You're probably here because you searched "how to get rich on the internet" or "how to make money online." If your looking for some get rich quick plan or some pyramid or multi-level marketing scheme, you're in the wrong place. Even though I would love finding such a beast, I don't think it exists.
So instead, I approached this fantastic medium known as the Internet from a more practical standpoint. How can I share what I love, learn how to bring in visitors and make some money by selling products or having ads on my web pages.
I will start with my basic story, then delve into specifics:
In the mid nineties I knew that this new Internet thing was going to catch on, and being a stand up comedian who wanted to be found by comedy clubs as well as booking agents and corporations looking to hire entertainment, I knew I needed a web site. At that time the few people who knew how to write the html code (there really weren't any WYSIWYG software programs yet) charged a fortune. Literally. Then, once they designed your site they charged two to three gazillion dollars to host it on their servers.
It was clear to me that I had to learn how to do it all myself and it wasn't going to be easy because there weren't as many resources out there to teach you how to design and launch a web site. Then I remember thinking, "I'll just Google it. Oh wait. Google doesn't exist yet. In fact, neither does Yahoo!" Dammit all.
So I set out to learn the hard way, and without belaboring how I did that (because it really isn't relevent any more), I finally created a really crappy looking web page (not that my current one is really great or anything) and danced around my living room excited about the future and knowing that my calendar was going to fill up with all of the bookings that would soon be coming my way via the World Wide Web.
One problem. It didn't happen.
Why? Because simply having a web site didn't guarantee that anyone could find it. So the next step was to learn about promoting a web site. This led to learning about meta tags, and Search Engine Optimization, and all the other high learning-curve things that I knew very little about.
To make a short story just a little longer, that web site (well actually it's the second or third carnation of my comedy web site) makes me the most money of all of the web sites and blogs that I now own. And once you find your niche and your audience, I'm confident that you too can make a few bucks from your passion.
Be patient.
Stay passionate.
Read.
Observe.
Work hard.
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ReplyDeleteGuess what? This is exactly what big companies are paying for. They need to know what their customer base needs and wants. So large companies pay millions of dollars per month to the average person. In return, the average person, myself included, answers some questions and gives them their opinion.