In this series of articles (or a mini-course, if you will) I will propose you a few ways how to make money online with Internet marketing. While there are many ways to make money online, such as taking surveys, writing reviews, freelancing, trading and even selling your old stuff, I want to focus on the Internet marketing. And there’s a good reason to do that. Everything that goes on the Internet goes down to marketing in one way or another. Therefore, it’s of a greatest demand and that demand will be there as long as the Internet is there. It makes a lot of sense to focus on it and create long term online business strategies around it.

These articles are mainly for beginners, but even if you have your online business and you’re doing good, I would say there’s a good chance you can do even better by focusing on the Internet Marketing side.

I will propose you a few ways for how to make money online. Some will allow you to make money right away, while others will require more time, but most of them are evergreen and will work for months to come as long as you focus on any one or more of them.

Before we begin, I’d like to set your expectations. I’ve noticed that not all people have the same expectations when they look for how to make money online and that affects their success with one are another method. So before you continue reading, I think it will be right to tell you who this mini-course is for and for who it is not.

This mini-course is for you if…

* You’re not afraid to do some work

* You want to make substantial money online and not just a few bucks


* You’re not afraid to build a website if needed


* You have some spare hours a day to dedicate to make money online

However, this mini-course is NOT for you if…

* Don’t want to do any work whatsoever


* Just want quick money without doing any real work or putting any effort


* Online business and making consistent money from the Internet intimidates you


* You simply don’t have the time.

If you fall into the latter category, I’m sorry but I can’t help you. Perhaps you can find some paid surveys to fill or get a few pennies for reading emails, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But this mini-course is geared towards people who are not afraid to do some work and reap the benefits.

If you fall into the first category, let’s dive into it. Every method you see here is personally tested by me and is based on my experience – they’re not just theory, so if you implement them properly, you can expect to make money. I will be adding more ways to make money online in the future, so do bookmark this page and check back regularly.

I’d also like to note that the information revealed here is the same information some people charge money for. In fact, you may have already bought some of those courses. And that’s ok – commercial products naturally are more detailed and provide you more assistance, however my intent here is to provide as much information as possible for free.

To begin, choose a topic from the table of contents below. You will see the table of contents in every article so you can browse through the different topics anytime. You can also check some of the related posts from the blog.

When it comes to getting visitors to your website or sites, there is no doubt that the majority of them are likely to come from the various search engines that are in existence. The problem is that you will be competing against a lot of other websites to get found. That’s why it is so important to get as close as you can to being on top of the rankings when it comes to searches related to your particular subject of interest and can able to make money online.

Because the closer you are to the top, the more visits you will get as a result – and that translates into more money for you. But how do you do it? No matter what other people may say, you cannot get to the top of the Google or Yahoo search results (or those of any other search engine, come to that) overnight. You can certainly do it pretty quickly, but the best technique is to build up the value of your website over time. Why is this? Is it simply because the best things are worth waiting for, or is there more to it than that?

The thing is, if you try and trick the search engines into indexing you faster or ranking you higher, they will spot your underhand efforts and boot you off completely. The best tactic is to build a solid, worthwhile and informative website that will gradually rise in the rankings and stay near or at the top for much of its life.

You can do this – no matter what the subject of your site may be – by getting familiar with white hat search engine optimization. If you come across black hat techniques steer well clear, as these are the ones that will get you banned.

Search engine optimization is all about designing your websites so that they appeal to the search engines, and so they can find them easily. Most of the good SEO techniques are actually very easy to implement. It’s all about getting the right keywords on your pages; and linking your pages together so that people can move easily between them – and so can the search engine spiders.

Since make money online is an ongoing process, and a lot of it comes from understanding your website and knowing who is going to be looking for it. What kind of search terms are they likely to type in when they want to find a website like yours? Make sure you build them into your site, and use longer key phrases as well. So for example, instead of putting ‘weddings’ as a keyword for a wedding related website, use a phrase like ‘how to plan a wedding’ instead, if that applies.

A good idea is to use different combinations of keywords for each and every page of your site, as this will attract more visitors overall. Just make sure every page has a clear link back to your site’s home page.

In the end, the more qualified traffic you can attract from the search engines, the more sales you are likely to make. If you have a good website that provides what people are looking for, and you have taken the time to find affiliate marketing products and put Google Adsense and similar advertising modules on your site, then you can expect to start bringing in a good income from your website over time.

And once you have cracked the secret of getting to the top of the rankings, you can repeat the methods that worked in other sites as well, giving you a whole portfolio of successful websites that could replace your ‘normal’ job completely.

If you like the idea of making some money offline then this idea could be for you. If you have ever needed to call on the services of a local business of any type then you will know how difficult it can be to find someone trustworthy and reliable exactly when you need them.

This is where you come in. If you can create a directory of local businesses to distribute around your local area you can potentially make a lot of money in doing so. And there are several different ways you can go about it.

Most of us have moved home at some point and when it comes to settling in and finding the local services that we need it can be tricky. If only someone was there and waiting with a list of local services and businesses that everyone needs at some time or another.

I’m sure you can see that if you could create a directory like this and get the local realtors to agree to give away a copy to each and every person who bought a property in their area, you could soon have a lucrative business on your hands. The realtors could even keep a stack of your booklets in a prominent place in their offices.

Now you might be wondering how you could make money from this if the directories are given away for free, but most businesses would gladly pay to be introduced to new people in their neighborhood. What you would do is charge businesses for their advert and details to appear in your directory, and make sure that the charge will cover the cost of printing it – with some left over for you on top of course.

Make sure you get a few quotes for printing costs; if the printer is local ask if they would give you a discount in return for including their own advert in the directory.

Another way to do this is to create a directory that you could simply deliver door to door, or pay someone else to deliver them for you and you can make money online. You would still charge people to have their adverts included in each issue, and you can come up with advertising packages where people can save money if they advertise for longer.

Once you get your head around the idea you could come up with several different ideas for themed directories, such as ones based on eateries, essential services such as doctors and dentists, and home services. You could even expand into neighboring areas as well as maintaining a directory for your own area.

The key to success here is to make sure you keep all the details of the advertisers current. You would need to set up a system whereby advertisers should let you know if anything changes and their details change, otherwise the directory could soon become out of date. Think about releasing a new issue every few months, or perhaps even every month if you want to keep it fresh and deliver it door to door all the time.

If your brain is now firing up with ideas, why not start writing some of them down? Add your comments below before you make your first steps into local publishing though! Good luck.