The Internet is a prime source of easy money. There are many businesses out there that leverage the universal nature of the internet to generate income. Marketing companies, auction sites, download services, and web publishing companies to name a few are those cashing in on the World Wide Web.
1. Using The Internet To Generate Revenue
The business opportunities are definitively out there – and best of all, your message or service is not limited by geography. Revenue is usually paid by companies who want additional traffic to their website. They are willing to bid on keywords on a per-click basis. This type of business model, for them, makes sense depending on their conversion ratio. A company with a compelling web page that has 2% of its visitors actually buy the product they are selling might pay a dollar for a single visitor to arrive at their site.
2. Affiliate Programs
Affiliate programs are more stringent than pay per click programs. You only get paid if the person being directed to the sponsors’ website actually buys something. The caveat is that you get a commission of the sale, meaning if you link to items with high price points, like cars or boats, you might make a hundred dollars or more from a single transaction. Of course, those numbers are very rare indeed.
3. Traffic Generation
As you might imagine, the amount of profits you can make is directly proportionate to the number of people that arrive at your site. In this way, your earning potential is truly limited only by your own ingenuity in promoting your site. A reciprocal links program combined with excellent search engine optimization is a great start. Another very successful tactic is to have articles written for you and submit them to free article submission sites, as well as on your own website for your visitors to read. Content is king, and the more vital content you can provide users the more users will frequent your site. Avoid underhanded tactics like forcing visitors to click on ads or vote for your site in order to proceed to a piece of information they desire. These will be picked up by search engines and your rank will lower.
4. Search Engine Traffic
When you get big enough, you can actually pay a small amount of money to search engines to boost traffic to your site. In general, if you’re not on the first page of results in a search engine, no one will bother to go any further to find you.
5. Mix Ads With Real Content
Make it nearly indistinguishable for visitors to be able to tell what is an advertisement and what is real content that your site offers. You can mix advertisements in with your navigation bar or even use services that will take popular words and turn them into links to products or services. This tactic is a little underhanded but it’s perfectly legal. People new to your site will have a very high chance of clicking an advertisement whereas people that end up using it long term will know what is an add and what isn’t.
6. Auction Sites
Auction sites can generate a substantial amount of income. They can greatly benefit you if you are one of the creative types of people who make homemade crafts. If you are one of these types of people, you might have a collection of woodcraft, clay sculptures, or paintings that are lying around your home workshop that you did as a hobby.
7. E-Books
E-Books are hot right now. By creating a subscription-based website with a specific theme that interests you, you will create a stream of continued revenue. A few chapters might be available free, but if they want more they will have to pay. Because you can deliver them over the internet, you don’t have to worry about shipping costs as you would with a traditional product or service.
