Home Business Success: how to make money

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Two More Ways To Make Money From Home

>When I first started making money online writing, I used to write erotica short stories (warning explicit content). Yes, I used to write porn stories, the same ones you see on adult websites. I had 3-4 adult publishers who were willing to pay me comfortably just to write 3-4 stories per day. At one point I was receiving upwards of $400 a day. That was my very first experience with making money online.

It was quick and easy and I didn't care how I made the money as long as I was making some. This was the first time I entertained the thought of creating my own website to make money.

Initially, I was going to create an adult website empire. I had a verbal agreement from my video partner and we were going to be a triple threat in the adult make money online business. But, we never executed our great plans of streaming live adult video, he moved to Nevada, and I started moving away from making money using porn.

I wanted to go legit.

Now, I am involved in a couple of home based business opportunities and a little CPA affiliate marketing to get the job done. I signed up with Adyss International and really need to dedicate some time to this product. They offer this health and weight loss program that is silently sweeping the country. Thousands have tried it and have done one or two things: healthy weight loss and making millionaires out of some.

Another home based business I have committed myself to is SFI/Triple Clicks.

SFI has been around since 1999 offering affiliate programs that offer a lucrative compensation plan. A recent restructuring of the company's reward and commission plans have made it even easier for home based business entrepreneurs a way to make a steady income. Triple Clicks is one of its very popular programs that comes automatically with a free SFI membership.

I'm investing $65 a month in the SFI affiliate program and here's why. Effortlessly, I have made a $50 commission check each month this year without really promoting SFI. Occasionally I'll include my referral link in a blog post, but I don't really go about promoting it. If I did, then it would probably really take off. This home based business opportunity also has the potential to be great. The promotion side of my brain is ringing with ideas on getting the message out about SFI!

From time to time, I will write sponsored posts for v.4 Pay Per Post. My average payment on 150 word sponsored posts has been $11 per post. On a good week, I'll receive 3 offers. Not something I depend on to pay the bills, but every little bit helps.

To some, this may seem like too much work to make money. Not really.

These are just suggestions from me about money making programs that I know are legitimate and are creating incomes for me, this doesn't guarantee you will make as much or more money as I am, but it is an honest report about a couple of programs that I use to earn a living online.

Ardyss International has a really good compensation plan that includes an exciting Fast Start Bonus. My goal is to sign up 5 new distributors a month. If I can do that, then I'll feel satisfied with myself. That's a personal goal I set to make money with Ardyss. As usual, I'll report back and let you know how it works out.

SFI/Triple Clicks offers the opportunity to make full time or part time incomes, depending on what you want to do. As I stated before, I am committing $65 a month on advertising for this program because it is has proven to me that I can make money with it without spending any money on advertising. So, naturally, I want to see what my income potential becomes when I put some advertising dollars into the mix.

I'll give you an update in a few months. It takes a few months of analytics and data to determine if a program to make money online is working. Also, I'll be able to tweak my marketing direction on a daily basis if I'm faithful in checking my reports.

These are a couple of home based business opportunities that will make you money online. They just happen to be products that you can promote offline as well. That's what makes these business opportunities great money making choices.

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Saturday, September 5, 2009

How To Make Money Using Fan Pages

Adding to your arsenal of how to make money online for free is Facebook.

Really, you can make money online using Facebook. I should know, I'm doing it right now, even as I write this document. If you utilize Facebook properly and professionally, you can make money with it. When done c correctly and strategically, you can make money online without spending any money by creating Fan Pages on Facebook.

First create a Fan Page on Facebook. Once you create a Fan Page focus on establishing an image by using brand strategy. Brand yourself as an expert, a consultant, and not a sales person. Whatever service you offer, consistently inform your fans with discussions and new notes.

When you have something new to share, let your fans know by posting a note or creating a topic for discussion. Become interactive on your Fan Page without compromising professionalism or individuality. If you find someone else has a Fan Page on a similar product, check them out. It doesn't hurt to peek at what the competition is doing. That way you can see what is working for them and maybe incorporate some of their techniques into the marketing of your Fan Page.

Fan Pages don't cost anything to create, that's why executing a flawless, informative page is crucial to your success. Not spending the time to create a professional page can mean the difference in developing a fan base and thus not making any money.

I've created a few Fan Pages recently as an experiment. I wanted to test a theory on whether you could really make money using Facebook. My findings are conclusive: if the appropriate marketing image is created and offers periodic beneficial information to fans, could that Fan Page become profitable?

The answer is yes.

Using a healthy energy drink campaign from one of my CPA networks, I designed a graphically appealing Fan Page that promotes interactivity among fans. From time to time I open a discussion or post a note to the fans. So far the response the page has gotten has all been positive. The fans are all commenting and basically expounding the positive attributes of my campaign. They are doing all the advertising, not me.

That's the key to making money online, you don't want to create the image of selling, you want to adopt the position of being a consultant, a subject matter expert on your product or service.

Right now, my healthy energy drink Fan Page has 179 fans. They leave comments, and basically talk about how great the product is. Again, you want your fans to voluntarily say good things about your page. Don't be the comedian who laughs at his own jokes. Of those 179 fans, one of them has bought the free trial of the energy drink. Not bad, for not spending any money on advertising, and I don't even promote the page anywhere. Basically, this Fan Page is just sitting there gaining fans and making money.

Can you imagine if I actually started promoting it what would happen?

Now you can see the potential of making money using Fan Pages on Facebook. This may not be for everyone because there are some real heavy hitters in CPA marketing out there. However, if you are just getting started in CPA affiliate marketing and have decided on a niche and have a limited advertising budget, then creating a Fan Page on Facebook is an excellent no cost way to make money online.

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