There are thousands of success stories from people who became millionaires online. You might hear about a woman who turned a design blog into a book career and a designing career, or you might hear about a man who turned a YouTube channel into one of the top grossing websites in the world. While you might think that the days of making money online are no longer possible, there are a few ways that you can make money and launch your brand from your home computer.
Become an Author
Amazon made it easy for anyone with an idea to become an author. Its Kindle program lets you write and publish a book that others can buy and download to their devices. You earn 70 percent of the purchase price for books that cost $2.99 or more and 30 percent for books priced lower. Amazon even has a website that helps you format your book and create a cover, but you can also pay for a professionally created cover. There are thousands of people around the world making five figures or more every month from their books.
Brand Yourself
If you have a brand, why not let your customers purchase items from that brand? This doesn’t mean that you need to rush out and pay for the manufacturing of thousands of tee shirts, can coolers or other items. There are many websites that let you design bags, shirts, hats and other items with your brand, logo, name or slogan on the front. Every time that you sell an item, the company will make that item for you and send it to your customers. The company will then take a percentage of what the item sells for and sends you the rest.
Create a Blog
Creating a blog is a fun and smart way to get your name out there and make money. WordPress, Blogger and other sites even let you start out for free. Once you build up your brand, you can purchase a domain name and transition your site to the new website. You can use that blog as an affiliate hub. When you post reviews or include links to products, you earn a small amount when your readers buy products from those links. Adding advertising space that you sell or working with Google Adsense can earn you additional income.
Turn to Social Media
Entrepreneurs all over have, such as Max Gorin, are turning to social media because it is one of the best way of building a brand. If you don’t have a Facebook page for yourself or your company, now is the time to set up one. Facebook lets you post videos and images, and you can also share status updates with followers. This is a good way to let others know when you have new books or items coming out or when you add more to your website. Using Instagram, Twitter and other sites can also help you reach more people and increase your brand awareness.
Something as simple as writing a short electronic book or creating a basic blog can go a long way towards improving your brand awareness and getting your name out there on the web. With a little hard work, you might find that you make enough money to retire at an earlier age.
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The information about Amazon is great. I have two book ideas and I going to look into this program and see if it fits what I am looking for. Thank you for the information.
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Hey man, thanks for this nice little intro to making money online. Like debtfreemartini, I also have ideas for books, and have had for many years, but I think fear has kept me back from actually properly writing anything. Blogging has helped though.
Cheers!
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