Make Money on the Internet Online - Yes You Can!

I'm kind of tired of all the people that tell me that you can't make money on the internet online, because only those people that are not making any money will tell you that.

I know that it's possible because I do it every day. And because I'm feeling quite generous today, I thought I'd share with you some of the easy money making ideas that I use so that you too can start living the dream.

Whether you want to make a little bit of money online or a lot of money online then you obviously need to start with the basics:

A computer (duh!)
An internet connection - which I'm assuming that you have since you are currently reading this online.
A plan.

And it's the third option - having a plan for making money online - where some people struggle. You see there isn't just one method for making money online or to earn money online, there are thousands of different ways.

You could fill in online surveys for money, become and affiliate marketer, sell stuff on eBay, write mini ebooks and sell those, write in a blog and earn advertising revenue, in fact there are so many different ways of making money at home from your computer that you probably don't know where to start!

So the first thing I want you to do is thing about what it is that you think you can manage first.

I usually recommend people start out with a blog (a free one just like this from blogger is perfectly fine) and also think about something that they want to write about. Obviously this is an important factor because not everything can be monetized.

Make a list of 5 to 10 things that you think you could write about.

Once you have your list, go to Google Adwords Keyword Tool and put your 5 or so keywords into the box, each on a seperate line and press 'get keyword ideas'.

This will give you a good indication if lots of people are searching for the keywords that you are thinking of writing about.

To begin with, try and look for approx avg search volume of about 2,000 to 20,000. That will probably mean that you don't have too much competition, but still enough that you will get some traffic.

Next you need to decide how you are going to monetize your blog. Are you going to promote affiliate programs such as ebooks from Clickbank, or real products from Amazon? Or would you like to put Google's Adsense ads on your blog and earn money if anyone clicks through to the advertiser?

Both options are fine, but choose only one option otherwise you could confuse your visitors and they won't buy or click anything!

If you have chosen to add Adsense to your blog then you need to get an account with Google, but you also need to have a website up first before they'll approve you! But I'm getting ahead of myself, before you even apply to adsense you still need to figure out if your keywords are going to make you any money or not.

While you are still in Google's Keyword Tool, in the drop down box where it says show/hide columns, show the column that is called estimated average CPC. This is the price that Adwords advertisers are paying for that particular keyword (but hang one because you won't actually get that much money - you usually will get around 1/4 of the est av CPC).

Look for keywords that are paying around $2.00 or more - which means you'll make around 0.50 cents per click (hopefully).

Choose your best paying keywords that pay $2.00 or more, and have searches of between 2,000 and 20,000 per month.

That is what you are going to use to start your first blog.

Now you need to go to blogger and open up a free blog account. When it comes to choosing the name of your blog try and get your keywords into the title. If your chosen keyword is already taken, try it with dashes in-between-your-keywords to see if that's available. If not add a word or two at the end like blog or review (whatever fits best).

Now it's time to start posting. Write 2 or 3 blog posts and try and scatter your money making keywords a few times in the post while still trying to make it sound natural. Don't overly stuff it though - you dont want to be labeled as a spam blog.

Don't think about making money from your blog just yet though, you want to just get some good content on there before you apply to adsense.

I'll continue soon in the next post about how to add adsense to your blog, and also how to use other affiliate programs in your blog as well so you can be well on your way to making money on the internet online.