Yes you can make money online IF you really learn what works and avoid what doesn’t – and THAT is not as easily done as one would hope. Since I have been studying how to make money online since 1994 and making a living totally online since 2000 I know who is the real deal and who just writes about making money. The resources I’ve found the most valuable are linked below.
NEW: Since this post was written Andrew Rondeau came out with the Income Blogging Guide course that is so good that even I and Kristi Hines of Kikolani are taking it ourselves. We highly recommend it over the others I’ve written about in the past.
I recommend you check out several, select ONE that offers an ebook, email training or video/email training, and dedicate yourself to going through their process.
IMPORTANT: Focus on IMPLEMENTING what just one teaches!
You can always learn from the others later. Believe me there is more to do than you can ever learn from just one source. The very best method for getting started is to follow a specific course laid out by a highly experienced and successful blogger. As Bilal wrote in The Secret to Becoming a Six Figure Blogger:
“The difference between Darren Rowse and your average blogger is, Darren Rowse didn’t sit down all day with brilliant ideas and not put them into action… He took all his ideas and carried them out. Put your ideas into action and become the next blogging superstar.”
HOW TO MAKE MONEY BLOGGING:
AffiliateBlogOnline compared five of the top ten bloggers and charted some very interesting Common Features of a Successful Blog that can provide some background. Then check out the bloggers / Web site owners below who make substantial money online and – more important for you – are good at teaching what they’re doing well.
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ProBlogger – (ProBlogger) – Darren Rowse is possibly the most famous Blogger and purported to make the most money online. Learn more in this excellent Problogger interview from BloggingWithoutaBlog. Darren offers a ProBlogger community forum, the book ProBlogger: Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income, and the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog workbook.
CopyBlogger – (CopyBlogger) – best blog for persuasive copywriting and more on how to make money. Also read and apply his exceptional free ebook Authority Rules: The Ten Rock Solid Elements of Effective Online Marketing.
Remarkablogger – (Remarkablogger) – Free How to Start a Business Blog workbook: Step-by-step guide with exercises to help you plan, set-up, and create content for a business blog.
There is a free Make Money Online ebook download on the top right corner of John’s site. This link goes to his Make Money Online page which lists all of the ad networks and affiliate programs he uses to make money online – but be careful of gray to black methods that could get you banned!
Successful Blog – (LizStrauss) – Offers Coaching and the Book: The Secrets to Writing a Successful and Outstanding Blog
FresheVenture – (FresheVenture) – The speed Keller’s new sites growing grabbed my attention. She offers an easy to understand free ebook guide Fresh Start for Your Online Business.
Yaro Starek (Taught FresheVenture and many more) – Start with the free video tutorials and ebooks at BecomeABlogger and BlogMasterMind. Also see the Podcast video interviews of Yaro published by FresheVenture.
Thirty Day Challenge – (30dc) – Free thirty day series (videos and text) on how to make money online. It does offer some tools that cost money but often it is worth spending money to save time and work more productively.
MattLaClear – (mattlaclear) – Matt has 800+ money-making sites (not primarily blogs) and a multiple six figure income. He is an expert on the use of autoresponders and mailing lists which is key to making money online. He offers an Online Gold Training System and is extremely active in his STA.RTUP.BIZ network blog where he shares quality content including 160 free ebooks.
Grant Griffith of Blog for Profit offers Building a Successful Blog and 28 Days to Build a Successful Blog processes starting with defining your Goals through how to use Social Networking and other traffic increasing methods. If you’re really ambitious you might want to add his methods to any of the above.
Take the time to check out the above offerings then select the one that most appeals to you and dedicate the time required to APPLY what they teach. You must have confidence that they know what they’re doing and that you can replicate it. If you skip steps or ignore things because you don’t think they’re important you are very likely to go astray so unless you’re already an expert trust that there is a very good reason for every single thing they teach. Don’t torpedo your results by ignoring anything.
Once you’ve been blogging a while be sure to watch for these Five Ways to Know if Your Blog is on the Right Track and keep working to increase your visibility and incoming links. We will have a tracking process available here soon to assist you in making sure you consistently focus on the tasks that grow your blog most efficiently.
My apologies to whomever I may have forgotten; there are many but these are the strongest off the top of my head. I created this post on the fly based on an answer I just posted elsewhere. Do let me know in the comments or elsewhere who I’ve missed and I will update this post. I continually make improvements, additions and corrections to my posts so they stay current.
This why I do not post as often as other bloggers – I prefer providing reference resources over breaking news. For those who are still waiting I want you to know that research continues for my much-anticipated post on the best way to post to multiple social networking sites efficiently. It is getting closer to completion each day.
MOST INFLUENTIAL / HIGHEST INCOME BLOGGERS:
- Incomediary Make Money Online Blog – (Michael Dunlop) – 50 Most Influential Bloggers of 2009
- 30 Blogs that make a lot of money online (Mar 19, 2009)
- Confessions of a Six Figure Professional Blogger – David Risley – (Twitter) – David offers a free Six Figure Blogger Blueprint
HOW TO MONETIZE YOUR BLOG:
- J.T.Pratt - (jtpratt) – How to Monetize Your Blog
- NEW: The Top Seven Reasons Why You Are STILL Not Making Money From Your Blog
WORDPRESS BLOG INSTALLATION GUIDES:
- WordPress Howto Spotter – (thespotter) – How to Build a Web 2.0 Site Using WordPress – Offers a Free Expert WordPress video on creating hacker proof, search engine optimized, traffic generating WordPress installs and a free downloadable blog installer.
- Stop Slogging Start Blogging – (davidwalkertv) – Free comprehensive ebook from DavidWalker who also wrote 10 Steps to Creating an Authority Blog
HOW TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL BLOG BASED BUSINESS:
We write often about the differences between most blogs and a highly optimized blog. Read How to Build a Successful Blog Based Business for details. You may want to have someone else handle the technical details of getting your site up and running so you can focus on creating content. That post contains details and contact information for doing just that.
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Twitter: cmygoodies
May 15, 2010 at 10:20 am
You forgot one important resource for that list… yourself! While this blog may not directly teach people how to make money online, it is certainly a huge wealth of knowledge and inspiration. I just found you last night and I am a bit overwhelmed by the amount of great information you are taking the time to share. I am new to blogging but have been making a living with internet related endeavors for a few years now – there is Always more to learn even for the pros, and the difference between making a living and that legendary 6-7 figure income is best achieved by mentoring with those that have done it.
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May 26, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Hi Chris,
Thank you for noticing.
While I do make some money online I am definitely not nearly as effective at it nor am I doing what I already know I should be doing because my priority has always been for helping others.
I do have to focus more on it and if you read the discussion just above your comment that starts here you’ll know how I will be doing it.
My focus is on keeping small businesses from failing due to the economic downturn. That is made possible by the support of two high quality businesses owned by very good-hearted people that I work with every day. What they pay me has made all my research and posting possible and benefits them and everyone else too.
If it weren’t for them much of what is available here would not exist because I would not have had the time to do the research I share here. Because of them hundreds of other businesses will survive. I hope anyone reading this who can use their services will do so.
They are:
Pete Ekizian, owner of my favorite online personalized gifts store Executive Gift Shoppe.
Bill Sutton, owner of Good Millwork whose Florida mill supports sixteen families.
Both of these men are highly ethical, brilliant and keep me constantly researching and learning. Without their support I would know far less and teach what I learn less effectively.
I use their businesses often in my examples and you can find links to them on my disclosure page and a 125 x 125 image for Executive Gift Shoppe in my left sidebar (sidebar is what WordPress calls column). Please support them whenever you can – they ARE good people.
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May 28, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Well, your altruistic efforts are greatly appreciated, may your efforts for others return to you many times over. (That sounds like a fortune cookie) Good luck with your Income Blogging Guide adventure. It looks like they have some very enticing information – I just wish I had more time to devote to blogging (commenting it seems is my form of procrastination) With other “real” work to to do on the computer I’m afraid my blogs are feeling rather unloved recently.
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May 12, 2010 at 12:08 pm
A neat and comprehensive list though I don’t buy the idea of shelling out dough to learn how to be a great blogger. Most of this info is already online and all one has to do is Google like crazy. Then again they are a welcome shortcut for those of us who like being spoon fed info
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May 25, 2010 at 8:06 am
Welcome Udegbunam,
I have to disagree with you because making money blogging is far more complicated than most will ever know. You can only find answers to questions you know to ask – and THAT is the number one reason following the process developed by someone else is key to your success.
This is a definite case of do as I say and not as I did because although I have been making money online since the mid-1990s I have never made it a major focus and make less now than I did with my old static site.
That is all going to change though because come July Kikolani and I are both going to subscribe to Andrew Rondeau’s Income Blogging Guide and I will be updating this post when time allows to explain why.
The short version is that I trust Andrew. He is more interested in making a living ethically than many who offer this type of information.
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Twitter: udegbunamchuks
May 25, 2010 at 10:45 am
You do have a point but then it all depends on if the person whose “advice” you’re following to the letter is quite on track. I’ve done the whole do I say thingy and believe me you, I came out disappointed.
I’m even somewhat of grateful that I didn’t spend plenty to learn nothing.
BTW I’ve got a copy of Andrew Rondeau’s Income Blogging Guide FREE REPORT and it’s the MOST AMAZING free report I’ve come across in recent times. I even recommend it to my readers.
Best of luck with the subscription. Awaiting your reviews.
.-= Udegbunam Chukwudi | StrictlyOnlineBiz´s featured blog ..Make Your Blog 10x Faster With W3 Total Cache Plug-in =-.
Twitter: GrowMap
May 26, 2010 at 11:57 am
Yes, knowing who to believe is exactly why I did this research and shared what I knew about it. While you always learn something, the major drawback of most ebooks, courses and membership sites is that they are big on the WHAT but not so clear on the HOW.
That is the need that Andrew set out to fill. His course is step-by-step how-to do it. For example, he doesn’t just say install All-in-one-SEO plugin. He tells you where to get it, how to download and install it, how to configure it and how to use it.
That is what we all need – precisely HOW to do something. I have know for over 16 years that I needed to build a list and for at least a year that AWeber is the best solution to use but I still do not know how to actually make that happen myself.
With Andrew’s course now I will and I can finally make it happen. THAT is why I have no doubt that his is THE one worth paying for and Kikolani and I have already decided we’re both going to buy it and work through it together. Read her recent Income Blogging Guide review for more details on the course.
I hope that my readers and hers both realize that by buying through an affiliate link (hers or mine or anyone else’s who has provided you with valuable information) you enable them to share more.
I ask that anyone reading this use my Income Blogging Guide affiliate link or Kristi’s or the affiliate link of whichever blogger has done the most for you.
Doing that allows us to afford tools like membership in the Income Blogging Guide and write even more valuable information for you. We invest our time and knowledge so you know what is worth buying and what is a waste of money and get the most out of whatever you do.
I invite anyone interested in collaborating to join when we do and connect with us. If you have the time and money to do it now – don’t wait! You’ll be making more money before we are! Do share with us what you find most valuable in the course.
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A great list with resources for bloggers. I am not a beginner but your post and a part of these links are fantastic. Thank you for suggestion !
Thanks a lot for helping us with such an informative post. I just went through this post and followed a few offerings discussed in the post and found them very helpful. I strongly believe that one can earn a good amount of money on internet if he knows how to do his work in this global village.
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I must say that blogging is something that people need to learn how to do effectively, but is a great resource to make a few extra dollars online.
thanks for sharing such a nice post which is very important in order to earn extra money . i always interested in such type of post. keep it up
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February 26, 2010 at 9:49 am
I am new to Blogging, only started about three months ago. I must say that blogging is something that people need to learn how to do effectively, but is a great resource to make a few extra dollars online.
Looking forward to following your blog posts. Great information.
it seems to be new idea for me since i did blog commenting from long time but so far i didn’t heard or think about such type of money making idea through blogging. thanks for sharing such a great post. keep it up
I was very happy that I found this site. I wanted to thank you for this great information!! I definitely enjoyed every bit of it and I have you bookmarked your blog to check out the new stuff you post in the future.
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I really appreciate posts, which might be of very useful for beginners in blogging as I am. I already have a small collection of blog posts and other articles, from which I step by step learn various aspects of life. Thank you for your resource.
One of my biggest challenges in making money online is focusing on one project and getting enough content in it and backlinks to it. Instead, I keep on thinking up newer and better ideas and jumping toward each “bright shiny object” that seems better than what I had been doing. I find that what I need to do is step back, relax, breathe deeply and try to remain focused on my primary goal.
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May 15, 2010 at 10:08 am
You’ve nailed it for many a blogger or online entrepreneur – sticking with something long enough to see results takes a lot of patience. I completely understand your attraction to those “bright shiny objects”
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This is really a great post about the particular topic and i am really impressed to know about it. I have read your full article and truly speaking that it was really very knowledgeable and very interesting. I think you are really very close on your points. Anyways keep it up and keep continue with your valuable thoughts. In the near upcoming future.
Great article. Although you are correct it is difficult to break into this market, I believe the biggest problem is that most people don’t know enough of the fundamentals to make an impact anyway. we need to find those untapped niches or focus on the long tail to carve out our little slice of a certain market.
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A blog with current information and regular updates, especially one built with Wordpress is going to get much better rankings in the search engines than a plain business site with static data and contact information.
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January 7, 2010 at 4:43 am
Its pretty difficult to run a business but In my opinion a blog is a wonderful way to create money and increase income as well.
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December 31, 2009 at 8:03 am
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I really enjoyed reading this article. It struck home because most of the money I make from my blogs. it seems very logical that you don’t go for the hard sale but rather convince your visitors about the benefits and let them decide… I also find that it helps if I believe and actually use the product or service myself…
This is a great comprehensive lists of places to begin…and perhaps end. There is no need to recreate the wheel as people can find out from these many sources who makes money blogging. It is STILL possible for sure but it takes more effort than say 10 years ago. After reviewing all of these locations, people can then find their own niche using the techniques that they have learned from others. It is important for people to note that it takes TIME. I think you have to dedicate a 3 year window to really develop your plans…quick gimmicks do not work. Great pages with an audience that builds up over time is the best way to go!
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Twitter: GrowMap
January 12, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Hi Richard,
That is why I posted it. Few really understand enough about how the Internet works to make money online. Learning from someone who has
actually done it is the very best way to make it happen.
I sincerely hope anyone reading this takes my advice to heart. Even people who work full time online find it very challenging to make enough money to live on. It is almost impossible to accidentally figure it out.
I’d love to chat with you about your site – it has HUGE potential for you and small businesses and bloggers alike. I want to know more about what you offer now and have many suggestions for you.
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It’s difficult to run a business with this crisis, but we cannot give up, otherwise the crisis will win the struggle I think it’s worth to keep working and try the run the business normally and hope we will get over this situation soon.
Blogging is really useful for making money. Thanks for sharing info
Twitter: GrowMap
December 18, 2009 at 9:47 am
It can be but it isn’t all that easy which is why I recommend that those who sincerely want (or need) to make money learn from those who already know what works best.
We all have limited time and resources so making what really works your priority will get you to a good income much faster than learning it yourself.
.-= GrowMap´s last blog ..Tools Wanted for Power Bloggers, Social Networkers =-.
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