Money Making Online In 2011

You are among one looking for the ways of money making online in this Year 2011 ? I don’t know really, how long you have been doing this research to start money making from Internet. Or you may be already making few bucks to buy a coffee each month. Believe me, this is what happening to many beginners !
In fact, most of these beginners are still sitting in a dark room and finding the ways for making money without doing any work. I don’t blame anyone but its the reality with most of the people.




  • This article is for those who are in the dark and wants to get out of it at least in this year 2011. In the end of this article, you will be in a clear position to make a good decision (that’s what i expect from my blog too) ! Lets hope for the best and get into the topic…

Truth About Money Making Online.

To frankly tell, there are no hidden secrets or formula in the world to earn money.
All it needs dedication and hard work. Apart from this basic rule, you need to Invest Knowledge and Time. If you are reading my blog for the long time, you will know that i always tell people about this.
As an individual sitting from home and to make money:
  • First, you have to spend Quality Time with your computer for online works.
  • Secondly, you should know the right approach to proceed with any online business (that’s Knowledge).
  • Investing money is not important here because now-a-days, you could easily start an online business with less investment or even no investment of money.
From my experience/research with online business, as an individual (looking for making money from your home) Blogging, Affiliate Marketing, Freelancing are the best ways to make money from Internet.
  • I have a compiled an extra large article which helps you to understand the Truth about money making online in detail (don’t miss it) !
Its true that technology evolves every year. That directly impacts the demand/supply in any business and hence it affects the business strategies too. So we have to go with the technology and trends in aligned. With that 2011′s changing technology in mind, the following are the list of money making methods that i could think off.
This article is not the end for suggestions and i will be keep on posting such tips every day.
Stay Tuned with me !

Money Making From iPhone/Android App Business.

iPhone based smart phones became hot in 2010 and it continues to grow bigger in 2011. Its true that demand for iPhone Apps are higher in the market. Its a great business idea to start iPhone App development. Same like iPhone Apps, Google’s Android based Apps are also in demand.
  • If you see the Apple iPhone App Store page, you could see varieties of applications are put for sale every day.
The best part, if the app solves the user problem, its a definite hit in the market. To mention, recently launched Word Lens an iphone app which translates language in real time video is a best example. An iphone app which tracks the theft is another example.
So how do you make money from such apps ?
Yes, you have to develop such applications and sell them in Internet, that’s the business. The requirements are an idea, app programming knowledge (not mandatory), skills to market, less money in hand.
To help you further on this, you could read this article on How to start iphone app business ? This industry is still booming up and you could fit into the gaps sooner.

Social Media Promotion.

Social media tools like Facebook, Twitter are up in the market especially Facebook which crosses 500 million users. That’s the great sign of growth in social media industry. When rightly utilized, you could easily make money from these tools.
  • If I simply tell the truth, you have to build a huge number of follwers/fans around your account.
  • For example, if you are using Twitter you have to build huge number of followers (real human followers) who are all related to a market/topic. The exact count could not be defined but it should be in thousands !
Unless you have huge network, you could not utilize the power of social media tools. Once such a network is ready, its the platform to market your business/products to a wider audience in a particular topic. You could promote affiliate products as well as your own business to that quality audience.
  • When people say about social media success, it solely stands the volume and quality of your network. So work towards building such huge network with makes profit, otherwise its waste of time.

Digital Product Stores.

Internet users are increasing every day especially “Online Buyers”. The population of online buyer is also increasing and buyers are focusing more on the digital products online. Starting from camera’s, video cams to digital ebooks there are huge demand always in the market.
Though the industry of selling digital products online is highly competitive, there are gaps and opportunities. Yes, as i mentioned earlier technology evolves and hence the market gets new variety of products every day. Your focus should go into such booming markets.
Build niche stores and sell digital products from Amazon, that’s the profitable business which works. It takes time to build a niche store but once done, you could repeat the same business model for another niche. Also, don’t try to sell every thing, instead pick a particular digital product, build a niche web site only for that product and promote it.
  • To help you further, you could read this article on How to create online store ?
  • I recommend you to Join Chris who teaches valuable lessons on building Amazon niche stores to make profits online (in the right way) !

Money Making From Blogging.

Blogging is one the strongest recommendation for making money online. Its endless and only thing, you have to keep your blog evolving.
  • The style of blogging and blogosphere had changed when you compare with earlier style of static web sites. Ultimately, the underlying principle of sharing content still continues. Internet is built around links and content, without content Internet is dead and hence the demand for content is always there.
If you are a beginner, i would recommend you to start a blog especially on your favorite topic. There are numerous blogs coming every day but the question, do all blogs make money ? do all bloggers win ? Only less than 50% of them survey, many loose their temper and quit blogging. Because blogging it takes time, you have to build a blog with high quality information, you have to market it inside-out !
For lazy fellows who want to make money from blogging, the idea is pick up trending topics and blog about it. There you don’t see much competitive and you could drive more traffic easily from search engines like Google, Yahoo !
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WordPress Themes/Utilities (for web developers).

WordPress is one of the best Content Management System for blogs and it gives opportunities to make money too, in terms of selling Themes and Plugins. With the increasing number of wordpress blogs, the demand for wordpress themes are very high.
Before that, it is required that you must have web programming knowledge specially on HTML, CSS, PHP. If you are already a web developer then you could host a website and start sharing you wordpress themes/plugins that you develop. Over a period of time, you could develop your own premium themes and plugins which could be sold for money.
  • The best example is Vladimir’s blog network, he started career as bare minimum blogger and now rocking with seo/wordpress services. Its highly competitive market too.
How to fill the gap in such markets ? By focusing to a particular geographic location you could fill it.
For example: you could focus your wordpress business/service only to your own country ! On the other hand, if you don’t have programming experience, there are options to hire developers from web sites like Odesk, Elance etc. (hence you don’t really need to be a web developer) !

Freelancing Jobs.

For individuals who are looking an extra income, freelancing is the best choice. For those who don’t know, Freelancers are virtual workers and web sites like Odesk, Elance hires freelancers.
  • Basically, its about selling your own knowledge and experience.
Job opportunities are like Data entry operator, software developer, web designer, graphics designer, content writer etc. Once joined, you have to make a decent profile showing your work experiences in order to get hired from online employers. You will be paid per hour basis as well as based on the completion of assigned works.
  • Its a Work and Earn Model where you will earn money for the virtual office work, same like real world office.
The success depends on, how much Quality Time you spend for the freelancing jobs and how well you are completing the assigned jobs. The demand for online workers are always high and it continues to be high beyond 2011 or even beyond year 2020 !
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