Did you ever wanted to start your own money making site? Like one of these internet gurus who earn thousands of dollars every day?
To help you start your first money making site, I will outline a simple step-by-step guide. Everything I am going to outline is for free, meaning that you don't have to put a single penny into this project. So here are the steps:
1. Choose a topic.
Every single website is based on a topic, or is built around a topic. It is best that you don't choose a very broad topic, like "cars". It is better to choose something like "sports cars review", so that your website is more focused. Also, it is best that you choose something you have interest in.
2. Keyword Research
Do some keyword research about the topic you have chosen. http://inventory.overture.com is a good keyword research site. Type in your keyword, e.g. sports cars, and look at the results. It is best that you don't go for the most popular keywords (the one with the most count), or else you will be getting too much competition for that keyword. Once you have chosen a few keywords, use these keywords and build your site around that keyword.
3. Website Hosting
Once you have chosen your keywords to build your site around, you need some web hosting space to put your site on. Since you are starting out, it is best that you first go for free web hosting, such as geocities. However, I would recommend blogger (www.blogger.com), since it is much simpler and effective.
4. Content
If you like, you can write your own articles, however, if you are lazy and don't have much time, you could perhaps use articles from sites such as www.ezinearticles.com. It is best that you post one article every now and then, rather than posting 10 articles in one day.
5. Google Adsense
This is the main part. Once you have created your account on blogger, click on where it says templates, and then click on adsense. There, you would be able to apply for adsense. Afterwards, you can start getting the codes for adsense. It is best that you use colors that match and blend in with your site. So if you use white background for your site, use white background for the ads. If you use black text for your site, use black text for your ads. For the adsense sizes, I would recommend 336*280, 300*250 and 160*600.
6. Traffic
After you have everything set up, you need traffic. Basically, there are 3 types of traffic:
-Paid Traffic (not going to be discussing about this type of traffic)
-Do it yourself Traffic
-Borrowed Traffic
D. I. Y. Traffic
DIY Traffic is just basically traffic you earned by doing it yourself. This may include getting involved in the community (forums and blogs) and posting a link to your website in you signature. This also includes writing your own articles and pasting your link in the About the Author box.
Borrowed Traffic
Borrowed Traffic is the best traffic you can get, since it is way more effective than paid traffic, plus it is free. This may include things like:
-Joint Venture
-SEO
-Ebay
You might be wondering "What the hell is all these stuff?". Don't worry, I will be explaining this.
Joint venture.
JV is just like a partnership. Link exchange is one example. You place my link on your site, I place your link on my site. There are also many other plans, such as a giveaway event, which you could use with your JV Partner. All you need to do is come up with a win/win plan.
SEO
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Ebay
Ebay? Isn't ebay an online store? Yes you're right, and you can at the same time earn traffic. For example, you are selling a product (or giving away a free ebook), and at the same time, you have also attached a bonus word document with information about your website on it. Then John buys this product, and sees this word document and goes to you website. Then John sells the product to Mike, and he sees this word document too, and so on.
7. Starting all over
Repeat the steps and start another website, perhaps this time using a paid web hosting company.
If you want to learn more about making money with adsense, why not check out Michael Cheney's Adsense Videos.
About the Author
Stanley Tang, an online business man, is the owner of Make Money Online Free Resource Center. For more high quality information about making money online, please visit http://www.MoneyMakingStuff.com
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