Join a Freelancing Site

A good way to find clients to write fore is to join one (or more) freelance sites out there and start as a freelance writer. Most of them have a large list of writing jobs or associated work such as copy-editing or translating on their site. But remember only submit bids on subjects you’re interested in and don’t take to much jobs at once, so you can always provide the best service to the clients you’re writing for. (Clients that love your work will build your status on these sites and their good feedback will influence how many bids you’ll win in the long run!)

Portfolio Blog

This one is a must for every freelancer that wants to make money online, a portfolio blog. A portfolio blog is nothing more than a blog with some of your best work on it. Write some articles (use subjects that you know well and want writing gigs in) and post them. You have to make sure that these are unique good articles and not just some pieces you have lying around. These articles must reflect your work, so potential clients can see your writing style and potential. Link to your portfolio site whenever you can. (And please, don’t forget to place up to date contact information on your site.)

Build a Network

To get a steady stream of writing jobs, it is very important to network (or to build a network.) You can use professional networking sites such as Linked-In to keep in touch with you network. Make sure your profile (CV) is up to date at all times. Also keep in touch with old clients and/or colleagues.

Make Guest Posts

Another good way to get potential prospects and build a network is to write guest blog posts. Make sure that the guest blog subject is a subject you are comfortable writing about. Always provide a short bio at the end of the post with a link back to your portfolio blog. These way potential clients can contact you if they want.

These are just some easy ways to start your online writing career and to start making money online. (And don’t forget to create multiple stream of income!)

If you know of some additional ways to start out as a writer than don’t hesitate and leave a comment below!

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How to Make Money Online Writing

What is an affiliate program?
Let’s first look at what affiliate programs are. Many companies which sell products online provide an affiliate program. For them it’s a simple and cheap way to advertise their products. If you sign up for a companies affiliate program the company will give you a special link to their products (or landing page) and in most cases some promotional material, such as banners, graphics and sales text (some provide a complete page, just cut/paste and you’re done).

You then build your own page on for instance your website/blog and place the special links on that page. Now if someone clicks on the link and buy a product from the company you earn a sales commission, thus you make money online.

(Note: with the special link I mean nothing more than a HTML link to a landing page. In most cases the link is tacked with a label so the people that run the affiliate program can see from where the user came. They need to know this, because they need to know who to pay.)

Know that you know what affiliate programs are, let’s look at the ‘why’ you should choose affiliate programs as a way to make money online with.

Almost No Cost
In almost all cases you can join a affiliate program for free (and I would even say that you should avoid programs where you have to pay money for. You want to make money not paying money, right?)

And there are more reasons why it’s cheaper than starting your own business online:

• No expenses to manufacture products you want to sell.
• Almost know administration hassle.
• If some program doesn’t make enough money you move on to the next affiliate program.
• After the initial setup, you can add more affiliate programs to your site. (More change to make a sale.)
• No product storage or shipping products.

And the list can go on and on.

In most cases the only thing you pay is your time. (Time to setup the page and time to promote.)

As you can see it’s much cheaper to use affiliate programs to make money online with than starting your own business. The only thing you have to do is to choose one of the different types of affiliate programs that is right for your website/blog and your on your way!

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Affiliate Programs to Make Money Online

There are a lot of ways to make some extra money for Xmas:

1 – If you have good penmanship or you know calligraphy then setup shop by handwriting addresses on envelopes for older adults. You can make an extra buck and it can also be a thankful job.

2 – A lot of people need help before the holiday’s because it can be a busy time. Put in ad in the local paper for people that need an “personal assistant” for the weeks before Christmas. A lot of people need help with shopping and wrapping.

3 – Xmas contest! Yes, you here it right. A lot of shop, businesses and website have Xmas contests. With minimum effort (most of the time) you can win a nice sum or prices.

4 – You can offer to help with Holiday decorations for homes and offices.

5 – Offer a Christmas light installing and uninstalling service.

6 – If your are handy you can make and sell warm Snuggle blankets.

7 – If your handy in the kitchen offer your catering service for all those Xmas business parties or holiday dinners.

8 – Another on for all the cooks out there is to bake Holiday cakes, pies and cookies that you sell on local markets.

9 – Offer a baby sitting service so other people can quietly do there holiday shopping.

10 - Make your specialty arts and crafts to sell.

11 - Start a clean-up service for after Holiday parties and events.

12 – If your good at painting, offer to paint Christmas and Holiday themes on business windows.

13 - Offer a Gift Buying Service (for those who can’t get out and do Christmas Shopping.)

14 - Offer a gift-wrapping service. (Maybe with a local delivery service.)

As you can see there are a lot of ways to make some extra Christmas money. The key is to start now, because before you know it Xmas and Santa are here.

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Ways to Make Money for Christmas Time

1 Santa or an elf

Yep, we start with obvious one, because you can make a lot of money dressing up as a Santa or one of his little helpers. Especially if you can play Santa with a twist. These not so formal Santa Clauses do very well on Businesses Christmas parties or in nightclubs. For those who are still in college, form a group, the ladies dress-up “hot” elves and the boys play Santa or a reindeer. These sort of groups do especially well in nightclubs!

2 Seasonal Postman

Around Christmas the people of the postal service are extremely busy. That’s way they usually hire seasonal workers, for instance as a mail sorter. Also many other businesses need an extra hand to deliver all kinds of things. Look around there loads of Xmas seasonal jobs in the delivery business. Delivering catalogs from clothing store or brochures from shops that sell Christmas things. (Do watch out for companies that ask for cash deposits upfront, as they’re likely to be scams. You are trying to make money, not spend money, be careful in your choices.)

3 Shop Work

Working in one of the many retail stores is a great way to make some money on the side at Christmas. Many of the stores, particularly department stores, need an extra helping hand to deal with the seasonal rush. Watch for the many ads in the papers of stores that are trying to find someone for Christmas or New Year. You can make some good money and you’re probably get staff discount, so you also save money on your Christmas spending.

4 Bar Work

Also bars tend to hire extra staff to do bar work. If you are willing to work on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve you can usually make double the usual hourly rate. You need to apply now because these jobs tend to go pretty quickly.

These are just some ideas to make a extra buck this Christmas instead of spending a lot of money or sitting on the couch.

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Instead of Hanging on Couch Make Some Money this Christmas

Selling Private Ads

There are multiple types of ads that you can sell on your blog, such as banner ads, text links, sponsored reviews and so on. Selling your own ads can be very lucrative, because there is no middle man that takes a commission, leaving you more money!

In the beginning it can take some time and effort to get advertisers, but the more popular your blog becomes the easier it gets.

If your blog is already popular, then all you have to do is to write a post/page on your blog saying that you are looking for advertisers and they will contact you. Another great way is to simply add those 120×120 ad blocks in your sidebar and the advertisers will sign up, making you money online.

Paid to Blog

Paid to blog is another popular way that people use to make a buck with their blog. After you have established your blog (including content) you sign up with a few paid blogging networks like Pay Per Post or Review Me. These blogging networks are filled with advertisers looking for bloggers who can help them to spread the word about their product. They will pay you a fixed price per post ($1 up to $500.) You simple accept an offer that they make and write about the topic that they want and post it on you own blog.

Pay Per Click Program

In most cases this method is used, because it’s the easiest one. Everybody knows the pay per click program Google Ad-sense. There are many PPC programs to choose from, but Google is still paying well compared to the others.

Selling own Products

An other method to make money online from your blog is to sell a product or service. You can think of things like ebooks, t-shirts or all kinds of information. For instance; a programming tutorials blog that is selling video-tutorials to members (in other words a membership blog). These are just some examples, but whatever topic your blog is about there is a product or service that compliment the subject and that is right for you to sell on your blog to make money online!

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Make Money Online Blogging

Promotional Material

Before you can start you need to have or make some promotional material that you can use to promote a specific product/service or site. What type of promotional material? It all depends on what you are trying to promote, but it can be everything from an article, ebook, video, coupons, Photo, iPods (to give away) or whatever you think that will be of value to the potential customer. With this material you promote your product/service to eventually make money online.

Social Networks

What is the better place to promote than social networks where million of people are present relating to any topic available? Social media networks like MySpace, face-book and twitter are a goldmine when it comes to promoting your site, product or service. Of course it takes some time at start-up to build a list of potential customers (read followers or friends), but after a while you will have build a list and you can start your promotion campaign.

Blogging

It has been said many time before, by us and other people, but starting a blog is a great way to promote a product or service. You can for instance write articles about “how to best use the service” or “Why the product will change their lives” and so on. Of course you can use the blog to build an email list and to sell of your products. Another great thing of a blog is that people can leave comments so you have instant feedback about your product or service. Which in turn can be used to develop new product or to improve the old products.

Ad Space

If you have the money for a large television commercial campaign to promote your product than you should do so, but most internet entrepreneurs don’t have the funding. An internet ad campaign is much cheaper and it can as be effective as a TV ad campaign. Of course everybody knows Google Adwords/Adsense to promote site and products. Another good way is to buy ad space on specific sites that are in the same niche. Lately you see those small square ads on blogs more and more. (and the best thing is that they are often cheap for the traffic they generate.)

Email Lists

We already mention this one in the blog paragraph, but it is that important to give it a paragraph of its own. You should always try to collect email addresses on your site or blog. With these email lists you can send promotional materials about your products or services that you are trying to sell online. Sending out email is cheap and easy to do. Depending on the list it can also be very profitable. Make sure that you create lists for each type of product, because people will opt-out if they are not interested in the subject. With a good and responsive email list you can make a lot of money online.

This are just a few promotional tools you can use to promote your product. Some work better than others, it’s just a matter of testing and trying what will work best for your product or service. But if you use them right you’ll make money online.

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Different Types of Promotional Methods to Make Money Online

Aiming for more sales

In the marketing world they know that most of the people are just browsers and not buyers that are looking for a specific product. This is why they use incentive techniques, such as first time buyers get free shipping or first time buyers get…(you get the idea.)

The aim for them is to increase the chance that people will buy a specific product (even if they are just passing through. They try to make the offer so good that people start thinking; “I can’t leave this bargain” or “that is cheap, I bookmark the page for later and come back later.” This technique of incentivizing is the oldest trick in the book.

Below you will find some simple things you can do to help enhance your sales from people that are just passing through:

1. Having a very good landing page is a must.
2. Use photos in the landing page (not just text)
3. Try to use some testimonials (this proves that people bought from you.)
4. Entice them with a great offer. Things like: price cuts, free coupons or “buy 2 and get one free.” You get the idea.
5. Offer a free sample or demo of the product.
6. Showcase reputable badges, such as for instance “verified Paypal merchant badge.”
7. Offer a newsletter so that they can get in touch with the latest news on your product.
8. Be a reputable seller (your reputation and your word are essential.) So if you offer a money back guarantee than keep your word!
9. Try to enhance sales with exit pop-ups, but don’t overdo it.
10. Add good and enough information (articles) about the product.
11. If a reputable (big) brand has written a product review than mention this (with or without a link to the article.)
12. Try to persuade them, don’t just give a Paypal button.
13. Tell them why it is better to buy from you than from a competitor.
14. Show previous accomplishments. For instance if you are graphic artist then show your portfolio.
15. Add easy to find contact information and most important respond in a timely manner if a potential customer has a question. (Otherwise you will lose the potential customers interest.) This is a problem of many small businesses.

These are some guidelines to follow when you are just making your landing page to promote your product. Try to experiment with several different landing pages, find out what works best for your product and target audience.

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How to Turn Passing Through Traffic Into Customers

Get our business models e-book for free. It contains other internet business models that you can use to make money online with!

1. Content to Sell

A lot of people are in need of fresh content on a regular basis. So if you can provide this content for a membership site fee then you’re in business. Some examples:

• A site that delivers fresh PLR articles (in limited edition form if possible.)
• Graphics for websites, games and printed press.
• Music or sound samples for all manner of projects.

This type of membership site may tend to generate a high turnover of paying members, because a lot of people lose interest in their “hobby” after a while. The good thing is that if some people are losing interest, there are already others to take the place of the once that have cancelled their subscription. Another great thing of this kind of model is that your site becomes more and more valuable over time, because of the products you keep adding. It’s a good model to make money online with.

2. Offer Cutting Edge Information

There are some industries that constantly change. Take for instance the internet marketing industry or Search Engine Optimization (SEO) industry. If you can offer your members cutting edge information than people are willing to pay a lot of money month after month. Of course it is imperative that you know your industry, that you are accurate and that you constantly keep learning yourself. (You have to do this to make new content for your users.) You can make a lot of money online if you can deliver what the people are searching for and if you can give them an edge on the competition with your information. Some examples:

• Internet Marketing and SEO
• Financial information, such as investing strategies.
• Technology related such as computer programming tutorials or digital photography courses.
• Business related.

3. Teaching a Skill

People are always looking for information and new things to learn online. And the good thing is they are willing to pay for it as long as the information is good. For instance there are a lot of people that like to learn a skill by example. A good thing is that there are a lot of skills that can be taught in project or course form. (Also think of using video in your course.) Some examples:

• Art related – like painting, pottery or drawing.
• Cooking – creating good meals or how to create cheap meals.
• Computer Programming – game projects for example.
• Flower Arranging – for weddings, birthdays, etc.
• Handyman – things to do yourself around the house.

A good thing of this type of membership website, besides making money online, is that many industries have an unlimited number of projects that you could create to serve to your members. And new fresh content will keep your members happy.

4. Matching Services

People are always searching for the one true love or for just someone to hang with. More and more people use the internet to meet other people and to make that first initial contact. A dating service is one of the matching services you can setup. But there are a lot of other matching services you could setup to bring two people (or groups) together. Some example:

• Friendship service.
• Buyers and Sellers like eBay.
• Recruitment Agencies to match employees to employers.
• Hobby related.

There are a lot of ways to generate income from these types of sites. For instance for a monthly fee, on commission basis or for a finders fee. Another good thing is that people generate the content.

5. Tools and Services

With advances in web development technology and the fast access (broadband) to the internet that people have these days, more and more tools or services become web-based (for instance think of the Google apps or Microsoft announcement of a web-based office version.) So if you can create (or hire a programmer to do the work for you) a tool/service that provides a valuable service to people than you can charge a fee for the use. Some example:

• A searchable database for online games.
• A calorie database with a food planning element.
• Time management tool or task management tool
• Internet Marketing tool or service

6. Ask an Expert

The last membership site model to make money online with is the expert site model. For certain topics people like to have a coach or mentor to ask questions and to reflect ideas to. So if you are an expert in a certain field then this model is for you. This is a great way to convert your expert knowledge in to cash. Don’t only answer question, but try to build a community around the subject, with you as the expert in the center.

Any Others?

The membership website is a good model to make money online with. We have given you some examples, but I’m sure that there are lots more ideas that I haven’t thought of. Can you think of any? Then please leave a comment below.

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Six Membership Site and Services Models

The business model keyword marketing is an simple concept. You build a website around a specific topic (read keyword) and then you try to rank on it in the search engines (like for instance Google.) A keyword topic for instance could be “make money online”.

To make money online with keyword marketing you can follow the steps below:

1. A Domain and Hosting Service

Before you can put a website online you need a hosting service and domain name. A good hosting service is easy to find, just do a quick Google search. (Remember try to get the hosting service as cheap as possible.)

Finding a good domain name that reflect the keyword (topic) you want to use, is a little harder, but still doable. Remember that you choose a name with the keywords in them.

2. Website Design

The second step that you have to do is to install WordPress or Joomla on you domain. In most cases this can be done in just a few steps.

After that you need to find a theme that goes well with your keywords. Or if you are technical you can create your own theme. (If that doesn’t work you can always buy one. Sometimes you need to spend some money to make money online.)

3. Write 50 Articles

Come up with 50 article topics that says something about your website topic and keywords. Of course you can get more than 50 to start with, but for the first two months 50 should be enough.

After you have the 50 topics you should write the articles and these articles should be at least 40 words long. (If you can’t write yourself you can always hire a freelance writer, but try to avoid it if possible. We want to make money online not spend money online.)

You should try to post your articles two or three times a week.

4. Ads and Affiliate Programs

After you have written all your articles you should sign-up for ad programs like for instance Google Ad-sense. Or you can choose to go the affiliate way by signing up by one of these money makers(Read the post an “introduction to different types of affiliate programs” for more info.)

You get money when someone clicks on an ad link or if someone buys something from an affiliate link to a product you promote. So the more traffic, the more change that someone will click a link. More traffic equals making money online.

5. Link Building

The most traffic for most websites comes from the Google Search Engine. These visitors are in search of information and these visitors are more likely to click ads, buy products and earn you money.

To get Google traffic to you site you need as much links from websites to you site. You can do this by guest post on other peoples blogs/websites or by article marketing. Try to get at least 5 links per day for a couple of weeks that use your keywords in the link. After a while you should rank well for the keywords and get traffic to your blog/website.

Note: it is nice if you can rank number 1 for a keyword(s), but it is not always necessary to get good traffic. Ranking in the top 25 is already good enough (and sometimes already hard enough to do.)

6. Repeat the Money Making Steps

The last thing that you need to do is repeating steps 1 to 5 for a different keyword. The more sites you can create (and that are ranking well) the more money you can make online.

Conclusion

It sometimes not easy to make money online, but with enough will power and discipline it can be done. So give keyword marketing a go and let us know if you make a good income after a while.

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Keyword Marketing to Make Money Online

1. Small Overhead

The top reason why affiliate marketing is a good way to make money online is because of the small overhead. There is no need to spend tons of money on overhead. The only thing you’ll need is a computer, Internet connection, a website/blog and a willingness to work hard. As long as you’ve proper knowledge on Internet Marketing, you’re ready to go!

2. No Inventory

There is no need to keep an inventory (as with a web shop) to do affiliate marketing, because the affiliate manager takes care of the selling and the delivering process.

As an affiliate marketer, all you’ll need to do is referring potential customers to the affiliate manager through your affiliate link. You’ll make money online if the customer buys a product or service from the affiliate manager.

3. Employees

Most of the affiliate marketing tasks are easy to do on your own, so there is no need to hire employees. Of course, you can hire people to do certain tasks for you, but this can be done on a freelance basis. This way, you avoid costs of regular employee salaries and benefits.

4. No Own Products

There is no need for your own products or services, which in turn will save you time and money in development costs. The affiliate manager delivers the products or services to the customers.

5. Customer Service

Although helping potential customers is always a good idea, but the affiliate manager mostly does customer’s service, especially once the buying process has been completed. This will again save you time and money.

As said before there are many different reasons why affiliate marketing is a good way to make money online, but the above top reasons are the once that make a huge difference.

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Affiliate Marketing as a Means to Make Money Online