Monday, June 15, 2009

How Do I Start To Make Money Online?

By Xpat O. Finkunster

Thinking about trying to make money online? Don't know the first thing about it? Worry no more! It's easy to learn about making money online and we discuss a few ideas in this article.

The real joy of making money online is you can do it anywhere in the world that you can get a connection to the internet. There are old people in India making money online right now with nothing more than an old computer and dial up internet. There are people sitting on their balcony in Hawaii using a wireless internet connection to make money and live a dream lifestyle. Could this be you?

To make money online you need 3 things.

1. A website or blog that is set up to make money

2. An autoresponder for follow up.

3. Traffic to both.

Today setting up a blog with WordPress is a very easy way to get started making money online. Your blog is your website and you can add pages to it in a matter of minutes. All you have to do is type. The blogging software builds the pages for you.

You need a quality hosting company for your blog, you need a domain name which should include the keywords to describe what you do, and you need to choose a WordPress blog to use. Setting up WordPress from there is very simple if you can read and follow instructions.

An autoresponder is the way you follow up by email automatically. By placing a simple short form on your blog, you can capture a person's name and email address. For instance, you offer something like a free report that relates to the theme of your website.

You give your visitor access to the free report in exchange for them giving you their name and email address. Now you can follow up with them over and over for years to come. This is called building a list and is a very valuable tool to use to make money on the internet.

Getting traffic to your blog is the hardest part and takes an ongoing effort. This is true of any business and it certainly is true here as well. The more free, and nearly free types of traffic you can create the better off you will be in the long run.

You will have to master blogging, article marketing, forum marketing, social marketing, and other types of free advertising. With money to spend you can go ahead and start a pay per click advertising campaign and get traffic right away, however, this can be costly.

As you can see the problem of making money online is a common one. Hopefully these ideas will help you get started and allow you to make money online from the comfort of your own home.

Summary: If you've been thinking about trying to make money online do not to worry. It's easy to learn about making money online and we discuss a few ideas in this article.

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