How to Make Money on the Internet

Table of Contents
Internet Cash Machine Are You Ready? Ebooks, Affiliates and Blogs Article !irectories Internet Marketing Ebay %ho is Craig and %hy !oes &e &a'e a (ist? Conclusion " # $ ) *+ 3 4

Internet Cash Machine

You ,ay ha'e heard of -eo-le ,aking a great deal of ,oney off of the Internet and .ondered if it .as true/ It0s true/ You can actually turn your co,-uter into a cash ,achine and start ,aking ,oney on a nu,ber of online 'entures and you can do it .ith little or no u-front in'est,ent/ 1he Internet has s-a.ned countless ,illionaires, it has hel-ed stay2at2ho,e ,o,s bring in a little e3tra cash for their households, s-routed nu,erous .ebsites -ro,oting e'erything under the sun and it0s ,ade -eo-le fa,ous and rich at the sa,e ti,e/ 1here are so ,any .ays to ,ake an online inco,e, and I0, going to share so,e of the, .ith you here in the follo.ing -ages/ If you follo. the ti-s in this book, there0s no .ay to 451 ,ake so,e ,oney/ You can .rite eBooks, .rite articles and ha'e the, distributed, you can blog, you can sell things on eBay, you can beco,e an affiliate ,arketer, an Internet Marketer or sell things on Craigslist/ It0s all there for the taking, so ste- u- and get your slice of the Internet -ie/

Are You Ready?

1here are so,e things you need to do before you 6u,- right into ,aking ,oney online/ 7irst, you ,ust decide 6ust .hat it is that you .ant to do/ 1ake a look at .here your strengths lie, .hat you0re interested in, .hat talents you ha'e and .hat you can do .ith the,/ their hobbies/ You0ll need a co,-uter, Internet access, and the ability to take -ay,ents online fro, a ser'ice such as 8ay-al or credit cards/ You0ll need a .ebsite, so you should look for chea- do,ains to -urchase that .ill host your Internet 'enture, if that0s the direction you0re going to take your business/ 1here are .ays to ,ake ,oney online .ithout o.ning a .ebsite and I0ll talk ,ore about those later/ 8eo-le .ho ,ake a good li'ing off of the Internet generally do so because they use their gifts, their talents and e'en

Ebooks, Affiliates and Blogs

An eBook is short for Electronic Book, it0s created on a co,-uter and sold digitally to custo,ers/ You0re reading one right no.9 It does not -ass through editors and -ublishers .ho all take a -ortion of the -rofits fro, the author/ If you can .rite and are an e3-ert on so,ething, you can .rite an eBook and sell it online/ An Ebook has distinct ad'antages o'er a regular book in that you can -lace hy-erlinks into an eBook that .ill direct custo,ers to .ebsites .here you ,ay be selling -roducts relating to that -articular eBook/ In this .ay you ,ake ,oney once on your eBook sale and then again .hen your custo,ers -ay you a 'isit on your .ebsite/ You can -lace Affiliate (inks in your book/ An Affiliate link is .here your custo,er clicks and is taken to a -lace like A,a:on or another .ebsite selling -roducts/ %hen they -urchase -roducts fro, these links, you the author, are gi'en a -ortion of the sale/ If you en6oy .riting, you ,ay .ish to try your hand at .riting a blog/ 1he sub6ect can be anything of interest to you, and you can -lace ads targeted to your audience on your blog/ %hen ite,s are bought by your readers through those links, you ,ake ,oney/ ;a2ching9

Article Directories and E ines

If you can .rite, you can ,ake ,oney online/ (et0s say you en6oy raising -yg,y goats/ You0re an e3-ert on -yg,y goats/ You kno. ho. to breed the,, .hat they eat, ho. to handle their health issues and 6ust .here to tickle the, to ,ake the, giggle/ You are 1he 8yg,y <oat %his-erer/ %rite articles about -yg,y goats and sub,it the, to an article directory like Article !ashboard, or an E:ine/ %ithin your article on 8yg,y <oat 4utrition, you can insert hy-erlinks to your .eb-age .here you sell All 4atural 8yg,y <oat 7ood/ 8eo-le co,e to the article directory searching for -ieces to -lace on their .ebsites/ =o,eone chooses your article and it0s s-read to all the 'isitors to that -articular .ebsite/ 8eo-le begin to 'isit your .ebsite and start buying the things you ha'e to sell/ 1hey sign u- for your free 8yg,y <oat 4e.sletter, and 6oin your 8yg,y <oat (o'ers Me,bershi- grou-, at a -rice of course/ You are ,aking ,oney 'arious .ays and it all started because you lo'e -yg,y goats and you .rote an article about it/ Your ,arketing goes on and on as long as your article is a'ailable on the directory/

Internet Marketing
1here are nu,erous .ays to ,ake ,oney through Internet Marketing/ %hat you0re going to need is a -roduct to sell, .hether it be a -hysical -roduct or a digital -roduct of infor,ation/ (et0s say you create garden gno,es, in all sha-es and colors/ =o,e are ha--y so,e are sad and a fe. are 6ust -lain cree-y looking/ 4o. you .ant to ,ake ,oney off your gno,es/ You .ill need to ,arket the,/ You0ll need a .ebsite, a sales -age, -ictures of your gno,e in'entory and your -rices/ =etting u- a do,ain, an account .ith -ay-al and then ad'ertising your .ares in 'arious -laces is all .ell and good, but .hat if no one co,es to 'isit your site? You ha'e no traffic/ You need traffic/ Market yourself/ 8ut your na,e out there as 1&E -erson to see for garden gno,es/ 8ut in key.ords, the .ords that search engines look for -eo-le are searching for things online, all through your .ebsite/ >isit other sites that are garden gno,e related/ 1rade links .ith the,, foster a relationshi- in gno,e foru,s and brand your na,e/ Make sure that .hen you -ost, your signature has a link to your .ebsite in it/ Ad'ertise through <oogle or other .eb -ages/ Bring in the custo,ers/

Ebay
Yes >irginia, there is a s-ecial -lace called eBay, .here all the used clothing, the Barry Manilo. cd0s -eo-le got tired of, recycled .edding go.ns, eBooks on ho. to get gu, out of your hair and all the odd toys fro, the island of ,isfit toys co,e to be sold at auction to the highest bidder??and -eo-le are ,aking a killing there/ If you ha'e so,ething you .ould like to sell, so,ething you don0t need any longer, you can -ut it u- for sale on Ebay/ =et u- a free account, bro.se the categories0 they offer to get an idea of .hat0s for sale and then either buy so,ething or -ut so,ething u- for sale yourself/ 7or a s,all fee, you can add -ictures to your listing and create your o.n sales -age to bring in custo,ers/ If you ha'e a large in'entory of things, like@oh, say garden gno,es .ith -yg,y goat co,-anions, you can ha'e an online eBay store to sell your stock of the little critters/ You can custo,i:e your auctions for three days or an entire .eek, de-ending u-on ho. ,uch e3-osure you .ant and ho. fast you0d like it to go/ =et a reser'e -rice for your -roduct, so that so,eone can si,-ly -ay that -rice, end the auction and go ho,e .ith your -roduct/ Ebay is an e3cellent .ay to ,ake ,oney online/

!ho is Craig and !hy does "e ha#e a $ist?

5nce u-on a ti,e a young ,an li'ing in the =an 7rancisco area had a co,-uter/ &is na,e .as Craig 4e.,ark and he started -osting things about cool things going on around to.n/ Its -o-ularity gre. in lea-s and bounds, so Craig had to get a (istser'er ,a6ordo,o, .hich reAuired a na,e/ &e .anted to call his list Bsf2e'ents0 but .as -ersuaded to call it Craigslist, since that is essentially .hat it .as at the ti,e/ (ater, -eo-le started adding other things to the list, like a-art,ents for rent and garage sale ite,s/ Craigslist is in e'ery state and in ,ost countries and it0s beco,e a great .ay to sell things and ser'ices to -eo-le/ If you ha'e bunk beds that your children ha'e outgro.n, -ost the, on Craigslist and .atch the buyers co,e in dro'es/ 8eo-le are al.ays searching for great deals and there are tons of -roducts -riced Auite reasonably there/ =o,e -eo-le scour garage sales in their neighborhoods, -urchasing bargains and then reselling the, for a -rofit/ Craigslist is another great .ay to ,ake ,oney online/

Conclusion
1he Internet has an a,a:ing 'ariety of -ossibilities fro, .hich to -rofit/ If you ha'e the desire to beco,e the ne3t Internet billionaire then you0d better get busy/ 1here truly are no get rich Auick sche,es that .ork, although thousands of s-a,,ers .ill do their 'ery best to con'ince you other.ise and -ressure you to -urchase their -rogra,s to ,ake si3 figures in t.o days or less9 A'oid the hy-e and the hucksters/ 1ake your ti,e to learn the ro-es/ =tudy your o-tions and see .hich Internet business is for you, then -ut all your energy behind it/ 8erse'ere, if you get knocked do.n, get right back u-/ (earn fro, those .ho ha'e ,ore e3-erience than you do/ Coin foru,s .here ebusiness is discussed/ =tudy .hat has ,ade the, successful Internet Entre-reneurs and .hat ,istakes they0'e ,ade so you don0t ha'e to ,ake those sa,e ones/ Yes, you can turn your co,-uter into a cash ,achine/ You 6ust need to kno. the right buttons to -ush/

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