The idea of making money online might sound really appealing. But how do you actually go about making money from a website? How does having a website equate to making money and generating an income?

The reason there is such confusion on this topic is because there are many different answers to these questions. It’s the same as asking “How can I make money?” – there are a plethora of ways you can go about making money in life. The same is true of making money online. If you have a couple of minutes to spare, stick with me as I’ll be covering the basics of what is needed to ensure success online.

 

Step 1: Laying the foundation for online success

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The first and most important aspect of achieving success online starts with the creation of your own website. Building a business without a website is like trying to build a house without a foundation. The two go hand in hand.

It is important to spend some time on your website design and creation, as you want to build a quality website that will have a solid foundation upon which you can build for years to come. You don’t want to spend your time and energy creating something flimsy that could potentially break down and fall apart. If you start out with a proper foundation and build upon it with quality content, you will be very successful online.

Step 2: Creation of quality content that deliver value

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Your website will serve as your public facing image that you project to the outside world. It will serve to promote your brand and to attract your target audience.

For this reason it is important that your website contains quality content – you certainly don’t want to present your visitors with an empty website.

The content you create for your website can be anything from images, text, articles, blog posts, videos, comments etc – anything relevant to your website that will be of interest to your target audience. Content not only provides information to your visitors and promotes your brand, it is also really important for search engines and for driving traffic to your website through search engine optimisation (SEO).

Build a website with quality content that delivers value and it is sure to attract buyers.

Step 3: Attracting visitors to your website

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Once you’ve got your website up and running with some quality content, the next step is to attract visitors and potential buyers to your website – in short, you want to drive traffic to your website.

The easiest way to do this is by creating a lot of content for your website – search engines love websites that are rich in content and user interaction (e.g. in the form of comments), so your ranking in a search engine like Google will improve as your content improves. Some other ways of increasing your ranking and driving traffic to your website include:

• Creating videos
• Paid traffic and advertising
• Engagement using social media

There are off course different strategies behind each of these approaches that you can use to pave your way to success. If you want to learn more about driving traffic to your website (or even learn how to build a website), I can recommend you that you check out Wealthy Affiliate, the best place to educate yourself about building an online business. If you need more information on any of these topics I’ll be happy to help you out – just pop me a message on the Wealthy Affiliate platform (requires you to create a FREE account – no credit card required).

Step 4: Making money with your website

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So you’ve got a website running online, you’ve got quality content that attracts viewers and you’re driving a fair amount of traffic to your website. Now is the time to monetise your website so that it will generate an income for you. There are tons of ways to go about making money from your website – the most popular of which include:

• Joining an affiliate program and selling affiliate products (by providing links on your we
  bsite to those products)
• Selling Amazon products (by providing links to products on Amazon)
• Selling your own product (either physical or digital)
• Selling advertising space on your website. If you have tons of traffic companies will pay really competitive rates to have their advertisements appear on your website.
• Google Adsense (showing advertisements on your website)
• Flipping and selling the website itself

These are just some of the ways that your website can make you money. There are various other methods also available to monetise your website. Once you have your website up and running, the income you generate from it is all up to you. Whether you want a single website that only serves to supplement your income, or whether you want multiple websites generating enough money to earn a living online – the sky is the limit. It all depends on how much time and effort you are willing to put into your business.

A Side Note: There is no reason for you to try this alone!

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Reading about how to make a website and how to monetise a website is one thing, but actually taking action and doing it can be a daunting task. If you’re not someone who is already familiar with creating websites and content you might get overwhelmed with all the information and be unsure of where to start.

That is why I feel that there is absolutely no reason for you to try and figure this all out for yourself – why not join a community of people that are also starting out like you or that have already achieved success online? There is no reason for you to be stuck and frustrated when you can easily ask for help or advice from people that have already overcome the challenges you might be facing. That is why I want to invite you to join the community that I can personally recommend at Wealthy Affiliate – all you need to do is sign up for free – no credit card required.

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By signing up, you’ll get access to all the resources you need to start building your very first website and creating your website content. There is also free training that will provide you with step by step instructions and information to getting started with building your online business.

And if you get stuck or need help with anything, let me know, drop me a comment below or contact me via the Wealthy Affiliate platform (if you sign up using my link above I’ll also get notified personally).