The internet has been a very important discovery to all of us. It boosted the use of computers not just in businesses and different industries but as well as to the weirdest individual interest you can imagine (hello Youtube videos and funny memes). To sum it up, we use the internet for education, entertainment, communication, and now - earning money online.
Here are some of the ways that one of us can earn money online in the most professional way.
Sell Your Products/Services Online
If you are a business owner then the internet is your best friend. The internet covers wider audience as compared to brick and mortar establishments. If you have enough budget, you can create a website that presents the products or the services you provide. The website will serve as a portfolio of what the customers can expect from you. You can put up a cart system so that your customers can pay online at their utmost convenience. Apart from that, you can optimize your website to make it more visible to search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing. This online strategy is called SEO or seach engine optimization.
If you think that creating and maintaining a website can be too big for you, then you can post your products to free classifieds sites online. These include the following:
Of course, to better your sales, you can create a business page either via Facebook or Google Plus so that your costumers can reach you easily.
Just make it sure that you are providing the contact details and the address of your establishment so that any potential costumer will be able to contact you easily.
Sell Your Products/Services Online
If you are a business owner then the internet is your best friend. The internet covers wider audience as compared to brick and mortar establishments. If you have enough budget, you can create a website that presents the products or the services you provide. The website will serve as a portfolio of what the customers can expect from you. You can put up a cart system so that your customers can pay online at their utmost convenience. Apart from that, you can optimize your website to make it more visible to search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing. This online strategy is called SEO or seach engine optimization.
If you think that creating and maintaining a website can be too big for you, then you can post your products to free classifieds sites online. These include the following:
Of course, to better your sales, you can create a business page either via Facebook or Google Plus so that your costumers can reach you easily.
Just make it sure that you are providing the contact details and the address of your establishment so that any potential costumer will be able to contact you easily.
Affiliate marketing
Affiliate marketing is performance-based or commission-based type of marketing strategy. It is also called referral marketing. Meaning, you can earn money based on the items or services you have marketed. As an affiliate marketer, you don't have to own the items or the service, instead you will be the one selling these things from the merchant or business owner to their costumers. For example, if you will become an affiliate marketer of Amazon then you are only entitled to earn a small percentage of the items you sold.
There's also a special type of affiliate marketing that has become popular these days. It is called reward system or loyalty websites. In this type of marketing, registered users will perform various tasks - either sharing links, answering surveys or watching videos that contain different advertisements from various businesses. These users will earn points (which can be exchanged into cash and gifts) depending on what type of activity they are doing. The reward system varies from one to another.
Keep in mind that there are also direct affiliate marketing programs and indirect ones. Direct affiliate programs are those which come from the business directly and you are only selling items from one business. For example of this is Entertainment Earth and Ultimate Pumpkin Stencils. On the other hand, indirect affiliate marketing programs are from those affiliate directories. These affiliate directories combine different reward and referral programs of various businesses. The advantage of signing up into affiliate directories is that they offer wide array of products but the referral program can vary. Apart from that, the directory will also get percentage from what you earn. Some businesses opt for this kind of affiliate program because running a reward system can be of high maintenance. Amazon Associates both offer direct affiliate program and indirect affiliate program from their third party merchants.
Here are some of the most popular affiliate programs you can explore.
- Blogging/Publishing Ads
Blogging or publishing ads is basically a type of affiliate marketing. If you are into writing and you have a blog, you can sign up to various ad publishing companies and run some of their ads to earn money. How this works? Basically, after you sign up, you will be given a chunk of codes that contain a tracker that will monitor the number of times the ads have been displayed and clicked. You can earn money if the ads displayed on your blog have been clicked by your visitor leading them into the advertiser's landing page or website. With blogs, you can have total control of what is to write and you can have the option on the placement of the ads. Here are some of the ad publishing sites you can sign up to:
- Google Adsense
- Infolinks
- Kontera
- Chitika
- Review sites/article submission sites
Review sites or article submission sites are also part of affiliate marketing programs. Users can submit any articles in various niche as long as they follow the terms and conditions presented by the admins of the website. These articles will be reviewed and once approved, it will be posted on your behalf. You basically become a ghost writer and you will not be credited on your work. Apart from that, the admin of the website will be the one controlling the placement of the ads. If you are a control freak, you can always opt to have your own blog. Or if you want the best of both worlds, go ahead and try these two methods. Here are some of the review sites where you can earn money.
Review sites or article submission sites are also part of affiliate marketing programs. Users can submit any articles in various niche as long as they follow the terms and conditions presented by the admins of the website. These articles will be reviewed and once approved, it will be posted on your behalf. You basically become a ghost writer and you will not be credited on your work. Apart from that, the admin of the website will be the one controlling the placement of the ads. If you are a control freak, you can always opt to have your own blog. Or if you want the best of both worlds, go ahead and try these two methods. Here are some of the review sites where you can earn money.
Getting a job online
If you are not interested in any of the above options, you can always get a job online. There are plenty of choices you can choose from. These jobs can range from graphics design, web development and design, SEO, data entry, marketers, article writing, video making, customer support to accounting. The following are some popular websites that host a lot of freelance jobs:
Remember, it takes a lot of hard work and dedication to earn money online. It is not something you can achieve overnight. The internet provides a lot of information on how we can productive while we are online. I hope the ones discussed above will provide an idea for you start earning money without investing too much. Go and visit other post to have a closer look of the above strategies.
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