Making Money on the Net
Making Money Is Hard Work
People are always looking for an easy way to make money. We are a quick and dirty society getting everything from fast food to information in a moments notice.
It has come to my attention, however,after 52 years of looking that there is no fast and easy way to make money. Even if you want to rob a bank there will be much to consider and do if one is not to get caught. (I am making a point not advocating bank robbery). Making money requires much effort to get and much effort to keep.
All over the internet you can find advertisements on how to make money overnight just blogging or sending e-mails or pasting ads. I have tried them all and you guessed it, I was sorely disappointed. It is true that one can Make Money On The Net but it requires hard work. Eventually the rewards will come but only after due dilligence.
Take a Long Term View
Most successful entreprenuers and bloggers take years to build to their potential. It takes much time to:
build a large enough archive of posts
to build up loyal readers and subscriber numbers
to become known in your niche,
to find your voice
to get authority in the eyes of the search engines…. etc
None of this just happens. It takes years to grow a business or a blog.
It’s NOT Passive Income
Another common misconception about internet businesses and blogging for money is that it becomes ‘passive income’ – that you can sit back and let your business or blog earn you big dollars while you enjoy your lifestyle.
Don’t get me wrong – there are a few ‘passive’ elements to the income that can generate money. For example:
1. I could go away for a week today and not post anything on my blogs or do anymore advertising for my website and it would still earn me money.
2. Posts that are written several years ago can continue to generate income
Yes it could be argued on these fronts that the income is somewhat passive. However blogging for money and building an internet business is a lot of hard work. Most blog and businesses who make it big time put a lot of time and energy into building their sites and blogs. Most that I’ve met have worked beyond full time hours over years.
This isn’t to say that it’s not fun – one of the things I’ve discovered in the last few years is that hard work can be a lot of fun (who would have thought) – but there are days when it is very time consuming and challenging work.