If I could only do one thing to make money online, it would be affiliate marketing. Why? Because in the short amount of time I’ve been doing it, I’ve made more money, faster then any other business adventure I’ve worked with. I’ve created tons of content websites that takes months to get going. I’ve started shopping sites selling my own product, that works well but again it takes tons of time to get started. I’ve sold on eBay, which does pretty well overall, but we all know eBay isn’t a long term business. I haven’t yet created my own unique product. I know if I created an eBook on eBay suspensions which is in the works; it would make some serious cash. It’s just that it’s taking a long time to create.

With affiliate marketing, you find a niche you want to promote. You create a nice landing page comparing competing products and you promote you site using PPC advertising. SO EASY! I can easily create a simple five page site in less then a day, and setup PPC adwords campaigns in less then a couple hours. If my landing page is professional enough and I have good content answering exactly what the visitor is looking for, it will convert into sales. I’ve done it before and its working well.

I haven’t been an affiliate marketer for long, I’ve only created one successful landing page so far, but I’ve been researching new niches. One that sparks my interest is web hosting. The payout is HUGE and the cost to the buyer is minimal! If I were to sale a $5.95 hosting package with one host, I could receive up to $95 in commission! Web hosting is a huge business too. It’s not going to die overnight like other affiliate programs. It’ll be around as long as there’s an internet. So the sooner I get started the better the business will be in the long run. And everything I do is for the long run.

So! My next project as an affiliate marketer will to become a web host affiliate. Since I know there is tons of competition in this market. One competing affiliate marketer I’ve talked to suggested I offer my services to install or transfer websites as a bonus. Sign up for a hosting service I promote. And I’ll transfer your files or install simple scripts. That’s my angle! I love creating websites, and most of you know I have tons of websites already. I host most of my sites at The Planet, but I’ve used GoDaddy, Pair, Lunarpages, BlueHost, NetworkSolutions, DiscountASP, and other host I’m forgetting. So I know what I’m doing in that area. I’m also quite skilled in basic troubleshooting. I can usually figure things out quickly.

We’ll see how it goes. Oh and Merry Christmas everyone!

Sadly I’ve just come to realize that making money online doesn’t include blogging. Sure you can eventually make money blogging, but only if you’re good at it and keep it going day after day. If you want your blog to be successful write something new everyday. I could care less about aspkin.com (Lol), I’m just writing as a hobby, but from my experience blogging needs to be an every day thing. Every other day will be okay as well. And your content needs to give some sort of value to the reader, or else why are they reading?

Anyways, that’s not why I’m writing this post. I’m writing to say if you want to make money online, stay away from blogging. Start a business online that will at least pay you at the minimum success instead of getting nothing from blogging. Having a blog is fun, and a great networking tool, but if you’re doing it to try to make money, you’ll have lots of hard work ahead of you, and at least 6 months to a year before you see any results.

The best ways to make money online is to sale something of value. It can be anything. If you have information on a subject, write an eBook and gift wrap that baby to sale. If you find suppliers and are able to sale you something cheaper then a competitor, get you ass on eBay, Craigslist, Amazon or even create your own website and out sale the competition. Money makes the world go round, competition keeps everyone honest. If you don’t have your own product, that’s no excuses, become an affiliate and sale someone else’s product. Join Clickbank and start promoting e-Books. Join CJ, Azoogleads, and Neverblueads. There are thousands of products out there that are waiting for new affiliates to promote them. I make thousands off Clickbank every month. I promote e-Books from sites of mine and they sale. If I can do it, so can you.

If you’re blogging already, sign up for affiliate programs and start writing reviews on products you’re interested in. Add your affiliate links in your reviews and you’ve just created passive income for your self. Do this enough times, and you’ll have a website with tons of traffic, making you money on auto pilot. Many people create squeeze pages in this way, and send traffic to these sites through adwords.

I’m just saying, there are better ways to make money online then blogging. If you’re blogging to make money online you’re going to fail. I’ve seen it time and time again. Blog to have fun, and network with friends and family members, but don’t expect much return other then that. The real money comes from selling something of value. Try this the next time you have an idea for making money online and you just might Make Money Online.

So I started experimenting with Facebook ads a couple days ago, and I’m happy to say I’m having great results! I started with a simple CPC ad campaign targeting one keyword at 18 cents per click. My daily balance is $50, but it never seems to give me more traffic then a dozen or so clicks a day. But I’m making sales on those clicks! It could be the way the ad is given tons of space to explain it self or that I’m targeting the right audience, but those few clicks have already giving me a 700% return! Now all I have to do is expand what’s working and I should see even better results! I don’t want to give my self a bunch of competition, but if you’re promoting something, give Facebook ads a chance.

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