How to make Money with your Website

Every webmaster should consider their site as their storefront and the visitors who comes to your website is a potential customer. There are lots of chances that your visitors may buy your products and services but many will think about it.

If your website is memorable and interesting then its sure that visitors will return. Your site should offer some alternatives to those who do not buy so that you can make a little money even if you do not make a direct sale.

Ways to earn free money with your website:

1. Google Adsense.
2. Affiliate programs.
3. Accepting ads and links.
4. Accepting banners-banner rotators.
5. Make a portion of your site for members only – that contents unique contents and resources.

Google Adsense:

Google adsense is one of the most popular way to make money from your website. It does not cost you to join and has a huge potential for making money. Below is the list of some tips to generate more revenue from adsense:

1. Put your ads at the top of your site for maximum profit.
2. Use Google tools to target and filter out competition.
3. You can make whole websites out of niche high bidding keywords.
4. Try to use text ads they have a better click through rate.
5. Check out Google’s little tricks and tools they will help you make extra money.

Affiliate programs:

1. Research and be careful while selecting a good program with a reliable Sponsor.
2. Join 3-4 that all target your market.
3. Make landing pages for PPC advertising and Google adwords.
4. Add reviews and informative content for each product and service to presell your visitors.
5. Have a free newsletter to build your business list and enable you to advertise affiliate products to your own opt-in-list.
6. You can also invite your subscribers to join as affiliates in any 2-tiered programs you join.

Accepting ads and links:

You can accept paid text links and ads on your site. Be careful not to let this get out of hand keep the ads and text links to the side of your site either the left or right. Keep them small and targeted to your visitors.

Accepting banners-banner rotators:

Make sure that banners you are putting will be interesting for your visitors. Text banners are best do not let your advertisers use flashing banners that will annoy your visitors.

Make a portion of your site for members only:

On your website you can put your valuable and unique info and resources and you can charge your visitors to become member to see your contents. This needs to be kept fresh and useful for subscribers.

Of course none of the above steps will work unless you build multiple streams of targeted traffic. This should be your first and ongoing goal. Building targeted traffic in as many ways as you can. Here are a few ways to do this.

1. Search engines.
2. Pay-Per-Click engines.
3. Linking to relevant sites.
4. Article distribution.

Build traffic, tailor your website around your most wanted visitors, and always have your sale objective in mind. When you keep these points in mind you will be able to take advantage of the many small ways of earning money from your website at no cost to you.