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How to make a steady income from a website?

November 12th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

I am a high school student and am great at web development. I have all the knowledge to make a website, I simply lack the idea. What is a great website that I could create that could generate about $2,000 a month to live off of?

To be perfectly honest, it’s going to be hard for you to earn that much to start off with. Your best chance at making any money whatsoever is to design a site that targets a specific audience. Once you think your site is presentable, and unique, do your best to promote it.

Before you go any further, do as much SEO (Search Engine Optimization) as possible. This includes META tags, backlinks, submitting an XML sitemap to search engines etc. For more info, read this guide:

http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo

some useful tools are here:

http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/

Any website used to make money has to be promoted in some way. I advertise on Facebook because my websites target audience is teenagers.

http://www.facebook.com/advertising/

I also use google adwords:

http://www.google.com.au/ads/

These ad systems work on a pay-per-click system, so each time your ad is clicked by a user, you pay accordingly.

Remember, to begin with, this will cost you a fair bit of money, but once your website becomes popular, you will be earning more. Income from websites is not easy to come by 🙂

  1. foobazbar
    November 13th, 2012 at 04:32 | #1

    Well first off if someone had the idea they wouldnt give it to you. Second, look around on the internet and you’ll see that there are billions of websites and I’m willing to bet a tiny percentage of those make money for the developer, and even fewer that make 2K a month.
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  2. flyingtiggeruk
    November 13th, 2012 at 04:46 | #2

    If I knew that I’d be doing it.

    No-one’s going to come to a website, however marvellous it is, just for the sake of it unless there’s something of value that they’re willing to pay for.

    Presuming you’re not planning to sell yourself, or others, on a porn site of some description, you’re going to have to provide a service or sell a product. And there’s still no guarantee you’ll make any money out of it. You’ve got to get yourself known for doing something and getting word to spread. It’s not going to happen if you just sit there and wait for it.
    References :

  3. Simon Buckley
    November 13th, 2012 at 04:59 | #3

    To be perfectly honest, it’s going to be hard for you to earn that much to start off with. Your best chance at making any money whatsoever is to design a site that targets a specific audience. Once you think your site is presentable, and unique, do your best to promote it.

    Before you go any further, do as much SEO (Search Engine Optimization) as possible. This includes META tags, backlinks, submitting an XML sitemap to search engines etc. For more info, read this guide:

    http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo

    some useful tools are here:

    http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/

    Any website used to make money has to be promoted in some way. I advertise on Facebook because my websites target audience is teenagers.

    http://www.facebook.com/advertising/

    I also use google adwords:

    http://www.google.com.au/ads/

    These ad systems work on a pay-per-click system, so each time your ad is clicked by a user, you pay accordingly.

    Remember, to begin with, this will cost you a fair bit of money, but once your website becomes popular, you will be earning more. Income from websites is not easy to come by 🙂
    References :

  4. M S
    November 13th, 2012 at 05:16 | #4

    Hi,

    Viral marketing can possibly get your visitor numbers to rise and perhaps it will increase your earnings.

    Watch the video on this link

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WchopQzcdHE (copy and paste the link)

    and use the links below the video.

    It’s fast and free to join.
    References :

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