Scott from BrokeToBallin.com has a great post (albeit a little old) about how to earn a living online. I thought I would share his highlights and expound with my own. Making money online is nothing new to Scott and I’ve known him for almost a year.
Scott says, “One thing I’ve learned is that making enough money to survive on, say $100 a day, isn’t very difficult. I’m going to give you a run down of a few of the things I’ve been doing for extra money, so if you’re struggling to clear $2.00 a day with adsense, then you might want to consider some of these ideas.”
eBay Affiliate Program
Scott’s ideas include eBay affiliate program where you can literally set up a website about anything and sell your visitors on the products being sold on eBay. You make money when they buy something or create a new account with your affiliate ID. Finding these hidden niches on ebay is very easy. Just start surfing and clicking links until you find something that interests you. Decide what other products are similar and that you enjoy. Then find a niche that they both fit into. Sign up for the Commission Junction affiliate program and start making money with an affiliate program.
Write and Sell Content Sites
Scott has another idea that I don’t necessarily think is the best for sustained income but is definitely great for short term income. Scott says, “You may be surprised at what a content site with no traffic/rev can sell for. Get an account at all of the major forums, Digital Point, Site Point, ect, and just go to town, think of some niches, build a few 10 page mini sites, and you can very easily clear $100 a day with only a few hours of work, depending on how productive you can be.”
I can tell you from experience that it really is that easy. Most niche sites without any traffic sell for $50-100 depending on the seller and the niche. If your site is making a little money and has a little traffic, it will easily sell for double that. I would recommend spending some time on building each site a little before selling it. Add some affiliate links, submit it to directories, write and submit an article or two and they give it a month. After a month try to sell it for $100-200. If you do this every day you’re on your way to earning a living online.
Write, Write and Write
Scott’s last idea is to write until your fingers bleed (sorry, I added a little drama). Scott says, “Write 20 decent articles a day, figure out a way to sell them, and you’re golden.” Also from personal experience I can tell you that if you can write decently about a variety of topics and niches, you should have no problem making money online. The only limitation will be the amount of time you’re able to spend working online. If you’re single and have no obligations and are willing to put in 12 hours of hard work per day (fun work as well) then making $100-200 per day should be REALLY easy. Making $300-500 is very possible with little experience.
Making money online is really one of my favorite past times and one of the the things I enjoy most about the internet. Making money and playing Starcraft. Two of my favorite hobbies actually.
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