As the final part of the 'make money online' series, I am going to talk about some of the directions you might ultimately pursue to realise the dream of making a living online. In some cases, I know individuals who are close to this dream, and each of them has done it through different means.
- Start your own 'paid to' site - If you have the right attitude towards on-line earnings, starting your own scheme can be a way to build your income to reasonable levels and beyond. When you have already tried 'paid to' for yourself whether it be paid to blog, or paid to sign up etc.. you will realise that the scheme is just a broker with a reasonably whizzy website....
- Mail order business - Find your retail or service niche, whether you convert cassettes to CD's (as I do) sell books, remote fixing of computers or anything else.. play to your strengths, look after your clients, make good use of Paypal and other online resources to build up your business.
- Serious affiliate marketing - The next step in affiliate marketing... when you have dabbled (as I have) you will realise that there are potentially huge amounts to be made from selling other peoples software etc. via your own website. Boost your exposure (and sales) with intelligent PPC campaigns and good SEO techniques, and you could be well on your way.
- Serious article writing - A big step on from paid to blog, there are online opportunities with companies that need original articles written - if you have writing skills, there is good money to be made. There is a demand for anything from short articles and essays right up to full-blown books. If you have time on your hands, you may be able to make this work for you.
You will need to be very dedicated (or extremely lucky) to get to the stage where you can 'give up the day job', but for some, it can be a reality. However, for the majority, you will be able to make far more in an office job than you can on-line. So in order to rise above the crowd, a lot of hard work is generally needed. Working online, is not easy money compared with a full-time job, but the money is certainly there if you want to claim your share of it. The size of your share will reflect the amount of hard work and enterprise that you invest.
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