Ways to Make Money Online Without Being the Best

The Internet is like an ocean filled with money making opportunities. Realistically speaking, there are hundreds and thousands of different methods to make money online. However, not everyone out there is able to master the art of making money online. More than often, individuals look to earn money fast. They generally hunt for the best ways to make money online. This approach works for some individuals, while others see their back against the wall.

Experts reckon that individuals should stick to one or two time tested methods and work upon them until they witness substantial results for their efforts. Switching from one method to another without allowing adequate time for a method to work is often termed as a recipe for failure. So, let's take a look at a couple of time tested money making strategies that you can consider to commence your online journey with success.


Today, newspapers, TV stations, magazines etc look incomplete without ads. After all, a major part of their revenue comes from the sale of advertisements. Now, the concept of ads selling is used in the web world as well. You can make healthy profits by selling advertisement spots on your website. Although this method takes time, it's bound to work by all means because loads of webmasters look for exposure. Your website will prove to be a reliable place to gain exposure for one's website, product or service. You will be compensated for the exposure.

For this method to work, you should have steady website traffic. Ideally, you can consider sale of ads once you receive least 100 to 150 visitors a day on your website. This might get lots of webmasters interested in the deal. You can either approach the advertisers directly, or you can advertise on forums that allow sale of advertisement spots. Rates can be negotiated with an individual advertiser. Usually, website owners charge a flat monthly fee to place ads on their websites. You can follow the same approach.

As mentioned earlier, there are innumerable ways to make money online. Today, scores of individuals out there make substantial amount of money selling Amazon products. Amazon is one of the largest online stores in the world. Almost anything can be brought through Amazon because all kinds of sellers exist on Amazon. Amazon runs a free affiliate program that enables one to earn money through sale of Amazon products. Upon free registration, you will be provided with a special code that you need to place on your website in order to display Amazon products on your web pages. If someone purchases any product through your website, you will receive a commission.

Commissions start at 4% and they can shoot up to 15%, depending upon several factors. The secret over here is to specialize in the sale of certain products. For instance, if you have a website related to supplements, you need to display relevant Amazon ads on your website. While Amazon can afford to sell everything, you need to specialize in one area. After all, targeted ads are the key to great conversion. One can also choose to display high value products to gain good commission on every sale.

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Ten Reasons Your Prospects Hate Your Website

My good friend Sharon Roberts has been teaching contractors how to sell to women for more than twenty years. This petite, outspoken Texan starts most presentations to a room full of men the same way. She says:
When you got out of bed this morning, I am pretty sure it wasn't your goal to piss off a women, but I am pretty sure by the end of the day you did.

While this always gets a laugh, it also makes everyone a little uncomfortable, as they realize it is probably true. All too often as we evaluate small business websites we know, it wasn't the intention of whomever designed the website to annoy visitors, but they accomplished that goal, none the less.


What have they done to turn site visitors off with your web design? Here is a list of the ten biggest mistakes we see.

1. Confusing Navigation - Do you make it difficult for people to find information? Often we see confusing site architecture, or clever page titles, which don't mean anything to the average visitor. I made that mistake on the first roundpeg website. The pages all rhymed: Create, Generate, Colloaborate.. etc. People left, never knowing that we did graphic design, brainstorm strategy sessions and team building.

2. Hard to find contact information - I read somewhere that the number one reason people come to your website is to find your contact information. Is your phone number visible on the home page? Is the Contact US button easy to find?

3. Copy that talks about You not Me. I know it is your website, but before I care about your years in business, mission statement, and return policy, I want to know - Can you solve my problem?

4. Too much technical jargon - If I knew what HSPF, SEER, AFUE, VSP, SEO... all stood for, would I really need you?

5. Irritating flash animations, auto play videos and audio tracks - They are cute, clever and you spent a fortune to create them. I get it. But the third or fourth time I come back, I want to skip past them. And if I am viewing it on an iPhone, I can't see them anyway. Also in this category: popups, pop under and pop overs, which block my view of the very information I came to find.

6. Slow loading pictures - Did you forget to convert those high res images to small, quick loading GIFs? By the time the image has loaded I have made a snack, gone for a walk or found someone else to do what you do.

7. Too much, too much, too much - Pages with too much text or too many graphics can be a bit overwhelming. Search engines may love the content, but people will be turned off and leave. Don't be afraid to break the content up with a link to another page. If people don't follow the link you have not made the compelling case for the follow.

8. Unreadable text on dark backgrounds - I know I am old and I can't read lots of things without my glasses, but even people much younger then me have a hard time with small white text on a black background. It may look cool and edgy, but if you want people to be able to read you site, pay attention to readability

9. Broken Links: Whether you mean to take the visitor to another page on your site, or elsewhere on the internet. Make sure the links work. There is nothing more frustrating to a visitor then a "page not found" error.

10. Ugly and outdated design - Like walking into a dirty restaurant, it is hard to have confidence that a company has kept their skills fresh when their site looks like it was designed more than five years ago. Also in this category, last update more than 30 days ago. If you are not updating regularly, don't admit it on the home page.

So that's some of the most common web design mistakes we see, what would you add?

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