Friday, January 11, 2008, 11:49pm
How Do I Make Money Online?
First, I’m not a professional blogger, nor do I claim to be especially knowledgeable on any one particular way of making money online. However, I have had some success through several channels and I’m willing to try even more in the future. For tonight, I thought I’d share a few with you that have served me well.
Shareware
My early days online were spent developing and marketing shareware applications. The most successful of which was AudioGizmo Ringtone Creator, which has been downloaded over 300,000 times since August 2005, with 18,000 of those users registering at $3.99 (v1) and then $5.99 (v2). This still remains a decent source of income for me even though development has slowed considerably.
Affiliate Marketing
AudioGizmo’s popularity generated a large number of targeted visitors to several websites that promoted other ringtone-related offers and downloadable tools. Combined with limited PPC advertising, this traffic still generates gas money each month.
Google AdSense
I operate several niche websites scattered around the web that make a little here and there with AdSense. In general, I’m not a huge fan of Google AdSense because the ads can make otherwise beautiful websites look horrible, but I suppose that’s just how it is.
Freelancing
Most of my online income comes in through freelancing for Snowdrop. Although the work can vary, web design gigs, WordPress theme development, and SEO consulting are the primarily projects handled through Snowdrop.
Earnings Breakdown
I’m not a huge fan of posting actual numbers, but I know that some people get more excited over hard data so I decided to post last month’s online income totals. Hopefully the next time I decide to post actual figures I’ll show an improvement.
Freelancing (Snowdrop): $3,115.00
Affiliate Marketing: $600.32
Shareware (AudioGizmo): $439.73
AdSense: $54.21
Total: $4,209.26
With the help of this blog, I’d love to push this number consistently over $5,000/month. I’d also like Snowdrop to open up its reach to a national or international audience. As Skellie states:
Once you remove geographical requirements, the pool of available jobs becomes much larger. You can also live where you want, rather than where you work.
That certainly sounds good to me.
