Thread: Don't Try To Make Money Online

I want to share my biggest web secret. I know this will sound simple and some people will consider it a no-brainer. However, with all of the people asking questions in forums like "how do I make money on line?", "what is the fastest way to get indexed in Google?" and "what are good blackhat SEO techniques?" I wanted to say there is a way to become successful by thinking exactly the opposite way. It has worked for me.

I have a site that gets 25,000 unique targeted hits per month. It has Google AdSense units which earn the minimum payout amount every 2 months. It also offers a paid service which has a nice handful of customers. When this site first started, I wanted to make it look like the Google home page. In other words, it would have a white background, some header text and the main function of the site purposefully placed at the top. Beneath that were a few paragraphs about the site to make sure search engines had something to index. OK that part isn't much like the Google home page, but this site needed a little explaining. I submitted it to some directories and various search engines. It started off with no advertisements and I was not selling anything or asking for any money. It was just a simple, free and useful service. I didn't even think about turning a profit as the first thing.

What I made was a platform to measure the true usefulness and create the potential to gain popularity. The traffic to the site grew steadily. It was then and only then - after showing some value - that I placed AdSense units on it. Later, I developed a paid version of the service with advanced features for a monthly fee. The limited free part is still there. I traded links with a lot of relevant sites, especially big ones as my traffic became comparable. I even purchased a few advertisements.

The point here is that I didn't go into it thinking mainly about making money. I was patient, started small and really developed it into a quality site which became popular on its own. Making money happened later.

I do agree with you making money online comes with Patience and it is the key to the game if you really want to make money in it

Originally Posted by technohive

I do agree with you making money online comes with Patience and it is the key to the game if you really want to make money in it

My point exactly. The processed shouldn't be rushed. It should be built up over time and measured.

good encouraging article for the upcoming webmasters..

Thank you for sharing this very nice article.

money online is possible.

But there is a big investment of your your time, patience and some money.

i don't think so, you can make money online not to be reach but you can make alot of money.. (except google or yahoo) you can dream a dream...

Hi,

This quote is not 100%

I saw an interview with Rod Steiger and he said I earned more money in my life when I quit worrying about making money.

Makes a lot of points.

Sami