and presentations of your articles. Thanks, Mark!
Over and over I read the same thing.. do this.. do that.. make this... repeat.
If you want to make money you research the customer. On the other end of every transaction whether a click, a sale, or a lead... is a real live human being.
If you understand this... if you figure out how to match their wants to a solution that meets their needs. You make money.
It's never about you and always about them. Most people never figure that out so they never make any real money. It's not about sites and traffic and links... it's about people and matching solutions to needs.
I wish everyone would be upfront with what it really takes to make money online. This is a GREAT hub to help people understand what it really takes. I have been focussing on building an online presence because I want to make money myself. I feel it takes much integrity. Integrity starts with the truth. Thanks again for a great hub.
"Remember - throwaway email address + wants a free sample = lying sack of shit who deserves to have his testicles crushed."
Right about here is where I think I fell in love with you. Or it could have been all your useful links and your incredibly helpful and legitimate advice.
I was about to give up on this whole freelance writing gig... but you've renewed my faith. Thank you. (don't go telling my husband... but I do believe I love you!!)
You could do worse than remember that lol
Very nice points to learn! Each and every point in this Hub is very important for earning real money! Thanks!
Great information you nailed it. I've been making money online but you gave me some more useful ideas and tips thank you for the insight
I think I need to put this on my Favorites, so that I can come back time and time again, just so I don't forget everything you have written. Thank you for posting this, it is something I have certainly learned from, especially since I am still very new to this whole blogging thing, AND trying to make money off of it.
Good stuff. I'm definitely sick of the con bullsh*t out there. I'm even getting business cards in the mail now with websites that end up being a basic wordpress template with a couple of crap pages. I wonder how many people it's actually sucking in?
Great free info very thorough.
I'm new to all of this and this article provided a load of good info for me. I will be reading more of your hubs. Thanks.
Great hub! Thanks!
I agree with it.Doing it in the first time really need determination and require load time invest.Sometimes juggle between spending your time on it, family & work.Anything you saw, surf, survey or explore, please note down as i will be useful for you writing idea and content as well as good information to the readers.
Me, i explore new island, nature, culture and potential resort.Content with photos, video,references or image,proof to be big support and influence to our informative and more interesting contents. You Camera, or mobile digital camera worth as your best buddy where ever you go.
Good stuff! Very informative and helpful. Thanks for this. I'm quite the newbie and will definitely be taking your advice into account. You've found yourself a new fan!
This is a great hub, thanks
Informative hub really useful for new hubbers
Great Advice. I am a novice at blogging, but a failed veteran at making money on the web. I see a lot of upside to blogging and making money
Wao! This is an eye opener to peaple like me.thanks 4 giving me a direction to follow.i ve fallen victim of this (MMO) Syndrome.ñeed ur personal link, forward it to josintex@yahoo.com. Much luv
Are you really making money on hubpages(1,500)? Whats the main reason that you are earning money, can i know that if you dnt mind? Your hubs are great and motivational.
thanks..
Thanks guys -
@ tushar - Yes.
Perhaps if you followed some of the links I have added here and read what I wrote - you would not be asking that question ;)
awesome information...i had paid $60 dollar to one man for opening my google adsense account is it free account or it needs bugs?
Great blog, thanks for your information.
I find it funny how many people think it is a piece of cake to make money online. Well, I suppose it is if you just want a few bucks a month doing the typical "get paid to do surveys" type of work. You have to be honest with yourself as well as your ultimate goals. If you want to make decent money online, you have to put in the work...just like your article states. Great article. I'm sure a lot of people will benefit from it.
Thorough as always.Thanks for the info.
Funny how the people making the most money online are the peoples who sell information about how to make money online!
Remember how in the gold rush gold equipment manufacturers made the most money?
The people that sell you information how to do the best marketing make more then actual marketers that sell a product?
Look at how this article made the most views on hubpages with 90 comments. Look at how I'm writing another comment just because of that. As if people gravitate towards money making tips.
Soon everybody will subscribe to the automated link building services. This will create competition. And who will be the one making the most money? The link building services, not the ones who use the links to get higher ranks and sell products. Sounds alot like the gold rush story doesn't it?
The trick to make money is to sell services that advertise to people how to make money...
Sadly - you are right.
Trust me - I would much prefer if my content was valued solely on it's quality.
I defy almost anyone to write a better article than me on quite a few subjects.
Unfortunately - that is not the case - so - I will only pay top dollar for what I consider to be the best link building services I can find.
This is outstanding information Mark and I am very happy you decided to share it. Going to work right now!
Thank you for pointing out that making money online is not as easy as a lot of people think. What will the future hold? I guess we'll have to wait and see!
Thia is a fantastic hub with great suggestions and eye opening revelations on making money online.
Solid and well done...just like I would expect from a student of Mark and Court. The article may even be longer than Court 5200 word item from 2007!
Honestly, you hit this point dead on. Keyword research is where its at if you want to make money. Its even less about content than it is the research and backlinks. Once you have the research and links so you can get traffic, the content becomes second.
I've read a HUGE number of internet marketers who sound like English is their third language...or maybe fourth. Marketers whose content is filled with spelling errors and missing words. Yet their sites and pages get ranked.
Its all do to the keywords and backlinks.
Wish I had found all this information 5 months ago, when I was first unemployed. I'd be 5 months further along rather than getting scammed by places like Elance and others.
hey
i believe that anyone can make real and a lot of money on internet and this a real fact and many people most have a short of information about that
but there is a lot of them don't know nothing about this and i believe that this article is really really helpful to those new people in this domain
thank you a lot
I have so much to learn and so much more to do, I purchased a Domain, so now I have to set up stuff on it, or.. go to the links you provided for links that can do stuff for me in less time?? I will be re-reading all this information several times, I better bookmark your Hub, too much info for one so novice as myself! Thank you for being someone who actually shares what you know in this area, you are a godsend! :)
I am a complete novice to the internet about six weeks in total,I have spent £50 to date on information on how to make money online, But i will not be spending anymore, I can see very early in my future career of making money online that 99% of people selling infomation on the internet are scammers, Actually the £50 was well worth spending for the information i recieved, As this opened my eyes so early, Now i just have to figure out how the 1% of people are making money online? Is there any truth out there? Really good hub Thanks MP50
When people find out that people who sell information how to make money online make the most money, they will do the same thing. Then that market gets saturated. The better way to make money is then to sell information on how to sell information how to make money online. After this markets gets saturated the next big thing will be providing services to people about how to sell information on how to sell information about providing information about making money on-line... =)
Yes you are right it isn't easy i had my own website for 2 years and it failed i also have another one and that to is not going to well.I tried to come up with something different like you see Myspace and myyearbook and facebook these sites make tons of money like mysace last time i new tom was making 25 million a month with his ads on there so this is what i wanted to try i signed up for ning witch they let you st up a free social network i figured i would try this before i soaked any money into anuthing else i started the social network added movies shopping and more and im planning on adding free prizes witch you don't see myspace or any of them doing this but it is very hard to get people to my site and even when they do they bounce off i only have 96 people total and i have had this going for a year i also put up a advertisement that if people sign up from now till the end of october there will be one lucky winner of $100 dollars cash but still not one sign up.I also try to blog on here but i know im not doing good with that i have to figure out what im doing wrong i know some of my blogs are short and some don't give as much imformation as it should im trying to better myself and get into the kick of hub pages because i like it maybe one day i can be up to 1500 like you but i don't know i do have a question for you since you know alot if you would help me i just one a lawsuit witch is $30,000 dollars and want to get my website booming or something else with some of this i was wonder if you had any ideas if you do i would like to hear them i need all the help i can get but yes i love your hubs very well done i can see now why and how you make so much hopefully i will hear from you thanks
as always - thanks Mark. You hit the mark!
Mark, thanks for sharing your candid views with us. I always enjoy reading your helpful advice. It is a great idea to compare results with fellow hubbers so you see the earning difference. I have written 2 hubs so far. I have studiously followed your writing guidelines, eg, good content, popular topics, keyword searches. Yet both hubs take quite a bit of time to complete. Now I decide to write some lighter stuff, less work and also try to test the market & see what people like to read. Anyway, I love this hub + your 2008 motorcycle guide, they are just unforgetable!
Thanks for your hub and your blog! I have just started on the One-Way-Links just as you recommended and I will see how it goes.
As I am still a student I cannot afford so much money to invest on your other recommendations, but I would love to try them some day.
Lol! Gurus keep saying that content is king, but this is the very first time someone has stressed the importance of the "King" being totally unworthy of the crown without appropriate support from the "Queen" and the "Prince!"
Thanks for the interesting article! :)
hmm, affiliate marketing should be seen as an one-man business. you must work, work and work again. be perseverent or you won't make it!
While you sleep, robotic individuals from India, Romania, US, Canada, Australia are submitting articles and making money.
:(
True enough. :(
mark, these articles are priceless, thanks so much for sharing them here. when I get to the place where I'm bringing in a decent chunk monthly, you're going to be one of the first to thank!
Mark once again you have written one of the best hubs that I have read! Your work hubs have always been out of this world! I have allot of respect for your skills and knowledge on blogging! However the fact that you wrote a bolg to share your secrets shows me that you are a great person!!!
I have booked Marked this hub for future reffrence!
Thank you for providing your insight. It is now bookmarked.
this hub is cool, bcos i have make enough money with this kind of tips
great hub
Thanks Mark & Misha. This is a great overview.
Wow, amazing hub. I'm no longer stumbling in the dark.
Mark, thanks for your hub. One of the best things about reading a good hub like this is being able to also read all the comments attached to it.
I'm one of those who earns a living by working online helping others to build their businesses. My customers have seen success, but it's only been through a lot of hard work and determination.
Thanks for being so open about what's worked for you. I appreciate it.
Wonderful information. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I write travel articles and I wonder if it's a useful niche that will pay.....eventually!
Gee Mark, I am not sure how I could add yet another superlative to all this, but I say this; you have really hit on a motherload-offering information that is HONEST and TRUE.
Personally, I have had my share of disappointments with some of those con men out there, but fortunately I was/am simply too experienced to succumb to their siren calls, but when I first started out, it was really tempting. I am still a newbie, to say the least, but reading your post kind of made my day because not only was it very informative but also it gave me a big relief; just as I had thought, keyword research and backlinking really do work!
Thanks a million Mark!! And keep up the good work!
Yeah i also felt making money online is not very easy, Mostly think so. I work on affiliate marketing and know how much hours i pay for it. Between nice hub, Keep your work up :)
Great post Mark. I just got started here on hubpages after taking the course over at KWA, and you are right it is the best... well great hub, now im off to do some keyword research!
I like the way your brain thinks, makes me feel alive listening to what your thinking, very cool...Keep it up ...PS Now I Know Why I bookmarked your page ;-) ...Hope you are doing well,
I agree, blogging is indeed very lucrative these days. Plus, you can do a ton of stuff with your blogs and be able to monetize it easily. Just find your niche! :)
John
hi Mark Knowles: am reading this to the line, thanks for your help to new hubbers like me, great information...
haha! great hub!
Like anything that is worthwhile in life, MMO takes WORK!
I like doing it in a virtual environment though... makes it feel more like a game than actual work
Great Hub!! so many false dreams are being sold. It really hurts those who are struggling and trying to find a way to bring in a "nice" income. On their last dime, but excited about a new opportunity, they missthe find print and wind up in default with their banks. I get so many stories about this on my blog spot.
The problem with blogging is that there are SO many blogs out there. You're just one in a sea of millions. That's why the marketing portion you mentioned in this hub is so important. It's what separates the good blogs from the bad ones. If you take enough time to do research about keywords and then market for them, you're probably writing great content, and deserve search engine referrals.
Some good points, thanks.
amazing hub. i bought abut three f these programs and they all said it wrong. i had to figure it out my self by mistake
Great advice and resources. Thank you.
Thank you for such an informative hub. My writing on HP has been all over the place as far as topics although I was trying to keep with the theme of being thrifty. Now I know to start some niche blogs and re-examine the keywords in my articles.
I learnt the importance of backlinking from bitter experience. Even with 100 blog posts with basic seo, my two blogs had hardly any traffic due to lack of back link. I guess I miss the meaning of the word "inter" in "internet"
great stuff!! i am very interested in bloggers and how much money they make, keep up the fantastic work you are a real inspiration.
thanx mark
a very nice and helpful hub.
you know i am reading it for the 4th time.i am new here and whenever i want to know anything about earning money online or how to develop hub, this is where i come.
thanx again for such a wonderful hub
I guess you're earning a lot of money online. Nice hub! Thanks
Good content is THE most important thing for any blogger or website manager. Write what the product or service will do for the readers and sell it without sounding like a used car salesman :D Take a look at other blogs that are doing well and see what works.
Great hub! You can apply this to adsense, affiliates, or your own product. Definitely a recommended read.
Thank you so much for this hub! I was really starting to get depressed, but you've buzzed me again. I really love using Hubpages and I'm a member of Blog.com and wordpress. To me this site is less brain damaging to use and once I master this site I will utilize the other two more. Thank you again for the great hub and sharing your knowledge with this newbie.
Mark, great Hub with lots of great information. I have been writing for HubPages for the past 3 years and have been steadily building up my income. I now get a nice side income, but that is all just a side income as we rely on my regular job to pay the bills.
Continuing to write more Hubs will probably enable my income to continue to grow some but, after reading this I am thinking that by using what you are suggesting and working smarter as well as continuing to work hard on this will help me to boost this side income faster.
Thanks for a great Hub and great advice.
Well, I have to scroll a mile down the page before I reached the "Submit a Comment" part, but man, it was worth it! I gotta tell you this is only hub I really spent time reading and will read again. Great, great, great resource for newbies like me. Thanks. man!!!
Like the above person, I only occasionally read through an entire hub of this length, but I've learned quite a bit, and laughed a little too.
It was worth it, and it's perhaps inspired me to carry on with what I'm doing, and start up some more websites and blogs, and even take it more seriously than I all ready am.
Thanks.
My pleasure guys. Glad to be of assistance.
Wow that is a lot of hard work. I just read an another article about how once you get popular online you have to start worrying about hackers and scarmmers, it sounds really annoying. I wish I had the money to invest in backlinking and suich things like that, but I don't so I guess I'm just gunna have to hope thousands of hubbers look at my hubs everyday. Click away guys hahaha
Well making money online is not as straightforward as some may think but if you follow the right steps your efforts will be rewarded
Good stuff thanks for not saying making money online is easy cause I am sick of hearing it I have a website that it took 2 years to make good money at
Can you give a ballpark figure how many hubs you wrote in the first year, month by month, and how many visitors you got, month by month, and even how much money you made... if not a big secret.
Another great hub! Thanks, Mark. You're right. Most writers do not take the time to do keyword research to find out what people are searching for. Instead, they focus on writing about topics that they love -- they're hoping that some people will eventually find their articles and be interested in what they have written. Your hub is a good reminder that marketing is a very important aspect of writing *and* making money online.
Thank you for the great information
Mark, great hub, thanks.
My pleasure guys. zdanev - you are joking - right? There is some information here but I am not going back through 2 years of stats - sorry :)
I believe back links are key also. You can have the greatest content in the world, but if no one finds it you'll never benefit from it.
This was one of them most resourceful hubs I have read so far. This seems like allot of work, but if one wants to be serious about something, you need to go the extra mile.
Thanks once again for an awesome hub Mark!
Well what you said is practically true ! But do you think that any body can make money online. Are there any restrictions or conditions or qualities that a person must have before he/she can make a decent income on the internet?
I believe there is!
Too many to be listed here ; )
Keyword research is a very important factor but having synonyms,misspellings and relative keywords can boost your pageviews that much higher...Which is a profession of its own...
Thanks for your aritcle. It was very informative--especially for us days-old newbies! I appreciated your information very much.
Good advice!
Great !! I've bookmarked this for further viewing..
which works best hubpages, or spending 7 bucks a month on a domain and make your own html website? which one would you think makes you the most money?
Awesome info, Mark. I really like your engaging writing style...like this "Remember - throwaway email address + wants a free sample = lying sack of shit who deserves to have his testicles crushed."
Wow, great content! Yep content is King. There is also a new free way to make money online and share in 70% of the advertising revenue doing what you already do online anyway.
I have provided a link for you to take a look
Hello!
Well, blogging is a real way to earning money online.But you should be prepared that you won't see quick results.
Thanks a lot for all this info. This is great stuff.
I have been trying different stuff and as you say, content is KING. Good content always reflects on income.
If you can please check a related article:
I will be checking out the babies soon.
I have been reading a few of your hub articles on how to make money on Hubpages and I am really excited to have found this site and you in particular. You have some solid advice and written in a style that a total new person like myself can understand. I had no idea the income potential here on Hubpages and you have really opened my eyes. You are a super teacher and I intend to follow your advice. Hopefully the results will be close to the same. Thanks for sharing and caring!
this is one of the most comprehensive hub on the make money online topic. great information. i think that affiliate marketing is the best way to make huge money because we can use other peoples products and we have to only figure out a way to reach the correct audience.
I've only been doing this now for about three weeks. But the thing I have done for myself is I have taken a two-pronged approach. While I'm learning ways to build back links and residual income I also will write for pay per Post cites (Break, Associated Content, Textbrokers). the reason I do this as though I'm interested in the residual income, I also need to balance that with immediate gratification.
Finding your legitimate online business is becoming one of the best ways to earn an extra income. Many moms are turning to this popular alternative in order to bring in a paycheck and spend more time with their children.
Lots of good tips here.
All the great comments are definitely well deserved as this is a terrific hub - so well written - easy to understand for those who are not as experienced yet and also written in such an interesting manner with a wonderful writing style that it keeps the more experienced one's coming back to read it over and over again. You truly have a gift. Awesome! A+++!!!
Yes, I totally agree with you. making money online is very hard. I mean I've been there done that and it's very hard to make money specially if you are a newbie and your not as popular like John Chow or Ewen Chia and other Gurus out there.
I have made my own article about this. And you can visit it here: http://peterpaulcarim.com/what-is-internet-marketi
I changed made a twist with the title though. I name it who Can do Affiliate Marketing instead.
Thanks for this information. Great!
This is great stuff.
I enjoy blogging and writing articles - to make money at it would fantastic!
Great info on this hub - and I've learned a little more from it.
great thank for this informatin..very helpful..thanks a lot
Robert
I am still reading your hubs and learning more than my brain can reasonably compute, however, I am still trying and find your help above my head, but hopeful and I think I can study what you have to say. I sure would like to know some of the secrets to promotion.
Thanks again!
99% of people who try making easy money online will fail, and a large proportion of the 1% that does succeed will do so by selling useless advice to the 99% that failed.
I loved this statement and it is so true. The internet is like the wild west, getting civilized. Vendors are selling snake oil to people, but they are a lot less frequent now but still be on your guard.
Mark,
The value of info on THIS single hub is immeasurable.
For advising what one person needs to make even 'some' money online, your no bullshit approach on this informative hub should be required reading here on HubPages and elsewhere.
The logic you provide is simple.
Good quality content on a niche KNOWN inside out by the writer, backlinks, your own web presence and some spending of money, well, it all makes perfect sense.
Thanks for writing this and I hope new people who are trying to get into the 'game' read this, and then read it again, and THEN study it.
Cheers,
KJ
I really, really enjoyed reading this. This was a very well thought out informative article. And its all true!
I have been blogging for well over a year now so trust me I know, I have fell into the scams before, but not no more. Its nice to see someone very educated shareing this info, this is a must read for new people trying to start writing online or making money online in general.
I have a question...i was trying to use google adsense to make money off my hub..but when i copy their codes into my profile.. you can see the code and not the search engine or ad..is there a special way or place to add the code?please help!!
Great and comprehensive hub. Thank you. voted up and bookmarked as I will need to digest further and apply this.
Phil Miranda here... As a "Stay at Home" Dad, I really appreciate the honesty within this post. I've been marketing online for over 8 yrs. now and I learned the old fashioned way. I've found that after many years of online marketing training and thousands of dollars spent PWS (Premier Wealth Systems) has been the top training program out there. Thanks again for such a GREAT article post.
AMAZING HUB! Unfortunately I only saw after writting mine, that you can here:
http://hubpages.com/hub/About-easy-money-from-mini
It has a different aprroach, but carries a very alike point of view. Your is voted up and useful. ;)
Best of luck!
BTW, you just got another follower! :D
I think the best way is not to think of how to make money blogging on the internet at first. Coz I believe if this thought is always at the back of your mind, then you cannot blog properly, it will be a distraction. For a newbie, setting up the blog up and running is much more important than thinking of monetizing it right away.
Just my two cents.
Very informative hub , but 95 0r 97 % as they say fail trying to make money online .Because They are buying half finish ebook that are slap together by an so call super affiliate that promises and dont deliver. Newbie affiliate marketers need to research , stop falling for get rich schemes and learn to build their business on a solid foundation.
Great information. I am often amazed at home many people try to make money online without doing any work. It takes a great deal of work. But if you are persistent, it will pay off.
thank-you for another informative great hub!
Great
thanks a lot for that ideas
Mark - great tips.
Except.
1) Onewaylinks = bad juju. Simply because they will take ALL those links back if you quit.
So, it's not a backlink - it's a cracklink. You get hooked, and can't stop - because after 2-3 months you have hundreds and hundreds etc. backlinks - why stop?
Poor business model for everyone but Jonathan Leger.
2) Linkvana? There are so many other services out there that will get the job done, such as ArticleRanks, or ezArticleLink, or...SubmitYourArticle...I'm forgetting the others that aren't article-based, but you get the point.
At $147/month - I'd better get a car out of that.
Not that they *don't work* just that there are much cheaper methods.
Such as manually doing your own, or spying your competitors and taking their high ranking PR backlinks to some forum on the far side of the planet, or writing a piece that gets into the hands of the Associated Press and OH MY - your link is now in the LA Times online.
You're in.
Whatever, though - I didn't come here to chide you: your info AND your writing is excellent.
Here's my fave quote:
"write it - there is no money in subjects that have no commercial application. None. You may well have a fascination with cornflakes that resemble famous people’s profiles, but you are going to have a tough time monetizing that subject. It may also be that you own the most popular cornflakes-that-resemble-famous-peoples-profiles blog in the history of blogging, but the three visitors you get every year are not going to spend any money on anything so you are not going to make any money."
Damn near fell out of my chair at that.
LOL Thanks for the comment.
You are wrong on 1waylinks though. The links added remain if you cancel. You must be thinking of 3 way links where you are providing reciprocal linking into the system.
I like linkvana and find them better quality than any other service. They will also wrote the posts for you and as such require almost zero skills.
Very popular topic! And detailed information about making money.
Surprise is that you got 3 page rank on hub page, wow! It's awesome!
Keep up the good work!
To make money online you need traffic. No traffic = No money. IMHO, Hubs and Squidoo lenses are OK for getting some free traffic. So are social networks. But if you want lots of traffic fast you'll probably just have to ante up for it like all the 'big boys' do.
Most people who are just learning how to market online don't want to risk much money on advertising though, and since it takes quite a while to build traffic using only free sources, they soon get discouraged and just give up.
So there's your choice. Spend some cash on Google or Yahoo PPC, buy some banner ads, or build your 'free' traffic and be patient. By the time you get the 'free' traffic, though, your hot new product will probably be obsolete! PPC is the way to go to get maximum exposure quickly, but it costs money, and if you don't know what you're doing you can also lose your shirt!
Making money online isn't always all that easy, or risk free. Still, it can be done.
It is help me as a new member in hubpages.I've joined on hubpages since 3 months ago, and now I still lack of information in making money online. I'll keep reading on your hubs and several others hubbers.
Thanks Mark Knowles
Thanks for this very good article.
Yes Mark you are right.The ways you have described for making money online are still relevant. But since time's changing and traffic is all being directed to social media, dont you think that getting traffic frm those social media would be a great idea. I have invested a lot of money in learning how to work with these social media and get traffic from them. You can view some of my descent reviews on money making programs here.
Bijay Ghimire
blogging about money making products.
Hi Bijay -
Not really, no. Not if you want traffic that converts. And I find that articles and sites that are obviously written by Indian writers are a complete waste of time when attempting to sell anything to English or US visitors.
No offense intended - that is just the way it is. I do not trust Indian sites to do as promised - and neither do most people.
Your blog for example - regurgitated sales pitches from so called "gurus"? I very much doubt you are making any money with it - or driving any social media traffic to it - if you were - you would not be pissing about leaving a link on my page.
Too many people who know nothing of what they are talking about just regurgitating the same tired garbage hoping for a few dollars commission are just diluting the market. You included. There is NOTHING on your site that is original or of any value.
When are you guys going to work out that that will not make you any money? Too many people simply steal content and reproduce other people's work. It doesn't work.
Great hub you have here, one of the best actually I have seen so far, anyways keep em coming.
I agree that writing Hubpages is an excellent way to make some extra money. I also agree that "just regurgitating the same tired garbage" will not make you rich. That said, probably all internet marketers are guilty of that at least to some extent - especially if they are just learning the business.
Wow lots of great info, thanks!
Really interesting hub, will definitely have to check out some of those methods. Voted up!
That was without doubt one of the best articles I've read on making money online in the last year!
Nice and well written hub. :)
I make money mainly from CPA and blogging.
What an excellent hub. I wish I read this hub few months earlier.
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I CANT STOP LAUGHING AT THIS WEBSITE AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE POSTED COMMENTS...STILL LAUGHING...LMAO.
Just took a look around here today, saw an Anthony Morrison "MAKE MILLIONAIRE MONEY ONLINE" infomercial today and obviously I can smell a scam from a mile away so I decided to do some research see what real people are doing to make real money out there and the first thing I came across was this Hub page.
I gotta say I really love the way you set it out and put in such simple terms, no "tom foolery". After reading this I think I've got a chance at making some money in the online game givin' I put as much dedication into it as I possibly can.
I always keep that saying in mind "If it was easy, everyone would be doing it" so it was no surprise to me that you quoted that in this article but even so you made it seem pretty simple and I like it. Great article.
And Tony Wilnut, there's a phrase you should be familiar with. Fail Troll is Fail.
Hey, nice article - I've been visiting John Chows site since before it was popular and quite frankly I think he's way behind most marketers in terms of *actual* marketing, but good at monetizing a blog nonetheless.
I've recently started reading http://www.bombardmarketing.com and I've gotta say, this guy knows his stuff..
Anyways, just my two cents..
Very well written hub!
I wish i have read it earlier. This is going to help me a lot.
Thanks.
Thanks for the hub. DO you have any specifics as to how you are making over 1k a month on here? I would love to hear what you have to say that is very impressive!
This is great information. I tried some of the get-rich quickly programs until I found this Hub article and also one on thatsnonsense.com - http://www.thatsnonsense.com/index.php?location=ma both your article and that one kicked me back to reality. Thanks for the Hub.
Wow, what an amazingly long post. There is quite a few good articles on this subject altogether and I just want to get across that although you may stumble upon useless information there are still sound information to be found such as this and from John Chow dot com as well. Great information thanks so much for sharing.
you have so many good points that I'm not sure where to begin! I am bookmarking this hub to come back to it and read it more thoroughly - Thumbs up - FOR SURE! And thanks!
Great hub I have followed john chow for quite a while he does a really good job teaching people how to make money online. Now for the link building I have not seen the programs you talked about I will have to try them out. Personally I think that link building is one of the hardest parts of being able to make money online perhaps the programs will be helpful thanks for the information.
another good site for making money online is freelancer.com it has a lot of the 2-3$ 500 word columns and the "send me a free sample" but if u filter through that, it is a good site, and it is not just writing it is all aspects of websites, photo design, banner design etc.
You can only make money online if you are determined and hard working.
You must also be very smart.
I've visited several blogs to find informations on how to make money online with some true records. I've found your blog quite useful. I can see that you have made a fine earning and you shared your own experience. This helps me to understand better about to choose the money making programs. Thanks for this useful post. Keep updating with your most recent informations about money making programs.
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Good Hub - Creating money online really comes down to one thing... Being consistent. Unfortunately this is where most people fail. By doing the "right" things day after day you can usually see results within 30 to 90 days.
wow, sometimes i think that i have come to the blogging scene too late! all good resource of info. here! if i could make money from online blogging that would be great! :-) looks like my first word press blog will go up soon! nice read and im certainly going to try out a few of your tricks. many thanks
This was very VERY interesting! I have read a lot of pages on making money online, but you have a way with writing that had me occupied from start to finish. Thanks for sharing all this awesome, honest info!
One of the best hubs I've read in a while, fully detailed... I love it.
It takes action though, most people don't get involved with their business.
excellent resource for anybody who wants to know about making money online.Once a person who jumps onto this bandwagon understands that hard work and perseverance is most vital,i am sure he will make at least a decent amount of money through the IM.
Yes, I would have to agree with divacratus. You have created a foundation for yourself and is sharing your great opinions with us. I have learned useful information from your article. Thank you for sharing.
Hey mithu, I've been trying to start a job working from home but havent had a lot of luck yet. I've come across this website a few times in the last few days. Do you think PrayerMarket.com is a legit website? They allegedly pay you to post videos of prayers, i havent been able to find anyone who has tried them before
Thanks,
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Great Article Mark, I have to say of all i believe there is an incredible potential in hubpages, the only problem is that not many people know how to get the most out of hubpages, I made tons of money in affiliate marketing thanks to hubpages and I am so glad I found this, cannot be compared to any other out there.
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I'm a newbie, trying not to get discourage, I must be persistence and keep working. I appreciate your honesty.
Thanks, Jim
Awesome post Mark! There are various methods to making money online. But the truth is, everybody just needs to find their own niche.
Very detailed and organized. Keep it up!
Awesome article on how to make money online. You explain what's needed to succeed in building a succesfull website and to bring in the traffic.
Not only that, but you know how to write creative content. Easy and very cool to read.
Thanks for the info.
Making money online - well, it seems like dream, until you realize how huger the competition is :D
Amazing article, it is really helpful i saw many articles and their concepts usually are same.
Mark - you ARE the man. I'm doing research for keywords to use in a guest post and found you're number ONE in Google for "making money online," which is NO small feet.
Professionally bowing down to your prowess. I am officially impressed! Well done, sir.
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It isn't easy but if you collect information and do work you will do well. Great article. Hubpages is a great place to earn cash amongst other things like learning and making connections.
This article is wonderful, I am a newbie at this ,I Have managed call centers for the last 10 years and I am tired of going to the office every day! I am trying to see if there is any room for me online were I can make a living sharing my experiences. Your article has been very informative and I will be keeping my eyes open for any additional info in the months to come!
This is definitely a must read for new hubbers. Thanks a million! voted up and bookmarked.
I'm really going to have to bookmark this, there's so much information here. I really wish I'd read this two years ago when I first decided to start trying to make money online with blogging and writing articles. I don't make much and it's been very discouraging if I let myself think about it.
I did make the jump and buy my own domain, but I've never done any keyword research, so I guess that's why it hasn't taken off the way I'd hoped.
Keyword Acadamy and outsourcing backlinks, hm? Outside of paying for my own domain name, I've never spent money on my writing endeavors. If you say this works though, maybe I better try it. I'm tired of getting laughed at when I tell people what I make with my writing haha (see? I'm even laughing at myself)!
I do have a question though, and it will affect my decision on how to proceed. You might lose respect for me over this one (if you had any for me to begin with ;) )-- My first priority right now is raising my kids, but I do usually have an hour or two daily to devote to my internet writing pursuits. Is this enough time to make the investments you suggest pay off? If not, I may just have to continue as I am (though perhaps with some keyword research).
Thanks for the useful article here!
This might just be one of the most useful hubs I've read...thank you for your assertiveness in the beginning, I think a lot of people do believe it will be a breeze. But thank you also for not discouraging us completely. I'm trying currently to see how I make out, I hope I fall in that 1% category! (voted useful and up, thanks!)
Nell - why would I lose respect for you for putting raising your kids as a priority?
Having said that - I would have thought that feeding them was part of that, so - if you are making enough money to do that - why worry?
But - yes - two hours a day should be more than enough to pay for your investment - assuming you learn the lessons properly.
I love the opening few lines of this article! It's amazing how people always think that making money online is easy. I don't know why they do, but it definitely isn't. I guess maybe all the scam artists out there have created that impression from their "Earn $100,000 in 2 days" sales pitches, but this really isn't the case. It's basically just like any other business that you might want to run. You have to work really hard at it to get it to work. There are no shortcuts.
Hi I am new to all of this I really appreciate all of the advice on this site!!! No I am not getting rich quick. That is a common misconception with making money online like everything it takes time,dedication,hard work,and patients!!
for anybody that thinks they cant do it, i made $100 bucks the first month a started !
This hub is jam packed with info! Wish I saw this when I first started out. But it is a good illustration of just how challenging it can be working from home, but if you keep at it, you will succeed! For newbies looking to start in affiliate marketing, I like this guy: http://www.lazywaystomakeoney.com
the info is free......and worth every penny.
Great article I really enjoyed it! :) I see so many people join up to blog and try and quickly make some money only to fail at the first hurdle. I mean they fail to make any money what-so-ever. But I managed to stick it out because I enjoyed it and now my domain has thousands of links to it and its domain age is making giving it great rankings in the search engines! :D
Hi, really nice information. Just a question, maybe to personal but I will ask anyway, how much do you make off of this hub a day?
Also how many backlinks you got? I am setting up my own hub like this and this inspired me.
Great hub! I must say that it is a huge pleasure to see someone actually tell the truth. Making money online IS hard work! Most days it's harder than a "real" job. If only people knew...
Thanks for the mention of niche horde. I'm looking into getting a good keyword research tool, and this might just be the one. As for the folks who take advantange of writers, the best remedy is to protect yourself. Another option is to write a good number of articles, package them properly, and then sell them as PLR material. Make sure the quality is good, and do not offer a refund.
Oh Yes
I love reading your stuff.Thank you for all your information.
always loved reading your hubs and never get bored ....this was a very useful hub ..i hope i will do better now ..
can you please tell if i write a quality content then which can earn well posting it on sites like hubpages or creating my oen site for that content?
Thank you
Thakyou
I always love reading on how to make money on the internet. This one gives me more ideas, Keep your ideas coming. I will surely read your artilcles.To make money ideas is a big help for most newbies.
i make $300 to $400 a week using this program thought i would share with anyone who is interested the URL to this website is moneywitch.com
Nice hub, i want to make money online but i am still very young, can anyone suggest how to become rich at a young age by making money online
Useful hub:D Bookmarking it
wow mark! lol ranked #1 on google for one of the most competitive keywords. This is how you make money online. You have proven that working hard pays off for sure. If your reading this post, remember one important factor to making money online. That one thing is... find your passion and go for it!
You are right,the fact is make money online is not easy and not hard at all, its depend with your efford
Thanks for sharing, even though my main reason for hubbing is not to make money I would still like to expand that aspect of it. Your hub gives some realistic advice.
Great article. I've been conned several times. Many gurus say that it is easy, but I just fail time after time. The Keyword Search is a good tip, something I neglect because I just prefer to write on my own topic rather than doing research first. It pays to research. Thanks for the hub.
Great article, now I know why you have a score of 100.
And luckycharmz I think most of us have been in your situation. There is no magic method, its just true grit and determination.
Wow your emotions have really come through on this one, Mark. I love the advice you gave as well as other methods I was not aware of. I've got to check them out. Voted up. Thanks.
This is not an article...this is a complete course.Greate info for beginners.
Enjoyed reading your contents and thanks for sharing. Keep the motivation coming&
Thanks for nice tips, I am not success to find any sinciar website for earning yet since long I think 99% money making websites are totally SCAME!
Very complete article. With so much hype out there is nice to see information detailing the process of selecting a niche, keyword research, web hosting and getting backlinks to drive people to your website.
Nice work Mark.
I agree about newbies not spending money online to make money online. There is so much free stuff out there, like Hubpages, Google sites, Google keyword tool, etc.
After they have built some experience and made a few bucks they can move up to the pro stuff.
Does Google need to do more to tackle the scammers?
Great article Mark!
This really opened my eyes about the potential of this site, and really appreciate your work.
wow...very good article..you explain clearly....you woke me up from sleeping...never read article like this before...very honest.
Sometimes I wonder how some of those Internet Marketers can sleep at night. How can you live with yourself knowing that you're constantly robbing desperate people out of their money?
Thanks Mark for this wonderful write up! Nice to see honest people telling it like it is!
Thanks for a highly informative article and very useful advice. You have drummed the following into my head: keyword research, quality content and backlinking.
And I am so glad you mentioned this: "A lot of employers consider a copywriter [...] Do not be too shocked to discover that there are employers looking for writers to write 500 word articles and want to pay $2-3. Ignore those people."
I have noticed this trend lately - there are truly a lot of scam artists out there.
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Your an excellent teacher. This is probably one of the most useful hubs I've seen on this subject, and best of all, it wasn't just generic information that has been used over and over again. Thank you for your time in producing this.
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I love, love, love this hub! Very useful info for someone starting out like me. I am trying to learn all I can since I am disabled and need to do something from home now. Thanks!!
Great article. The only problem I see is the marketing end of things. This can be extremely expensive unless you know what you are doing. I work for free to help people who are willing to put in some time to help them make money online. If anyone is interested email me @ jack@freemoneyproducer.com.
I'm the only person I know in real life making money online. I tell people about it, and they look at me like I'm speaking a foreign language. Nice Hub :)
The first good advice in months of banging my head against a wall Thank You.The only advice I can give is research the heck out of everything.
fantastic hub, had all the information i was after. and a great writing style, had me chuckling.
Making money on the Internet is harder now than ever. Google is more strict to rank sites, sites deletes your content (Hubpages.com and wordpress.com deleted 2 blogs of mine that were really content content), sites put nofollow, FTC enforces full disclosure, hackers crack more passwords than ever and finally your Adsense and Paypal account could be shut down at any time...
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This is a really good post. Must admit that you are amongst the best blog I have read. Thanks for posting this informative article.
I can tell anyone new to this, it is hard work. I followed internet marketers around the web for a few years (just read their blogs-didn't buy anything), learned to lingo and then spend another few years learning. Everything changes, you have to stay relevant too. It is hard work, if I had a full time job, I would not even attempt it. I am retired, so now I can devote all day, and it does take all day for me because I am still learning and have to research how to do eveything. I got taken for a clickbank ride twice, and Mark is right. SAVE your money! Thank you for the most infomative honest post.
Someone else pointed me to you and I'm glad that they did because I will be putting your advice to work very soon. Thanks for your informative post.
Lissie Level 1 Commenter 2 years ago
Darn it takes lots of work - you mean like running a business - I've been conned! Wheres the refund - I was promised millions while I slept - do you think it was a con? Will I get my $1997.97 back? LOL