How Can I Really Make Money Online?
This is the age old question. Funny to think that anything about
the internet could be 'age old' but here it is.
Ever since there was an internet for us all to use, people have
been trying to profit from it. Many people have succeed, many
are still trying.
There are plenty of scams out there promising you instant riches
for only $137. The seller of this scam will show you proof that
his method works by revealing his bank account. Of course this
works for him, he's selling the scam. His bank account is not
proof that his ideas will make you rich. It is only proof that
he is willing to cheat you out of your money. Why wouldn't he be
rich, he is collecting $137 a pop to tell his story.
What is his story? Probably something like, create an ebook,
market it and watch the money grow. He will tell you that in
order for you to create your ebook, you will need his $97 ebook
software program. To market your ebook, you will have to buy his
$197 marketing plan. It's as simple as that. Wow, are you rich
yet. No, but he sure is!
This is very much like the old mail order scams about stuffing
envelopes. How many people fell for that trick? How does that
scam work? Well you pay someone $24.95 for their informative
booklet on mail order profits. When you get the booklet, you
find out that in order for you to make money in mail order, you
have to get people to send you $24.95 for your informative
booklet on mail order profits. Sound familiar?
The only difference between that old scam and the new internet
scams is the price. The idea is the same, it just costs you a
lot more to get ripped off online.
So is there really any way for an honest person to make a
legitimate income online?
Yes there is!
It won't be overnight and it won't be effortless. It takes time
and work to build a business anywhere. Why would the internet be
any different? If anyone tries to tell you different they are
lying to you. They are just trying to get you to buy their
informative booklet, translated = ebook.
If you want to build a business, you will have to be willing to
work, research and be patient. Nothing happens instantly and no
one is going to hand you the silver tablet with all the answers.
There is a lot of writing that goes into an online business. You
have to write website content. You have to write a newsletter or
ezine. You have to write articles. If you hate to write, you are
looking into the wrong business.
Yes, you will find people who will sell you the special program
that will allow you to get rich without any writing. The problem
is, how did you find out about that program? The seller wrote a
sales letter. Hmm... sounds like writing to me. And remember
what we already talked about? There is no super software that
will make you rich overnight. If someone were to create such a
program, do you think you would be able to buy it for one
hundred and thirty seven dollars? Hardly.
Let's stay on track here.
To build an online business, you will have to own a website. To
create this website, you will have to research a topic and write
about it. You will have to buy a domain name, (this is cheap and
you only pay once a year). You will need to find a good hosting
company to host your site. This can be pretty inexpensive if you
look around. This is a monthly expense that you will have to be
able to afford before you even consider building a website.
Once you have your site built and online, your next job will be
to let the world know you are there. This is the biggest job
there is. It is a never ending task. No one will even know your
site exists if you don't work on promoting it. Many people will
try to sell you information on marketing too. There is plenty of
free information out there all you have to do is look for it.
Finally, once you have your site up and running, you have people
coming to your site, you will need a product or products to sell
or what was the point? The easiest way to get products is
through affiliate programs. These programs will allow you to
sell someone else's product and make commission off your sales.
You don't have to stock anything, you don't have to collect
money and you don't have to deal with shipping.
There are many good companies out there that offer nice
commissions on their products. It really doesn't matter what you
decide to create your website about. You will find someone
selling something that will compliment your site.
So, back to the original question. How can I 'really' make money
online? The answer is by working at it. Put your pie in the sky
dreams away and start writing.