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How I Made my First Money Online

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The experience level of those of you who frequent my blog range from beginner to advanced, so I try to mix a little bit of everything into the mix. Considering the title is “Make Money Blog,” I felt that although all aspects of Internet Marketing can help you make money whether directly or indirectly, I haven’t made a whole lot of posts that outline an exact technique that “newbies” can use to actually start making money right away.

The first money I ever made online was through writing articles for others, Ghostwriting. It does take some work, like any legit money maker, but if you can write 400 word articles it’s actually pretty easy to start making money from your writing.

Important note: This is a relatively long post but if you’re at all interested, I urge you to read it. It’s really not as hard as you may think!!

Most likely, you won’t get rich doing this, but it can and will bring in a very nice extra income. I did this for several months while I was in the Army but I just didn’t have the time to keep up and to be honest I didn’t really NEED the money. I did however receive lots of orders, many of who were regular customers, and I could pretty much make as much money as my fingers could type.

How it works (If you don’t already know)

Webmasters need content, whether it’s for their Websites and/or blogs or it’s to promote them, many people just don’t have the time or patience to write articles every single day. (myself included these days) This is why they seek out ghostwriters to do the job for them.

Getting Set up
The first thing you’ll need is a page where customers can learn about yourself and your service, as well as see some of your work. You can use a free blog from WordPress or Blogger, but I recommend registering a domain and getting it hosted to be more professional. However, if you don’t have the money to spend on that, you can get by with a free blog. Your “sales page” will need to have the following:

1. An attractive picture of you (if that’s possible just kidding) … A professional picture of you (better?) and a little information about your writing background. Don’t have a writing background? I bet you do. Did you write reports in school? Have you written content for your websites? Most people have actually done allot of writing. Don’t lie but if you need to beef it up, well, beef it up

2. A description of EXACTLY what you offer. Don’t just say “I write articles for webmasters.” Tell them the word count options, topics you specialize in etc.

3. A clear statement that the customer will have full, exclusive rights to the articles after purchase and you will never publish or sell the articles again! (and stick to that!) Also, don’t even think about getting a membership to some PLR article site and selling that junk! That’s as easy to figure out as going to copyscape.com I do that when purchasing articles and I’m sure many others do as well.

4. Prices. How much will it cost them? (I charged $10/article but I’m not the best writer in the world ) If you’re an excellent writer you may want to charge $15 or more.

5. Customer testimonials. This is where you may want to offer a few articles for free at a forum or elsewhere under the condition that they provide an honest review. You may have friends that can vouch for your writing skills as well. Get a picture of them (if possible) along with their testimonial and a link to their site (if they have one). This is help gain the trust of potential customers and help them lean toward a purchase.

6. The order process and way for them to contact you. This is how I did it:

Customer finds my page and emails the subject and details to the email address that I provide on the page. I reply letting the customer know that I received his/her email and that the article(s) will be finished by …whenever. Once the article(s) was finished, I email the customer letting him/her know that they are ready and will be sent upon receipt of PayPal payment and of course provide my PayPal email for them to send payment. (I accepted payment after the article(s) was finished but many require payment up front, it’s up to you)

Getting Customers
Once you’re set up and ready to start taking order you’ll need to find customers. Don’t be discouraged, it’s not as hard as you may think. I really thought it would take forever and a day to get a steady flow of customers but it didn’t take long at all. Keep in mind that you really only need a few regular customers to stay busy. Many regulars will order loads of articles. I had one customer that wanted as many as i could write at all times!

The easiest way to get customers is by running a simple Google Adwords campaign. This costs money though so it’s not an option for everyone. If it is an option you can find a basic explanation of how to set up a Google adwords campaign through the following link: http://ez-onlinemoney.com/Google-Adwords-Setup.html

If it’s not an option don’t worry, there are other ways that are effective as well. Go to each of the Internet Marketing forums in my post titled

7 Reasons to Participate in Internet Marketing Forums

and put a link to your service page in your signature. Find all the posts that are even slightly related to article marketing and writing and take part in the conversation. You will get visitors to your page just by doing this alone. Some of these forums allow you to actually announce your service and some, like the Warrior Forum, have special offers sections where you can actually offer your service at a discounted rate. Although you’ll need to offer a cheaper than normal price, it’s a great way to get regular customers!

If you want to see an example, take a look at my old page at http://ghostwriter.josh4info.com/ Please keep in mind that I no longer offer this service so please do not order or refer others to it.

That’s it, you’re done. Follow these steps and you can and will start making money with your very own GhostWriting service

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