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Trying to earn money online is very challenging no matter what the internet marketing gurus say. With millions of people putting their efforts in internet marketing and billions of pages to compete with, it is a wonder anyone could make any money at all.
However, with a strong focus and patience, you can generate income that can, at the very least, pay for weekly groceries or, with very hard work, allow you to quit your day job.
The key is to just do it. With what I am about to explain as a starting point, if you put the effort in, you will succeed.
Here are some tips that can get you on your way to earning steady income from internet marketing.
Choosing a niche:
Finding something to market is perhaps the biggest stumbling block. One free resource that is helpful is the Google Keyword Tool. If you have an idea of what people might want to buy, you can go to Google Keyword Tool to see if there is traffic. You can get instructions on how to use the Keyword Tool at Google, but here are the key things to looks for to see if a niche can be profitable:
1. 1,000 or more Exact Match keyword per month (example: [blue widget] is exact)
2. Adwords Cost Per Click is more than $1.00. That means advertisers are paying good money to be seen.
3. Go to Google to search to see if websites are competitive in your niche.
Top five website pages in search has PR rank of 4 or less
Top five website pages in search has under 100 backlinks
None of the top websites domains are not exact match for keyword (example: bluewidget.com)
You can download a free plug-in for Firefox called SEOquake. Once installed, you can get info on PR rank and page backlinks in your Google search.
Domain Name:
Once you find the niche, get a domain that contains your keyword. Try to get a .com, .net or .org instead of the lesser known ones like .info, .us etc. The .com, .net and .org type domains tend to get better results in Google search than the others. If the keyword is already taken and it doesn't show up in the first page of google, you can add words like "the" or "now" or one or two dashes.
Building A Site:
Assuming you have a webhosting account, you can set up a Wordpress website and create five original articles for the site. The look of the site does not matter as long as the content you create is useful for your reader.
Also, you want to install plug-ins that will make your website search engine friendly. There are many out there but the two that is quite popular is:
All In One SEO Pack
Google XML Sitemaps
Building Back Links:
This will be key to getting your site visible in the search engines. You want to create a presence and make people aware that you exist so you promote your site by creating articles and submitting to popular article directories. Also, you want to build pages to popular Web 2.0 properties like Hubpages and Squidoo with links pointing to your site.
If you are persistent with these efforts, your site will eventual rank near or at the top of Google for your keyword and traffic will start to accelerate.
Montezing:
There are many affiliate programs that you can use to help earn money. Google Adsense, Clickbank, Commission Junction and Linkshare are just a few of the popular affiliate programs that internet marketers use.
Conclusion:
This is just the tip of the iceberg and one of many methods. If you can do at least this much, you will make money online. Good Luck!
