Make a Recurring Income with a Website
For millions of people websites are a major source of income. The major advantages of this type of business are: the global audience, the low start-up cost and the fact that, once setup, it becomes a passive income source.
1. Make Money With Google AdSense
Google will display on your site ads related to your topic. Then, each time a visitor on your site clicks on these ads, you get paid. The commissions are anywhere from 2 cents to 20$ per ad clicked. Read more...
2. Make Money With Affiliate Programs
As an affiliate you have to recommend on your website other people’s products. Each time a visitor on your website buys one of the products you recommend, you earn a commission.
You may also earn per lead (meaning – when someone subscribes from your link to the site you are affiliated with, you get paid, even if that person doesn't buy anything).
There are commissions of $50, $75… $500 or more. How much you will earn depends on various factors like the products you choose to promote, the niche you choose, the traffic you will get. Read more...
3. Earn Selling Advertising Space on Your Website
Selling your own advertising space is one of the most lucrative monetization methods. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90 leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250 rectangle and the 125×125 button.
The price for an ad space can vary from a few dollars to a few thousand dollars/month (depending on the size of the ad and your site's popularity).
4. Use Monetization Widgets
There are widgets that let you monetize your website. Examples include Widgetbucks and SmartLinks. Some of these services operate under a PPC scheme, others behave like text link ads.
5. Offer Sponsored Reviews
If you have a good website you can offer sponsored reviews. You can join one of the sponsored reviews marketplaces (like Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe). You will be paid to write sponsored posts on a wide range of topics.
6. Donations
Placing a “Donate” link or button on a website can be an efficient way to earn money, especially if your website is on a niche where readers learn and gain value from your content.
7. Use In-text Advertising
In-text advertising networks like Kontera and Vibrant Media will place sponsored links inside your text. These links come with a double underline to differentiate them from normal links, and once the user rolls the mouse over the link the advertising will pop. If the user click on it the site owner will make money.
8. Audio Ads
It is also called PPP (Pay Per Play) and the concept is pretty simple: play a small audio advertising (usually 5 seconds) every time a visitor enters into your website. The user should not be able to stop it, creating a 100% conversion rate based on unique visitors.
9. RSS Feeds Ads
Feedburber already has its own publisher network, and you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based advertising on your feed footer. Bidvertiser also introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC scheme.
10. Paid Surveys and Polls
There are services that will pay to run a small survey or poll on your website. The most popular one is Vizu Answers.
Basically you need to sign up with them, and select the kind of polls that you want to run your site.
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