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Over the past few years I have been investigating many different ways you can make money online. And when saying that, I am referring to everything imaginable, from clicking and reading for money, doing surveys, filling out forms, affiliate marketing… You name it and I have done it.

I will be sharing many of my experiences, mistakes and failures but of course I will also be sharing how you can make money. I won’t lie to you, if you decide to go ahead and give it a go, setting up business online, you will have to work and treat it as a real job.

Forget about all those programs that will only make you cents and lose dollars, and after spending a lot of time on them, you will find there is no way to reach the minimum payout limit. You are worth more; your time is worth more!

I will give you a little example of the programs that I believe are a waste of time. You must have come across some of them, especially if you have been using search terms like “money online fast” or “easy money online”.

There are programs that will pay you to look at ads. For every 30 seconds you have your browser open with an ad, they will add, say, 0.01 cents to you account. Some even offer a $10.00 signup bonus, making it tempting to actually give it a go. But do the math…

In order to make $1.00, you will have to look at a 100 ads, in other words, 50 minutes of your time. Now, if you think that is a good return for your time, be my guest and go ahead, but I personally think my time is way more valuable!

Going back to the title, you have to be prepared to work for your money and a lot of times it can take quite a while until you notice any improvement. But in the end you will find that there are good ways to make money, a lot of it even, only if you are prepared to put in the basics and setting things up the right way.

For me, the right way turns out to be blogging for money. Now, there are different ways to actually monetize a blog, and there are a lot of things you will need to do and repeatedly to in order to achieve success.

Over the course of the next few weeks, I will be starting a series on how to build a business using blogs. These series will be built up in roughly 3 different blocks:

• How to set up a blog (the basics)
• How to get traffic to it
• How to monetize it

I will be sharing lists of sites to promote your blog, different ways of generating quick traffic and review a ton of products and services that I have tested and tried, ways to climb in ranking, tricks of the trade and a whole lot more.

At first it might seem a daunting task, but breaking things down in easily digestible blocks, you too will find you can earn a more than decent living online!

Feel free to comment and ask questions, especially if there is a specific program you are thinking of using but want to have some extra info on.

You might not like to hear what I am going to post on today, but it needs to be done. In this day and age where many people are dissatisfied with their jobs it is easy to look online and see if there is any way to make money. Doing a quick check with google you will find 513,000,000 results for “make money” and 32,500,000 for “make money online” … showing that you are not the only one wanting to find a way to make money.

If you are just starting out and learning how it can be done, I am sure you will run into many deals that seem to be too good to be true, and many times they are just that, too good to be true. If you are unlucky you will run into a few real scams and quite a lot of crappy offers, products and projects, all claiming to help you make money while you are sleeping and of course, tons of it.

My post is not aimed at that side of the story, yet at the way many people are fooling themselves, signing up for all “great deals”, best offers, newsletters, free products only to find that in the end they are completely lost and discouraged. You might even think of signing up for special projects which will show you how to go about it step by step, spending your time and money for a few weeks or even months without seeing result and than throw in the towel, screaming you are just scammed again and jump to the next best thing that comes along, repeating history.

You see, a disturbing 90% of all people who try to make money online will not succeed and only 1% will rake in 6 digit numbers yearly (or more). If you think that signing up for programs who claim to set you up with a moneymaking website so you can just sit back and see the money flooding in, you are probably not cut out for this business.

That is right, you heard me use the word “Business”, because that is just what it is, and an online business needs to be planned and managed, just like any other business needs to. You need to be dedicated to make your chosen path working the way you want it to work. You need to find something you can do with passion because you will be spending a lot of time doing it, especially in the beginning.

So even before you begin you will have to make sure that working online is the right job for you. You must ask yourself several questions before even thinking of choosing this career.

• Are you highly motivated to work alone? It might sound fabulous, working at home, but are you really able to motivate yourself enough to put in the hours and dedication needed?
• Are you able to adapt to the ever-changing trends online? What works today might very well break down tomorrow. You must be able to deal with setbacks and make sure you build several income streams in order to spread risks.
• Do you have enough skills to set up a website or a blog and if not, are you willing to learn all that is needed?
• Are you persistent and perseverant? Many people call out for scams, not because they were really scammed, but because they gave up themselves before a program really started working. You must realize that it might take several months or even up to a year before you can see any real results and you will need stamina in order not to give up.
• Are you willing to improve on the skills you already have?
• Do you have writing skills? You do not need to be the best writer in the world, but you must be able to capture your visitor’s attention, make them wanting to come back for more in order to build a good customer relationship.
• Are you able to focus on tasks at hand? Working online it is very easy to get distracted and sidetracked by all the information available, but spending hours a day in a deconstructive manner is not going to get you anywhere.
• Are you not easily discouraged by failure or setbacks? Be prepared. You will fail. There will be setbacks. You will make mistakes. It is a learning process and that does not matter, in fact, it will only improve you. However, if this gets you down easily, you better reconsider what you are planning to do.

Many questions you need to think about seriously even before starting out. But, if you can honestly answer all these questions with a yes, working online might just be your thing!

You might think “Geeeezzzz yet another blog on making money” and you are right thinking that. These days there are thousands of blogs on this subject, some are really good, but most are nothing more than crap, giving worthless advice and only came into the blogosphere to make money on unsuspecting newbies who are looking for a way to make their fortune.

So why would you want to read this blog, why will it stand out in the crowd?

First, because I know it is possible to make money online and I sincerely want to help you succeed in doing so.

Second, because I am completely fed up with all the quick money scams out there, which do nothing more than making their money offering bad advice and even worse products and schemes.

I sincerely believe that making money online is easy, but only if you know how to do it and you are really dedicated to fulfil the tasks at hand. If you think making money online means you do not have to work or if you are unwilling to dedicate the hours and focus needed to succeed you might as well leave now.

Earning your living online is a job and you will have to spend many hours before you can start seeing results, while you are still learning and testing out which method works best for you. You will have to test yourself and your dedication. You will have to be willing to invest time into improving yourself. There will be many times that you think it is never going to happen.

There will be many self doubts you have to conquer and you will need perseverance and a lot of dedication in order to succeed.

On the bright side, it is doable… And once you finally have found the way that best suits your personality and possibilities, once you finally start seeing results, you will be happy you did not throw in the towel.

This blog will become a valuable source of information, a place where you can find tools and advice on how to succeed. Is is my personal gathering place of information I use to make my living online, resources I use and tricks of the trade.

Please feel free to participate and comment, ask questions or even suggest subjects that need to be covered in the future.