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Can you really make money online?

Posted by mytropicalescape • 7/09/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: business, entrepreneur, money

This is a real question and I am not looking for spam, scams, or shams but, can you really make a living doing something (e.g. blogging) online?

Thanks in advance for the input.

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7/09/07

MollyCrane

I've heard of alot of people making money with Google Adsense. Do you have an adsense account?
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Molly

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7/09/07

terencechang

Oh ... yeah.... You can sell stuff online ...

Blogging is just one way of making money online. You can sell on eBay, create your own social networking site, etc.

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7/09/07

ccarey76

YEP! You cab be a hundred-aire. LOL seriously if you know how to market both yourself and the "product" you are selling you too can be a blogcelebrity.

Wise
www.noheat.com
Tech News too Cool!

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1. 10/22/07
  
  macewan
  
  Don't laugh I made $2,800 last month.
7/09/07

borzack

Yes you can! I'm having fun making EXTRA money online

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7/09/07

MollyCrane

You could freelance too! If you are good with writing, graphic design or other techy things, you could freelance your work online trough www.elance.com or www.ifreelance.com

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7/09/07

mytropicalescape

I don't have an adsense account because I thought people typically make $20 per month....again, I don't know so please tell me if that amount is too low.

Also, thanks for the freelance information.

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7/09/07

PrettyLady

Yes you can make a living online.

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7/09/07

onemansgoal

My blog is completely dedicated to new bloggers trying to make money online. I am a new blogger myself, so I've set the mark at one year to see if I can make a substantial income online.

I'm not looking to be the next Darren, or Chow. Just make a little cash working from home. You can follow my journey at...

365 Days - One Goal - Can I Do It?
onemansgoal.com

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7/09/07

clockworkwar

I have made very little online atm... around $10 in 2 weeks.

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7/09/07

clioandme

I'm wondering about AdSense. A feminist blog in Britain I ran across had a Google ad offering dates with Asian women. Never mind what you might personally think of such an ad, it completely contradicted the purpose of her blog. But Google's machines somehow thought they were related. Feminism --> Women --> Matchmaking Service. ;0 Presumably Google offers some control, but that ad in that context made me wonder how much.

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1. 7/09/07
  
  clioandme
  
  Just heard back from the owner of that site. She says she can't choose ads, that Google does it based on key words. She was able to put a block on the site advertising though. Now I'm wondering how many times one would have to go through this process before stuff like that won't slip through any more.
7/09/07

plusultra

Last year with adsense I made well over six figures online, too bad they were all zeroes.

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7/09/07

GFG

for me ...my blogs have been able to churrn out sufficient dollars to fund my lures and reels .. hehehe ..,..

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7/09/07

eagerblogger

I've read of people who considered blogging as their full time work. But it's not just one or two blogs for them. One person claimed to have 25 blogs.

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7/10/07

homebiz4all

i make money with adsense and also

i am into GDI affiliate program. Last month i made 38 $ from there. and i hope after 1 year i will made 1000 monthly from this affiliate program called GDI.
more about it you can find on my website aboutalbania.ws ( 12 languages )or affiliate link freedom.ws/aboutalbania ( 6 languages )

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7/10/07

robinj

My son has a blog on this topic so I will shamelessly promote his site lol
www.keepingyourich.com/
Not my thing I find it too distracting and way to complicated to contemplate
:o)

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7/12/07

mytropicalescape

Greetings -

Apologies, I meant to post back and say thanks for the tips and information! My wife and I just purchased a Bed and Breakfast in the Caribbean and I was curious to discover some alternative means to help us meet the monthly mortgage payment.

Regards

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1. 10/23/07
  
  biobob
  
  Greetings
  
  pathtototalfinancialfreedom.blogspot.com/
  
  Regards
  Biobob
7/13/07

lmwong

Yes, you can! I make my living online.

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7/13/07

bloggingmix

Definitely Yes. As to how much, that depends on you. cheers

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7/13/07

GFG

for those making good money ...
can you help review my blog and see if my adsense is optimized?
fishforfood.blogspot.com
fishios.blogspot.com

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7/13/07

aeromit

Yeah I do. The thing is they do not pay very much. The most money spent on clicks go to Google's pocket under their "smart" adv system Try Text-Link-Ads

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7/13/07

farhanna

but can i make money true blogspot..payperclick??

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7/15/07

homebiz4all

yes u can parhanna.

yesterday i made 5.11 $ :=)

homebiz-4all.blogspot.com

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7/15/07

quincyjohn

I don't know.. I just signed up with google adsense and agloco.

but no income yet..can you help?

quinkoytawops.blogspot.com

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7/15/07

matdom

visit my secret making money online... secret2makingmoney.com

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7/15/07

ghostytwofish

You can try paid blogging companies like PayU2Blog or PayPerPost. I usually average between 25-50 bucks a week ... you won't get rich, but you can make a little extra cash that way.

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7/15/07

legbamel

Sure, you can. But you have to really work at it. You'll have to commit to doing on-line money making as a full-time job, if you want to make a living at it. Don't get sucked in by the Cinderella stories of people who work an hour a day and rake in thousands a week. Those are few and far between.

There's no guarantee of any income at all. You'll have to pay taxes on your own (no withholding) and pay for your own insurance, which means that you'll have to make a lot more than you would working for someone else. And you could get taken in by scams and waste your valuable time. But if you're careful and hard-working you can pay the rent and maybe save a little cash.

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7/23/07

kamazas

You very much can, and you don't have do it as your full time job... just to have fun

www.allmosquitos.com - this one is one of my revenue generators
www.how-to-make-million-dollars.com - this one is my hobby

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7/23/07

thereyoucome

Yes, the method is various:)

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7/23/07

Snoskred

I made 5 million..

www.snoskred.org/2007/07/snoskred-made-5-million-dollars-online.html

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7/28/07

drunkerer

I make a good living, now I bum around a drink myself stupid. Life is good.

www.drunkerer.com

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7/28/07

SunnyDuck

If you want to learn how to monetize your blog, you need to learn how to build a huge traffic following and make your blog search engine friendly. Then optimal ad placement. And target your content for certain keywords that'll get the highest paying keywords relating to your ads. IMHO, WordPress is the best blog software for all of this.

Like my post?
Read more advice at sunnyduck.com

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7/31/07

snowprincess

I do have an adsense account but I haven't earned from. It's just too complicated. I started earning money when I joined BTOP. YOU may enrol your blog if you're interested.

www.blogtoprofit.com

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7/31/07

lheeanne

The Answer Is YES! Just learn how to monetized your blog and submit to Blog to Make Money sites..

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10/20/07

BlogBadly

You can definitely make some extra bucks online, but it requires some effort and marketing knowledge to make substantial moneys from a blog/website/etc.

I for one earn a very reasonable $0.005 per day.

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10/21/07

sbscircle

Yes, definitely you can make money online. It depends on whether which area are you looking into. There are people who are making 4 figure income doing blogging part time and I do have friends who are making money on affiliate program. All this are real people making real money online. You can check out one of them at www.success-webucation.com/

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10/21/07

shelezyaka

adult-style-watches.blogspot.com
This one made $4 for a week. Too small? Yes.. But I made and launched last sunday

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10/21/07

melbs1969

i've earned a full 2.95 usd this month on adsense. i'm so proud!

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1. 10/21/07
  
  lambora29
  
  Congts. Nice to hear that, in fact thats a good start.
10/21/07

lambora29

At present no money, but seeing you guys hope with your help I will be able hehehe. But you have to review that totaheri.blogspot.com site can make $$?

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10/21/07

ashish028

I even got my cheque from PAYPAL..have a look for proof
$207.00=Rs8166/-

cooladvertisements.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-first-cheque-from-paypal.html

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1. 10/21/07
  
  lambora29
  
  Congts. Ashish, how you did that?
2. 10/21/07
  
  ashish028
  
  Submit your blog to sponsoredreviews.com When They approve your blog,You can see a list of tasks(reviews you will be paid for) for which you need to bid..Once the bid is approved by Advertiser,you will get the task-read the requirements and complete the task...its simple..
  
  also apply for blogsvertise.com and payperpost.com
  
  cooladvertisements.blogspot.com
  (click on Payperpost and blogsvertise banner on left side..join under me so that I can get referral money ...)
10/21/07

misterdoodi

Just for adsense we earned 1200 last month and we are getting a 1900 check next week. The key for us is the nitche and reinvestment. We take a very large portion of the check and do advertising or acquisition.

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10/22/07

KashmirZ

Yes but its all about working smart, check out my latest audio blog

www.blogmoneysimplified.com

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10/23/07

craigsreality

Project Black Mask shows you a way to make large profits with Adsense sites.

Join Clickbank and Commission Junction and start promoting.

Use Squidoo and article marketing as a way to drive traffic to your sites.

I have a few articles on my blog if you are just starting out that might be helpful.

www.craigsreality.com

Hope this helps.

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10/23/07

acousticguitarist

I've been teaching IT for about seven years now, Flash animation, installing web servers, and all sorts of odds and ends. About 3 months ago I went to a couple of seminars and a number of people I met were doing very well, in facT it's embarrasing to say how much these people are earning because most people wouldn't believe it. Most of the people that I met that are making money are not IT people, this was a shock for me, especially when I'd been teaching stuff like perl, actionscript and things they had no idea existed. So i decided to explore the online marketing thing a little more. The bottom line is that I keep hearing, (and it sounds corny) but you've got to get your head right to allow yourself to make money, otherwise it's going to go straight out again, regardless how much you earn. The most sensible guy that I've encountered that has his head and heart in the right place is an Australian guy called Paul Blackburn ...Beyond Succes. A lot of the people I've come across are just after a quick buck and are getting it, and i feel pretty aweful after dealing with some of these people. There are a lot of people talking it on blogs but I honestly feel a lot of them are just spouting off what they have heard about other people doing it. good luck

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10/23/07

Rozie818

Our main income from the net comes from selling templates, affiliate products and adsense.
swishit.com
over the past 4 years we average between $25,000 to $30,000 a year
our other sites bring in some other $ as well
We book real time weddings, ad space and internet orders.
With some work, you can bring in some $, I guess with the blog explosion you probably could do well for yourself if you find the right market to deal with.

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10/23/07

Tonylewis

I think whatever it is it's all about numbers,you might have the best site in the world but unless it gets visitors your not going to make money. I've made good money playing online poker. I'd like to make money with my blogs but I am still learning how to get more visitors, without those you won't get sales or clicks. I read a little while ago on aol that one blog just hit $1,000 per day just from adsense, I decided I had to check his site out, it was a scuba diving site,his average click was between 10c and $1 but it was purely down to the fact that he had a few thousands regular subscribers.
I'm thinking of starting a news blog, watching the news this morning there were some good stories I could have submitted to the feeds which would have got quite a few views, and if you had related ads by google or yahoo probably would end up with quite a few click-thru's.
Tony:)

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10/23/07

kocher

made 4.25 today!

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10/23/07

Xight

I made about $5.00 from a referral I got, because of something I blogged about today. Advertising isn't the only way to make money with blogs.

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10/23/07

totalescape

Total Escape is 11 years strong..... My site is paying for me to live my dream life, in the mountains of SoCal. Luckily no wildfires near me this month.

DanaMite
Total Escape - California, Off the Beaten Path
www.totalescape.com

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10/24/07

F4bloggers

Yes, you can. The easisest is adsense though not much. We usually make thru affiliate programmes. Many more ways but you must learn to drive - drive traffic, drive it well.

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