There are hundreds, thousands, and hundreds of thousands of blueprints for earning money online - some with more rigid plans than others. Many are one-sided - full of up-sells, poorly written, over most peoples' heads - others are outright scams and impossible for almost anyone but their creator to follow. Even really good blueprints for making money online can seem overwhelming to those who have just entered the world of "making money online."
Most people have been involved in "brick and mortar" projects, 9-5 office work, factory and assembly line and other types of "standard off-line jobs" their whole lives. The Internet hasn't been on common use for all that long. Most Internet users HAVE DAY JOBS that are nothing like the more abstract Internet environment. Needless to say, real world and internet environment world differ greatly and there is a learning curve for almost all people using the web who hope to make money via the online environments.
Most 9-5 and Brick and Mortar type skills aren't needed in online environments, however, there are skills that are transferable from one environment to another. The same goes for factory/assembly and office environments.
It takes creativity to find out which offline skills you possess that will transfer well to working in an online environment.
As well - even though there are tools considered "Online Standard Tools For Online Money Making and Marketing," nobody says you have to use them all ONLY in a "standard" way.
For example, some social sites have blogs in their software. If you can't afford hosting and a domain, ask yourself if you have an account somewhere that contains "space" where you can promote. Be careful not to get "spammy" and make sure you are following site Terms of Service for whatever you want to promote and then GET BUSY utilizing whatever tools are at your disposal for free.
Examples of "portal" type spaces online:
Ning sites
Google/Pages, blogs, G+, etc
APSense (blogs, traffic exchange, rev/feature pages)
Weebly (sites, blogs, some community features)
Webs .com (sites, blogs, some community features)
These aren't "Pro" tools, but many have "Pro Account" options that will give you more features/options, space, ability to promote online. None of the big GURU marketers is likely to "like," "thumbsup," or "share" your Ning or ApSense pages but if your content is CONSISTENT, OF GOOD QUALITY, and APPROPRIATE, you will get the attention of people who are interested in consistently appropriate, good quality content.
Be creative in how you use the space that is available for free - meaning PROVIDE QUALITY - not spamming, junk, questionable programs or questionable claims on programs you THINK will bring in riches but have not become a millionaire with as of yet!
Post non-linked content often, let whatever communities you share space in become aware of your small and larger successes. Log in often, share nicely, visit other peoples' pages and get involved in DISCOURSE - not just one-way commenting. Also... look around for useful tools, sites, etc., that you can creatively work into your "set" of money making tools.
Rule of Thumb: If you are NOT CERTAIN that you'll log in and use a site at least on a WEEKLY basis or twice per week - SKIP IT... don't join or use it. (I'm saying this as someone who still has a couple of dozen sites to "remove" myself from - sites I joined before learning why this rule of thumb is important).
Most marketers say you need your own hosting/webspace, domain, autoresponder, products and a few other things in order to successfully make money online. For the most part, I believe this is true - but people have to start SOMEWHERE closer to the "Free sections" sometimes in order to learn what to do with their paid hosting, domains, autoresponder and other tools.
Don't let any marketers bully, shame or ridicule you into PAID SERVICES of any kind until you know enough about how marketing online, tools and services WORK.
By being creative with the tools and services you find online, you can learn a lot, even promote A LOT before moving to a next step of using paid items.
Monday, 29 October 2012
Consistency
When you use incremental earning programs to earn money online - even if these programs are intended as "starter" programs that you'll graduate away from down the road, CONSISTENCY is mandatory!
The great thing about PTR/PTC is that even if you never get any referrals, by logging in and clicking on a consistent basis, your balances earned always increase...slowly but surely.
With most programs, even if you get a lot of referrals under you, there are limits to what you can earn if you don't log in and participate in the programs on a regular basis.
For example, NeoBux ensures a more active member base by requiring certain members (those who are not upgraded) to log in daily in order to receive commissions from referrals. You can have many referrals but not benefit at all from having them at NeoBux.
Another example: some PTR sites require that you log in and click a certain amount of point emails in order to earn from referrals or earn the priviledge of cashing out - even if your cash balance is high enough for receiving a payment.
These aren't scam techniques - they're good PTC/PTR restrictions to ensure that people don't acquire accounts, pay another site to bring in referrals, then do nothing on the original site to participate in earning. (Yes, there are ad co-ops out there and various referral purchase sites that bring referrals to your program - some are banned at certain PTR/PTP/PTC sites, so read the find print and T.O.S. if you decide to use these).
The great thing about PTR/PTC is that even if you never get any referrals, by logging in and clicking on a consistent basis, your balances earned always increase...slowly but surely.
With most programs, even if you get a lot of referrals under you, there are limits to what you can earn if you don't log in and participate in the programs on a regular basis.
For example, NeoBux ensures a more active member base by requiring certain members (those who are not upgraded) to log in daily in order to receive commissions from referrals. You can have many referrals but not benefit at all from having them at NeoBux.
Another example: some PTR sites require that you log in and click a certain amount of point emails in order to earn from referrals or earn the priviledge of cashing out - even if your cash balance is high enough for receiving a payment.
These aren't scam techniques - they're good PTC/PTR restrictions to ensure that people don't acquire accounts, pay another site to bring in referrals, then do nothing on the original site to participate in earning. (Yes, there are ad co-ops out there and various referral purchase sites that bring referrals to your program - some are banned at certain PTR/PTP/PTC sites, so read the find print and T.O.S. if you decide to use these).
Wellness and Reality
The truth is... you're not likely to make a million dollars overnight, in a week, month or even in a year. You can dream and I don't say this to try and dissuade anyone from dreaming BIG, striving for great things - but if you don't have the capacity to keep yourself on the dreamtrain, stay positive and motivated 24-7 (some people do), you'll be in for repeated disappointments if you don't face reality.
The reality is: Successful Internet Marketing requires effort, tools, skills and know-how. If you don't have these, you can fail very easily at marketing and trying to earn money online with Internet Marketing.
Know what YOUR skills are! Be real. If you have skills, use them. If you don't have skills but can learn some - do so. If you have absolutely no interest in learning certain things, learn the next appropriate skills sets so that you can be successful at earning money online.
About wellness: when you feel well, you do everything better, so keep yourself in good shape, in a good state of mind.
Balance what you're doing with online activities so that these don't interfere greatly with other life activities. You won't want your friends and family to miss you while you're working out your online skills, promoting programs, etc - but at the same time, the people around you need to know you are SERIOUS about your online money making activities.
If you do things with half-energy and only half your attention focused on online earning activities, people around you may think you're only half-serious about making money online. If they learn to believe you're not really serious, they may interfere, infringing upon your focus time.
If you focus too much on online activities that exclude your friends and family from spending quality time with you, you'll create drama and problems in your everyday life experiences. These, in turn, will distract you when you do have time for online money making.
Balance, balance, balance.
And Know, know, know...
Balance your activities
Know your strengths, build up where you find weaknesses.
Be serious... about your strengths and weaknesses, about your reality and goals (create do-able steps and attainable goals), about your life, loved ones, focus, and schedule.
The reality is: Successful Internet Marketing requires effort, tools, skills and know-how. If you don't have these, you can fail very easily at marketing and trying to earn money online with Internet Marketing.
Know what YOUR skills are! Be real. If you have skills, use them. If you don't have skills but can learn some - do so. If you have absolutely no interest in learning certain things, learn the next appropriate skills sets so that you can be successful at earning money online.
About wellness: when you feel well, you do everything better, so keep yourself in good shape, in a good state of mind.
Balance what you're doing with online activities so that these don't interfere greatly with other life activities. You won't want your friends and family to miss you while you're working out your online skills, promoting programs, etc - but at the same time, the people around you need to know you are SERIOUS about your online money making activities.
If you do things with half-energy and only half your attention focused on online earning activities, people around you may think you're only half-serious about making money online. If they learn to believe you're not really serious, they may interfere, infringing upon your focus time.
Balance, balance, balance.
If you focus too much on online activities that exclude your friends and family from spending quality time with you, you'll create drama and problems in your everyday life experiences. These, in turn, will distract you when you do have time for online money making.
Balance, balance, balance.
And Know, know, know...
Balance your activities
Know your strengths, build up where you find weaknesses.
Be serious... about your strengths and weaknesses, about your reality and goals (create do-able steps and attainable goals), about your life, loved ones, focus, and schedule.
Friday, 5 October 2012
Take Action
Once you decide and commit to the idea of making money online and especially if you are needing to start with free money making programs, you'll have to TAKE ACTION...
You'll have to BEGIN - and then focus and stay in motion with things.
If you've worked on your mind-set and thought through your level of commitment to online earning activities then scheduled time for doing various tasks online, this next step is pretty simple...
Just BEGIN!
Start clicking!
Forget about balances for several weeks. Work with Firefox AND another browser if you're doing PTR/PTC programs. Not all sites and pages will open nicely in Firefox and many PTR sites with PTP Pages will lock up Chrome browser or Internet Explorer.
You may even want to join some Traffic Exchange sites and for these, mostly Firefox browser will be appropriate for opening numerous windows so you can surf 3 to 4 or even 12 to 15 Traffic Exchanges at a time.
I still work with PTR/PTP and PTC programs because as my Internet Marketing skills build, I have need to use PTR/PTP and PTC programs for their affordable ad prices and the fact that most good and reputable sites of this nature have a solid member base of people who show up regularly to view other peoples' ads, pages and offers.
You'll have to BEGIN - and then focus and stay in motion with things.
If you've worked on your mind-set and thought through your level of commitment to online earning activities then scheduled time for doing various tasks online, this next step is pretty simple...
Just BEGIN!
Start clicking!
Forget about balances for several weeks. Work with Firefox AND another browser if you're doing PTR/PTC programs. Not all sites and pages will open nicely in Firefox and many PTR sites with PTP Pages will lock up Chrome browser or Internet Explorer.
You may even want to join some Traffic Exchange sites and for these, mostly Firefox browser will be appropriate for opening numerous windows so you can surf 3 to 4 or even 12 to 15 Traffic Exchanges at a time.
I still work with PTR/PTP and PTC programs because as my Internet Marketing skills build, I have need to use PTR/PTP and PTC programs for their affordable ad prices and the fact that most good and reputable sites of this nature have a solid member base of people who show up regularly to view other peoples' ads, pages and offers.
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