Seven Ways to Generate Income From Your Website
by John Purdy
Published on this site: July 14th, 2005 - See
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If you own your own website, there are a variety of things
you can do to generate extra income for yourself. To enjoy
the most success for your efforts, you must take into consideration
your existing website content, as well as your particular
target audience. You will also want to know the approximate
number of visitors you regularly receive to your website.
Once you have this information, you can decide which idea
(or ideas) will apply best to you:
- Include Google Adsense on your web pages. Google delivers
text and image ads that are targeted to your site and its
content. When people click on an ad, you will receive a
portion of the amount paid to Google by the advertiser.
On average, you can expect to receive anywhere between 2
cents to a dollar per click, depending on the keyword.
- Make money selling other people's products and services
through affiliate programs. Each program you register for
should provide you with an affiliate link to track your
referrals. Depending on the program, you will normally be
paid on a per sale basis or for each sign-up you generate.
- Sell advertising space on your web site. You could sell
banner and/or classified ads. If you want to make additional
money, sell sponsor ads and place them is a special section
or towards the top of your website for the most exposure.
- If you have enough web space available on your server,
you could rent web pages to other people. You could also
give the web pages away for free, but include your banner
or advertisement on them to generate income for yourself.
- Charge people a fee to access a dedicated part of your
website. People will pay you money for your website content
if it's valuable to them. The content can be ebooks, reports,
software, etc.
- Sell your own products or services. Of course, they should
be related to your target audience. You will also want the
ability to securely accept credit card payments directly
from your website. Other forms of payment such as PayPal,
ClickBank, etc. is also preferred. Delivery of your product
should be as fast as possible.
- Publish an e-zine from your website. Have people subscribe
to the e-zine right from your web site. In addition to direct
sales of products or services you are promoting, you could
sell classified or sponsor advertising inside your e-zine.
Each of these ideas will generate income, but if you are
a new website owner, I recommend starting with Google Adsense.
These ads continue to grow in popularity and are easy to customize
and install on your web pages–simply copy and paste a
block of HTML.
For new internet home business entrepreneurs, in addition
to Google Ads, you should also consider affiliate programs.
Most affiliate programs are free to join and usually offer
marketing tools and resources that are readily available for
your use.
John Purdy is an affiliate marketer and operates his
own internet home business. For access to free affiliate programs
and resources on the home business industry, visit his website
at:
http://www.home-business-concepts.com
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