Sunday, May 30, 2010

10 Reasons Why You Should Work Online

Many people look at you funny when you tell them that you are making money online, but really there are a lot of good reasons why you should just quit your day job and start working online! But do not quit your job before you are making money online...doing so may result in bankruptcy.

What Are Some Reasons Why You Should Work Online?

You'll never have to call in sick again! I don't know about you, but I used to call in a lot. It was almost like once week, and it would be for silly reasons like I just didn't want to go in. (But looking back I see that I was just over-worked and underpaid.)

You dont have to wake up to an alarm clock every morning. Have you ever felt like throwing that thing out your window when it wakes you up in the morning? Well when you work online you can do just that, and sleep as long as you want. You will never have to worry about the alarm clock again.

You can work when you want. The beauty of working online is that you can work when you want; if this means that you are going to stay up till 3 in the morning to work, you can, and then if you do not want to work you don't have to. As long as you make your deadlines, you are free to do what you want.

You don't have to put up with people. When working online, you have the option to work solo and you will never have to put up with ignorant people again.

You don't have to waste your gas commuting. You will save a lot of money on your gas, as you will no longer have to take out your car to go to work.

You don't have to waste your time commuting. Think about how much time you spend commuting each day. This is time which you do not get paid for, therefore, it is a waste of your time.

You don't have to put up with the boss. You will never have to worry about another boss again, as you are now your own boss.

You don't have to put up with lazy people. Have you ever had to pick up the slack for the lazies around you? Well you will never have to do it again when you work online.

You keep the money you make instead of making someone else rich. You have the potential to make a lot more money if you work for yourself online, because you do not have to split your hard earned dollars with anyone.

You will have more time for family and friends. By working online, you have the opportunity to build a residual income which over time will give you a lot more free time to do the things you really enjoy doing.

Friday, May 28, 2010

5 Ways To Make Money With Affiliate Marketing


Affiliate marketing is one of the fastest ways to make money online, because you do not need to have any of your products to sell. So all you need to do is convince other people to buy through your affiliate links and you can begin to make money almost immediately.

There are many ways to go about making this money and these 5 ways are just the tip of the iceberg.

Blogging

Blogging is a great way to make money with affiliate marketing. You can set up one blog, two blogs or as many as you like, but the more blogs you set up the more products you will be able to promote, and the end result will be well worth it.

Blogs are normally free and you can use your own domain or you can use a free sub domain. Getting your own domain is better as it looks more professional.

Website

Setting up your own website may take a lot of work but it will make you look more professional as you will have your own domain name and people will take you more seriously. Plus another benefit to having your own website is that you can have complete control over it.

You can put your ads in any place that you like plus you can have the layout and the color scheme suitable for your products. 

Craigslist

Craigslist is free and you can place as many ads up as you like. You can also do product reviews, but the only thing is that you can not leave your affiliate links. However, you can leave your email so people can contact you, and than you send them an email with your affiliate link in it. To make this easier for you you can create a free gmail account which you can set up as an auto responder, which will automatically go out whenever someone requires more information.

Email Marketing

If you have your own website or a blog where you can put up the form for the auto-responder than you can market to people to via email. This means that everyone that you market to will have to sign up using this form, and once they do, you can market to them over and over again. 

Twitter

Twitter is a great site which allows you to make short entries which are known as tweets. They are just long enough to leave a short descriptive sentence along with your affiliate link. If you are good at writing catchy descriptions and have a lot of followers you can make lots of money, just by using twitter.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Why You Should Write High Quality Articles


Writing high quality articles is very important so that you can establish your online credibility. It will make you look more professional plus people will be able to trust your information more. You should never use an article spinner as these will come out with mixed up words that do not sound right. Plus your information will not flow smoothly and this will distract and even confuse your readers.

It is amazing at how fast you can lose an audience if your words do not flow smoothly. And if you do not have an audience you will not make money. 

Learn To Write

So if that means that you have to invest your time into a writing course then do so. There are many websites online that will teach you the basics of good writing, so really you have no excuse not to learn. And the more that you write, the better you will get at it. You should also learn how to take criticism and learn from it.

You need to know about sentence structures and proper punctuation. Putting your commas in the wrong spots can confuse your readers and they will not continue to read. You should also learn to write creatively as everyone loves to read well crafted words.

Why You Need To Write

Unless you have someone to do the writing for you will need to write, no matter what market you are in.

You will need to be able to write convincing articles and sales pages that will get people to buy through your affiliate links. You need to be able to write your descriptions in such a way to provoke a curiosity in your readers so they will click through.

You will also need to be able to take them on a visual trip where they can see what the product will do for them. Knowing how to do this without making false or misleading statements will increase your earnings. This is where your creative writing skills will come in handy.
Your writing will not be perfect when you first start writing, but if you do not give up you will get better with each article, blog post or sales letter that you write. 

You should spend a lot of time re-reading and editing your articles when you first begin, but don't spend too much time on your sentence structures as, you may not get much writing done. Ideally you should allow your article to sit a day or two before re-reading it as this will help you to catch more errors.

Monday, May 24, 2010

5 Ways To make Money Without A Website

Ideally you should have your own website if you want to make money online, but there are also many other ways which you can make money without a website.

Blogs

Blogs are free and you can get a free sub-domain and make it look like your very own website. You can do as many product reviews as you want, plus you can put up as many affiliate links as you like. Just be careful that you do not add too many ads or affiliate links as your blog may be looked at as a spam blog. This means you will not be indexed as fast, nor will you rank as high in the search engines. 

FaceBook

FaceBook is a great social media site were you can interact with people and make money. You can create personal pages which only your friends can see plus, you can also create FaceBook fan pages. 

RedGage

RedGage is another great website to help you to make money online without a website. Not only can you make money with your affiliate products but you can also make money directly with RedGage. You will need a lot of content and a lot of page views in order to make money with this site. 

But this site allows you to create mini ads with a brief description and your affiliate links. You can also do lengthy product reviews where you can place your affiliate links. The more views you get to these the more money you will make from RedGage as well as from your affiliate links.

Twitter

Twitter is a very effective tool to help you with affiliate marketing if you have a lot of followers. The entries that you make are called Tweets, and with each entry you make you only get a certain amount of characters which is only like a sentence or two, making it perfect for your affiliate links. 

The only thing with Twitter is that it does not give you a lot of space to pre-sell, but nevertheless you can make as many Tweets as you like. And if you word them right you will create a curiosity in your followers which will make them click through to the sales page. So if the sales page is doing its job you will make money.

YouTube

If you enjoy making videos than you will enjoy YouTube. All you have to do is describe an affiliate product and than add your affiliate link to each video that you upload. 

Saturday, May 22, 2010

How To Prevent Injury When Typing


If you spend a lot of time at your keyboard you will have to take precautionary measures in order to prevent injury from typing. Injuries can appear in the fingers, wrists or elbows, simply from the repetitive motion of typing or even using the mouse. If not dealt with in time it can lead to carpal tunnel syndrome, tendinitis or tennis elbow.

What are the Symptoms?

The first symptoms you may experience is a numbness, tingling, pain or a stiffness in your joints, fingers or muscles. It is very important that you do not ignore these first warning signs, as they will only get worse if you do not stop typing.

Usually staying away from the keyboard for a few days will be enough for the pain to go away, but when you come back, you should have a plan to avoid a future injury.

Your Workspace

First of all you need an ergonomic workspace, anything else that you do, will not help unless you have a space where you are comfortable. You should be able to sit straight with your feet on the floor or on a foot rest. Your arms should be straight and your forearms should be level with your elbows when you type. Your wrists should always be kept straight, and should not rest on anything or bend in any way, up or down.

You may also want to consider getting an ergonomic keyboard which is split in the middle and shaped to better fit the natural position of your hands.

Your mouse should be on the same level as your keyboard, and you may also invest in one that is more ergonomically friendly.

Exercises and Breaks

You should also engage in light stretching exercises before you begin your typing session. You should always stretch your fingers as well as your wrists. You should rotate your fingers as well as your wrists and arms.

Taking frequent breaks will also help to relieve the stress, and you should use this time to also do light stretches.

Your Diet and Rest

Drinking lots of water and eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables will help to eliminate the toxins in your body which contribute to the stress. You should drink at least 1 cup of water every hour in order to remain fully hydrated and energized.
When eating a proper diet, you will sleep much better at night which will help your hands to heal and relax from all the typing during the day.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

5 Ways To Make Money Online


The internet has made it possible to make money online in many different ways. Your goal should be to pick one of these and get your business going before you move on to the next one. You can work on several different methods but not until you have one method off the ground. 

Some methods require that you have a website or a blog while other methods allow you to make money without your own space on the web. 

Freelancing

One of the quickest ways to start earning legitimate money is by investing your time and writing for others. There are many webmasters who are looking for writers to help them write e-books, articles or blog or web content. The reason they hire others is that their work load becomes more than they can handle due to the many websites which they run.

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is another quick way to make money if you know how to drive lots of traffic to your website. The great thing about affiliate marketing is that you do not need your own product, but rather you are promoting other people's products and you simply get a share from their profits.

EBay

Ebay is a great place to sell your used items as well as other products. Many people find great success by using drop shippers, while others own huge warehouses for their stock.

Drop shippers allow you to get started without any investment; you simply list their products and then when you make the sale you place the order and have it shipped directly to your customer.

If you have a large storage space, and money to invest, then you can order in bulk and make even more than if you were to use a drop shipper.

Creating Products

You can create your own digital products such as computer programs, software programs or ebooks and sell them on sites like ClickBank where other people will do the promoting for you.

Social Media
With Social media you can make money without even owning your own website. All you need is a list of followers and some products to sell or promote and you are all set. Depending on which site you use, you don't even need any content; sites like twitter allow you to just leave a link and then sit back and wait for people to click and buy.

So if you are serious about making money online, you will want to harness the power of all the above, one at a time.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

How To Build Your Online Credibility


It is crucial that you build your online credibility if you want to make money online. The faster you build your credibility the sooner you will be able to make money. This is because people need to know who you are so that they can trust you and do business with you. 

There are several different ways that you can go about building your credibility online. It does not matter where you start as long as you start somewhere. 

Blogs 

Blogging is a good way to get started. Even if you have a website you should still start a blog because blogs are all about personal stories and if you share your personal stories your readers will feel more connected to you. You should allow them to leave comments or provide a way for them to get in touch with you so you can easily communicate with them. Plus, they are also a good way to keep people up to date as to what is going on over at your website. 

Forums

Forums allow you to help others by answering questions. This is a great way to share your knowledge and show off your expertise.

Writing Platforms 
Writing platforms are another great place to build your credibility as you can get many followers and subscribers. This may take more work as you will have to write lengthy articles. But you can use these articles to build your brand and market your website. Plus, you can also use these writing platforms to get lots of free traffic and high quality back links. 

Social Media 

With all the social media out there it is probably one of the quickest and fastest ways to build your online credibility. Sites like Twitter, FaceBook, MySpace and RedGage allow you to have many followers and subscribers whom you can build relationships with, and this will help you to build your online credibility. 

Plus social media allows you to market to people over and over again. And you can begin to build relationships before you even have a website. Then once you get your website up and running it will only be a matter of time before you begin to make money. 

So by taking advantage of the above you can build your online credibility in just a short period of time. You may have to spend quite a bit of time writing, or in the forums, as well as using social media until people will fully trust you, but if you stick with it you will build your online credibility.