Response to Skellie’s “What’s your attitude to making money online?”
What’s your opinion about making money online?
Skellie asked that questions in her post, Ask the Readers: Do You Make Money Online?
My attitude is simple: I would love to. I haven’t yet, but I would love to.
If I could earn a living online, that would have a fantastic change to my life! I could then travel anywhere and not have to worry about returning to work, or running out of vacation time.
My attitude is simple: I would love to. I haven’t yet, but I would love to.
If I could earn a living online, that would be a fantastic change to my life! I could then travel anywhere and not have to worry about returning to work, or running out of vacation time.
I would become “location independent.” I would travel. I would spend time with family anytime I chose.
My wife and I discussed such a thing a few months ago on a trip to France. (I’d love to tell you we scrimped and saved for the trip, but the truth is we borrowed money at Prosper.com to afford it.)
We really enjoyed spending a few days in Paris, then almost a week in the south of France in a little village of 50 to 60 people called Labastide Esparbairenque, about 20 minutes from Carcassonne.
One of the things that really appealed to me was the people living in houseboats along the Canal du Midi, which connects the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. They call them canal boats. The boats can dock anywhere along the canal as long as they don’t impede traffic. For many, that was the way they spent their summer vacations. And for some, I believe that was where they lived full time.
If I could earn a living online, I could be one of those people living in a canal boat, or even a motor home, traveling Europe on my own timetable.
I could spend my summers in America as a campground host, fishing in the early morning, taking care of campground duties in the morning, blogging in the afternoon.
Making money online would be a great lifestyle change for me.
So to answer your question, Skellie, I have no problem with others wanting to earn money online in a respectable way. I have no tolerance for spamming or splogging products or affiliate links. But if a blogger provides real content, and also advertises an affiliate link in relation to it, more power to him.
To make money online requires a commitment. It’s not a get rich quick scheme, but a plan that requires actual work, and providing an actual service to your consumers.
There are many “blueprints” and other courses out there explaining how it can be done. But this is the basics of it:
- Find a small to medium sized niche with under-served buyers.
- Find a quality product to sell to that niche.
- Promote the product while delivering something of value to the reader/consumer, such as a quality content or ebooks.
- Establish a reliable follow up system.
- Provide more quality content to keep them returning to view the next product you support.
- Rinse, repeat.
I belive the key to earning money online is to be open, honest and strive to provide a quality service to the consumers. Get Rich Quick schemes seldom do.