In case you’re wondering, yes, you can definitely make money online without any experience. All you need is a computer, an internet connection, and the willingness to learn. Let’s figure out how you can make money online step by step.
Create A Blog (or Website)
This is step one to making money online. You need to create a blog (website) to house your content. Don’t worry, you don’t need to have a lot of knowledge to do this. In fact, you can use free blogging platforms like Blogger or WordPress to get started. Just make sure that you pick a unique niche and name for your blog. You can also use a free domain generator like Bluehost to get a custom domain name (like yourblog.com).
The great thing about having a blog (or website) is that it’s very easy to build a following. If you can get people to subscribe to your blog (or website), you can earn money from clicks and purchases from affiliate partners. Don’t worry, we’ll explain affiliate marketing later.
Find Your Niche
When you have your blog (website) up and running, you need to find your niche. What will you write about? This is important because it will determine how you can monetize your blog (website).If you’re wondering, you don’t have to pick a profitable niche right away. You can start with a niche that isn’t so profitable, and build your audience and revenue over time. Once you have a decent sized audience, you can move to the next most profitable niche.
Try to find a niche that suits your personality. If you’re the adventurous type, try finding a niche in travel blogging. If you love to cook, start a food blog. There are literally hundreds of niches out there, so take your time finding a profitable one. Once you do, you’ll be able to build a following and make money online.
Build Audience
The next step is to build your audience. You need to find a way to get people to subscribe to your blog (website) so that you can grow your income. There are a few ways to do this. You can use affiliate marketing to promote products related to your niche. You can also use free tools like Google Adsense to drive traffic to your site. Don’t worry about the traffic, as you’ll find out later in this step, driving traffic to your site doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll make money online.
What is affiliate marketing? Affiliate marketing is when you help businesses promote their products and earn a commission from these businesses whenever someone buys a product through your blog (website). For example, you write a blog post about vacuum cleaners, and Amazon affiliates will pay you a commission whenever someone clicks a link or buys a vacuum cleaner through your blog post. You can also promote products and services from businesses other than those you’re affiliated with.
In order to get started with affiliate marketing, you’ll need to find affiliate programs for the products you’re promoting. You’ll also need to find a way to track all of the sales that come from these affiliate programs. Once you have these items, you can get to work promoting them.
Monetizing Your Blog (or Website)
This is the step where you decide how you’re going to make money from your blog (website). You need to find a way to turn your blog (website) into a money-making machine. There are a few different ways to do this, but we’ll discuss three of them.
The first way is to use online affiliate sales. You’ll need to find affiliate programs for the products you’re promoting. Simply find a product or service that you think suits your blog (website) and you’ll be able to successfully monetize it. You can then integrate affiliate sales into your blog (website) using a tool like Google Adsense. Don’t worry about the money right now. This is a step that will pay off in the long run.
The second way is to use contextual affiliate marketing. With this strategy, you’ll write blog posts that are actually linked to a business. When someone clicks a link or purchase a product that’s mentioned in one of your blog posts, you’ll earn a commission. You can use a tool like Google Adsense to drive traffic to your site, and when that traffic drives sales, you’ll earn a commission. This is a great option for new bloggers who don’t have access to any affiliate programs yet.
The third way is to use affiliate sales for short-term gains. With this strategy, you’ll promote a product or service and then abandon the campaign once the product becomes ‘unsold’ or discontinued. This is not a good idea because it reduces a business’ trust in you as a brand when they see you promoting a product that isn’t relevant to your audience or lifestyle. The last thing you want to do is confuse your readers. It’s better to build a brand reputation than to risk that by promoting products that your audience doesn’t need.
Deciding how you’re going to monetize your blog (website) is a lot easier than you think it is. You simply need to find a way to turn your blog (website) into a money-making machine. Once you do, you can begin building your audience and creating content that will continue to generate income.