Money Q & A

Thank you to everybody who decided to submit a question for this week’s Q & A about how to make money online – we had a good selection and those not answered will be addressed next week.

Does my website need a good page rank to make money? It’s 0.

Alex

Actually Alex, no, you don’t need a good PR to have a profitable website at all. In fact, two of my most successful websites had, and to the best of my knowledge still have, a page rank of zero. My main business has a PR of 2, which may not be great, but it is still a highly successful site that makes money. PR is good, but it isn’t the defining factor when it comes to making money.

How can I get traffic to my site? I get only one or two visitors a day.

Anon.

Traffic comes from promotion, one or two hits a day makes me think you haven’t read my article on how to get free traffic; I suggest you take a look at that and use some of the tips, such as making the most of social bookmarking websites and getting some free advertising from AdWords and Facebook.

What do you think the best affiliate program is?

Zei

Without a doubt the best affiliate program in terms of letting you make money online is Clickbank – the payouts are higher then most other affiliate programs. They pay by check for the first three months, but after that you can opt for bank deposit. They are the only affiliate site that I still use today, and I’ve tried them all.

If you have a question to submit, do so in comments, and I will answer it next week – if you don’t want the comment to be published simply say so in your text.

Until next time!

Money Q & A

This will be a new addition to the website; the chance to write in and get advice, ask questions, etc. – all the normal Agony Aunt type stuff, only about how to make money online. I plan to post these weekly or fortnightly depending on the response. For this post I will be using questions I have had asked of me recently, but if you want to ask your own question you can do so in the comment section. (If you don’t want your comment published, just say so somewhere in the text.)

I feel very positive about this whole thing, as I want to help motivate you and teach you to make money online; then one day when you are successful maybe you will pass this stuff on, or maybe you will just turn to a newbie and say; “Hey, go check out I Earn More Than You – it’s what got me started!” – let’s get going.

How come you don’t have any affiliate links on your blog? You talk about making money online with clickbank and affiliate marketing, but your blog doesn’t have any affiliate links.

Ahkmed

Well Ahkmed,

I make up to $300 from affiliate marketing on auto pilot some days; I just don’t do it here – the reason is that this blog is honestly meant to help people, such as yourself, learn how to make money online. I don’t want to sell you anything and I don’t want this blog getting a reputation for being another affiliate website posing as a legitimate service. I keep my money making websites far away from this site because I’m not selling anything here, I’m just out to share what I know.

Is it really possible to make money online? Like do you have a normal job?

Sarah

Hi Sarah,

Yes it is possible to work from home and be successful, and make money online to the point you do not need a normal job. This is all I do; in fact I have never had a “normal job” in all my life. Every cent that I have ever earned has been on the internet – so I know it’s possible. You just have to sink your teeth into it, bite down hard, and refuse to let go until you are successful. Persistence pays off – if you aren’t making any money online at all, I would recommend reading through some of the articles on this site and finding a free way to make money online and get cracking!

How did you make your first dollar online?

Megan

Hi Megan,

I get asked this all the time. I first made money online through a GPT and PTC website, I forget the name but it closed down a long time ago. I made $30, then I moved on to writing articles, where I averaged around $150 on a slow week, or up to $600 on a good week. Then I started at affiliate marketing, where I made $890 in three days and decided it was how I wanted to make money online.

Now I do a whole host of different things, which you can read about in various articles on the blog, as well as in future posts. If you haven’t made any money online yet consider trying GPTHQ – they launch at the end of this month and look a lot more promising than the GPT / PTC website I started out on.

Stay tuned – and be sure to submit your own questions, as I am only too happy to give you advice and help you make money online; it is what I am here for!

DO

* Know the product you are selling inside out

* Be honest about any flaws

* Tell people the price and why it’s worth it

* Comment on who will benefit most

* Advertise it on an appropriate site

DONT

* Make it sound impossibly good

* Lie – about anything

* Claim to use a product yourself if you do not

* Advertise a program about poker on a site for horses, etc.

* Pay more on ads than you are making

The best affiliate program in my experience is ClickBank – I’ve earned around $600 this month with only a few days of effort. There are others, but it is the biggest and gives you the most products to affiliatize yourself with.

My final word of warning; do not try to be an affiliate for any “make money online” type of products, the market is so crowded that your ads will cost more money than you are making and you will end up poorer than when you started.