A few years back, all you had to do to make money online was sign up to Clickbank and Ezinearticles, write a few articles with a link to your affiliate product, and wait for the cash to come in. Really, it was as simple as that. Times have changed, though.

These days, it has to be more thought out than that. I admit that a lot of times, I didn’t even bother choosing a keyword for my article – I simply created a flashy title, wrote a 300 word article, included a decent resource box, and managed to make sales from the initial burst of traffic from the article directory itself. Read the rest of this entry

Okay, So I’ve been getting a few emails and messages from folks who are wondering if I can give a little more information as far as the exact methods I use to earn an income online. As I’ve mentioned before, I make my money from two sources: article marketing and a portfolio of websites. So, I figured that I would start a series that covers exactly what it is that I do. I am not worried about competition because I am not going to give away any of my niches or actual websites. It is a big world out there and the chances of anyone getting into my niches and becoming my direct competition is pretty remote. Read the rest of this entry

Just want to wish everyone a happy new year and I hope that 2011 turns out to be the year you finally ”make it.”  I am still waiting for that turning point, myself. But what I have discovered is that the closer I am to finally making it, the farther I place the goal post. In other words, can one really stop at some point and say that they are satisfied? I think this is a human trait that most of us experience and, in some cases, feel guilty about. In fact, if we could actually say that this is enough, and stop, I don’t think the planet would be in such bad shape. But we are conditioned to want more. Sadly, this may eventually be our undoing. Read the rest of this entry