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My journey since joining Wealthy Affiliate has been absolutely incredible and I just wanted to share some insights with you all about earning from your websites.
When I first started blogging I didn't quite understand how to make money with my websites, I read about it and it seemed so HARD.
What I have now come to realize is that once your website is a few years old and you have some regular traffic as well as some content that has ranked you don't need to try so hard to make an income.
I have found recently that people come to me and ask me for things and I can decide whether I want to or not.
Here are some of the cool things that have come my way this week (without me having to do a thing):
1) An email marketing service has contacted me asking for a review on my online marketing website. We negotiated and I am going to be paid $175 for that review plus I get to use their service free for a year.
2) A marketing company has contacted me and asked me to review a microwave oven. I get the oven for free valued at R2999 (appr $230) and I am being paid R1500 (appr $115)
3) An SEO company contacted me and asked me for a text link on my mommy blog home page and on my addiction website and they have paid me $250 for these links for 6 months, with the possibility of continuing - we'll see when the time comes.
These are not services that I offered on my websites, in fact I don't really even have a price list. The truth is that I just sort of make things up as I go along.
The point here is to keep going with your website even if you are not sure now how to make money. Once you have traffic, a social presence and some content ranking in your niche you will be able to make money in so many different ways and it will come to you.
The work you put in today will pay off big time in a few years time. It is an investment in your future!
Have a happy Friday!
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Good to hear from folks on their way to bigger success and milestones instead of the flashy cars, cheques which in most cases highly suspected lol
Something similar happened to me this week. Somebody contacted me wanting to advertise on one of my sites that I had almost forgotten about, I put it up years ago.
I get a nice dinner and hotel stay out of the deal :)
As long as you keep putting your stuff out there, opportunities will come your way...
Glad to see you're doing so well!!
I think all of us started out at WA to learn affiliate marketing. But little did we know that that was just the beginning of a very colourful journey that can lead to different paths and directions in the online marketing world. Besides affiliate marketing, there are SO many ways to earn an income online, and you are a prime example, given your fearless and adventurous attempts at finding new ways to make money online and never-say-die attitude!
I too have been approached by different people, though not as many and varied as in your examples, but most recently an app creator in my website's niche offered a referral fee whenever people download their FREE app via my website.
Who would have thought this would happen... to me! I was really surprised to be even be contacted by them!!
I am on the iTunes affiliate program, but this company is willing to offer me money to let my site viewers download their FREE app.
Like some other members have commented, you are an inspiration, and to me - you will always BE an inspiration! :)
Thanks for the motivation - it was much needed at the moment!
Best of luck,
Sophie
Well done and congrats on your success
You have had some great offers and lets hope that they keep coming your way
Your post is awesome and inspirational and thanks for sharing that good news with us all here at WA
Its great to see people making money and also its great to share that type of sucess
I will have to save this post,
Cheers again and continued success
Cheers PB
Then my parenting website I have had since 2012 and my traffic there varies greatly depending on what I am doing. If I am running a baby competition I can get up to 25 000 unique visitors with up to 150 000 page views in a month... on a quieter month I may have 10 000 unique visitors. My social networks for that website is really strong, with over 55 000 Facebook page fans alone.
Making money is on all our brains as we go about building our sites. Along the way all sorts of changes take place and there is some refining of your direction and interests.
As we grow, and our sites mature, we find that our direction does as well.
Without the experiences acquired learning new skills and developing our sites, you do not recognize our actual interests and directions.
Some want a money making site. Some want a business built from the ground up. There is room for both.
Congratulations,
Sami
Congratulations! Wishing you much more success.
~Danielle
