Figuring out how to make money with a website is a learning process, one that has certainly been simplified by the plethora of informative guides, blog posts and articles available online for free. One of the best resources I've seen recently is the How to Build Passive Income with Article Sites Series by Lindsay at Writing for Your Wealth. If you're new to creating niche sites, or want to take your earnings to a higher level, pay attention to Lindsay's advice. She knows what she's talking about -- she earns over $100,000 in Adsense a year.I have several sites online making money and several domains that I plan to bring online this year. My non-Blogger sites consist (so far) of the following:
- A nutrition site created with SiteBuild It! in December 2007
- A home and garden site & Wordpress blog started in June 2008
- A pets site created in December 2008
- A mini-site for my eHow eBook
- Several other domains with one page or none, needing attention
My pets site, whose link I will share sometime later when the site is more complete, has 9 pages and has been indexed by Google. I have earned just over $10 in Adsense and $4 in Amazon referrals since I published the first page in mid December.
I'm doing this site partially as a case study, to see how well it will earn and whether it is a better method than writing for content sites with better page ranks. I also want to diversify my income.
Some quick stats on the site:
- Domain name is a three-word search term.
- The topic has low search engine traffic and low cost Adsense ads.
- Competition for the keywords isn't bad.
Do you make money with your website or a blog? I'd love to hear how it's going.
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8 comments:
I find websites to be more lucrative even if you don't know what you're doing. I started a website a couple of years ago. I made every mistake possible. At the time I put the site up I didn't know what I was doing, and now I don't have the time or energy to make the corrections.
In spite of my major errors, the site consistently brings in about $300 a month in advertising income. I guess if I spent some time working on the site and correcting the errors, the income would grow.
The interesting thing is that Google doesn't like the site (too many errors) so my searches come from Yahoo, MSN, Ask and other search engines. Who knows, maybe I'll start working on it to correct the errors as a side project to see how the income grows.
Bottom line, it's hard not to make money with websites.
I've been working my way through The Niche Blogger course and it has been invaluable! I'm really enjoying it and I currently have 4 blogs that I have set up according to the criteria. I hope to be making a full time income from blogging by the end of 2009.
Felicia -- that is really encouraging! Thank you.
Jen -- The NicheBlogger is an excellent course, isn't it? Best of luck with your goals!
I haven't made any money yet. But I'm new and have a lot to learn. So hopefully with time and as I continue to develop content and grow my blog, I will start seeing at least something! How many months or years did it take for you guys to start getting any revenue streams?
I have only been making money with websites for about three months. I have made money online by writing articles and as a SEO consultant for the last couple of years, but I never had the time or energy to put my knowledge to work for websites of my own.
So far it's going well, and I know that in a few more months, I'll be able to let go of some freelance jobs without sacrificing my income.
I think that you pointed out the key in the first paragraph of this post: it's a learning process. So many people have been mislead by scams and hype that they don't believe that they can really make money online. But like any job, it does take work, and time to build.
That is great. I am really looking forward to reading the status of your sites. It sounds like you have an excellent collection of websites in your passive income portfolio!
Thanks for the mention, Maria!
I definitely think the reseller type hosting account (allowing you to have multiple sites on one account) is a good way to go. It's a lot more affordable than paying for a new hosting plan every time you create a new domain. You can always move a site to a dedicated server or individual hosting account later if it really takes off and needs more bandwidth.
This is encouraging, and giving me some ideas for my own site, which is about making money from home and saving money on everyday items and services.
I'm not done researching yet, and this is my first time out, but I'm following the advice I've found and it seems to be going well so far:)
I've actually linked back to this site on my blog The Juggling Homemaker. I'm a follower of your blog here now and plan to study it more closely. Don't be surprised if I end up referencing you there. This site looks great and it sounds like you're doing well.
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