Makin The Money

Today I’m getting some cash. Unfortunately most of it will go to a Laptop and getting my car fixed, but some of it I will invest in my blog. I would love to put it toward this blog, but unfortunately this is a very expensive niche and since this is not where I make my money I’ll keep this blog as mostly a word of mouth and free advertising thing.

Most people don’t realize this part of the whole make money blogging thing, you actually have to get traffic to your site and get people to stay in order to make money. Yes you can do paid posting or ppc ads and make some cash, but trust me the big bloggers spend money advertising. They look at the big picture and not the small one.

I have decided to spend most of my advertising money on my home decorating tips blog as I think this one has the best potental to be a big deal. It’s also a hard niche to get into but it’s not something where your going to get the exact same information over and over.  So again I’m going to let all of you know how this works for me. I figure you at least can learn from my mistakes right?

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That was something that I just read from someone trying to make money online. This person has been working hard and was told it was easy and anyone can do it. Well I’m telling you it’s not and not everyone can do it. It takes time hard work and some investment.

Now if your just looking for $50 a month spending money that’s different, but if you really want to make an income you may be able to live off of, now that’s a whole other story. First you have to invest in a domain name, even when doing paid blogging they want you to have your own domain, your own domain means hosting. More money there and once you get the website or blog up and running, well then you have to get people to it which means more money on traffic.

If you go with affiliate marketing, eventually after sometime you will figure out what works for you and what does not. Not everyone is cut out to make money online. Many people can if they learn time is key and you will not become rich over night. Start out small with one or two affiliate programs. When I say this I don’t mean sign up for 2 major programs that have 20 thousand different companies and apply to all of them. I mean apply to the program and only apply to one or two companies, that way you can get your feet wet and get use to affiliate marketing. If you decided to go that route.

Don’t forget I have been where many of you starting out have, check back on my old post and take a look at the links and programs on my sidebar, they are there to help you. I already belong to them and they have worked well for me.

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I have always said that forums, like my get paid to post forum are great ways to increase your traffic and get the word out about your site or product. There is another new forum out that could really help you to do that. It’s called Firestorm and pretty much it’s there so that members can help other members out in areas that they need help with.

Their slogan is get a firestorm of traffic and it does work. I have not been able to be on as much as I would like to be, but I did get a good increase in Technorati links from them and a few more people following me on twitter.  Right now it’s a small forum, but worth the time as more people will be joining everyday. Like my forum they also allow links in their signatures. So if your looking for back links check both of these forums out.

Many people may tell you that forums are useless for back links, but trust me I have done the research and they are not. I am in the top 15 in yahoo for one blog because of my signature in 3 forums I use. So what do you have to lose, adding a signature takes a few minutes and so does posting a few times a week. There really is no reason not to check this method out.

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It was a funny thing I did yesterday. I went to John Chow’s blog to drop off and entrecard and I started reading about paid forum posting. Now the first thing that pops into my head is spam posting that I usually delete from my forums. So I of course commented and said this just would not work and I believe the kind of posting he was talking about would not. He was talking about advertisers paying you to post about their product on a forum. Now I’m sure the money is good, but I don’t believe you would get paid if the post was deleted and if it was a post on my forum, it would be deleted.

So how can you get paid to post on a forum. Well after surfing around I found a forum that talked about webmasters hireing people to post on their new or inactive forums. I was interested in how this worked as I have just started my forum Cash and Chat. Now I don’t have the money to pay someone to post on there right now, but who knows it might be helpful. The best part about this site is that you are paid to post on that forum and you have to post relevant topics and ideas. It’s just a way for the forum owner to get post up that people can respond to and get the forum moving.

I’m thinking I may just see if I can start doing this. I love forums and I post already in a few daily. I wouldn’t mind makeing a few cents for something I do anyway! If your interested in either getting paid to post on forums or paying people to post on yours then check out Wired Flame

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Many people are jumping on the make money online blog train. There are a ton of make money online blogs! Next time your checking around the internet I want you to take a close look at how these blogs are set up. Before you do that though, take a look at johnchow.com and then the others. Most of the time you will find you have a sense that you have been to that blog before, when you get that feeling think about what john chows blog looks like. Yes your not crazy they all look the same!

Here is the problem with doing that to your blog. I look at blogs that are trying to copy him exactly and think “run away” so I leave them and never come back. There are a few exceptions, but I don’t read them often. My tip for you if your starting a make money online blog is this, make it different, have a different approach, don’t copy exactly what the pro’s are doing, because it may not work for you or people will just see you as a copycat site and run away.

My advice, unless your site is about cars, don’t get a theme with one. That is the first thing that bothers me and a few other people. Find something else that you think represents money and power. I have used a home on this site and now of course I have money bags. Find something you like or make your own theme. In other words be unique so that people remember you.

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Something I learned early on in my online quest to make money was to make sure I didn’t just do one thing. I blog, but I also do mystery shopping and get paid to sites that help me get through the hard times. This past month is a great example. I have not made much blogging, but because I had a mystery shop that paid well I will not have to worry about a lack of funds. I had hoped that I could get a head, but at least I am not behind any.

When you look to making money online you want to expand into different areas. Eventually I plan to start selling jewelry or Avon again just to add to what I can do. I may even try something else. Who knows. I will always blog as I love doing it. I may cut down on the number of blogs I have though I think I now have too many.

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This video was on yahoo today and I thought that maybe someone reading this blog could benifite from a few of the ideas givin.

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A few months ago I decided to see if Feng shui could help me make money. Well I have found it may actually work. You can read about it on my interior design blog. I figured what would it hurt. All I had to do was plant a few seeds and watch them grow. Unfortunately the first time did not work, but the second time did.

I did this because I’m an interior design student and interested in feng shui and how it works. It’s a big deal right now and many people swear by it, even Donald Trump. I figure if it’s good for him, I have to see if it works. My income has gone up and I may even be able to get a mortgage to buy a home. I now have to come up with the down payment. I’m hoping I can do it by the end of August.

The point of this post is that try anything that is free, or only cost $5 or less. See where it gets you and go from there.

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