Start Your First Money Making Site - Even If You Are Broke
Did you ever wanted to start your own money making site? Like one of these internet gurus who earn thousands of dollars every day? To help you start your first money making site, I will outline a simple step-by-step guide.
Everything I am going to outline is for free, meaning that you don't have to put a single penny into this project.
So here are the steps: 1.
Choose a topic.
Every single website is based on a topic, or is built around a topic.
It is best that you don't choose a very broad topic, like "cars".
It is better to choose something like "sports cars review", so that your website is more focused.
Also, it is best that you choose something you have interest in.
2.
Keyword Research Do some keyword research about the topic you have chosen.
http://inventory.
overture.
com is a good keyword research site.
Type in your keyword, e.
g.
sports cars, and look at the results.
It is best that you don't go for the most popular keywords (the one with the most count), or else you will be getting too much competition for that keyword.
Once you have chosen a few keywords, use these keywords and build your site around that keyword.
3.
Website Hosting Once you have chosen your keywords to build your site around, you need some web hosting space to put your site on.
Since you are starting out, it is best that you first go for free web hosting, such as geocities.
However, I would recommend blogger (www.
blogger.
com), since it is much simpler and effective.
4.
Content If you like, you can write your own articles, however, if you are lazy and don't have much time, you could perhaps use articles from sites such as http://www.
ezinearticles.
com.
It is best that you post one article every now and then, rather than posting 10 articles in one day.
5.
Google AdSense This is the main part.
Once you have created your account on blogger, click on where it says templates, and then click on adsense.
There, you would be able to apply for adsense.
Afterwards, you can start getting the codes for adsense.
It is best that you use colors that match and blend in with your site.
So if you use white background for your site, use white background for the ads.
If you use black text for your site, use black text for your ads.
For the AdSense sizes, I would recommend 336*280, 300*250 and 160*600.
6.
Traffic After you have everything set up, you need traffic.
Basically, there are 3 types of traffic: -Paid Traffic (not going to be discussing about this type of traffic) -Do it yourself Traffic -Borrowed Traffic D.
I.
Y.
Traffic DIY Traffic is just basically traffic you earned by doing it yourself.
This may include getting involved in the community (forums and blogs) and posting a link to your website in you signature.
This also includes writing your own articles and pasting your link in the About the Author box.
Borrowed Traffic Borrowed Traffic is the best traffic you can get, since it is way more effective than paid traffic, plus it is free.
My favourite borrowed traffic technique is joint venture.
JV is just like a partnership.
Link exchange is one example.
You place my link on your site, I place your link on my site.
There are also many other plans, such as a giveaway event, which you could use with your JV Partner.
All you need to do is come up with a win/win plan.
7.
Starting all over Repeat the steps and start another website, perhaps this time using a paid web hosting company.
Everything I am going to outline is for free, meaning that you don't have to put a single penny into this project.
So here are the steps: 1.
Choose a topic.
Every single website is based on a topic, or is built around a topic.
It is best that you don't choose a very broad topic, like "cars".
It is better to choose something like "sports cars review", so that your website is more focused.
Also, it is best that you choose something you have interest in.
2.
Keyword Research Do some keyword research about the topic you have chosen.
http://inventory.
overture.
com is a good keyword research site.
Type in your keyword, e.
g.
sports cars, and look at the results.
It is best that you don't go for the most popular keywords (the one with the most count), or else you will be getting too much competition for that keyword.
Once you have chosen a few keywords, use these keywords and build your site around that keyword.
3.
Website Hosting Once you have chosen your keywords to build your site around, you need some web hosting space to put your site on.
Since you are starting out, it is best that you first go for free web hosting, such as geocities.
However, I would recommend blogger (www.
blogger.
com), since it is much simpler and effective.
4.
Content If you like, you can write your own articles, however, if you are lazy and don't have much time, you could perhaps use articles from sites such as http://www.
ezinearticles.
com.
It is best that you post one article every now and then, rather than posting 10 articles in one day.
5.
Google AdSense This is the main part.
Once you have created your account on blogger, click on where it says templates, and then click on adsense.
There, you would be able to apply for adsense.
Afterwards, you can start getting the codes for adsense.
It is best that you use colors that match and blend in with your site.
So if you use white background for your site, use white background for the ads.
If you use black text for your site, use black text for your ads.
For the AdSense sizes, I would recommend 336*280, 300*250 and 160*600.
6.
Traffic After you have everything set up, you need traffic.
Basically, there are 3 types of traffic: -Paid Traffic (not going to be discussing about this type of traffic) -Do it yourself Traffic -Borrowed Traffic D.
I.
Y.
Traffic DIY Traffic is just basically traffic you earned by doing it yourself.
This may include getting involved in the community (forums and blogs) and posting a link to your website in you signature.
This also includes writing your own articles and pasting your link in the About the Author box.
Borrowed Traffic Borrowed Traffic is the best traffic you can get, since it is way more effective than paid traffic, plus it is free.
My favourite borrowed traffic technique is joint venture.
JV is just like a partnership.
Link exchange is one example.
You place my link on your site, I place your link on my site.
There are also many other plans, such as a giveaway event, which you could use with your JV Partner.
All you need to do is come up with a win/win plan.
7.
Starting all over Repeat the steps and start another website, perhaps this time using a paid web hosting company.