You will note that many of the following “40 ways to make money” assume you have a blog. If you don’t, or if you do have a blog and it’s not making money, you may want to continue on to read the articles by PETER CLEMENS and STEVE PAVLINA. As you will see, this is a complex area and not one you can dip into for fifteen minutes and then start rolling in the dough.

     (For blog writing tips, see the Writing section of this archive.)

40 WAYS TO MAKE MONEY ON THE INTERNET

     These are shark-infested waters. As you probably know, the glitzy, high-hype sites that offer to make you rich quick on the Internet make only one person rich quick: the person who built the site. The same goes for the thousands of online pyramid schemes that ask you to make an “investment,” often a considerable investment, before they’ll do anything for you. But DUMB LITTLE MAN, who is anything but dumb, knows all about that, and his listing avoids the common scams. The 40+ ways listed will NOT make you rich quick, but some of them may bring in welcome extra money. In a few cases, cases where you’re willing to work at it, they can bring in good money. In other words, making money on the Internet is like making money off the Internet: you’re a lot more likely to make money if you work hard.

     (And notice that near the top of the page Jay offers a second batch of money-makers. And when you reach the end of the second batch he adds a third batch. Jay likes to give good value, and he does.)

http://www.dumblittleman.com/2006/10/40-ways-to-make-money-on-internet.html

“EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT BLOGGING”

     PETER CLEMENS’ blog made it into the Technorati Top 10,000 in nine months, so I would say he knows a bit about blogging. He has gone to a good deal of trouble to give us the basics of blogging: which blog host is best, how to go about writing a blog, etc. After that he gives helpful ideas about many practical aspects of blogging. He has produced an online treasure.

http://www.thechangeblog.com/2008/02/11/blogging-tips/

HOW TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOUR BLOG

     STEVE PAVLINA’s blog was started in 2004, and by 2006 it was making $1,000 per day. Steve says he owes his success to giving people valuable information – which valuable information includes, first, his article on “How to build a high-traffic website”:

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/01/
how-to-build-a-high-traffic-web-site-or-blog/

     A few months after that, he gave us the following extremely long and extremely good article on “How to make money from your blog.” If you want to make money from your blog, this article is a must-read.

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/how-to-make-money-from-your-blog/

IMPROVE YOUR TECHNORATI RANKING

     If you’ve already learned how to monetize your blog, you may want to read COURTNEY TUTTLE’s post about improving its Technorati ranking.

http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/05/08/
technorati-bootcamp-better-your-ranking-pronto/