Secret of making money online

So many ways to make money online such as promoting affiliate programs, running a dating website like Myspace, developing a software and selling it online, running a website with Google adsense, building a website where one can buy or sell like Amazon, running a classified site like Craigslist, writing an e-book and selling it online etc.

All of these methods are very lucrative but I am going to write deeply on the easy to start and easy to make one which has been my second source of income over the years, it is called affiliate programs. Affiliate program is a method whereby you promote other people''s products in return for some percentage of their sales.

Every successful and popular website in the internet today has affiliate program such as Google adsense, Amazon associate programs which is the first program initiated since 1996, eBay, Clickbank and Bestbuy etc. If you are not into referral programs you are missing a lot because it''s a kind of job that can be done anytime of the day and in return you receive checks, go to the bank and cash them out. People has made over millions and billions of dollars in affiliate programs, as for me I make $1500 per month depending on how much time I spend doing this job.
How to make money from affiliate programs is easy and difficult, though it is not a get rich scam. It is a gradual process that takes time to learn and once you have got the techniques, you apply them and your money is coming in for you. Some programs pay $10 to $120 per sale, think of when you make 10 sales per day how much it is. The best way to start affiliate program is to promote products you know very well about, write reviews about them and publish it for people to read. Interesting and helpful reviews converts like crazy. Clickbank and Cj are the most lucrative programs, though other ones are but you need to do a thorough research well to find methods to make them work.

Clickbank is based on digital products while Cj is based on physical products. When you have discovered the program you want to chose, the next thing is how to promote it so that people can buy and you get your share of the sell. They are many ways to promote them, when it is done the right way it works like magic. Some of the ways to market are through blogging, writing articles, PPC, posting at classified sites, marketing at social sites etc. I will explain briefly on these methods and how to put them to work.
Blogging: Blogging is a method whereby you post articles on your blog about the product you are promoting, it can be a review, it can be a helpful resource, let be something people will love to read. If you blog is rich in content, search engines will index it based on the keywords, that way you will get traffic and your visitors may patronize what you are promoting.
Writing articles: Writing articles is a free way to promote online products, you simply write an article on a field you know very well, publish it and watch your money flow in. The best websites to submit articles are Ezinearticles, Squidoo, Hubpages, Searchwarp and Goarticles. Articles that are rich in content make more exposure.
PPC: Pay per click is a targeted way to get traffic to any website, promoting through ppc is best done with a landing page and email marketing. PPC search engines like Google, Msn and Yahoo are the best to select from because they will prevent you from clickfraud and you also get high exposure, though their clicks are costly compared to other smaller search engines.
Posting at classified sites: Classified sites are a cool way to make sales especially when it is free. Classified sites like Craigslist, Usfreeads, Backpage, Kijiji, Gumtree, Slando, Loquo and Vivastreet are the best sites to get traffic to your website. While using classified sites to make money online post at the right categories and avoid over posting in order not to abuse the privilege given to you because you might get banned or blocked if you break y of their rules. They are some software that can help one to post ads to several cities with just one click, just read on to get more information.
Marketing at social sites: Social sites like Myspace, Hi5, Facebook, Friendster and Faceparty are hot sites to get high traffic if one does it well. Social sites are among the top 10 sites visited by people from all over the world on daily basis. Joining high traffic groups generate exposure to your profile which makes people interested to read what you have online.
Using forums to generate traffic: Forums can very lucrative if you are very contributive to people''s needs. Answer questions on people''s needs, if possible link them to a website that can offer them more help, that way you will be gaining traffic to your website.