Wednesday, July 30, 2008

How To Create Multiple Streams of Income Online

By Theo McLanahan


Though most successful businessmen tend to be quite enterprising, less of them than you might think believe that multiple streams of income can be found. The phrase multiple streams of income is attributed to Robert Allen. This is actually one of the best ways to not just become rich, but stay that way.

Many smart businessmen the world over have used the advantages offered by the Internet to form multiple streams of income. The following are a sampling of possibilities that explain how to develop an income portfolio online.

1. Google AdSense

Google's AdSense program is probably one of the easiest ways for anyone, even a complete newbies, to start building a passive stream of income. AdSense is a pay-per-click advertising network that pays you every time a visitor to your website clicks on an advertisement. Apart from placing a simple piece of code on your website that AdSense provides, the only other real work you have to do is create relevant content and drive traffic to your site.

2. Create an Online Directory

Online directories make great bait for search engine spiders because of its ability to create lots of content very quickly. You can place AdSense on your directory and watch your income grow, but an increasingly popular way of building a passive income with an online directory is by selling text links.

As opposed to more traditional banner advertisements, text links appear in the directory itself. Such links can be sold per month, year, or permanently. Using this system will help to increase your income.

If you don't want to create a directory but you already have a website, you might consider creating a category where you place links to other websites for a fee. The higher the page rank of your website, the higher the fee you can demand.

3. Get Paid to Review Products

Being paid for writing a blog is now a very popular way of earning money online. You can be paid for using your blog entries to review other blogs or specific products. Many advertisers are willing to pay for bloggers that do this type of work. Websites like PayPerPost.com and ReviewMe.com are examples of such a revenue system.

4. Create a Membership Site

You could start a website with a monthly fee if you believe you can offer information worth such a payment. Offer special services and content to paying members. Knowing that there is specific content reserved for members only will help build your membership and eventually allow you to raise the monthly fee.

5. Selling Domain Names

Buying and selling domain names is a great way to build your income fast if you know what you're doing. There are folks making a full-time income doing this, but there is a learning curve required to achieve optimum results. There is money to be made in selling domain names so learn the trade if you're interested.

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