A freelance writer was recently recommended to me by a mutual friend. The writer is looking for some side-jobs to supplement his day job. I'm not looking for any writers with this person's area of expertise but I do have a simple plan to help him out.
This article is called "Three Steps To Making Money OnLine" for a reason.
Here's the three steps...
1) This site was built using TypePad. A similar site can be created for $4.95 a month at www.typepad.com You can even find free software at www.blogger.com and free hosting too. It has ads on the site that you don't have any control over which I don't care for so I opted to pay at TypePad instead.
2) Once the website has been set up, create a Mailing List at http://groups.yahoo.com/ for free, or if you want one with no advertising in it, use the ones at www.aweber.com instead. The email list is THE KEY to making a website profitable because it helps bring readers back to the site over and over, increasing traffic expotentially. (See this post for more on this topic)
3) To turn this site into a revenue generator, either sell advertising on it, or place Google Ads related to the topic on the site. Take a quick tour here... https://www.google.com/adsense for more info on how AdSense works.
For Example: The ads on the right side of this page... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pocket+pc could appear on a website about Pocket PC's and when a reader clicks through one of the ads, the site owner would make a percentage of the revenue that Google collects for sending the customer to the advertisers website.
Don't dismiss AdSense as an income source! There are many people that make over $1,000/mo just from AdSense revenue sharing on their websites. Some people make over $10,000 / mo doing this! I recommend the book The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense
This is a simple 3-Step Approach and it will work provided the content is worth reading and the site owner works at building his readership up. For a more complex plan with even higher income potential, stay tuned for "The Apprentice" - an in-depth look at how to make money on the web for the beginner.
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