Randy Roedl

posted by Randy Roedl on Dec 12

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There are countless methods and techniques that one can utilize to earn either a part-time or full-time income, and there are more people everyday striking riches on the internet. Like any other method of making money it definitely doesn’t come easy and you need to work hard in the first initial couple years to ensure you’re set-up for the future. Some of the ways you earn online are short-term quick means of cash and although these are great you should focus on the long-term sustainable income if you plan on working online full-time. Below are some of the methods you can use to earn an online income.

- Paid Surveys
- Selling products/Services
- Affiliate Sales
- Advertising Sales

Generally these are the most common sought after methods of earning money online and cover basically any topic you could imagine. Paid surveys can be great for new webmasters looking to begin earning online, with surveys the money is slow but you’ll be able to get some income going and you’ll learn more about how the internet runs and how you can make money. I suggest you join a few survey networks as with only joining one you might not make sufficient funds. The more surveys you place yourself in front of the more chance you have of earning income. All surveys will pay you money, but there is definitely the need for doing a nice number of them to earn any substantial money.

For longer term income you can sell your own product or service, this can be done through your own website or through forums and social networking sites. There are countless amounts of people hiring freelancers from forums and social networking sites. If you want to earn an income through selling services and products then you’ll need to ensure you allow proper time to do so. It wouldn’t be honest to tell you that you can expect to earn hundreds of dollars a day from the get-go and generally this will never happen. With a product you need to set-up a website and then work on advertising it to your target audience and then hope you start triggering sales, which usually will happen in time but there are some products that never sell. If you’re offering a webmaster service then money can begin right away through forums, because there are always people looking for freelance webmasters to complete jobs.

If you don’t have your own product and you don’t think you could offer a service then you can do affiliate sales which is basically you selling someone else’s product for a commission. If you think you have sales talent and just are missing the product to sell then affiliate sales might work for you. You can also earn money through leads which is where you send people from your website to another website to sign-up for something free. Leads don’t pay nearly as well as sales but you can get your foot in the door with your affiliate network by setting up a few good lead offers on your site. You need to make sure that your product or lead that you offer on your site is targeted towards your audience or else don’t expect many sales.

The last method to earn money that we’ll be discussing in this article is advertising sales. There are different ways to earn through advertising sales which consist of either joining an ad network like Adsense and using their ads to earn money, or you can find people to advertise your site by yourself. You’ll obviously make more money by selling your own ads on your site but this can be time consuming and often you’ll end up making less due to open spots. I find a good medium is too use Adsense and then sell the odd link or banner on the site for some extra income. This is the best way to utilize advertising income, you just need to make sure that you don’t place too many sold links on your site because your site can be harmed by this, which isn’t what you’re trying to do.

All of these great methods that I’ve walked through with you above are wonderful ways to earn money and you should try them all out. Once you begin to get comfortable you’ll be able to utilize more then one of the methods above on everyone of your sites that you make. You’ll want to focus on one site in the beginning but once you feel you have conquered some of the techniques you need to know then you can begin branching out and making new sites. Millions of people earn money online everyday and it can be done by anyone at any age from any country. If you’re serious about making money online there are tons of resources on the internet that you can use to become more knowledgeable in the area. You should remember to start slow and not expect to even earn a dollar in the first few months. You need to establish your sites and methods of earning before the real money starts coming in, those with the patience will notice success before those who throw away all their projects.

posted by Randy Roedl on Dec 3

Five Mistakes You Make When Writing For Your blog

Okay, you have a blog started and the layout looks just the way you want it to.  All the features you wanted to be functioning on it are there.  All the top of the line and most popular plug-ins are activated and in use.  You’re even marketing your blog for both search engine success and also using great link building techniques.  What else is there, right?  Let talk a little bit about your writing and the five mistakes you’re making.

The first and most glaring mistake that you may be making when writing for your blog is not proofreading.  This is easy to do because many times blog posts are written in a largely quick and casual manner.  While this makes for an embracing type of interaction with the readership and is a very valid form of writing, when writing in a casual tone make sure there are no misspellings and grammatical errors.  Everyone makes mistakes, but proofreading is not that hard and most of the writing software on the market comes with spell checking capability.  When any writing, whether it is used online or off, is filled with spelling and grammar errors the effect it has on the reader is to lose confidence in the intelligence of the writer.  This is not the effect that your writing should project to your readers.

The second mistake you might be making with your blog writing is going too in depth about a broad subject.  Instead of writing one 3000 word post about a broad subject, consider writing three to six posts in the 300-600 word range that explore different aspects of that broad subject.  This serves two purposes, it makes it so your readers don’t risk getting bored by committing to a large article, and it also means that instead of one post you’ve written yourself a week or more worth of material.

The third blog writing mistake that may be affecting your writing output is burnout.  It isn’t uncommon that after planning out your blog, designing and redesigning its layout, tweaking its features, and finally writing the content that at some point you could become burnt out on the topic of it.  Regardless of how much you love the subject you blog about, burnout is a possibility.  Your readers can tell when they read what you write if you are just going through the motions and not as passionate about your blog or topic as you once were.  To solve this problem, take some time away from your blog periodically.  It might take writing an extra blog post now and then and not posting it.  Let these accumulate so that you can take a week away from your blog but still have fresh content to post.

The fourth problem your blog writing may be experiencing is that of being too informal or casual.  While a certain amount of casualness can be a great match for some blog topics, if you are covering more serious issues or are looking to gain a certain amount of respect in a given marketplace, writing that is too informal may actually turn people away.  People want to at least think that the authors they are reading are educated and informed about their subject matter.  They may take the subject very seriously, and if you aren’t writing for these readers then you may be losing them.

The fifth problem you may be having with your blog writing is the topic you’re writing about.  The sad fact about many struggling blogs on the internet is that there is truly either very little or no market at all for the subject they are talking about.  In a perfect world, your subject matter hits a viable niche market that you can capitalize on and market to.  What you need to try and stay clear of is either a subject matter that is too broad and is already overcrowded with other blogs and websites covering it or a subject that has such a limited niche that the possibility of mining it for any traffic or profit benefit is non-existent.

Many people think that tackling the task of running a blog or even blogging full time is easy.  Not only is this not true, not only is running a blog difficult, it can be difficult each and every day.  One of the best ways to get the most out of your blog is to have high quality content and the best way to do this is to constantly work at both improving your writing skills and proofreading what you have written.  Having a well written blog with frequently updated and quality content is the one and only way to make sure that it is successful.

posted by Randy Roedl on Jul 11

There are countless methods and techniques that one can utilize to

earn either a part-time or full-time income, and there are more

people everyday striking riches on the internet. Like any other

method of making money it definitely doesn’t come easy and you

need to work hard in the first initial couple years to ensure

you’re set-up for the future. Some of the ways you earn online are

short-term quick means of cash and although these are great you

should focus on the long-term sustainable income if you plan on

working online full-time. Below are some of the methods you can

use to earn an online income.

- Paid Surveys
- Selling products/Services
- affiliate Sales
- Advertising Sales

Generally these are the most common sought after methods of

earning money online and cover basically any topic you could

imagine. Paid surveys can be great for new webmasters looking to

begin earning online, with surveys the money is slow but you’ll be

able to get some income going and you’ll learn more about how the

internet runs and how you can make money. I suggest you join a few

survey networks as with only joining one you might not make

sufficient funds. The more surveys you place yourself in front of

the more chance you have of earning income. All surveys will pay

you money, but there is definitely the need for doing a nice

number of them to earn any substantial money.

For longer term income you can sell your own product or service,

this can be done through your own website or through forums and

social networking sites. There are countless amounts of people

hiring freelancers from forums and social networking sites. If you

want to earn an income through selling services and products then

you’ll need to ensure you allow proper time to do so. It wouldn’t

be honest to tell you that you can expect to earn hundreds of

dollars a day from the get-go and generally this will never

happen. With a product you need to set-up a website and then work

on advertising it to your target audience and then hope you start

triggering sales, which usually will happen in time but there are

some products that never sell. If you’re offering a webmaster

service then money can begin right away through forums, because

there are always people looking for freelance webmasters to

complete jobs.

If you don’t have your own product and you don’t think you could

offer a service then you can do affiliate sales which is basically

you selling someone else’s product for a commission. If you think

you have sales talent and just are missing the product to sell

then affiliate sales might work for you. You can also earn money

through leads which is where you send people from your website to

another website to sign-up for something free. Leads don’t pay

nearly as well as sales but you can get your foot in the door with

your affiliate network by setting up a few good lead offers on

your site. You need to make sure that your product or lead that

you offer on your site is targeted towards your audience or else

don’t expect many sales.

The last method to earn money that we’ll be discussing in this

article is advertising sales. There are different ways to earn

through advertising sales which consist of either joining an ad

network like Adsense and using their ads to earn money, or you can

find people to advertise your site by yourself. You’ll obviously

make more money by selling your own ads on your site but this can

be time consuming and often you’ll end up making less due to open

spots. I find a good medium is too use Adsense and then sell the

odd link or banner on the site for some extra income. This is the

best way to utilize advertising income, you just need to make sure

that you don’t place too many sold links on your site because your

site can be harmed by this, which isn’t what you’re trying to do.

All of these great methods that I’ve walked through with you above

are wonderful ways to earn money and you should try them all out.

Once you begin to get comfortable you’ll be able to utilize more

then one of the methods above on everyone of your sites that you

make. You’ll want to focus on one site in the beginning but once

you feel you have conquered some of the techniques you need to

know then you can begin branching out and making new sites.

Millions of people earn money online everyday and it can be done

by anyone at any age from any country. If you’re serious about

making money online there are tons of resources on the internet

that you can use to become more knowledgeable in the area. You

should remember to start slow and not expect to even earn a dollar

in the first few months. You need to establish your sites and

methods of earning before the real money starts coming in, those

with the patience will notice success before those who throw away

all their projects.