Conclusion – Can You Make Money With A Website

There is a lot to having a successful website. So many factors, so much to learn. Sometimes it can be daunting and hard to determine whether it is something you want to do and can do. Can you build a successful website?

There is only one way to find out - build, learn, tinker. The best evidence that you can have your own website: I did it – so can you. I started knowing nothing about making money with a website. By building it, learning and tinkering I have made it into what it is today.

This website is my baby - I love it. Successful or not, I enjoy spending time on it. Of course I hope it will be popular and make a lot more money but for now I am happy that it simply exists.

This website started off as an idea. A whim with no past – one day I just decided to make money with a website. I had no previous experience but tried it anyway. Now it is what it is and I do not regret a single minute spent on it. You should try it.

7. Build a list

Although this is not a way to make money in itself, a list is an incredible valuable resource to have.

They say that it takes about 7 times for a person to see an offer before making a purchase. Building a list allows you to stay in touch with your audience and send information, updates and offers.

To build a list and communicate with your list gives you the chance to interact and build trust with that group of people. When the day comes to send out an offer that they of course will highly benefit from, they will trust your judgement.

Building a list and keep the readers interested in what you have to say can be tricky. Be yourself, be personal that always win in the end.

There will always be people that really enjoy what you do and some prefers to listen to somebody else, don`t take it personal if a subscriber unsubscribe for example. Communicate with the people that want to listen.

There are different programs out there, that can help you keep track of your subscribers. Personally I use Aweber and have for years, it has always worked great.

There you have it 7 ways to make money with a website or blog.

The most important thing is to help your visitors, focus on creating a good experience for them. Be yourself, be relevant and you are on your way to success 🙂

I hope you found the article helpful, how do you make money with your site? Would love to hear your ideas and if I left any good options out, please leave a comment.

Have a productive day and a great week!

See you next Friday,

Next week`s post Moms Making Their First Money Online

P. S Thought I would let you in on some good and bad going on in my online business…

Learn As Much As You Can Before You Start Your Website

Of course with this aimless approach I wasted a lot of time. There were lots of dead ends and information that I wish I never came across. The Internet is saturated with tips and advice about making money online. Most of the advice is from people who have not made a dime on the Internet and are just trying to sell you junk – a scam.

If you are eager and interested in making online but are a beginner with no experience then you need to be very careful. You will be bombarded with 'get rich quick' schemes and programs. 99% of them do not work and are simply after your money. The Internet is a live mine field – one bad step and you waste a lot of time and money.

Making money online is a great experience. You work at home and at your own pace. You learn new things everyday. You work for yourself and enjoying what you are doing. And best of all you end up creating something that you can be proud of.

There are a couple ways to start making money with a website. The first is to do what I did and spend lots of time figuring everything out yourself by visiting forums, reading ebooks, randomly visiting websites etc.

The problem with this method is that at the beginning it is really hard to be certain your are doing the right things. You will spend lots of time reading poor and false information. And you risk the worst case scenario – spending lots of time and money on something that is doomed to fail.

The second method is the one I would recommend to anybody that wants to make money with a website. Get a reputable Website Starter Kit. It is worth it because of the time you save and dead ends you avoid. Instead of bumbling your way through a pile of useless information, you can get the proper information right at the beginning. You can focus on building your online business the correct way instead of spending your time on a method that will fail.

It comes down to saving yourself time by ensuring you have all the right information. This should not be a surprise because that is how it works with all endeavors that require an education. For example, if you want to build your muscles and tone your body, you can simply walk into the gym and randomly try things and see what works and what does not. In time you will either figure out what works or you will find that nothing works and give up. The better approach is to get a professional trainer who will teach you the best way to build muscles and tone your body. By following the trainer's instructions you are assured that you are doing the right thing. Muscles will grow and the body will tone.

Make Money With a Website - The Key Concept

Before you start; before you dive in and begin learning HTML, CSS, and basic website design. Before you pick a domain name and topic for your website. Before you start to write pages of content and search for images to decorate. Before you start doing any of these things you need to know the key concept of making money with a website.

You will waste a lot of your time if you simply create a website, write some content and pretty it up with images and font colors. There are already literally thousands of websites out there about every subject imaginable. Without putting lots of thought into what your website will be about you are most likely just going to end up throwing another website onto of the Internet junk pile.

What ever idea just popped into your head has already been done before. Somebody has had it before you and has made a website. They made it pretty and followed all the latest in good website design. Whatever simply popped into your head has been done already.

Anything that just pops into your head will not work. Remember - you are competing against other like minded people. Like it or not you are not that special that great ideas just pop into your head. There are people whose job it is to think up great website ideas – they spend their days thinking of the next best thing. They will already have thought of what just popped into your head. You need to go beyond the initial idea pop.

You need to find a way to make your website different. And this will not happen with an idea that just pops in your head. You need to do research. Real research. Once you have an idea, spend hours on the Internet looking at what other people are doing with that idea. What can you do to make it different? What can you do to make people want to come to your website rather then all the others? What can you do to make people want to buy your apples rather then from the stand right next to yours?

The key concept to making money with a website is:unique .

Unique can mean many different things. It can mean original, or least expensive, or highest quality, or most accessible, writing style. The point is that it has to have some element that makes people want to choose your product over all the other ones you are competing against. People will not waste their time with you if you have nothing unique to offer.

With the apple stand example unique can mean:

your stand is right at the market entrance you have only big apples your apples are blue your apples are the least expensive you sell half apples

Whatever it is you do, it must make you stick out from the crowd - it must offer something different.

It is easy to see with the apple stand example how to be unique. But what most people new to websites do not understand is that websites also require uniqueness. You need to find a way to differentiate your website from all the other websites out there. If you fail to do this right off the start then the next 6 months will lead to a dead end. For six months you will be making a pretty website and writing content – spending hours and hours in front of your computer. Then after six months, or more if you are really stubborn, you will realize that it is not working. A total failure – no visitors and no money made.

After these six months you will finally sit back and start to think about what you did wrong. And the conclusion will be that there is nothing special about your website. There is no reason for people to come to your website – no reason for people to buy your apples.

Save yourself at least 6 months of grief. Ask yourself this question. Why will people come to my website? What makes it unique?

Do You Want To Make Your Own Website?

After browsing this website you should think these two things:

It is possible for you to make a website It is possible for you to make money with a website

It might not be quick and easy - but it is possible.

It took about 6 months for this website to become profitable. And by profitable I do not mean big dollars – I simply mean that revenue is a bigger number than costs. In other words, it took six months to stop losing money online and start making money online.

Due to the nature of this website I wanted to start from scratch. Learn everything the hard way - trial and error. I did not want to purchase a pre-built website or take an online course. I had lots of free time so I was able to stumble my way around the Internet and learn the basics.

Think Of Your Website As An Apple Stand

The biggest lesson I learned was this: think of your website as an apple stand in a large open market. Would you expect to make money by just plopping down a bucket of apples and waiting for the people to come by and buy from you? Why would people buy apples from you? There are lots of other apple stands for them to choose from – why buy from you? What would you do to get people to buy apples from your stand? To make money with a website you need to ask yourself: what will you do to get people to visit your website? How will you differentiate yourself from all the other apple sellers out there?