| Making Money From Your Web SiteYou've created a | | | | any different? As soon as you are up and running, |
| great site with lots of great content and you have | | | | make sure you send out Press Releases. Fortunately, |
| chosen your web host. So... big question... what's next? | | | | there are now countless Press Release sites on the |
| Unless you are especially altruistic (and if you search | | | | Internet, most are free; some provide a much more |
| the web, you'll be surprised to see just how many | | | | expansive coverage for only a few dollars. Here are a |
| people are), you'll probably want to make some money | | | | few good ones: a good look through these sites; many |
| out of your efforts. But how do you turn this stream of | | | | have articles on how to write a successful Press |
| dots on a screen into a revenue stream? Here are a | | | | Release. A well written Press Release will significantly |
| few pragmatic tips that might help... basic steps that will | | | | increase your chances of getting visitors to your |
| get you started and (hopefully) start you thinking.How | | | | site.What about directories? Should I use them?One of |
| will people find my site?Before you can make money | | | | the other ways of getting people to your site is |
| from your site, people have to visit it - it's as simple as | | | | registering to directories. There is every possible type |
| that. Your first job then is to get people to visit your | | | | of directory on the Internet. They are comprised of |
| site. It doesn't matter whether you have the best site in | | | | lists of items related to a specific topic - travel |
| the world, if people can't find it you are never going to | | | | directories, used car directories, etc. You will almost |
| get any visitors. Getting your site known means using | | | | certainly find a directory to meet your needs. One |
| search engines, and to get you started, that means | | | | good one is Craig's List. This site gets hundreds of |
| submitting to a few of the key engines, particularly | | | | thousands of visitors a day and people who list their |
| Google.Luckily, there are a number of free web sites | | | | sites here can get up to 800 visitors a day |
| that help people to submit sites to search engines. The | | | | immediately! Don't stop there though. If you look around |
| one I use is This has a very simple interface which | | | | the Internet you can actually find services which, for a |
| guides you through submitting to a number of engines | | | | small fee, will find directories for you and place your |
| including Subjex, Alexa, Scrub The Web, FAST | | | | details in them. Generally they are not too |
| Search AllTheWeb, LookSeek, Jayde, InfoTiger, | | | | expensive.Should I advertise?Aside from press |
| NerdWorld, Aeiwi, Walhello, LifeTips, ExactSeek, and | | | | releases and directories, you can also pay for |
| EntireWeb. Most importantly, gets you into Google. You | | | | advertisements that link to your site. Of course that |
| might want to supplement this with a registration to | | | | can be very expensive, but there are a number of |
| MSN and Yahoo! (outside Google two of the biggest | | | | cheap alternatives currently available. Particularly |
| players) although I have never found registration to the | | | | popular at the moment are 'Pixel Ad' sites. These sites |
| latter particularly easy. Take a look around on the | | | | allow you to buy small amounts of adverting that is |
| Internet - you might see others submission sites that I | | | | stuck on a single page. The 'father' of these web sites |
| don't know about that will help you out with Yahoo! In | | | | was Alex Tew's 'MillionDollarHomepage' but there are |
| fact there are thousands of search engines you need | | | | now scores... A search for 'pixel ad' in Google reveals |
| to submit to, but for now, until the ball starts rolling, this | | | | the following: list goes on and on... and on... and on... and |
| will do. Don't make the mistake many people do - don't | | | | on... and... is likely to continue growing! How do I make |
| hit as many registration sites as possible in order to | | | | my site make money? By now you should have a |
| increase your chances of a good placing. It doesn't | | | | few people visiting your site, which is a good start. |
| work like that - submitting to the same engine many | | | | Without them you won't have a chance of generating |
| times actually does the opposite. In fact, it could get | | | | revenue! But how do you start making money now the |
| you completely banned from a search engine. And | | | | visitors are coming? One of the problems with the |
| don't submit specific pages of your web site as an | | | | Internet is that everyone wants, and (because of the |
| alternative - it won't help. The search engines are | | | | history of the Internet - DOT COM Boom, etc.) to |
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| RevenuePILOTHow will people even know my site | | | | small. Think of making a dollar a day as a good start |
| exists?OK - so search engines are going to direct | | | | on the way to something better, rather that an outright |
| people to your site, but that's not the whole story. If | | | | disaster that makes you think about quitting! In my |
| you had a regular business, a 'bricks and mortar' | | | | experience, if your objective is to make a living from a |
| business, you'd want to let as many people as possible | | | | web site, there are ways and means of achieving this, |
| know as quickly as possible that you have started | | | | no matter what the subject area of your site or your |
| operations, right? Why would an Internet business be | | | | current circumstances. |