If you are starting out, you probably don't know how to go about setting up an online business and making money via Internet.
You may have lots of questions like below;
Do I need a website/blog? Should I buy one or build my own? How do I build my own? What do I put on my site? How do I find a niche market? What is a niche market? How do I sell stuff? How do I set up adsense? What is adsense? What tools do I need? How do I generate traffic (visitors) to my site? What's the secret behind making money? etc...
I'm sure the list could go on for a while yet. The point is most of you want to know where and how to start an online money making venture.
There are several ways to make money online but I can tell you there is no such thing as "getting rich quick" on the Internet. Let's start with "Google Adsense", Affiliate and Blogs. This is the risk-free and increasingly popular way to get started making money online.
Google Adsense is a form of marketing where you’re paid when someone clicks on an advertisement on your website (you get paid whether they buy or not). Companies that will pay you a percentage of the sale of a product you advertised are known as “Publishers”. You (the advertiser/seller) are known as the “Affiliate”.
Popular & larger affiliate programs like Amazon, Linkshare,Clickbank and Commission Junction.
In layman term, the difference between Affiliate marketing and Google Adsense is ..Affiliate money is made on the sale ( Pay Per Sales) and Google Adsense money is made on the click (Pay Per Click).
Both Google Adsense and affiliate programs present opportunities to monetize the traffic that your site attracts. Deciding which option is best for you depends on the type of site that you have and the niche that you are working in. A large part of internet marketing is a numbers game, and figuring out how to bring in the most income from your traffic in the long term can be tricky. Affiliate programs offer attractive commissions for each sale that you bring in, while Adsense presents the opportunity to make money regardless of whether your site's viewers buy something or not.
Blogs are another kind of website. The content is usually organized by date and category with the most recent post/content displaying first. You can set up a blog for free. Blogs are another kind of website. The content is usually organized by date and category with the most recent post/content displaying first. WordPress and Blogger are the two most popular blogging platforms. These tools are very user-friendly and are beginners dream as a complete computer illiterate can set up a blog just following the onscreen directions. A blog is very simple to manage. Once you have a blog you will then learn how to market it - get traffic to your site. Google will provide advertisements for your blog for free. You will earn an immediate commission from Google each time someone clicks an advertisement on your blog. Once you get your blog up and running you can diversify with affiliate marketing and other methods of making money.
