Wednesday, January 21, 2009

You can make money online from home

By Croos Manwell

Its tough at the moment with the credit crunch and job losses. It would be great if you could make money online from home and get some financial security. You may want to but think its too difficult and technical. Well the great news is its easier than ever to make money online.

Thanks to the advance of the Internet the cost of starting and running a business from home has plummeted compared to a few years ago. Together with a plan of action the money will come. The plan includes these points

1. A name for your website (domain name)

2. Hosting - website address

3. Words, pictures, videos on your website (content)

4. Goods for sale

5 Get visitors to your site (traffic)

6. Online checkout so visitors can pay you

Once set up the money rolls in.

It used to be difficult and expensive to get a name for your site and hosting. Now it is very cheap. Names such as sunnyday.com. or .info or .co.uk cost around $10 a year and hosting is available for $9 a month.

It can be confusing getting your head around terms like domain and hosting. Do not worry. Your domain name is like a page in a magazine and the host is the magazine. You need both.

Most people worry about content because they cannot write. Well chill, you can get free content for your site at article directories or pay a few dollars to buy it as private label rights (PLR) articles.

Use your own pictures or find some copyright free images on the web (there are lots to choose from!). Videos can be easily found at youtube or video.google.com.

Start your site with well-spaced words and a picture or two. As you become technically adept add videos.

What to sell? That costs doesnt it? No, the web is a great way to sell others peoples stuff and receive a commission. You act as an affiliate, sell other peoples goods and its the quickest way to make money online from home.

Visitors to your site like what you are selling and click on the link to buy it. This link takes them from your site to the sales page and when they buy you get the commission. You will have a unique affiliate code so it is easy for you to get your money.

The free method to attract visitors is article marketing. Write articles (usually no more than 5), send them to article directories and include a link back to your site. The search engines will find your site and include it in their listing. The result? You will make sales.

As you have read its very possible to make money online from home. Its fun, easy and rewarding both financially and emotionally. The technical skills needed are minimal and quickly learnt.

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