What’s interesting is that, there are plenty of ways to make money online — from selling ads, e-books, affiliate marketing, freelance writing, podcasting, consulting, designing, coding, etc.
The
idea of this blog post is to highlight some of those online income
streams. Please don’t expect overnight success. The thing is, creating
an income stream online requires a lot of work, patience, and some money
too.
If you are a beginner and is absolutely
clueless about where to start then this blog post should help you
to kick-start (and that’s the idea too). If you have any trouble with
any of these options, leave a comment below or you can email me, and I will do my best to find the best resource to help you.
Make Money Online With Your Website
Do
you have a website or a blog? If yes, then selling advertisements is
the easiest way to make money online. Since there are tons of ad
networks on the Internet, make sure that you choose the best ad network
to maximize the revenue.
If you can create your
own products then it’s the best way to make money because that way
you’re actually building a passive income stream online. You can use
your own blog or website to market your products so that people will buy
it when they’re convinced.
Advertising networks
can be Cost Per Click (CPC), Cost Per Mille (CPM), or Cost Per Action
(CPA). A Cost Per Click network pays you each time a user clicks on your
ad and the actual amount you’ll get is determined by the advertiser.
Now a Cost Per Mille network or simply a Cost Per Impression network
pays for every 1,000 page views that you generate. If they pay $1 for
every 1,000 page views, then you’ll get $30 if the number of page views a
month is 30,000.
Cost Per Click (CPC) Ad Networks
- Google AdSense
- Yahoo! Bing Network (powered by Media.net)
- Chitika
- Clicksor
- Infolinks
Cost Per Mille (CPM) Ad Networks
- Advertising.com (by AOL.com)
- Burst Media
- Casale Media
- OpenX
- PulsePoint
- Technorati Media
- Tribal Fusion
- ValueClick Media
- YesAdvertising
In-Image Ad Networks
Pop Under Ad Networks
Cost Per Action (CPA) Affiliate Networks
Cost Per Sale (CPS) Affiliate Networks
Sell Ads Directly To Advertisers
You
can always sell ads directly when someone wants to buy a banner ad, or
text links, or even a sponsored post on your blog. But if you’re not
lucky enough then you have to become a part of a bigger network where
you can showcase your ad inventory.
Automated Affiliate Marketing
You
have a website or a blog which is getting good targeted traffic but
don’t know how to monetize it? Then you can try the following automated
affiliate marketing networks. It converts all the normal links in your
website to affiliate links and you make money when clicks result in
sales or leads.
So by joining these networks
you’ll get access to thousands of affiliate programs without applying
individually and you don’t have to manage any affiliate programs or
links or anything as they offer a centralized reporting as well.
- Skimlinks
- VigLink
- Cloudswave Affiliate Network — is a white label affiliate program by Cloudswave that lets you promote over 150 business software deals — with a single affiliate account. Here’s a sample store.
In-house Affiliate Programs
If
you like a product then obviously you write about it, tweet about it,
and tell your friends, right? Now how about getting paid for that?
That’s right! If you check the websites of most Internet companies
(others too) then you can find their affiliate program.
So,
you can use the affiliate links while promoting their products and
they’ll pay you for referring new customers to them. They may have their
own in-house affiliate program, or one that is managed by an affiliate
network, or both.
…and much more.
Bloggers: Sell Text Links & Sponsored Posts
If
you have a good quality website then advertisers will try their best to
buy a text link or a sponsored post from you. But wait, selling text
links is against Google’s Webmaster Guidelines and they may ban your website from its search results unless the links are rel=”nofollow”.
Sell Text Links
Sell Sponsored Posts
Join Ad Networks For Bloggers
- Blogads
- BlogHer (for Women bloggers)
- Content.ad
- Foodie Blogroll (for food blogs)
- PostJoint
- Taboola
- Written — license your content and make money.
Start A Newsletter
If
you have loyal traffic, it’s a good idea to start a newsletter so that
you can engage with your readers in a more friendly way. And it’s also
one of the best way to market your products since people usually don’t
buy your product when they first visit your website/blog for the first
time.
- MailChimp — design and send email marketing campaigns.
Are You A Freelance Writer?
Content is King on websites. Content is often outsourced so if you have got good writing skills, you can make a living writing online. Here are some content marketplaces where you can sell your content. - Constant-Content
- ContentBLVD
- Digital Point
- ProBlogger Job Board
- BloggingPro Job Board
- Textbroker
- WriterAccess
- Zerys
- Scripted
- Copify
- CopyPress
Are You A Professional Writer?
If
you are a professional writer, you can contribute content to some of
the top content provides like Yahoo, AOL, About.com, etc. and get
upfront payment.
- About.com
- Break Studios
- Demand Studios
Are You A Graphic/Web Designer?
- 99designs
- crowdSPRING
- Design Contest
- Freelancer Contests
- Freelancer Marketplace
- Microlancer
- Visual.ly
Make Money Sharing & Creating Videos
- YouTube Partner Program — Upload videos on YouTube and make money from ads.
- Break — You can earn up to $600 if your Video is featured on Break.com homepage.
- Dailymotion Publisher — Share Dailymotion videos on your website, blog and social profiles and get a share of their advertising revenue.
- Dailymotion Official — Upload videos on Dailymotion to earn advertising revenue. And you earn extra revenue when those videos are shared on your own websites, blogs, social profiles, or any third-party websites.
- Vimeo — Make money sharing videos on Vimeo.
Click Photos? Sell Your Photos & Graphics!
Like To Do Micro-jobs?
Now
you can offer your micro service online and get paid for it. You post
what you’re willing to do for $5 or even $50 and get paid when you
deliver the work. It’s that simple!
Micro-jobs Marketplace
- Fiverr
- PeoplePerHour
- Amazon Mechanical Turk
- Digital Point Services
Have A Skill?
Try any of the following freelance marketplaces to find freelance jobs or to sell your service. You can become a virtual assistant, manage the social media profiles of a company/person, design a website, design a logo, offer writing or translation service, develop a software, design a website, develop a web application, etc.Freelance Marketplace
- Elance
- Freelancer
- Guru
- oDesk
Offer Expert Advice
- Clarity.fm — If you’re an expert in some field and can give expert advice, you can charge advice seeking users by the minute.
Be A Tutor
- Udemy
- Lynda
- Skillshare
- InstaEDU
- TutorVista
- Tutor
- Google Helpouts (invite only)
Be A Tester
- UserTesting.com — UserTesting.com pays you up to $15 per test to evaluate websites’ usability and clarity.
- uTest — uTest compensates testers for approved reports they submit.
Sell, Sell, Sell
Today, online marketplaces are extremely popular and you can sell almost anything online.
Sell E-books
- Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
- iBooks
- Blurb
- ClickBank
- E-junkie
- Lulu
- Scribd
Sell Your Domain Names
- BrandBucket — Sell your brandable domain names.
- GoDaddy Auctions
- Sedo
Sell Your Websites
Sell Everything Else
- Amazon
- Craigslist
- eBay
- Bonanza
- Etsy — Sell all things handmade, vintage, and supplies.
- Quirky — Got an innovative idea? You can sell it on Quirky and make money.
Create An Online Store
Create an online story by yourself and start selling your own products.- Shopify
- Square
- 3DCart
- Goodsie
- Gumroad
Conclusion
Of course, there are hundreds of other ways to make money online. But like I have already mentioned, the idea of this blog post is to explore different opportunities so that you can decide where to focus on.I haven’t included the not so easy ways to make money online like selling your apps or music or movies on iTunes, Google Play Store, Windows Store, Amazon etc.Let me know if I missed your favorite website (or an online income stream) and I will be happy to feature it here
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