How do : Make Money Online 101
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A post by Becky @ PreBlogging.com. I take the more simple approach to blogging topics, i.e. a no nonsense approach to things. This is my 2nd guest post here, please check out the other one on stumbleupon too ! This post is more of a vague post, but it is meant to be inspirational 
Top Tip for Money Making
Now this may seem cheeky, but the easiest way to make money is to be smart. It’s the old adage work smarter not harder. This can be done by either seeing an opportunity and taking it, or by creating the opportunity yourself. It doesn’t sound easy, and it’s not really supposed to be (otherwise everyone would be doing it). To gain the readers and to gain the RSS subscribers you need to bring something different to the blogosphere. You need to lead the way, be the best in your field and let other people follow you. By hanging on every word of your peers you will only ever be using their ideas, rather than generating your own. While it is important to see what the successful people are doing, it’s also important to do things that they are not. Read here for JohnCow’s own take on the so called A-Listers.
Bubble Bursting
This point comes with an image to reinforce the point.
People don’t become internet moguls or millionaires over night, it takes a lot of work and a bit of luck. These people are the people who are not afraid to try something new. So ask yourself are you following along what other bloggers are doing in your particular niche, or are you doing something different ? If you are the first with the idea and you present it well you will get followers. If you are helpful and show leadership in your field, you will get followers. If you are consistent in bringing new & accurate commentary on your niche, you will gain followers. It’s all happening outside the box, try and have a different take on things.
The Good News for you
There is literally hundreds of millions of dollars lying out there waiting for you to stake your claim on it. You just need to be that person who is smart enough to find a way into other peoples pockets. If you have an idea go with it and try it with 100% of your heart. If it fails then you just try something new, but learn from that mistake.
Remember inspiration about an idea can hit at any time, I always either have my laptop or a good old fashioned pen and paper ready to write down ideas. Be thinking about what you are posting in your blog, and have an idea where you want to take the blog.
One great idea of a blog thinking outside the box is ContestBlogger dot COM. Here we have an example of someone who saw a need to collect all the contests happening at the moment and to repost them on his blog. True it’s a blog about blog contests, but it’s also something that people want to read about, and hence he has over 200 RSS subscribers.
Credits
For more interesting ideas you can go to PreBlogging.com and read my 5 Step Guide to start Blogging.
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I don’t want to be a millionaire or a mogul. I just want extra money. I don’t think you need to be a leader to make money, you just need to be able to imitate what other people do and put your own spin on it, that is unless you are doing this for a living, which very few of us are.
I do want to be a millionaire, not too fussed about being a mogul though. There are set patterns of behaviour for making money out of the internet that anybody can follow, unfortunately it takes time. Several years in and this is a well paid full time job for me.
Tim Ferriss thinks most of us wants the millionaire lifestyle, not necessarily to be a millionaire, and to some extent I do agree with this. There are those who do want to be a millionaires, but its more about being able to live the lifestyle you want, and being a millionaire is not necessary for that to happen. Of course there will also be those who just want to be a millionaire. As for the mogul thing, I don’t really care about that.
I also believe that while you can generate income imitating others, you can do so without imitating them as well, it’s all about your will to achieve.
I only ever use the term millionaire because a million is a realistic amount of money for me to have in the bank that would enable me to stop work. Running online businesses is a full time job in my case and I’d love to be able to stop work, get a good nights sleep and still treat my family to the things they deserve.
I’m sure I’m not alone in this, the great thing these days is that the internet gives us some hope of achieving it.
Yeah, contestblogger rocks!
Contestblogger is a great idea and I think it has worked well for him. So have other blog contest sites such as ThePrizeBlog. Also, Mr. Cow, did you notice the Big Beef just visited your blog about a few minutes ago.
Yeah, bet he needs inspiration to write about something
He’s a big fan of mine too.
If anyone has any feedback on the article please let me know. Thanks
LOL now if only I can get everyone to be a fan of mine
LOL.. The Big Beef stopped by my blog 4 times this week itself. I just need him to comment for once!
Awesome article, dudette, thanks for the shout-out, and for the compliments . . .
Thanks for the encouragement ! I hope to see you around. How many visitors are you getting these days ?
Hey Becky, good post here to let others know to go their own way. We all need to find that one thing that gets us out there. I love Contest Blogger too, I wish I had thought of that because he can enter the contests at the sametime! Hahaha.
ps. Becky I tried to contact you but your form is not working for me!
Thanks for your feedback, I’ve sent you an email. I’ve also changed my contact form, before the answer was “becky” but maybe that was too tough, now it’s 5*6 = 30.
becky
Kept using a capital B, didn’t think to try lowercase. :c)
Yep, I understand there is plenty of money out there but it’s tough.
I think the main point of my post is that your shouldn’t be afraid to think differently. If you fail who cares, but if you succeed then you might make alot of moooney.
Becks
Each week I take the article that I think was my best and submit it to as many ‘make money online’ blog carnivals as I can find. I use http://frankbauer.name/make-money-online to find the carnivals and you can find videos also.
I really like Contest Blogger. He has made a unique blog that helps him make money, but also helps the blogging community by sharing the contests. Props to you Phil!