How To Earn Money From Your Web Site

I'm sure that after reading our article about building a business site, you're pretty excited and ready to get started.  However, we have some planning to do first.  Don't even buy a domain name yet, because I have a simple process I recommend you go through, that will best help you to earn money from your web site.

If you chose Sitesell , they will walk you through this process better than I ever could, so you can skip this section. 

If you chose a different web host, you’ll need to pick a subject for your site.   Aim for a strong niche subject that you know a lot about.   Pick a few so you can narrow them down.   For example:

• Jack Russell dogs 
• Games for kids 
• African American hair care 
• Fixing motorcycles 
• Etc.  

Ken Evoy (owner of Sitesell ) has a teenage daughter who built her entire site about Anguilla_Beaches .   If you click on that link, you can see that her website is far from pretty, but it’s simple, easy to navigate, and makes pretty good money.  One of the reasons that her website makes money is because she's passionate about Anguilla beaches, so pick a subject you actually care about.

Once you have a little more experience you can start targetting niches that are outside of your personal interests, if you should see the need to.  I however, have ventured outside of my personal interests only once.   Today that niche only makes me a few hundred a month, and my other sites that I'm more interested in are earning quite a bit more.  As you can see, sticking to topics that are fun for you can net thousands of dollars each month.

After you pick a few possible website subjects, consider the following:

• Can I write at least 50 different articles about or related to this subject?  If you're niche is too narrow you may run out of things to write about.  Some sites can do well with fewer articles, but speaking from experience - I prefer to build larger sites because they're more profitable.  All my websites that have over 50 articles are consistent earners. 
• Do I have too much competition?  The smaller your niche, the less competition you should have.  Having some competition in the market is healthy and it means that your niche is actually profitable, but overly crowded markets (like internet marketing, penis enlargement and gambling) are a little tougher to break into. 
• Will people be searching for information about this subject on the internet?  If only a few people are interested in this subject you're wasting your time. 
• Do the people searching for this information have money to spend?  If you're targetting lazy teens without a care in the world then you probably aren't going to make much money off of them. 
• What keywords/words/phrases will they type into the search engines to search for information about my subject?  This is what brings in the cash.