Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Sunday, 12 November 2017
HOW TO EARN MONEY ONLINE (PART 15) CREATE WORDPRESS THEMES
What is Wordpress?
Wordpress is the easiest and the most powerful blogging and website content management system.
Suitable For -
Creative web designers and coders.
Skills Required -
Ability to understand the basics of Wordpress theme creation and write HTML and CSS codes.
Time Required For Creating A Wordpress Theme -
Completely depends on the expertise of the developer.
Tips -
1. Research about which Wordpress themes are selling most in the market.
Create themes similar to the ones that are already selling and has existing buyer market.
2. If you are targeting a specific market such as Photography, understand the needs of the webmasters in that domain are.
Are they facing problems with the current themes available in the market?
Do they have more expectations? Research a lot before creating new theme architecture and designs.
3. Create the designs that will cater the market demand.
How To Monetize -
There are many ways to sell your Wordpress Themes. Mentioning a few below:
1. If you have developed a collection of Wordpress themes then you can start your own website, promote it and sell the themes on your own.
2. You can sell your themes on 3 biggest online marketplaces for Wordpress themes.
- Themeforest.net
- Codecanyon.net
- Mojo-themes.com
3. If you choose to sell your themes from the above-mentioned marketplaces then you will have to pay them 50% commission on every sale.
But the advantage is your theme will reach millions of users within few hours and you can start earning money as they purchase your theme.
HOW TO EARN MONEY ONLINE (PART 14) JOIN LEAPFORCE
What is Leapforce?
Leapforce is a US based company that provides work at home opportunities across the globe.
They will mostly offer you an online job of “Personalized Search Engine Evaluator.”
Joining Leapforce is one of the most legitimate ways of making money online from home, and you must definitely think of giving it a shot.
I am insisting Leapforce because you don’t have to invest any money nor start any business.
It’s a perfect start for someone who has no money at all.
Leapforce is an independent company contracted by Google, Bing and other big search engines to help them assess their algorithms.
Such companies always hire real people to help them in this process.
As a search engine evaluator, your job is to follow the instructions given to you in the assignments, research and analyze the search engine results.
You’ll have to provide feedback on search engine results by measuring the relevance and usefulness of web pages in relation to given predefined queries.
Suitable For -
For anyone who has a laptop and decent speed internet connection.
Skills Required -
1. People who have excellent web research skills and analytical abilities.
2. People having good verbal and written communication skills.
2. People having good verbal and written communication skills.
Time Required For Becoming A Leapforce Agent -
In order to get hired, you need to fill out an online application and upload your resume. If you are shortlisted you are required to take and pass a three-part qualification exam.
The exam will test your theoretical and practical knowledge about web research and search engine evaluation.
The qualification exam is challenging and you must take it seriously. If you fail in the first attempt you can still re-appear one more time.
It takes mostly 14 days to complete all the processes from registration till final qualification.
Tips -
1. Position yourself as an ideal candidate - To improve your chances of acceptance, you must be an active user of Google’s search engine and Google’s other popular products such as Gmail, Youtube, Google Play and Google+.
2. Fulfilling other important requirements - To get accepted you must use Google Play at least once per week; use Google+ more than once per month and have more than 11 people in per circle. You must have a Gmail account with web history turn on.
3. Study well - Leapforce will provide you all the study material required for preparing your initial qualification exam. Make sure you study them well before taking an attempt.
Remember you are allowed to take only two attempts, if you fail at both of them then you’ll never be able to apply to Leapforce in future.
How To Monetize -
You’ll earn $13/hour if you're a U.S. citizen and$7/hour if you are a citizen of any Asian or African country.
All the payments are sent at the end of the month by cheques.
HOW TO EARN MONEY ONLINE (PART 13)SELL ARTS AND CRAFTS ON ETSY
What is Etsy.com?
Etsy is an online buyer and seller community similar to eBay, but focuses on selling arts, crafts handmade or vintage items and supplies.
With around 30 million visitors per month Etsy provides a wonderful platform for artisans, crafters and creative designers which helps them in spreading their work to the worldwide audience and grow their business.
Your aim should be to leverage Etsy’s powerful visitor base to reach millions of people and sell your products to them without getting into the hassle of creating your own website, promoting it and handling payment processing.
Top Etsy sellers make upto 1 million dollars a year by selling arts, crafts and handmade items.
If you take action, you can also be one among them.
Suitable For -
Artistic and craftier people who love to envision, design and create their own items/products.
Skills Required -
1. Creative abilities to imagine, think, design and create items which can be sold online.
2. Ability to promote your Etsy store using social media channels such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, along with other methods such as blogging, guest posting, networking.
Time Required For Creating Your Store On Etsy -
You can register on Etsy almost instantly.
But while creating your store you’ll need to craft its title, get photos of items that you want to sell, write a compelling description, decide on pricing points.
To complete the above-mentioned steps it might one or two days.
Tips -
1. Decide what you are going to sell - Before getting your feet inside Etsy make a list of items that you think you can create.
Once the list is ready, go to Etsy and type in keywords to find other sellers who offer similar items which you are planning to sell.
Discover what they are selling? how do their products differ from others? What are their pricing strategies?
Do some competition analysis and try to find items within your list which will face less competition.
Based on your initial research and competition analysis finalize an item which you think will be more suitable for creating your initial space on Etsy.
Based on your initial research and competition analysis finalize an item which you think will be more suitable for creating your initial space on Etsy.
2. Select a name for your store - Once you register an account with Etsy, the first thing you’ll have to do is to setup your store. And naming your store is the first step of the setup process.
Select a name that represents what you want to sell. But don’t waste your time on lingering for finding a perfect name.
Etsy gives you one more chance to rename your store, so pick a name right away, and give it more thought later on.
3. Set up your store - Following are the important steps you’ll need to follow while setting up for the store.
- Create a logo
Creating a logo is very important for building a brand and improving credibility.
Make sure the logo you design is unique and represents the items you want to sell.
If you don’t have graphic design skills it’s always better to outsource the logo designing task to somebody on Fiverr.
Tell them what you want and let the Fiverr experts do the job for you.
- Take appealing item photos
Photos are going to be the first point of contact between your potential customer and your item.
So you need to make sure that your item photos do the job catching customer’s eyeballs and convince him/her to read the description.
If they don’t find item’s photos appealing then they’ll never bother reading your item’s description.
One trick is to study the photographs of other successful stores who sell similar items like yours and then replicate their technique.
If possible try to take photos using a DSLR and use white plain backgrounds.
- Offer varying price points and sizes
Most of the successful Etsy sellers offer varying item sizes and prices, this helps them to attract all levels of buyers.
This strategy helps them to ensure that there is always something for everyone.
For e.g. If you sell smaller original pieces at a lower price point, people who cannot afford to buy large expensive pieces can still buy from you.
In this way, you’ll cater the needs of both expensive and budget buyers.
5. Write compelling description - Your item’s description is the second most important factor after photos, it does the job of persuading potential customers to place an order with you.
So make sure that you write the most compelling item description.
The best way to start is to study what your competitors have written their description, study the biggest questions that your potential customer ask.
Take notes and model your description based on your notes.
Also, try to answer potential customer’s questions so that they don’t have any reservations while placing an order with you.
Also, communicate important details about your item such as dimensions, the material used, care to be taken during usage and so on.
6. Include right tags and keywords - Most of the potential customers will find your store through search.
So you need to make sure that you title and description has right keywords incorporated into them.
To generate a list of keywords, think about what your potential customer would type into the search bar to find what you’re selling.
Snoop into your competitor's title and description to dig out more relevant keywords.
Also, make a list of relevant keywords that appear in the auto-suggested list of Etsy's search bar and add them to your listings.
Other Options To Etsy -
When you are planning to sell arts and crafts item Etsy should be your first choice of platform.
But if you want to expand your reach even further you should consider selling your arts on the following websites.
Here’s the list of the sites optional to Etsy:
- Zibbet.com
- HandmadeArtists.com
- UncommonGoods.com
- AftCra.com
- SuperMarketHQ.com
- HyenaCart.com
How To Monetize -
Monetization is very simple. More people place orders with you more money you make.
Your customer's rating is going to have a huge impact on improving your sales, brand buildup and credibility.
So make sure that you deliver quality items within your promised delivery dates.
Take time and care while packaging your item so that it doesn’t bend, chip or break in transit.
Try to cover the cost of packing materials into your shipping charges.
That’s all!
Happy selling arts and crafts on Etsy.
Happy selling arts and crafts on Etsy.
HOW TO EARN MONEY ONLINE (PART 12)DO CPA MARKETING
What is CPA?
CPA stands for “Cost Per Action”
CPA is one of the popular ways of making money on the internet. CPA marketing is very simple: you get paid when someone clicks on your affiliate link and completes an action.
That action could be:
- Providing an email address
- Signing up for a free trial of a product
- Downloading a mobile app
- Requesting a quote
CPA is easier because you’ll earn money even if a product is not sold.
Unlike affiliate marketing where somebody must purchase a product for you to receive commissions.
CPA model works on lead generation. Many big companies are willing to pay big commissions for generating targeted leads.
Your job is to just get them a lead, they will do rest of the work for generating a sale from those leads.
Suitable For -
1. People who love to talk, write, explain and have the ability to persuade.
2. Best for people who already own a blog or website with some daily traffic.
Skills Required -
1. Ability to promote CPA affiliate links using social media, videos, forum marketing, paid ads, etc.
2. Ability to persuade and convince people through right argument and explanation.
Time Required For Starting CPA Marketing -
To start CPA marketing and earn commissions you need find an offer to promote, then get accepted by a CPA network.
You can find an offer almost instantly but getting accepted into a CPA network might take a week.
But, once accepted you can instantly start promoting an offer of your wish.
Tips -
1. Find different offers - Your first step here will be to find different CPA offers available in the market.
And the best way to dig them out is to visit oDigger.com and OfferVault.com.
Both these sites work as search engines for finding CPA offers. They aggregate offers from all the reputed CPA networks available worldwide.
2. Select your perfect offer - If you already own a blog in any particular niche then select an offer related to that niche. Make sure it is relevant to your blog and audience.
For e.g. If your blog talks about android app gaming, then a CPA offer which pays you when somebody installs an android game app would be perfect for you.
3. Getting accepted - Believe or not but getting accepted into CPA networks has become a huge stumbling block for most of the marketers.
Most of the CPA networks nowadays implement tough scrutiny to ensure that only high quality and legitimate marketers get access to their offers.
This is to prevent any fraud or any illegitimate activity.
Following are few tips which will help you to get in:
Be honest - CPA networks filter out scammers and not the legitimate people. So make sure the information you provide is real and isn’t shady. Don’t try to trick them.
Know you offer - If you already know what offer you want to promote then it’s a great plus point. You’ll be asked about it when you’ll fill the application.
This shows that you are one with a plan.
Know your traffic sources - While filling your application you’ll be asked about your traffic sources. So you must know how people are going to reach your offer.
Are you going to promote it through email marketing, mobile ads, writing an article on blog or anything else, you must clearly mention about it.
4. Optimize your blog - Once you’ve joined a network and selected your CPA offer, it’s the time to promote it on your blog. The best way to do this to integrate your affiliate links in the blog’s content.
This is so far the best way to get higher click thru rates. Another way is you can place banners either on in the header or sidebar section.
Always do some experiments and try to optimize your link placement to maximize your click thru rates, but while doing so ensure that you are damaging your blog’s user experience.
How To Monetize -
Commissions for CPA offers usually range from $0.10 to $10 per action. In some niches such as Insurance, Attorney, Antivirus Software it can go upto $50 per action.
Imagine if you could get 10 people to download a trial version of an antivirus software which pays you $50 per install, you’ll earn $500 without even selling anything.
The commission's offered are decided based on the factors such as niche, back end product cost, product demand and supply, targeted country and so on.
In order to earn maximum commissions, it is best that you choose offers which are relevant to your audience and pay higher commissions.
HOW TO EARN MONEY ONLINE (PART 11) BECOME AN AMAZON ASSOCIATE
What is the Amazon Associates Program?
Amazon Associates is an affiliate marketing program that allows website owners and bloggers to create links and earns referral commissions when any of the website visitor clicks thru and buys products from Amazon.
Suitable For -
1. People who love to write, explain things in details and would like to share their knowledge and expertise with the world.
2. Best for people who already own a blog or website with some daily traffic.
Skills Required -
1. Ability to express knowledge in writing with simpler yet effective way.
2. Ability to persuade and convince people through right argument and explanation.
Time Required For Becoming An Amazon Associate -
To become an Amazon Associate all you need to do is visit their website and sign up. You’ll need to provide your website’s name while signing up.
Amazon will analyze your website, and if they find it appropriate according to their standards they will approve you as an official amazon associate.
The approval process might take 2 to 5 days.
Once you’re approved, find out the relevant products you want to promote on your blog then grab their affiliate links and insert them into your website.
Once you’re approved, find out the relevant products you want to promote on your blog then grab their affiliate links and insert them into your website.
Tips -
1. Dig out relevant products - The first and most important thing is to find out the products that are relevant to your website’s or blog’s content and audience.
The more relevant the product, the better chance you’ll have of selling.
For e.g. Promoting wristwatches on a blog that teaches people to do Yoga exercises is highly unlikely to make you any sale.
But instead, if you try to promote Yoga mats, pants and books you’ll see great success.
2. Place affiliate links inside your content - Placing simple text links within the context of an article is the most effective way to get people click your affiliate links.
People trust the body of the content on a page more than any other area of the website.
Hence it is very likely that they will click on the link when it’s placed inside the content’s body.
For e.g. “Check out this cool [your aff link] smartwatch [/your aff link]. It has retained the position of No 1 bestseller since last two months.”
3. Link product images to Amazon - Images play an important role in grabbing visitor’s attention.
The another simple way to get people click on your affiliate links is to use lots of high-quality product images and make those images as clickable affiliate links.
One good thing about Amazon is that it allows you to freely use any product’s image on your website for promotional purposes.
4. Write a product review article - Doing a quality product review and writing a great article explaining all the facets of a product is another great way to generate high click thru rates and sales.
But while doing any review make sure it is of high quality and unbiased.
People shouldn’t think that you are badly trying to get them buy the product.
A high-quality review should answer all the answers and clear confusion or reservations any potential buyer might have.
Make sure your review does cover all the above-mentioned aspects.
5. Just send people to Amazon - One of the great thing about Amazon is that it is very good at converting visitors into buyers.
You don’t need to follow them nor target them with ads, Amazon will do the rest for you.
All you need to do is send them to Amazon.com through your affiliate link.
The great thing about this is when somebody visits Amazon.com through you link you get a percentage of anything they buy for the next 24 hours (30 days of they added any item to their cart).
For e.g. If one person clicks on your “Yoga Mat” affiliate link and visits Amazon.com and buys 2 wrist watches instead of a Yoga Mat within 24 hours, you’ll get commissions for the wrist watch sales even if you didn’t promote it directly.
6. Build loyalty and trust - One major factor that will boost your sales is your reader's’ loyalty and trust towards you and your website.
Most of your sales will come people who are loyal and repeat readers.
Readers who connect with you on a regular basis, over the long period, begin to trust you and your website.
So when you make any recommendation or do a review, they are more likely to take that advice than someone who they don’t trust.
How To Monetize -
Monetization formula is almost similar to most of the other methods discussed in this app.
More people visit Amazon.com via your affiliate link and buy products, more money you make.
Amazon.com will handle all the payment and commission processing for you so you don’t need to worry about it.
HOW TO EARN MONEY ONLINE (PART 10) RESELL ITEMS ON EBAY
What is eBay.com?
eBay is the most popular website to buy and sell goods on the internet.
It’s a place where individuals and businesses can buy or sell new or second-hand items, from books and clothes to cars to almost anything.
Here's how eBay works:
- A seller lists an item on eBay, almost anything from antiques to mobile phones, books to sporting goods.
- The seller chooses whether to sell the item at a fixed price or accept only bids (auction-type listing).
- In an auction-type listing, the bidding opens at a price the seller specifies and remains on eBay for a certain number of days.
- Buyers then place bids on the item. When the listing ends, the buyer with the highest bid wins.
- In a fixed price listing, the first buyer willing to pay the seller's price gets the item.
Suitable For -
People who are self-motivated and know how to spread the word – to friends, family members, acquaintances and strangers using online or offline mediums.
Skills Required -
Some experience of selling goods online or offline is welcome, along with a business savvy mind.
Time Required To Start Selling On eBay -
To start selling you first need an eBay account and a PayPal account.
After that, you need to enlist your product for which you’ll need upload some product pictures and write an appealing description.
Even if you are a beginner you can do all the above tasks within a day or two.
Tips -
1. If you are completely new to eBay and your account does not have any feedback, then getting some feedback before starting to sell anything is a good practice.
People are very wary of buying anything online nowadays, so if your account has 0 feedback then no one’s is going to buy anything from you.
It’s recommended that you should get at least 10-15 feedbacks before selling anything.
The simplest way to get feedbacks is to buy 10-15 $0.99 items with free shipping.
Many sellers leave positive feedback to you straight way when you’ll make payment.
2. Start small - Most of the eBay resellers buy a bulk wholesale stock of any particular product then sell it on eBay at a retail price.
If you don’t have money to buy a wholesale stock then find out unwanted items present in your house which are in good condition and make a list of them.
3. Research - Now as you have a list of few ready to sell items you must ensure that there is a market for them.
Take 10 minutes to Google your item and uncover its true market value on eBay and another bunch of e-commerce sites.
This will help you to sell right items more competitively because you’ll have the knowledge of your item’s market and its pricing strategies.
Also, dig out relevant targeted keywords which will help people to find your items via Google search engine.
4. Craft the title - Title is the single most important factor for grabbing the attention of your potential buyer.
Make sure your title is appealing, complete and you’ve included targeted keywords.
You don’t have to be a tech wizard for this. Just ask yourself, what would a potential buyer for this item type into the search box?
5. Write item’s description - Fill out all the fields in your listing, and make sure your textual description is providing all the information that your potential buyer might look for.
Most of the lazy sellers ignore this and fail badly at selling anything on eBay.
6. Upload item’s pictures - Upload only high-quality pictures. Ensure that item’s pictures are new, clear (not blurry) and cover the product from all angles.
Also, don’t restrict yourselves to 2-3 pictures upload at least 6 pictures.
7. Timing - Most of the expert sellers use 10 day listing starting on Thursday, you should use it too, it will give you two full weekends of eyeballs. You’ll usually receive the highest traffic on weekends.”
How To Monetize -
Monetization is very simple. More people place orders with you more money you make.
Your item quality and delivery influence your user feedback which directly affects your order placement.
So make sure you are delivering items with good quality.
eBay handles all your transactions securely, so you don’t need to worry about any payment processing issues.
Once you are in a profit making stage, buy your most selling products in bulk on a wholesale price and the sell them on retail price to increase your profits.
Rinse and repeat.
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