A Quick Guide on How To Make Money Online

Lucinda Fay

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Regardless of what others may think, there is money to be made online. There are numerous business models to work for and work from and your earnings will only be limited by the work you put in. This quick guide will present methods on how to make money online and help you determine which is the best option for you.
Let's start.


1. Freelance jobs

There are thousands of online businesses today that are eager to hire skilled and talented individuals. People that know how to design, write, program, code and teach are often what they look for. A talented and skilled person in these fields can easily find work online. Most of the time businesses offer project-based, part-time, and full-time work.

PROS:
It is easy to find work and there are hundreds of job opportunities to choose from. You also have the freedom to work whenever and wherever you want as long as you finish the job assigned to you.
Your earnings are determined by the quality of time and hard work you put in. Unlike, in most but not all, office jobs that salaries and wages are fixed.


CONS:
You are working for an online boss. You have to answer to someone. If you're not a fan of working for someone then this might not be for you.
Another con is the isolation. Your office boss might be the worst person you had but you could bear it because of your friends. Now eliminate the friends and leave the boss in. Sounds a little sad, right?

2. Creating an Authority Site or Niche Site


First and foremost, let's differentiate the two:
Authority sites are websites that have proven their expertise in the world wide web. This means that many reputable people on the internet have deemed it to be the "go-to" website because of their service or product.
Niche sites on the other hand are websites that contain and talk about only one specific niche, one specific topic throughout the blog.
Where is Earning Money online fit in all of this? How to make money online by creating a website is by monetizing it.

a. Monetizing it using Google AdSense

Many people have made thousands of dollars with Google AdSense. However, it's really hard to get approved by Google. Your website should need around 16-25 quality articles to get approved. Though getting approved isn't a guarantee of making money. Your site visitors should also click the ads by Google. If ads are utilized and placed well, you can earn a significant amount of money.

b. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing is promoting other people's products and services on your site. You are basically promoting their products and you get a commission if a site visitor buys your product.

c. Membership website

You create a website that is full of content and quality products that are only exclusive to members. A person may only be able to get full access to your website and pay you a membership fee (which you will set). This is a good business model because it is recurring (members pay their fee monthly) and it'll generate income long after you finish the website.

PROS:
You can create recurring passive income for yourself and you can live a lifestyle you've always wanted. The sky's the limit when talking about the potential earnings in creating Authority sites and Niche sites. It's because the earnings will only be limited to the time, effort, connections, and investments you put in the website(s) you have. The more blood, sweat and tears you put on the websites, the more successful the website will be. Certainly, more success = more money.

CONS:
A lot of research, promotion, money and time should be invested in creating an Authority site or Niche site. You will also hit a learning curve since you need to learn many things, such as online language jargons, methods and techniques, copyright, online legal matters and many more.

3. Selling Your Own Product\Service

"The people that really make the BIG MONEY are the Creators and the Sellers of the product(s). Everyone in between is working for them."
-Anonymous
Nothing beats being the "source" of a quality product. It might be an eBook, Podcast, Magic Toolbox, Furniture, T-Shirt and etc. As long as you are confident that what you are selling is the BEST, then sell the heck out of it online!
Create a way for people to find your product -- either create a website or put it on sale on a website. Start off from there and slowly build your business.

PROS:
When your product takes off, you'll have what every person wants -- Passive Income.
You will be accessible online 24/7 and you are open 24/7. The earnings will be determined on how valuable and useful the product is. If you consider it the best product then the money will come.

CONS:
Promoting the product will be a struggle; especially if you don't have a website or connections online.

Lucinda Fay.
 

TOZZIBLINKZ

VIP Contributor
There are so many ways to make money online nowadays, most people choose to make money online from transcribing, freelancing is also a good way to make money online, creating a YouTube channel also helps to make money online, selling your own product or business, advertising them on social media, PTP site like trendri, bizdustry and cashtime forum is also a good step to take in order to make your money online.
 

PICKFORD

Verified member
Your post is really educative, you have listed out some guide on how you can make money online, many people have different method of making money online depending on their capability, most people won't have the chance to make money online through blogging but they can find another easy way to do that like playing online games.
 

btaliat

VIP Contributor
Making money online is not as difficult as knowing the skills that are needed to make money online. This is because as the poster has highlighted some of the ways money can be made online, it will amaze one that there are still some people that are not making money online because they don't have the required skills.
 

Setho

VIP Contributor
I have gone through this article and to be honest it was really resourceful. I have originated to learning how to blog because I believe that I have good writing skills. It is also a business that is not going to cost me so much. I will work on learning how to monetize it.
 

Chibson

VIP Contributor
This is a very good article here. If you want to be successful in freelancing, you should let the particular skill you have master it well.
There is a lot of competition in freelancing platforms and if you're not competitive enough you cannot
get a new job and even if you get, you will get low reviews.
 
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