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Friday, February 8, 2019

35 Real Ways to Actually Make Money Online

February 08, 2019 0
35 Real Ways to Actually Make Money Online

How many articles are there about making money online? Thousands?  Millions? Enough? Probably. But there’s a problem. Too many of them are just sales pitches to convince you to sign up for some seminar, webinar, training session or some other way to become an online millionaire.
They really give online money making a bad name. But it is possible to make money online. I mean, the people selling all of those millionaire pitches are making money, right
There are legitimate ways to make money online. The problem is that the real ways to make money aren’t “get rich quick” schemes.
Most of them require a lot of work and sometimes a lot of dedication before seeing a return on your time.  But if you really want to make money online, work from home or turn an idea into a business, you can do it. You can even earn money with apps if you don’t want to venture all the way to the computer.
I’m going to tell you about all kinds of legitimate ways to make money online. Since we are talking about legitimate jobs, you’ve got to be…well, legitimate. And no, you don’t have to give everything up to have a fresh start. (Here’s the proof.)
Many of these options are real jobs that require you to put in hours if you want to get paid. They also require real work. Here are some tips for actually getting the job:
  • Take it seriously. Yes, you’re applying for an online job. Yes, you can do the work in your underwear, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a “real job”. You must treat it as such or they aren’t going to treat you as a serious candidate. You aren’t the only one who wants to work in their underwear. In fact, the competition online is likely higher than it is in your local area.
  • Be professional. When you submit a résumé, don’t type it in ALL CAPS and please don’t avoid the caps lock like the plague. Know how to use it without looking incompetent. Write in complete sentences with proper grammar. Of course, there will be exceptions, but even with the exceptions, you must keep it professional. You’re building their view of you.
  • Give some, but not all.  Whether you’re providing writing samples, a photography portfolio or links to your work, give them enough examples to get the idea, but not so many that they don’t even know where to start. And while we’re on the topic, give them some of your background information, but don’t tell them your life story.
  • Double check yourself, before you double wreck yourself. Make sure everything you send to a company, whether a résumé, an email or a portfolio, is good to go. Double check your grammar and wording, and for God’s sake use spell check! This is especially important when it comes to the company’s name. Don’t spell their name wrong and be sure to type it how they type it (e.g. Problogger, not Pro Blogger).
Below are 35 ways to make money online orgainzed into categories (with unique tips to make each way work):

Websites That Pay

Let’s go ahead and get this out of the way. There are all kinds of websites that will pay you for various things, such as shopping, taking surveys or testing products. No, I’m not getting paid to promote any of these and no, these websites won’t make you a millionaire, but they are great for earning some extra cash. I’ll leave out the scams.
Here are some legitimate websites that pay:
1. Swagbucks – Swagbucks is great for earning some extra cash. You can do a variety of things to make money, from taking surveys to using their search engine. You won’t get rich, but you will earn a few bucks. If you have the time to kill, you can spend it earning some extra cash, instead of surfing the web.
2. InboxDollars – InboxDollars is similar to Swagbucks, since you’re going to be taking surveys, shopping, etc., so if you want to maximize your return, sign up with both websites. They also offer a search engine that pays you (like Swagbucks) and you get $5 just for signing up.  I won’t continue to list survey sites one after another down the list, but if you want to get paid to take surveys, also check out GlobalTestMarketE-Poll Surveys and Survey Club.
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– Project Payday is one of those sites that has testimonials of people who have earned thousands of dollars by getting paid to get trial offers. I’m not saying you’ll earn thousands, but it is legit and you can earn some extra cash. They assume that by paying you to do a free trial, you’ll either like the product and purchase it, or forget to cancel the trial and get charged for it. If you can keep track and cancel before you get charged (if you don’t want the product), then this is a great site for making some money.
4. User Testing – User Testing pays $10 a pop for testing websites. A test usually takes about 15-20 minutes. The purpose is for a website owner to watch someone, who is new to their site, try to navigate it. The value that the site owner gets by watching an actual user experience is worth a ton, but $10 isn’t a bad pay-out.
5. Fiverr – Fiverr is a great place to make a few bucks or spend a few bucks if you need some of the services people offer. Basically, everything is $5. You either pay $5 or charge $5. They call them “gigs.” You can offer your services however you choose. If you sell art and you’re fine selling pieces for $5 each, that’s a gig. If you’re a graphic designer and you want to offer your services for $10/hour, simply offer a 30 minute gig. If they need two hours of graphic design, they pay you $20, or $10/hour by buying four gigs.
6. IZEA – IZEA works in addition to a blog or on its own. You get paid to blog, tweet, take photos and take videos. The pay is mostly based on your following, so if you want to make money with your tweets, you’ll need to grow you Twitter following.  Likewise, if you want to make money with blogs, you’ll need substantial blog traffic (more on blogging below).

Freelance Writing

Freelance writing is one of the most popular ways to earn money online. Many successful freelancers can earn an average of 50 cents to a dollar per word. Some are earning twice that!
Of course, it doesn’t start out like that. You’ve got to build your portfolio and your résumé, blah blah blah. If you’re interested in writing, I’m sure you know this. If you’re not interested in writing, I wouldn’t recommend traveling down this road just for the money.
It takes dedication and time, though it can be highly profitable if it’s what you love. Assuming it is what you love, let’s talk about making money with it.
Before you decide to start reaching out to all of these freelance writing companies, you need to have a web presence. You need a blog (in my humble blogger opinion, of course).
Or you could just have an online portfolio. Even a LinkedIn profile works to get started. When you’re ready to start, here are 150 resources to help you write better, faster and more persuasively.
If that’s intimidating, just start with these 50 resources.
Now for what you’ve all been waiting for; once you’re ready to actually start making money, here are 10 websites you can start with:
7. Listverse – Listverse pays $100 for each accepted post. The article must be a list, it must be at least 1,500 words and you must include at least 10 things. Other than that, you can get pretty creative with it.
8. TopTenz – TopTenz pays $50 for each accepted post. Again, the article has to be in a list format and it must be at least 1,500 words, with few exceptions. They post often so your chances of getting accepted are fairly high.
9. A List Apart – A List Apart pays $200 for each accepted post. They’re not first on the list, because they tend to publish less articles, which means you have a smaller chance of getting accepted. Same guidelines as above, 1,500 word minimum.
10. International Living – International Living pays $75 for each accepted post. They are mostly looking for travel experiences from countries you have visited. For this site, it’s more about your experience than your writing ability.
11. FundsforWriters – FundsforWriters pays $50 for each accepted post. They are looking for articles about writing and making money with it. They only accept articles between 500-600 words, but they want you to make each word count.
12. Uxbooth – Uxbooth pays $100 for each accepted post. They do tend to take four to eight weeks to accept and post articles, so don’t count on this being a quick money maker. They take so long, because they pair with editors to only publish amazing content.
13. iWriter – iWriter pays up to $15 for each accepted post. That may seem small, but they aren’t as strict as many of the others above and they also allow you to pick exactly what you write. You can write as many or as few articles as you want.
14. Textbroker – Textbroker pays up to five cents per word, if you’re a 5-star writer. You’ll start by submitting a short sample article and you will most likely start as a 3-star writer, but you can work your way up by writing more and writing great content.
15. Matador Network – Matador Network pays up to $60 for each accepted post, but standard pay is around $20-$25. They don’t really focus on a minimum word count, but they have a maximum count of 1,500 words.
16. The Penny Hoarder – The Penny Hoarder pays up to $800 (rarely), depending upon the number of page views you receive. The pay starts at $100 for 50,000 page views, so this isn’t a guaranteed paid article, but it can potentially be highly rewarding.
There’s no doubt that you can make money with freelance writing, but it’s a process. Once you start building your portfolio and your writing skills, you can start making some serious money. If you’re not an experienced writer, expect to put some time in before you really start to see some dough.

Sell Your Stuff

Ever since the idea of online auctions came into existence, the online selling market has been on the rise. Many are interested, but don’t know how to get started. There are still all kinds of ways to make money by selling online, whether you’re selling what you already have or buying and selling like a store. Before we get started, here are a few general tips when selling anything online:
  • Get a PayPal account. If you don’t have a PayPal account, you’ll want to get one if you’re doing business online. It’s the standard in online business for receiving payment and paying others.
  • Take good pictures. Some of the options below don’t require you to actually take the picture and sell the product, but for the ones that do, make sure you take a clear picture that makes your product stand out from the others.  If you’re going to be taking a lot of pictures, set up a small “studio-like” area in your home with a backdrop and proper lighting to really make your pictures come across as professional. And of course, you’ll want a good camera too.
  • Be honest.  If you’re selling used items, be honest about every dent, scratch, blemish, etc.. This will reduce many issues you could run into and keep your reviews positive.
  • Do good business. Plain and simple. Whether you’re selling on a small site or opening an online store, your customer service matters. You’ll want to get those positive reviews and make a good name for yourself. Respond to questions, concerns and complaints. Offer a guarantee if available.
Follow those guidelines and you will do well in online sales. When you’re ready to start selling, here’s where you go:
17. Amazon – Have you heard of FBA? It stands for “Fulfilled by Amazon” and it’s getting pretty popular. Basically, you buy products (in bulk is best) and ship them to Amazon for them to store. When your products sell, Amazon packs them up, ships them out and sends you the money (after taking their cut). There are people making a full-time living from FBA, while others just do it for some extra money.
18. CraigsList – Some things don’t ship very well. Other things may make you feel uncomfortable to sell to someone across the country. Anytime you’re selling a large item or something you just don’t want to ship, Craigslist is a great place to go. It’s simple to list your item (again, take good pictures!). If you don’t like the idea of putting your phone number out there, the interested individual can send you a message to your inbox without even getting your email address.
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19. eBay – Of course you can’t read an article about making money online that doesn’t mention eBay. You can start an eBay store and get serious about it or you can just sell some stuff to declutter your home. Either way, I’ve made my fair share from selling on eBay and it’s still a popular way to earn money. If you decide to start an actual eBay store, you’ll want to find a drop-ship business like Doba that will store and ship items straight to your customers so you don’t have to deal with an inventory.
20. Etsy – If you like to create arts and crafts, you can sell them on Etsy.It’s completely free to open an Etsy store. You simply sign up, post pictures of your creations and starting selling. You can choose your payment option, but PayPal is generally the easiest. Etsy makes it easy to sell and keep track of your inventory. There is a small listing fee and they take 3.5% of every sale you make.
21. Facebook – Facebook swap shops are great for selling things locally. It’s like CraigsList, but a little easier. You simply search for swap shops in your area and ask to join the group. Once you’re in, take a picture of the item, write a quick description with the price and post it. It doesn’t get much easier than that. You can generally expect to get about what you would get at a yard sale, maybe a little more.

Blogging

Hey look, an article about making money online that doesn’t mention blogging. . . oh wait, here it is.
First off, I’m a blogger so it seems wrong not to mention it, but more importantly, it’s a legitimate way to make money. It’s quite possibly the least straight-forward way on this list, but it’s very doable and it’s also quite possibly the funnest way on this list. I love blogging and I know hundreds of bloggers who feel the same. So let’s talk about making money blogging and what it really means.
Blogging is something that requires patience, persistence and discipline. It may mean writing everyday for over a year before you really start to see any money from it. There are exceptions to the rule, but from my dealings with other bloggers, it seems to be pretty common to spend one or even two years building your blog, your brand and your authority, before making any serious amount of money.
Some people argue that you can make money without a lot of traffic and while that is true in some circumstances, you will generally need a lot of website traffic to start earning from a blog and that takes a while. Once you’ve reached that point, here are the primary ways to monetize your blog and start earning:
22. Advertising – This is definitely the most old-school way of earning money with a blog. It’s also starting to become the least common way. You can sell advertising spots directly on your site or you can sign up with a company like Google AdSense or Media.net. Either way, you won’t see a whole lot of money from ads until your views are well into the thousands each day.
23. Affiliates – There are many affiliate networks, such as FlexOffers and CJ Affiliatethat allow you to promote other people’s products and services. You simply put a link or a banner on your page and then you get a percentage if someone clicks through and buys the product/service. You’ll want to select products that are specifically within your blog’s category.This is an effective way to earn money once you have the traffic coming to your blog.
24. Membership – Many people have created a paid membership area on their blog. This is typically for exclusive content that you can only access in the “member’s area.” If you have a really great idea on what to include, this can be a great idea.  You’ll have to create something that can’t easily be accessed around the web.
25. Products – You can create your own product, such as an ebook or computer software. You would then use your blog as a promotion tool to get people to buy your product. As long as you create a legitimate product with a whole lot of value, you should be able to get some buyers, but like everything else with a blog, you’ll need the traffic to get the sells.
26. Services – You can offer a paid service, such as life coaching, blog coaching, goal setting or financial planning. Just be sure to investigate all the legal implications and make sure you’re not claiming to be a professional if you’re not one. With a service like this, you’re basically using your blog to sell yourself. You’ll need to convince people that you’re worth buying and then be able to back up your claims once they purchase your service.
27. Sponsored/paid posts – Many blogs publish sponsored and paid posts. Sponsored posts are basically just posts about a specific brand, product or service. A company will pay you to publish an article about it. It’s similar with other paid posts as well. Your basically selling the spot for the article on your site. If you decide to take this route, you’ll want to build your traffic before you will get many offers.
28. Subscription – If you think of something valuable (newsletter, online magazine, etc.) that you can consistently offer on a certain basis (weekly, monthly, etc.), you may want to offer a subscription service. This could be a fee charged each time your product is sent out or on a monthly basis. Either way, this has to be something that your customers can only get by subscribing to your website.
29. Videos – This could be an entire section on it’s own. Many people have made money by creating YouTube videos. Evan of EvanTube is a kid and he has made millions by creating reviews of products that other kids his age would use. It’s not easy to get views into the millions, but once you do, you’ll start seeing some cash come in. Many bloggers have completely turned to videos to get their point across by starting a video blog.
If you’re truly interested in becoming a blogger, start by looking through the archives of ProBloggerCopyblogger and Boost Blog Traffic. Then go read through all the free guides over at Quick Sprout. It may take you a year to complete those tasks alone, but it will be worth it. You’ll practically have a MBA in blogging.

Work-at-Home Companies

Finally, there are some companies that will hire you to work from the comfort of your own home. If you’re interested in working for someone else, while still making your own schedule and deciding where to work from, here are a few companies that will let you do just that:
30. CrowdSource – CrowdSource offers many types of jobs from “microtask” jobs to larger writing and editing jobs. You decide how much you work and you can do most of it right at your computer.
31. Demand Studios – Demand Studios is hiring all kinds of creative professionals, from writer to filmmakers. The pay isn’t amazing, but it’s competitive for a work-at-home job.
32. Fast Chart – Fast Chart allows you to work from home as a medical transcriptionist. There are some requirments and qualifications listed on the page, but if you meet them, you’ll make competitive pay for the industry. You’ll also be able to set your own schedule since you’ll be working from home.
33. Leap Force – Leap Force is one way that Google rates websites for search engine ranking. If you’re hired, you make decent money (usually over $11/hour), you set your own schedule and it can be pretty fun to view and rank websites.
34. Liveops – Liveops is a call center that allows you to work from home. Once your set up to take the calls, you can begin making a weekly schedule and working from home. The pay is generally close to $10/hour, but you can earn more with commissions.
35. SpeakWrite – SpeakWrite will pay you up to $15/hour to transcribe information. You set your own schedule and work from home.
Now you’ve got many different options to start earning online. If you saw something that really interests you, try it out and learn more about it. If you’re really wanting to make a full-time income online, you need to be dedicated to learning how to do what you want to do. There are tons of free resources out there. You just have to search for them!
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Thursday, February 7, 2019

Make Money Blogging: How I Made My First $100 Blogging

February 07, 2019 0
Make Money Blogging: How I Made My First $100 Blogging

You’re reading a blog so of course, I’m going to tell you that blogging can be a great way to make money. In fact, if you learn how to make money blogging you’ll find that you can live almost any type of lifestyle that you want.
It’s not an easy way to make money but if you have time, patience, and a decent work ethic then it’s not crazy to make 5-6 figures a month from blogging.
So who am I and what do I do?
My name is Paul Scrivens and ummmm…I’m a blogger I guess. It’s hard to just call myself a blogger because I do a lot of things but blogging is definitely one of the main things I do.
In fact, I do it so much that I run over 7 different blogs! I don’t know when you’ll be reading this so the list might be missing a couple of blogs but if you want to check out other blogs that I’m working on then here is a list:
If you’re wondering why I run so many blogs check out my One Million Dolloar Blog Challenge.
I also run two membership sites Billionaire Blog Club and Keto Dash.
Combined, these sites help me make over 5 figures every single month.
Fortunately for you, to make your first $100 you don’t need to be crazy like me and run so many different sites. In fact, I didn’t start off with all of these sites. I started with just Obstacle.co and Thrive/Strive and then slowly expanded once a site became established.
The goal of this post is to show you how I made my first $100 with each of the blogs listed below. Some of the blogs are new (at the time of this writing) so they haven’t made any money yet but I’ll still go into the details on how I plan on making my first $100 with them.
Sound like a plan?

How to Make Your First $100 Through Blogging

The important thing to understand is that there are a ton of different ways to make money blogging.
So when you see one blogger write about how they made $5,000 a month from blogging and another made $3,000, you shouldn’t assume that they did it the same way.
More importantly, you should understand that not every way of making money works with every blog niche. Some definitely work better than others.
The reason why that is important is that however you decide to make money with your blog is going to dictate your strategy for writing content and building your audience.
If I start a fashion blog and my plan is to make money through online courses then I better make sure I have enough knowledge to share in my course. Also, my content will probably skew more towards how to make clothes instead of actually showcasing clothes.
This all sounds great but how do you actually make money with a blog?

Build Your Audience

No matter which method of making money you decide to go with, it’s impossible to make money blogging without an audience.
There is just no other alternative.
If you can’t get people to your blog how do you expect to make any money?
It’s like opening a store and planning to make money without anybody stepping inside.
When people start to blog they usually go in with high expectations. When you read about how much money others are making you tend to believe that you should be making just as much.
Unfortunately, they spend more time thinking about money instead of actually building blog traffic.
No matter what, building your audience has to be one of the top priorities for your blog.
How do you do that? Check out this guide on building blog traffic.

The Niche Makes a Difference

I don’t want to sit here and tell you that any niche you enter is going to be a good money earner.
The fact of the matter is that some blog niches make more money than others.
It’s just simple business.
That’s why when I start a blog I make sure that it’s in one of these 7 niches:
  1. How to make money
  2. Personal finance
  3. Health and fitness
  4. Food
  5. Beauty and fashion
  6. Lifestyle
  7. Personal development
I don’t veer from these niches because I blog to make money. To understand more about these blog niches check out the post 7 Blog Niches That Get Good Traffic and Make Good Money.

How I Made My First $100 With Obstacle.co

Because Obstacle.co is about making money with your blog I didn’t want to make money through ads or sponsored posts. I knew that I had the knowledge to create my own infoproducts to make money but those take time so I wanted a short term solution.
One of the fastest ways to make money with a blog is through offering services.
Of course, not every niche lends itself to offering services but this one does.
The first service I offered was a homepage makeover service where I offered to redesign your homepage to make it convert better and look more professional.
I charged $99 and made my first sale during the second month of the blog.
This was only possible because I focused on building up the mailing list for the site. With the mailing list, I had an audience waiting to hear from me. More importantly, the audience was other bloggers who all had homepages.
Marketing a homepage makeover service to random people wouldn’t be a success. You can’t just blindly cast a wide net in the hopes that something eventually bites. You need to pick the right audience and target your message as much as possible.

How I Made My First $100 With Thrive/Strive

Thrive/Strive took a much different path than Obstacle.co. I didn’t focus on making money with it until 5 months in. What I mean is that even if people wanted to give me money or help me make money with the site there was no way to do it.
  • No ads
  • No products
  • No donations
Why did I wait?
Because I was entering in a new niche I didn’t know much about and I wanted to spend time getting to understand my audience along with the problems they were looking to solve.
Once I had a grasp of these things I went looking for affiliate products to promote.
What are affiliate products?
Affiliate marketing is the process of earning a commission by promoting other people’s (or company’s) products. You find a product you like, promote it to others and earn a piece of the profit for each sale that you make.
This is one of the best ways to make money with a blog because you don’t have to worry about setting up a shop, creating a product, or do any customer service. You are simply sending your audience to another site.
Your main concern is whether or not your affiliate partner can convert.
I found a decent weight loss product (diet program) and included some links in different blog posts. The first month I made a little over $200 and it has only grown from there.
Affiliate marketing is great for almost any blog niche because every niche has some type of product that an audience will find useful.

7 Passive Income Ideas to Make Money While You Sleep

February 07, 2019 0
7 Passive Income Ideas to Make Money While You Sleep
If someone were to tell you that you could make money while you sleep what would you think?
Maybe you already know this is possible. Maybe you already know someone else that does this.
With the advent of the Internet, passive income is now a reality for everybody. Before, passive income was relegated to the people that could afford to invest money in the stock market or real estate.
Now?
Now the Internet offers you so many different ways to make a passive income that it makes sense for everybody to get involved.

What Is Passive Income?

passive income ideas
This is an important question to answer because people have misconceptions about what passive income is all about.
Some people believe the passive really means passive as in you don’t do anything at all.
This isn’t correct.
The idea behind passive income is that you actively do work upfront so that later you can make money when you aren’t doing anything at all.
Therefore it is possible to make money in your sleep ONLY if you’ve put in the work to make that happen.
Sorry to tell you there aren’t any magic formulas here where you get to make money without doing anything.
With that in mind don’t let that discourage you. Working towards passive income is great because once you have the systems in place, you can focus on enjoying life while still making money.
Picture yourself out on vacation and you aren’t worrying about money because you are still making money every single day. This is especially great if you work for yourself because many times when you work for yourself and you aren’t doing any work, then you aren’t making any money.
Having a passive income stream ensures that the money machine is churning out bills 24/7.

Having Multiple Streams of Revenue

Another awesome thing about passive income is that once you have a solid system in place you begin to look at other streams of passive income. If you end up creating a system where you are only spending a couple hours a week or month maintaining then that gives you time to look at other ways to make passive income.
As a blogger, this means that if you’ve written an ebook and have a nice sales funnel set up, then you can turn your focus towards creating an online course.
Have an ebook and online course? Time to look at starting a membership site.
Once you have a single stream of passive income it becomes possible to continue to build on top of that. That way if one stream dies out (it happens) then you have others to keep you supported.

7 Passive Income Ideas to Make Money While You Sleep

Just a reminder, none of these methods are hands-off. You will have to put some work in to make them successful.

1. Selling eBooks

You might think that you aren’t a writer so you can’t write an ebook but anybody can write one just as easy as anyone can sell one.
Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing platform makes it extremely easy for anyone to get a book up in front of millions of people.
One of the hardest parts about selling an ebook is finding an audience. With Amazon, you are working with a marketplace that already has a built-in audience.
The only downside to using Amazon is that the market expects books to be within a certain price range. If you want to sell a $29 ebook, then doing it on Amazon is going to be harder than doing it on your own site.
Both options are extremely viable, you just have to consider which direction you want to go.
The initial work, of course, comes from writing the book. If you really don’t feel like writing a book but you still want to sell ebooks then you can contract a ghostwriter to handle all of the writing for you.
Freelance marketplaces like Upwork provide you with a ton of options in finding the right person to write your next masterpiece.

2. Affiliate Marketing

One of the easiest methods of making money online to implement.
Affiliate marketing is when you promote another company’s products and get a commission when the user makes a purchase.
For example, the largest affiliate program in the world is Amazon’s Associates Program. You can link to any product on Amazon and if you’re readers click the link and then make a purchase, you get a percentage.
As you can imagine this method of passive income appeals to a lot of people because you don’t have to worry about product creation or customer service. You just have to push people towards a product and hope the seller does a good job of converting them.

3. Online Courses

Online courses are big money makers but as you can imagine there is a lot of upfront work in creating the course.
However, once you’ve done a great job you can just focus on letting people know about the course.
When it comes to options for hosting your course you have more than a couple.
If you want to go the Amazon route where you have an audience already set for you then take a look at Udemy.
However, if you want most of the money to go back into your wallet then check out Teachable. With Teachable you will have to work on building up your own audience so keep that in mind.

4. Online Advertising

It’s still possible to make pretty good money through online ads.
The only downside to this method is that if you want to make more than a $1,000 a month then you probably need to get your site to over 100,000 pageviews a month.
That is no easy feat but it’s certainly possible if you use the right methods.
The way most online advertising works is that you get paid based on how many times an ad has been shown.
Usually, this is done using a metric called CPM which translates into cost per thousand views.
So if your ads are paying you a rate of $5 CPM then that means for every 1,000 pageviews (assuming you have ads on each page) you are going to make $5.
If you run a blog that is doing over 100,000 pageviews a month then take a look at an ad network like AdThrive to get the most out of your traffic.

5. Create YouTube Videos

Similar to online advertising with written content, you can make money with YouTube videos that have ads on them.
You’d be amazed at the money some channels are making every year with YouTube.
Did you know there are families making millions from recording their kids opening toys? Seriously.
In fact, there are adults opening toys and making millions.
It’s pretty crazy to see the niches that are built around YouTube videos.

6. License Your Photos

There are a number of stock photography websites that would love to take a look at your photos and offer them to their customers.
iStockPhoto is one website and since everyone has a camera in their pocket now, there is always an opportunity to make some passive income on the side.

7. Start a Drop Shipping Business

What is drop shipping?
Imagine you have an online store that sells a product. However, you don’t keep the product in a warehouse and you don’t even make the product yourself.
Instead, what you do is contact a manufacturer to make the product and ship it to the customer for you.
All you do is manage the website that pulls in the customers.
Sounds pretty awesome, right?
More and more people are getting into drop shipping because of the different types of products that one can offer.