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One of the best ways to make money online is by selling advertising on your website or blog. If you have built up a popular site then it’s pretty easy to find people who will pay you to advertise on it. I’ve made thousands of dollars from people buying advertising on my websites.

Part of the allure of selling advertising is that the income is residual. You pretty much know how much you are going to make each month and you don’t always have to be hoping for affiliate sales, Adsense clicks or other ways you make money from your website via your visitors performing an action. Sure you will probably have some advertisers cancel each month and have to find new ones to replace them but for the most part income from selling advertising is consistent.

There are services out there that will help find advertisers for you but they will take a percentage of the earnings. One popular service that does this is Text-Link-Ads.com usually referred to as TLA. These services can be good because they make it a lot easier to find advertisers. However, I don’t use them because I like to get all the money from advertisers on my sites and I want to be in control of who is advertising on my sites. Plus, Google doesn’t like these services so they might take away your PR and drop your rankings if they find you are using them.

Personally, I like to find the advertisers myself so I don’t have to worry about losing any of the revenue or having the possibility of links being placed on my site to websites that I don’t want on there. This is more work because once you find them you have to take the payments, put up their ads and keep track of them. But it’s not very hard if you get a good system in place.

Here are some things I have learned about how to make money online selling advertising since I started doing it about three years ago:

* Be specific on what your advertising options and prices are. A confused advertiser will either not pay you to advertise on your site or they will complain later because they didn’t get what they thought they were paying for. If you look at one of my advertising pages - work at home advertising - you will see that I laid out exactly what they get and how much it will cost.

* Offer a lot of options. Again if you look at one of my home business advertising pages you will see that I offer 11 advertising options. Having more options increases the chances that you have an option that will fit the needs of most potential advertisers. You can’t make money selling advertising if you don’t have options that people want.

* Set the right price. It’s difficult to know exactly how much you should be charging but you want to get it close because if you overcharge you will lose advertisers and if you undercharge you won’t be maximizing your earnings. Take a look at what other sites in your niche with similar traffic as yours are charging and go from there.

* Only accept certain ads. You don’t want to have ads and links on your site to other sites that aren’t even remotely related to yours. You also don’t want bad neighborhood or banned sites linked from yours. Be sure to state on your advertising page what sites you will and won’t accept. And check each new advertiser’s site before accepting the ad. Deny them and refund their money if you need to.

* Don’t be sneaky. You must give your advertisers what they pay for. Don’t cut their ad time short, or hide it, or do anything else sneaky and unethical. You will lose advertisers very quickly if you do this. You can’t make money if your advertisers are mad.

* Keep track of the ads. You don’t want to accidentally remove an ad that shouldn’t be deleted or keep an ad up long after they have cancelled. Make sure you know which ads are supposed to be up and which need to be taken down.

* Put the ads up quickly. When an advertisers pays for a spot on your site you should get the ad up very quickly. They have already paid for the spot for a specified amount of time and you are wasting their money if you don’t put it up right away.

* Promote your advertising. You can’t make money selling advertising if nobody knows they can buy ads on your site. You should actively promote that you allow advertising on your site/blog. Get keyword anchored inbound links to your advertising page so you can rank higher in search engines, tell other site owners in your niche, put links to it in forum signatures and blog posts, etc… Any way you can to get the word out.

That’s basically all there is to it. Now you know how to make money online selling advertising. It’s one of the best ways to make money from your website or blog and I highly recommend it as an additional source of income.

Dedicated to your success,
Trent Brownrigg
Work at Home Blog

With the crappy economy, things were looking pretty lousy for the month of October, which still has a week to go as of this article. Sales were down and I was down. It had been a long time since I had run into a spell like this. But I wasn’t going to let it defeat me. I was determined to figure out how I could salvage this month.

So I sat down and thought. What does my target market want? I mean, what do they REALLY want? Well, they want to make money. That’s the bottom line. But they don’t want to kill themselves to do it. They want to come as close to pushing a button as they can and have the money appear.

Okay, as unrealistic as that is, I thought about it a lot. Was there anything that I did that was even close to pushing that button…something that anybody could do? Well, I went through my arsenal of stuff and found something that I did that was pretty fast and easy income. I was fairly certain that anybody could do this.

The next step was to go through the process and see if I could explain it in simple to understand English. More importantly, could I explain it so that it was in step by step format that anybody could follow? I realized that I could do this so I actually walked through the entire process, writing everything down as I went.

After I had the whole process written, I then made videos of it. This was to add value to the package.

I then created my sales page and priced this at a price that would make it impossible to turn down. See, offering a great product is one thing, but when you do that in combination with an amazing offer, that’s when you have a winner on your hands.

I then put together my payment processing and uploaded everything to my server. I then ran my offer.

Inside of 6 hours I had made over 2K. Not bad for a $15 product.

The point is, I understood my market. I knew what it was that they wanted and I gave it to them. The response to this offer has been amazing and still is.

If you want to know what it is that has everybody talking, check my signature below.

Understand what your market wants. Once you do that, you’ll start making sales on a regular basis.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim
Make Money TODAY…You Heard Me…TODAY!

Let’s face it. That’s what we all want. We want to make money right now, today. We don’t want to wait for tomorrow. Hell, with the way this world is, tomorrow may never come. Let’s be honest, the economy sucks, we have two idiots running for the White House and we have lending institutions giving loans to people who can’t afford to buy a loaf of bread. But we want to make money NOW.

Well, I’ve been wrestling with this problem for a very long time, and I was the first one to get on my high horse and say that it just wasn’t possible. Well, I guess I am going to have to eat a little crow here, because I was wrong. Yes, I was wrong. It is possible to make money right away…as in today.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not talking about making a 6 figure income in one night or even in a few months. But I am talking about putting some things together on Monday and by the end of that day, actually seeing money come into your account. Just because I couldn’t figure this out until 5 plus years into my marketing life doesn’t mean it’s not possible. I have finally realized that it is.

Having said that, some of the methods I’ve discovered are a little more complicated than others. Some, fortunately, are VERY simple. That’s why I had to be very selective about putting together any information on this subject. I didn’t want to give people false hopes or lead them down a path that was going to be too difficult to follow.

Perhaps you’ve heard of Google Hot Trends. Maybe not. I don’t know. But this is something that I recently got into and experimented with. In doing so, I had to iron out a few kinks. See, Hot Trends is just that. It’s what people are most interested in right now.

The main problem with these Hot Trends is that they change very quickly and they don’t last very long. So you have to hop on them right away. That means keeping your eyes on them. But once you know what to look for and what to jump on, the money starts to come in THAT DAY.

The key is knowing how to take advantage of these Hot Trends. How can you make the most of them? How can you get people to your site without cost and right away? That’s what took me some time to figure out. Once I did, the rest was easy.

If you’re interested, I’ve put together a great book on this subject that I think you’re going to love. I’m practically giving it away because I want this to be within the reach of just about anybody…even if you’re dirt poor. And yes, these methods won’t cost you ONE DIME.

Hot Trends can give you a quick income that day.

You just have to know what to look for.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim
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Well, the secret is out. The US economy is in the toilet and everybody is in a panic. Well, almost everybody. I’m having another record breaking year and even though sales were down in September, I still broke 10K for the month. How did I do it? Well, that’s a long story and not one that’s going to come from one article, but what I am going to share with you now are a few things to get you through this crisis.

At the top of the list is just that…your list. If you’re into Internet marketing for a while, you’ve no doubt signed up for quite a few programs and services. Some of them, you probably don’t even use anymore, if ever. Well, it’s time to cut the strings. Cancel your memberships and programs that aren’t providing anything of value to you. Just sit down and ask yourself this question. “What am I getting from this thing?” If you can’t find an answer that makes sense to continue using the service, get rid of it.

Another thing you should do is look out for bargains. Now that things are really tough, vendors are running specials on some great products and services that can really help you. If they’re smart, they’ll show you EXACTLY how these products will help you. If they can’t do that, you don’t need them. Trust me on this.

Then there is the stock market. Stocks are at an all time low now and there is no where to go but up now that the bailout has gone through. Now is the time to look at a solid stock that had been doing well prior to the crisis and buy a few shares. If you see the price is starting to rise, buy a few more shares. This is a great time to make a quick killing on Wall Street IF you play it smart.

As far as your everyday living, before you buy ANYTHING, ask yourself one question. “Do I REALLY need this?” If the answer is no, don’t get it. Make sure your business is prospering first before you go throwing your money around.

Which finally brings me to those bargains I was telling you about.

Before I get to them, let me tell you a little something about myself because without some credibility, nothing I say makes a darn bit of difference.

I’ve been marketing online since 2003. Last year I earned over $122,000 and this year I’m going to do about the same, maybe a little better depending on how well the next 3 months go.

I have helped a lot of people reach the success that they’re looking for because of the products I’ve creating. Normally, I’d just leave you some regular links and leave it at that. Certainly my products are worth 10 times what I charge for them anyway since they actually deliver results. But, I know that times are hard for you now and you just don’t have a lot to spend, so I’m going to offer a few specials here today that I think you’ll want to take advantage of.

One of my main sources of income comes from article writing. I consider myself an expert at it. My book “The Complete Article Writing and Marketing Guide” normally sells for $37. But for a limited time, I’m making this great book available for the insane price of just $17. It also comes with my book on copywriting that is said to be one of the best books out there on the subject, especially for the marketer who doesn’t want to spend thousands on some copywriter. I write my own copy and it’s responsible for all that income that you see. I’ve never hired a copywriter…ever.

If you want a complete education on marketing online, you can’t get a better one than through my landmark product “My Secret Articles”. Normally selling for just $97 (a steal) I am going to make it available, again for a limited time only, for just $47. No, you’re not seeing things. It’s 98 volumes (almost 1700 pages) and the best education you’ll ever get at that price.

Finally, if you just want a shortcut to finding great niches that you can monetize quickly, without having to do all that research, there is my “Niche Research Revolution” that also normally sells for $97. Again, you can have this for a limited time for just $47.

I am offering, for any of these products, an unheard of 6 MONTH GUARANTEE. That is how sure I am that you will be more than thrilled with any of my products. I only put out products of quality. Ask anybody who has ever gotten anything from me.

But…please, if you’re NOT going to use this information…DON’T GET IT. I don’t want you spending money that you don’t have. Remember my tips above? That’s one way to survive this economic crisis. Only spend money on things you need and will use.

It took me a while to make it to where I am today, but I’ve made it and have the smarts to help you as well.

Which is why I am going to make ONE MORE OFFER. I shouldn’t do this, but I figure that somebody who is bright enough to see what a bargain this is, will jump all over it.

I offer private mentoring that has helped a lot of people. I normally charge $100 a day and it’s a minimum of 30 days, which comes out to $3,000 for the month. That’s not chump change. Well, for a limited time only, I am making my services available for just $997 a month. That’s a little more than $33 a day, which is a joke considering what I earn an hour. My time, however, is not refundable. So make sure you really want my help before you sign up.

Okay, if you’re interested in any of the info product specials above, you can find them here.

http://www.stevewagenheim.com/specials/trent.php

If you’re interested in my mentoring program, you can read the details here and find out exactly what you’ll be getting

http://www.stevewagenheim.com/mentoring/mentoring.html

Please don’t hesitate to email me if you have any questions at all. Believe it or not, unlike a lot of the snake oil salesmen out there, I truly want to see you succeed. I am 100% confident that I can do that…IF you’ll give me the chance.

In the meantime, spend your money wisely. Our government doesn’t know it’s butt from a hole in the ground so I have a feeling we’re going to be in for some crazy times. Those of us (like me) who know how to run a successful business, will be fine. The rest of the pack?

I’m just going to say a few prayers.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim
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That is Web 2.0. Are you apart of it? Blogging, social networking, social bookmarking etc.?

Blogging has to be one of the easiest things to do especially when there are free sites to do it on. Blogger.com is extremely user-friendly and super easy peasy. You can literally have a blog created in just five minutes. As a matter of fact, that’s what Blogger.com states. You don’t have to be HTML savvy…just know how to type in the box provided and when you’re done click on the publish button.

Because blogging is so easy, there are thousands of business-type blogs created each day, but there are also thousands of abandoned business-type blogs that haven’t been updated in months or years. Why? Simply because it takes time and commitment. I understand unforeseen circumstances can work its way into your family life and my family is my number one priority and I would drop my business in a heartbeat. If this scenario doesn’t pertain to you, then there’s no excuse.

Now we know blogs can drive traffic to your business and more people are creating blogs for this purpose, but if you’re going to be half committed then blogging is going to be useless to you and your business. Do you half commit to your business? What you put in is what you will reap in rewards. Do nothing and you will make pennies, if that.

Instead of jumping on the Web 2.0 bandwagon with the likes of social networking and blogging, know your limitations and what you can handle. Find your target market, find your niche and be consistent. Spreading yourself too thin isn’t beneficial in any way and it does more harm than good.

Don’t get caught up with Web 2.0 if you can’t commit to its responsibilites. Time, consistency and commitment is what will drive your business to the next level.  When you’re ready, social networking and blogging will still be there waiting for you, ready to take you into its web.

You can network with Sophia at http://www.WorkAtHomeSpace.com/forum or find her blogging at http://HealthyPerspectives.blogspot.com